The department’s research, public outreach, and teaching is global and integrative, and its award-winning faculty members are acclaimed scholars who excel in the classroom.
Department of History
History at Brown
The Brown History Department is a community of scholars and students committed to the rigorous study of humanity’s vast and diverse past.
History at Brown
The Brown History Department is a community of scholars and students committed to the rigorous study of humanity’s vast and diverse past.
Academics
Undergraduate
Our history courses teach undergraduate students how societies and cultures across the world change over time. Concentrators learn to write and think critically, and to understand issues from a variety of perspectives.
Graduate
The Department of History at Brown trains graduate students in a wide range of fields, methodologies, and regions of the globe.
Recent News
News from the Department of History
Graduate Student Spotlight: Aaron Stark
In this graduate student spotlight, Aaron Stark highlights his History Advanced Teaching Fellowship and undergraduate seminar entitled "On the Move: Problems and Histories of Tourism and Mobilities." The course examines how tourism and human movement reshape places, identities, and global power relations.
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News from the Department of History
Graduate Student Spotlight: Ria Modak
In this graduate student spotlight, Ria Modak shares her research on linguistic nationalism and cultural politics in postcolonial India. As a composer and musician, Modak's work explores the connections between history and performance through collaborations and live music.
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News from the Department of History
1776 Across the Americas: A Hemispheric History from the Collections of the John Carter Brown Library
The John Carter Brown Library recently announced a year-long exhibition titled “1776 Across the Americas: A Hemispheric History from the Collections of the John Carter Brown Library.” The exhibition, co-curated by Karin Wulf, is now on display in the Bromsen Room at the Library.
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Contact Information
Mailing Address:
Department of History
Brown University
Box N
79 Brown Street
Providence, RI
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