UNC-Chapel Hill historian Kathleen DuVal won the Bancroft Prize, one of the most prestigious honors for scholars of American history, announced on March 5. DuVal is also the 2024 winner of the Cundill History Prize. The awards honor her book, “Native Nations: A Millennium In North America.”

The department of history recently posted this memorial tribute to Jim Ferguson, who taught the beloved “EATS 101” class through Honors Carolina. Ferguson passed away on Jan. 27.

William Leuchtenburg was a leading expert on the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt. 

Students develop problem-solving skills through scenarios of historic events like the 1962 Cuban missile crisis.

The Carolina junior used skills from the Southern Oral History Program’s internship course and other UNC-Chapel Hill classes to record original primary sources.

Pratyush Seshadri, a senior with a double major in economics and mathematics and a minor in history, has been named Carolina’s 23rd Marshall Scholar.

Bookmark This is a feature that highlights new books by College people. The November featured book is “One Day I’ll Work for Myself: The Dream and Delusion that Conquered America” by Benjamin C. Waterhouse, professor of history.

Carolina K-12, a program based in the College of Arts and Sciences, hosted a summer retreat for educators from around the state, immersing them in the history and culture of Beaufort, Harkers Island and Cape Lookout.

Led by historian Matt Andrews, 20 undergraduates will travel to London and Paris to study the event’s cultural impact.

The graduate students represent five academic departments in the College and will be working with local and national host organizations.