2025 Bancroft Prize
CONGRATULATIONS to Professor James Tejani for winning the 2025 Bancroft Prize
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New Faculty Member
The History Department would like to welcome its new faculty member, Dr. G. Aron Ramirez! To read his Bio, please click below.
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Captivity's Collections
CLA Associate Dean for Student Success and History Department's Dr. Kathleen Murphy's book has just released in October 2023! Click "Continue Reading" to learn more.
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Alumni Spotlight: Halle Gotico
Halle graduated Spring of 2023, but before she left she painted a utility box near Baker Science.
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At the Heart of the Borderlands
History Department's Cameron D. Jones has a new book coming out in April! At the Heart of the Borderlands is the first book-length study of Africans and Afro-descendants in the frontiers of Spanish America.
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Ethan Gutterman, 3rd Year History Major, Accepted to Panetta Institute Congressional Internship Program
Ethan Gutterman, a third-year history major and ethics, public policy, science and technology minor from the San Fernando Valley, will serve as Cal Poly’s 2022 representative to the Panetta Institute Congressional Internship Program.
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Cal Poly Masters in History
Learn how the History Department's Masters in History program can broaden your mind and kickstart your career.
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History Department Statement on Equality and Diversity
The faculty, students and staff of the History Department stand united in our commitment to tolerance and diversity.
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Rebel Imaginaries: Labor, Culture, and Politics in Depression-Era California
Rebel Imaginaries: Labor, Culture, and Politics in Depression-Era California
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Phi Alpha Theta
The National History Honor Society promotes the study of history by encouraging research, good teaching and the exchange of learning and ideas among historians.
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Black Market Business, Selling Sex in Northern Vietnam, 1920-1945
Black Market Business is a grassroots social history of the clandestine market for sex in colonial Tonkin
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The Forum
The latest issue of The Forum, the History Department's student academic journal, is in the final stages of editing and production!
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History Professor in Cal Poly News: Ask an Expert: What is Juneteenth?
History Professor Thanayi Jackson talks about the history of Juneteenth and what it means for the continuing fight for equality.
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Cal Poly history students collaborate with American University at Kuwait students for history classes
Al-Nakib had the idea to connect her class with an American government class at AUK.
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THE FORUM: HISTORY JOURNAL
The latest issue of The Forum, the History Department's student academic journal, is in the final stages of editing and production!
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