UNC History Department

The Department of History at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill is an open learning community, dedicated to rigorous research and critical inquiry into the whole spectrum of human experiences across time and space. Our inquiry ranges from the Americas and Asia to Europe, Africa and the Middle East; and our study spans every historical era. The Departments faculty approaches these diverse regions and times with a wide variety of historical methods and thematic perspectivesincluding political, social, cultural, intellectual, economic, military, gender, global, and oral history. Our courses provide careful, well-informed surveys of major historical events and long-established historical debates, but they also introduce students to the most innovative, new fields of contemporary historical studies. The Departments primary goal is to foster the creation and communication of historical knowledge. We seek to achieve this goal through the teaching of undergraduate students, thro...