Loyola University Chicago

Department of History

2021 Stories

 Archive of 2021 Stories

  • Loyola MA Alumna Leads Re-interpretive Project at Lower East Side Tenement Museum

    Lauren O'Brien (History MA, 2016) recently spearheaded research for the Joseph Moore Project, an effort by the New York's Lower East Side Tenement Museum to better highlight Black New Yorkers' experiences in its overall interpretive schema.

  • 2021 Midnight Bike Ride

    The Bike Ride rides again

  • Faculty Explore Challenges of Race and Violence

    Dive into these works by past and present Loyola faculty whose timely work reflects our country's ongoing struggle with race and violence.

  • Rebecca Susmarski: Alumni Spotlight

    Rebecca Susmarski is currently a grant writer at the Shelburne Museum in Shelburne, Vermont.

  • Loyola History Department Wins Career Diversity Grant

    The Career Diversity grant, awarded by the American Historical Association and funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, will support the implementation of new programs and initiatives designed to better prepare PhD students for a wide array of careers within and outside the academy.

  • Theodore and Joseph Karamanski Lead a Docent Training at the Chicago Maritime Museum

    On October 1st, Professor Theodore Karamanski and undergraduate alum, Joseph Karamanski, led a docent training at the Chicago Maritime Museum.

  • Dr. Jo Hays Book Publication

    Professor Emeritus Jo N. Hays recently authored a timely new reference book, Epidemics and Pandemics: From Ancient Plagues to Modern-Day Threats. ABC-CLIO, a specialty academic publisher for mass-market library reference books, published the two-volume set. Dr. Hays co-authored the books with Dr. Joseph P. Byrne, a professor of medieval and early modern European history at Belmont University. A project six years in the making, the books were fittingly released this year to help readers understand the current coronavirus pandemic by learning about its contemporary context and how epidemics and pandemics have affected world history by looking at humanity’s response to such crises. In Volume 1, Dr. Byrne covers and explains what epidemics are and how human society spread and controlled contagious diseases. In Volume 2, Dr. Hays presents examples of past epidemics and pandemics and how they left a lasting impact on history, from malaria in ancient Rome to measles outbreaks in the United States today.
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  • Faculty and Student Awards

    We're pleased to share with you some tremendous accomplishments from the History Department. Join us as we recognize their achievements!
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