News & Events

Join the History Department in congratulating Ann Sherman-Skiba

Community Life Through the Lens of Mack Munn wins National Council on Public History's Student Project Award

Dr. Marta Vicente

"Sexual Difference in the Age of Enlightenment"

Dr. Fonvielle and Archeology at Moores Creek National Battlefield!

North Carolina Civil War 150

Public History Program T-Shirt Fundraiser

Spring Graduation 2011 (Photos)

Phi Alpha Theta Spring Ceremony (Photos)

Faculty Friday

Welcome Back History Majors

Welcome to the Department of History

Allow me to welcome you to the website of the UNCW history department. I hope you find it useful for answering questions about our department. On the left, you’ll see links to detailed information about our graduate and undergraduate programs, updates on faculty, etc. To your right, you’ll see links to upcoming events and other timely department information. Below this note is further insight into some of our substantial ongoing projects and programs, including the Sherman Lecture Series, the Cape Fear History Teaching Alliance, and our Public History Program. We are proud of what goes on in our department and across our curriculum as we teach, research, and write about the history of just about everywhere.

This department—faculty, graduate and undergraduate students alike—is a community of scholars, dedicated to understanding and coming to terms with the development over time of human communities in all of their incredible diversity. The wonderful thing about practicing history is that you earn the right to craft your own questions and argue for the significance and accuracy of your answers. You get to explore and share your own fascinations, slake your own curiosity, and build your own interpretations of crises, transformations, accomplishments and blunders. All of our faculty are privileged do what we love—study the past, and teach others about what we find. It’s a joy that we hope you will allow us to share with you, one way or another!

Both our graduate and undergraduate programs are rigorous and ambitious. Our faculty is integral to many university-sponsored minors as well as programs such as the Cornerstone Learning Community and the Honors Program. We work closely with the Watson School of Education to train future social studies teachers. In addition, we offer instruction to each and every UNCW undergraduate through our University Studies courses.

Nearly all of our classes are offered by our full time faculty and we are dedicated to teaching alongside of our own active research into the past.

At the M.A. level we offer graduate students the opportunity to concentrate in one of four areas: U.S. History, European History, Global History and Public History. Our program, in existence since 1989, provides students the opportunity to work with nationally and internationally renowned faculty members in a rigorous one-on-one setting and prepares them for success in doctoral programs or for careers in Public History, research, teaching and publishing. We are proud of our graduate students, and of the work that they do.

If this virtual visit piques your interest, why not visit us in person?