Why study history at Northwestern?
Because history widens intellectual horizons by taking us outside our own time and place and helps us to appreciate and learn from other people’s experience.
Because there is no better laboratory for the study of the capacities and interactions of human beings, both as individuals and groups, than history.
Because history courses develop your abilities to read insightfully, think critically, and write precisely.
Because historical study at the college level is about exploring questions, not memorization!
And, because the History Department offers some of the best teaching you’ll find at Northwestern. One sound piece of advice about choosing courses is: “Take Teachers, not Subjects.” No other department in Weinberg College has won as many College and University teaching prizes as ours.
The Northwestern History Department includes forty full-time faculty members specializing in African, American, Asian, European, Latin American, and Middle-Eastern history.
Recent Faculty Publications
Upcoming History Event
politics & culture:
in Honor of Timothy H. Breen
June 1, 2013
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WELCOME, NU CLASS OF 2016!
Check out our First-year Focus page for more information about the History Department Major and Minor!
CHABRAJA Center for Historical Studies
The Center invites faculty members and graduate students who work with historical materials to participate in an ongoing conversation about the core concerns of the historical discipline.
