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The Department of History is committed to pursuing excellence in historical scholarship and teaching across many different time periods and research interests. Its outstanding faculty specializes in a wide array of historical issues and themes that transcend particular regions and periods. Courses connect undergraduate and graduate students with the excitement of historic discovery and provide a rigorous training in researching and analyzing the human past.

Student Updates

McGraw Hall in spring

Attention Undergraduates:

Are you interested in becoming a history major? You can apply online, after securing your own major advisor.  For more information: history-major-application-information. Paper Applications are available at 120 Mary Ann Wood Drive.

Important notices:

Codes for pre-1800 and World Areas courses will be available soon on the new Course List ( https://courses.cornell.edu/courses/hist/).  

  • Pre-1800 is coded as HPE
  • World Areas are coded as HAN, HNA, HEU, HGS, HTR

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Fall Event:

Announcing History’s Open House/Trivia Night at 120 Mary Ann Wood Drive

                Date: Tuesday, October 28, 2025    

     Time: 4:30-6:00

                Location: 120 Mary Ann Wood Drive, Room 125

                Details: Join us for a night of fun trivia, a chance to hear history’s faculty talk about their course offerings, and to find out what CHS is.  Handouts will be available, faculty will be on hand to answer questions, this will be a great time to meet other majors and minors, snacks, and earn prizes for trivia questions.  

*Please share the details about this event with friends who are interested in History!

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