Iman Omar, History major (2009) has been the recipient of a Faculty-Undergraduate Research Initiative Award (FURI). She will conduct research on "Rock and Revolution in Detroit: John Sinclair and the MC-5" with Professor Timothy Brown.
Matthew Evola (History 2011) was the recipient of a Spring 2009 Provost Undergraduate Research Award for his project on "American Covert Operations in Soviet-occupied Czechoslovakia 1944-1948."
Tom Jay Cinq Mars (History, 2010) is the recipient of a Presidential Scholarship. Mr. Cinq-Mars won a Provost-sponsored research
grant to study the history of the Spanish Civil War.
In Summer 2007, Mr. Cinq-Mars will travel to Salamanca, Spain, to work in
Los Archivos de la Guerra Civil Española.
Cynthia Walker has won a Northeastern University Undergrad Research Grant to study the day to day functions of the Mount Rushmore National Park near Rapid City, South Dakota. Ms. Walker will use the grant to shadow a ranger, study crowd control, aid in several projects that are planned for the park, and investigate the landscape.
History majors also collaborate with faculty in the Faculty-Undergraduate Research Initiative (FURI) funded by the College of Arts and Sciences.
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Prof. Fraunholtz¹s Dialogue of Civilizations Program in Spain and Morocco
(Summer II 2009 ) involved 18 student participants exploring the Arab and Islamic heritage of Al-Andalus, including Granada, Orgiva, and Salobrena and other important topics.
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In Spring 2010 the Department of History will welcome to Northeastern the Global History Seminar with Fred Cooper, Jane Bubank, and Lauren Benton.
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Doctoral student Stephanie Boyle has been the recipient of an Area Research Center Egypt (ARCE)/Council for Area Overseas Research Centers (CAORC) grant to return to Egypt to conduct dissertation research in Fall semester 2009.
Samantha Christiansen has just been awarded a junior fellowship from the American Institute of Bangladesh Studies which she will use to fund her dissertation research in the 2009-2010 academic year.
The History faculty at Northeastern has been ranked 14th in the nation in a new measure of scholarly productivity, along with Northeastern's English faculty. This new study, called the Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index, the first of its kind, is a quantitative analysis of faculty productivity at 354 universities around the country.
In a world marked by increasing exchange between peoples, cultures and societies, history is key to understanding contemporary issues such as the future of democracy; the nature of citizenship and rights; the foundations of racial and ethnic conflict and tolerance; and poverty and prosperity.
History at Northeastern emphasizes both the study of national and regional histories and the global intersections of nations, regions, and cultures. Faculty research and teaching focus on Africa, Asia, North America, Europe, Russia and the Soviet Union, the British Atlantic world, the Middle East, and on the histories of race, imperialism and colonialism, violence and war, women and gender, and public history.
Students work closely with research faculty to develop a critical understanding of the past, and to hone their intellectual and analytical skills. Experience in conducting original research is a hallmark of the undergraduate program.
Northeastern University History students pursue careers in law, university and college teaching and scholarship, secondary school education, journalism, government agencies, and in public history as film-makers, archivists and administrators of historical sites.
The Department of History maintains strong ties to a variety of interdisciplinary programs in the College of Arts and Sciences, including Women's Studies, Cinema Studies, East-Asian Studies, International Affairs, Jewish Studies. History is part of the new School of Urban Affairs and Public Policy.
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