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As historians, we believe the past provides the keys to understanding the present. 

From Boston to Beijing, we chase down evidence to explain what happened, how and why. We explore how people have lived in different times and places, and we present our findings as clearly and elegantly as we can. The study of history demands careful reading and clear writing. As a student of history, you will learn to present your arguments in a persuasive manner, orally and on paper. These are skills that will serve you well in just about any career.

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  • Katie Titus with Amy Michael, lecturer in anthropology, and Gregory McMahon professor of classics, humanities and Italian studies
    Wildcats
    Katie Titus '20
    Anthropology and History Majors
    Growing up in Sunapee, N.H., Katie Titus had a strong feeling she’d wind up at UNH. Both of her older brothers attended UNH, and the university met her chief criterion of being “not too far away to go home when I wanted to,” yet rife “with opportunities to study different subjects and see a bit of...
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    Wildcats
    Katie Titus '20
    Anthropology and History Majors
    Growing up in Sunapee, N.H., Katie Titus had a strong feeling she’d wind up at UNH. Both of her older brothers attended UNH, and the university met her chief criterion of being “not too far away to go home when I wanted to,” yet rife “with opportunities to study different subjects and see a bit of...
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  • Abby Colby with Janet Polasky, professor of history
    Wildcats
    Abby Colby '20
    History Major
    Abby Colby came to UNH all the way from Durham, N.H., and that’s no joke. Going to UNH from Durham is like Alice stepping through the looking glass: on the other side is a magically different world. Sometimes, when you attend a university that’s in your hometown, you make a deal with yourself: you...
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    Wildcats
    Abby Colby '20
    History Major
    Abby Colby came to UNH all the way from Durham, N.H., and that’s no joke. Going to UNH from Durham is like Alice stepping through the looking glass: on the other side is a magically different world. Sometimes, when you attend a university that’s in your hometown, you make a deal with yourself: you...
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  • photo of Peter Jaarsma and Arna Bronstein
    Wildcats
    Peter Jaarsma '19
    History and Russian Majors
    There’s often a difference between the things that bring you to UNH as a high schooler and those that keep you here as a Wildcat. Peter Jaarsma, a history and Russian major from Cornish, N.H., demonstrates the point. He chose to come to UNH because he liked the campus, wanted a university that was...
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    Wildcats
    Peter Jaarsma '19
    History and Russian Majors
    There’s often a difference between the things that bring you to UNH as a high schooler and those that keep you here as a Wildcat. Peter Jaarsma, a history and Russian major from Cornish, N.H., demonstrates the point. He chose to come to UNH because he liked the campus, wanted a university that was...
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    Alumni
    Emily Fekete '08
    Geography and History Majors | Social Media and Engagement Coordinator AAG
    What are you currently doing for work and how did you get to this point? Currently I am the social media and engagement coordinator at the American Association of Geographers (AAG). The AAG is a non-profit membership association for academic and professional geographers located in Washington, DC. I...
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    Alumni
    Emily Fekete '08
    Geography and History Majors | Social Media and Engagement Coordinator AAG
    What are you currently doing for work and how did you get to this point? Currently I am the social media and engagement coordinator at the American Association of Geographers (AAG). The AAG is a non-profit membership association for academic and professional geographers located in Washington, DC. I...
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    Alumni
    James Moses '89G
    History Master's Degree | Professor of History
    What are you currently doing for work and what path did you take to get to this point? After earning my Master of Arts degree in history at UNH, I went on to doctoral studies at Tulane University, and eventually to a professorship at Arkansas Tech University, where I am a historian and hold the...
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    Alumni
    James Moses '89G
    History Master's Degree | Professor of History
    What are you currently doing for work and what path did you take to get to this point? After earning my Master of Arts degree in history at UNH, I went on to doctoral studies at Tulane University, and eventually to a professorship at Arkansas Tech University, where I am a historian and hold the...
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12

The Rutman Distinguished Lecture Series: The 2020 Election, with Callie Crossley

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02

First Monday "Reconceptualizing Premodern Economic 'Stagnation'"

Nov
10

The Rutman Distinguished Lecture Series: The 2020 Election, with Callie Crossley

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Highest paid graduates in history
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Top Ranked history program
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History Ph.D. program, for scholarly research activity within the Carnegie Classification of Doctoral Universities: Higher Research Activity
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