History
History Department launches Past and Present Lecture Series
The Past and Present Series, continuing this spring semester, offers historical perspectives from History Department faculty to help understand pressing contemporary problems. READ MORE
Department of History
Spotlights
Alumni Spotlight: Graduate
Ve'Amber Miller
Ve'Amber Miller (MA Public History 2021) is currently working as the Digital Content and Outreach Coordinator for the Hopkins Retrospective Project at Johns Hopkins University.
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Student Spotlight
Lindsey Meza
Lindsey Meza, Public History Master’s student and President of the History Graduate Student Association (HGSA), was recently awarded the prestigious Loyola University Chicago President’s Medallion.
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Alumni Spotlight: Undergraduate
Rebecca Susmarski
BA Alumni Rebecca Susmarski is currently a grant writer at the Shelburne Museum in Shelburne, Vermont.
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News & Stories
Dr. Christopher Cantwell Publishes New Book
The Gospel According to Frank Wood: Memory and the Making of White American Evangelicanism
Dr. Tikia Hamilton Publishes New Book
Nothing Less Than Equality: The Battle over Segregated Education in the Nation’s Capital
Dr. Michael Khodarkovsky Publishes New Book
The Steppe and Its Empires: The Russian Empire and Its Eurasian Counterparts
Dr. Suzanne Kaufman wins French Colonial Historical Society’s Article Prize
Professor Suzanne Kaufman won the French Colonial Historical Society’s article prize for her piece “Incident at Sousse: West African Soldiers, Legionnaires, and the Racial Politics of Colonial Policing in 1930s French Tunisa” in the French Historical Studies. This article explores the incident at Sousse, a conflict in mid-1930s French Tunisia in which a security force of West African troops launched an unauthorized attack against the city’s residents.
Call for Papers: HGSA 2026 Annual Conference
History Grad Student Association seeks papers for their 2026 Annual Conference: The Power of Public History: Resistance, Revolution, and Renaissance. Proposal Deadline: November 30, 2025. Learn more about the conference here..
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Professor Michelle Nickerson publishes new book, Spiritual Criminals
Professor Michelle Nickerson has published a new book, Spiritual Criminals: How the Camden 28 Put the Vietnam War on Trial. See her interview with Anna Wilmhoff (MA Public History, 2025).
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Drs. Hunt and Weinreb Mentor Undergraduate Summer Research Experience (USRE) Scholars
This summer, Dr. Brad Hunt and Dr. Alice Weinreb mentored undergraduate researchers Madeline Walbridge and Caelinn Carraher through Loyola's Undergraduate Summer Research Experience (USRE) program.
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John Peter Altgeld
Mar 24, 2022
by Kate M.
By Maris Rosenfield, Loyola University Chicago In Chicago’s Lincoln Park, there are many monuments dedicated to significant figures in history. Alexander Hamilton, Abraham Lincoln, Benjamin Franklin and more stand tall within the expansive park. Among these historical giants stands a monument to John Peter Altgeld, a governor of Illinois who fought for justice reform and …
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