Rutgers History Department
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This is the official Bluesky account for the Rutgers History Department (New Brunswick, NJ), designed to celebrate our students, faculty, and alums and to build intellectual networks and community.
Don't miss "Declarations: Black Americans and the Revolutionary War," now streaming on PBS. Dr. Leslie Alexander and Rutgers History PhD Dr. Adam McNeil (now at University of Notre Dame) are both featured in the documentary. #rutgersuniversity www.pbs.org/show/declara...
Declarations: Black Americans and the Revolutionary War
Uncover the stories of Black Americans who fought to define democracy during the Revolution.
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Rutgers professor Toby Jones, a specialist in the history of oil, energy, and the Middle East, and author of Desert Kingdom: How Oil and Water Forged Modern Saudi Arabia (2010), participated in a conversation about the War on Iran and the Strait of Hormuz Crisis. www.democracynow.org/2026/5/5/ira...
Trump’s War on Iran & Strait of Hormuz Crisis Reveal “Limits of American Imperial Power”
We speak with Middle East history professor Toby Jones about the ongoing crisis in the Strait of Hormuz, where overlapping blockades by Iran and the United States have disrupted shipping and the wider...
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Dr. Kendra Boyd (Rutgers History Ph.D) received Honorable Mention for her book Freedom Enterprise for the Jon Gjerde Prize!
Enjoy this podcast interview with historian Richard Ivan Jobs (Rutgers History PhD) on his 2025 book, In the Land of the Lacadón: A Graphic History of Adventure and Imperialism. open.spotify.com/episode/4Pq5...
Richard Ivan Jobs and Steven Van Wolputte, "In the Land of the Lacandón: A Graphic History of Adventure and Imperialism" (McGill-Queen’s UP, 2025)
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Congratulations to Sydney Smith on being awarded an ACLS. #rutgersuniversity www.acls.org/fellow-grant...
A chance to celebrate and learn about two new books in Caribbean Studies, featuring commentary by Ben Jacob and Ian Scott (Rutgers Department of History). #Rutgers
Earth Day inspiration from Alastair Bellany, historian of the Little Ice Age at Rutgers University. #Rutgers
Earth Day is this week (April 22), and your friends in the Rutgers History Department would love to share some of the books, images, objects, etc. that they have found most inspiring for thinking about our planet Earth. Enjoy this reading suggestion from Professor Alastair Bellany. #Rutgers
Congratulations to Eri Kitada (Rutgers History PhD) on the publication of her article, "Japanese Migrants to the Philippines Under American Rule," in Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Migration Studies. academic.oup.com/edited-volum...
Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Migration Studies
Abstract. Migration is emerging as one of the defining phenomena of the twenty-first century. By all reasonable predictions, world migration will increase
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Celebrating some of the books recently published (or about to be published) by Rutgers History faculty members. #Rutgers
Congratulations to Daniela Valdés (Ph.D. ‘25) Elissa Branum (current Ph.D. candidate), and Caitlin Reed Wiesner (Ph.D, ‘21) for their awards from the Organization of American Historians! #Rutgers
In anticipation of Earth Day on April 22, the Rutgers History Department is sharing some inspiration. We start with a reading suggestion from Professor Jamie Pietruska, an American historian whose research focuses on technology, nature, and weather prediction (and the future). #rutgersuniversity
So proud of our Rutgers History majors!
Posting for our friends and colleagues at the Center for Latin American Studies at Rutgers, New Brunswick. #Rutgers
A stimulating conclusion to the Rutgers Center for Historical Analysis project on Black Power and White Supremacy. Thank you to co-directors Leslie Alexander and Kim Butler! #Rutgers
Congratulations to Kate Rizzi, winner of a 2026 Rutgers Graduate Studies Staff Excellence in Student Support award. So well deserved! #Rutgers
Rutgers New Brunswick is hosting the 2026 meeting of the Forum on Early-modern Empires and Global Interactions (FEEGI). This is a group of early modern scholars working in different aspects of global history, and we meet every two years. feegi.org/conferences....
Conferences
View the 2026 Conference Program here (Final Version - April 3, 2026). Register for the 2026 conference here .
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Posting for our friends and colleagues in RAICCS, CLAS, LCS, and the Department of Sociology at Rutgers.
