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WTTW - Queen Elizabeth II Mourned by Britain and World at Funeral; Prof. Steven Pincus discusses the late Queen's funeral

SSD Welcomes 9 New Faculty

Yuting Dong Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of History Assistant Professor beginning July 1, 2023 As a historian of modern Japan and East ...

Observer - Amazon’s New Tactic for Fighting Unionization in Staten Island Is a Long and Expensive Court Battle; Asst. Prof Gabriel Winant comments on Amazon's incentives to combat unionization

Clearer Thinking With Spencer Greenberg - Content moderation and its dis-content-moderators; Audio: Assoc. Prof. Ada Palmer discusses the current information revolution, censorship, and AI

The Atlantic - Adam Tooze, Crisis Historian, Has Some Bad News For Us; Article highlights crisis historian teaching research of Prof. Elizabeth Chatterjee

NYT - Juneteenth Reminds Us to Think About Economic Freedom, Not Just Legal Liberty; Prof. Amy Dru Stanley discusses the history and tie between economic dependence and lack of legal rights in the US

Making History: Snacks Included!

History thesis write-ins bring back collaboration and community post-pandemic By Audrey Weckwerth Held in the historic Tea Room in the Social S...

Chicago Tribune - Chicago sees wave of union activity as frontline workers across the U.S. organize; Asst. Prof. Gabriel Winant discusses the recent increase in the labor movement

2 SSD Faculty among 2022 winners of Quantrell Teaching Awards

This article has been edited to highlight award recipients from the Division of the Social Sciences. To see the full list of recipients, visit the UCh...

The Hill - Republican officials keep stoking white supremacist tropes, and we're reaping the result; Asst. Prof. Kathleen Belew discusses the impact of white supremacy messages in politics