The Columbia University Department of History is one of the leading centers of historical scholarship in the world. Our approximately 50 faculty, together with colleagues in the Barnard College Department of History and historians in other departments of the University, study all aspects of human history, from ancient to contemporary societies, across the entire globe. Our community includes each year around 200 graduate students and 250 undergraduate majors and concentrators.
You will find on this website details about all aspects of the Department, including the undergraduate and graduate programs, courses, faculty, and upcoming events. If you cannot locate here the information you need, please contact the office directly, or come find us in Fayerweather Hall. If you have questions or suggestions about this website, please click here to email Department Administrator Sean Sawyer.
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11-16-2009
Amelia J. Spooner (GS ’10) senior thesis to be published in Yale Historical ReviewThe Department of History wishes to congratulate Amelia J. Spooner (GS '10) on the selection of her senior thesis for publication by the Ya ...
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10-23-2009
Associate Professor Charles Armstrong featured in Columbia Magazine
Associate Professor of History Charles Armstrong, who
specializes in Korean studies, offers a
social and historical perspective on ...
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9-30-2009
Professor David Rosner featured on NPR and in CU's "The Record"Professor David Rosner, a historian of public health, enters
the current debate on health care in America by offering a historical
perspect ...
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