Professor Daniel Immerwahr recently published an op-ed in The Guardian which outlines correlations between historical political conflict and physical geography.
In the article, Immerwahr describes how much of the world’s political history has been the direct result of physical geography. …
Historian Geraldo Cadava recently published an op-ed about the different political leanings of Latino voters and their effects on the current landscape.
In the article, Cadava discusses the power of narratives about Latino citizens — chief among them being that …
As extremist rhetoric and violence in America increases, journalists have continually turned to Kathleen Belew, an Associate Professor of history at Northwestern, who has studied and written extensively on this threat to democracy.
She spent ten years researching and …
A new permanent exhibition in Chicago’s Field Museum features the history of the state’s Native Americans and reminds visitors they walk on Native land, the traditional homeland of Chicago’s original inhabitants.
The exhibition, titled “Native Truths: Our Voices, Our Stories,” …
Historian Deborah Cohen’s book Last Call at the Hotel Imperial has been chosen as one of The New Yorker’s best books of 2022. The book explores the lives of four journalists who reported from Europe and Asia during the …
History Professor Kate Masur’s book Until Justice Be Done: America’s First Civil Rights Movement, from the Revolution to Reconstruction has won the American Historical Association’s Littleton-Griswold Prize as the best book on American law and society, broadly defined.
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As of Oct. 3, the Supreme Court is back in session with a new slate of highly consequential cases on its docket. To better understand what is at stake, Northwestern Now spoke with faculty to learn what cases they are …
Northwestern Professor of history Kate Masur will discuss her recent book, Until Justice Be Done: America’s First Civil Rights Movement, from the Revolution to Reconstruction during the NU Faculty Live event on November 16, 2022.
The event will be held …
Professor of history Kevin Boyle recently published an op-ed in the New York Times about Richard Nixon and his political impact on America today.
In the article, Boyle argues that the residual effects of Nixon’s policies, especially regarding policing and …
Associate professor of history Ji-Yeon Yuh recently published an op-ed in the Chicago Tribune where she discusses the impacts of the ongoing war in Korea.
The United States and North Korea signed an armistice to end military activities on July …