Welcome to the History Department at The University of Texas at Austin! We are a large and distinguished department, filled with prize-winning scholars and innovative teachers who write field-defining books and articles, teach engaging classes, and work as public historians. We investigate historical events from across the globe and over the last two millennia.

Our collaborative community of scholars centers on our Institute of Historical Studies and on our vibrant graduate program. Our faculty have established pioneering courses such as Japan Lab, the Mapping Violence Project, the Radical Hope Syllabus, and the Normandy Scholars Program, and they reach audiences beyond the university with their digital magazine and podcasts, including Not Even Past, This is Democracy, and 15 Minute History. We are convinced of the power of historical inquiry to tell us about the processes that have shaped our world.

Students come to history for many reasons. Often, students are inspired by their family histories, or the history of their communities, or the history of their religious or cultural traditions. They are also fascinated by research: they discover the excitement of finding and investigating the materials that our predecessors left behind, and they enjoy using documents and artifacts to create compelling accounts that illuminate the variety of human experience. Continue reading ...