
Guyana and a global struggle for Black solidarity
Historian Russell Rickford tells how a former British colony in South America shaped and inspired a global political and intellectual movement.
Read MoreThe Department of History thrives on its close relationship with many other departments, centers and area studies programs in the humanities and social sciences at Cornell. The faculty includes more than a dozen prize-winning authors as well as winners of Cornell’s prestigious teaching and advising awards.
Historian Russell Rickford tells how a former British colony in South America shaped and inspired a global political and intellectual movement.
Read MoreLisa Sasaki ’97 is helping to shepherd the high-profile new Washington, D.C., institution into existence
Read More“Helping students realize their greatest potential is at the core of our mission in the College of Arts & Sciences."
Read MoreHIST 2515 Freedom Struggles in Southern Africa (HST-AS) (HGS) Monday and Wednesday: 8:40-9:55 Professor Rachel Sandwell
Read MoreHIST 4338 Queer Histories of North Africa (GLC-AS, HST-AS) (HGS) Tuesday: 11:15-1:45 plus Independent Research Professor Paraska Tolan-Szkilnick
Read MoreA&S faculty members will delve into questions ranging from quantum computing to foreign policy development and from heritage forensics to effects of climate change.
Read MoreThis summer, 101 students in the College of Arts and Sciences will take part in groundbreaking research on campus with 61 faculty as part of the Nexus Scholars Program.
Read MoreA growing dissatisfaction within Thailand with the country’s conservative monarchy makes a May 14 election significant.
Read MoreHistory is valuable as preparation for graduate, professional, or law school and for any career that requires critical thinking and good writing; the reputation of the faculty for scholarship, teaching, and advising; and most of all, the intrinsic interest of the discipline.
Cornell's Department of History has a topnotch faculty covering a wide range time periods, geographic regions and methodologies. As a student in our program, you will also be able to work with members of the wider Graduate Field of History, which includes scholars whose main appointment is in other colleges and programs at Cornell but who are able to supervise dissertations of Ph.D. students in History.
Connections through history
The Cornell Public History Initiative (CPHI) works to stimulate and deepen dialogue among undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, staff, and their wider communities about the sedimented histories that shape our contemporary world.