We are pleased to introduce our department’s curriculum for the Academic Year 2020-21. The Department held its Launch meeting to present the curriculum on Monday, July 20th at 12 pm on Zoom. You can access a recording of the meeting here (password: ^Z6mn1qF) (The recording starts at 0:07.24).
Students should note that this curriculum includes courses offered over three semesters (including Summer A/B), as well as several new immersive classes that will be offered over a 7-week period. Please note that this schedule may be subject to change, and students are encouraged not only to revisit this page but also to confirm the course listings in the online Directory of Classes.
Our departmental immersive courses will cover a semester’s worth of material in a shorter period of time and will meet for twice as many hours per week, allowing students to take fewer courses at the same time and a more sustained focus on course content.
Please feel free to contact your major advisor (or the Chair, Lisa Tiersten) with any questions you may have about your academic schedule. You can read the full Leave of Absence Policy here, and access other pertinent policies here.
History encompasses the whole of human experience, helping us understand ourselves in the context of our times and traditions through the study of times and traditions other than our own. History means not only the record of the past but also the discipline of investigating and interpreting the past. The study of history develops habits of critical thinking and effective writing, as well as it cultivates the careful analysis of various types of quantitative and qualitative evidence. It should be of value not only to undergraduates who intend to pursue advanced degrees in the field, but also to students interested in exploring the diversity and complexity of the human past, even as they hone their analytical and expository skills.
The Barnard College History Department celebrates our Class of 2020 History majors through a series of Facebook covers showcasing their lives in quarantine and their special memories at Barnard. These unprecedented times call for special commemorations. We will be rotating 5 Facebook covers every couple of days. Barnard College History Department Facebook page
Congratulations to all the graduating History seniors, Class of 2020! You will be known in history books as the Heroic Generation of 2020 on which future positive changes pivot.
History Major Jodi Lessner Contributes to the Washington Post
History Major Graduates Receive Departmental Honors:
The Committee on Honors recognized History majors from the Class of 2020 as recipients of History Departmental Honors. The History Department congratulates: ASIYA JAFFER, JULIA KELLER, JODI LESSNER, ALLY MCDONOUGH, ANNA MORROW, JINAE PARK, and HANNAH STANHILL. Congratulations to all!
(NEW IMMERSIVE SEMINAR/FALLB 2020) Covid-19 and Care Work: An Oral History Approach
Professor ANUPAMA RAO Published Two Articles on Race and Discrimination for the Wire and Scoll
SHAHNUR SAID, History Major, receives 2020 Taraknath Das Prize
History Major, LULA O'DONNELL, Writes OP-ED for NY Daily News
Phi Beta Kappa History Graduates Receive Departmental Honors:
Phi Beta Kappa members from the Class of 2020 were recognized by the Committee on Honors as recipients of the History Major Departmental Honors. The History Department congratulates recent graduates ASIYA JAFFER and JULIA KELLER on their accomplishments!
A round up of the latest accomplishments by Barnard faculty.