One Book One Northwestern has chosen How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with The History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith as the selection for the 2022-2023 One Book. How the World is Passed explores the history of …
History Professor Daniel Immerwahr, recently wrote a piece in The Guardian on why a complacent attitude about nuclear weapons is dangerous.
In the article, Immerwahr details the history of nuclear weapons and the discussion surrounding their use in the …
History Professor Kate Masur is a finalist for the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in History for her book Until Justice Be Done: America’s First Civil Rights Movement, from the Revolution to Reconstruction.
Before the Civil War, the United States implemented
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Susan J. Pearson, professor of History at Weinberg, recently published an op-ed in The Atlantic in protest against Oklahoma’s decision to restrict nonbinary gender markers on birth certificates.
In the article, Pearson argues that the inclusion of nonbinary status …
Historian Deborah Cohen’s new book, Last Call at the Hotel Imperial, explores the lives of four journalists who reported from Europe and Asia during the lead-up to World War II. Cohen is the Richard W. Leopold Professor of History …
Northwestern launched a digital exhibit, “Black Organizing in Pre-Civil War Illinois: Creating Community, Demanding Justice,” that is currently accessible through Penn State University’s Colored Conventions Project website.
The exhibit, led by Kate Masur, Northwestern professor and historian, highlights the …
Kian Gohar graduated from Weinberg in 1998, studying history and political science. A former executive director of the XPRIZE Foundation and Singularity University, he has coached the leadership teams of dozens of Fortune 500 companies.
In this Alumni Spotlight, Kian …
One year after a violent mob stormed the U.S. Capitol and disrupted electoral vote proceedings, Northwestern historians and political scientists provide analysis on the national climate and ongoing threats to American democracy.
Northwestern Now spoke with professors Alvin Tillery, …
The New York Times has named Professor Kate Masur’s book, Until Justice Be Done: America’s First Civil Rights Movement, from the Revolution to Reconstruction (W. W. Norton, 2021), one of the best books of 2021. The work examines the …
In History Professor Kevin Boyle‘s new book, “The Shattering: America in the 1960s,” he lays out historical events that pierced the stability of the status quo, and set the stage for three key struggles the U.S. still grapples with …