New Work In Progress Spotlight: Nakia Parker

Wed, Jun 20, 2018

New Work in Progress Spotlight: Ernesto Mercado-Montero and Nicolás González Quintero

Tue, Jun 19, 2018

IHS hosts “Migration: Discipline and Displacement” conference, April 26-27

Mon, Apr 23, 2018

IHS Fellows Jeffrey Culang and Wm. Matthew Kennedy will study conceptualizations of freedom in 2018-19

Wed, Apr 18, 2018

IHS announces 2018-19 theme “Genealogies of Freedom,” calls or fellowship applications

Fri, Nov 17, 2017

Institute's new lecture series “Notwithstanding the Evidence” examines practices of denialism in historical perspective

Fri, Sep 22, 2017

Edward James Kolla's new book 'transforms our view of the French Revolution's importance for international law'

Thu, Sep 21, 2017

IHS Research Fellows to examine origins, impacts of population movements in 2017-2018

Thu, May 4, 2017

IHS Director Seth Garfield passes torch to new Director, Miriam Bodian, this fall

Wed, May 3, 2017

IHS Fellow Bianca Premo’s book “The Enlightenment on Trial” is a ‘social history of the law at its best’

Mon, May 1, 2017

Christopher J. Lee, Fellow in 2012-2013, publishes critical annotated edition of Alex La Guma's "A Soviet Journey"

Tue, Apr 25, 2017

IHS Panel on Loving v. Virginia to Feature "Loving " Director Jeff Nichols

Thu, Mar 23, 2017

Inaugural internal Postdoc Fellows enjoy job placements following year of research at IHS

Mon, Mar 20, 2017

President’s Outstanding Staff Award recognizes History/IHS staff member

Sun, Mar 19, 2017

New Book by Historian Daina Ramey Berry Analyzes the Commodification of the Slave Body

Fri, Feb 10, 2017

Fifty Years Later, A New Picture of Mao’s Cultural Revolution

Fri, Feb 3, 2017

At Institute's History Faculty Book Talk, Tracie Matysik Explores "German Modernities"

Thu, Feb 2, 2017

Stephen R. Porter publishes first book, a new history on the cultural and geopolitical impact of 20th-century American foreign aid programs

Tue, Nov 22, 2016

IHS Affiliate Joshua Roebke receives Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant for "The Invisible World"

Mon, Nov 21, 2016

Ann Twinam wins AHA's Albert J. Beveridge Award and Conf. on Latin American History's Bolton-Johnson Prize for "Purchasing Whiteness"

Wed, Oct 5, 2016

IHS Fellow Nancy Appelbaum publishes book on the chorographic commission of 19th-Century Colombia

Fri, Jul 1, 2016

IHS announces collaboration with University of London’s Latin America and the Global History of Knowledge (LAGLOBAL) initiative

Wed, Jun 8, 2016

IHS and Gilder Lehrman Institute Celebrate 5th Year Hosting K-12 Teachers for Foreign Policy Seminar

Tue, Jun 7, 2016

IHS Selects Fellows to Study “Food and Drink in History” in 2016-2017

Mon, Jun 6, 2016

The Legacy of Racial Terror in America: The Role of Lynching in America’s Historical Past

Thu, May 5, 2016

IHS presents “Histories of Darkness and Light,” conference | April 21-22

Tue, Apr 12, 2016

Lydia Pyne’s ‘Bookshelf' re-imagines the history and life of everyday bookshelves

Tue, Mar 15, 2016

IHS Fellow Alumna Sarah Van Beurden publishes “Authentically African” with Ohio University Press

Mon, Feb 1, 2016

Cynthia Talbot publishes "The Last Hindu Emperor," is awarded fellowship at the National Humanities Center

Fri, Jan 15, 2016

Former Institute Fellow Venkat Dhulipala´s New Book Causing “Tug of War”

Fri, Sep 25, 2015

Innovative Views on Diplomacy and Democracy Applied to Foreign Policy

Tue, Jun 2, 2015

IHS Fellows to study Histories of Darkness and Light across time and cultures in 2015-16

Tue, May 5, 2015

"Bridge to Somewhere": IHS Fellow Erika Bsumek’s “Building America” course examined in Life & Letters

Mon, May 4, 2015

History professors discuss Reconstruction on 150th anniversary of Civil War ending

Sat, May 2, 2015

Not Even Past features “Nation-States and the Global Environment” book and authors this month

Fri, May 1, 2015

"Global Commodity Flows" conf. investigates global commodity chains, ecological crisis, and social and cultural history

Mon, Apr 13, 2015

Michelle Moyd’s “Violent Intermediaries” examines East Africa's askari in the early 20th century

Thu, Dec 4, 2014

In "Unreasonable Histories," Christopher J. Lee investigates experiences of multiracial Africans in British Central Africa, 1910s-1960s

Wed, Dec 3, 2014

Roundtable on Civil Rights Act of 1964 reflects on legacies of the landmark legislation

Tue, Dec 2, 2014

Brent Sirota's book on the Church of England and the Age of Benevolence published by Yale University Press

Mon, Dec 1, 2014

Interdisciplinary panel marks 75th anniversary of "The Grapes of Wrath" publication

Wed, Nov 26, 2014

IHS Theme in 2015-16 will examine "Histories of Darkness and Light"

Tue, Oct 21, 2014

High school History teachers join IHS and Gilder Lehrman Institute for week-long seminar at UT

Wed, Jul 2, 2014

Institute Fellows selected to study "Capital and Commodities" in 2014-15

Wed, Apr 30, 2014

IHS Promotes Publication of New Scholarship on History of Minorities in the United States

Tue, Apr 29, 2014

IHS Launches New Commemoration Series

Thu, Mar 27, 2014

New theme in 2014-15, "Capital and Commodities," considers historical impact of commodity production, consumption

Thu, Oct 10, 2013

Shigeru Akita, IHS visiting researcher, awarded Japan’s prestigious Yoshino Sakuzo Prize

Thu, Jul 18, 2013

IHS co-sponsors innovative Gilder Lehrman Institute Seminar for K-12 Teachers, led by Jeremi Suri

Thu, Jul 18, 2013

Institute Fellows for 2013-2014

Wed, May 29, 2013

"Transpacific China" conf. examines Chinese diaspora during the Cold War though interdisciplinary lens

Mon, Apr 29, 2013

Professor Sir Christopher Bayly visits UT Austin, April 1st-5th

Mon, Mar 18, 2013

IHS hosts AISD students for day-long Model UN conference

Thu, Mar 7, 2013

Warwick's Institute of Advanced Study features week-long program on Jorge Canizares-Esguerra's award-winning works

Thu, Dec 6, 2012

David Kinkela, Former IHS Fellow, Wins Prestigious Book Award

Fri, Nov 30, 2012

IHS to focus on the history of trauma and its aftermath in 2013-2014

Thu, Oct 11, 2012

IHS theme for 2013-14 announced

Thu, Oct 4, 2012

High School Educators Sharpen Teaching Skills at Gilder Lehrman Seminar

Mon, Aug 13, 2012

Institute Fellows Examine Diplomacy in 2012-2013

Tue, Jul 24, 2012

A Banner Year at The Institute for Historical Studies

Thu, Jul 19, 2012

IHS partners with Gilder Lehrman Institute to host teacher workshop

Tue, Jun 19, 2012

Training Global Diplomats: A New Multidisciplinary Initiative

Thu, Mar 29, 2012

Two IHS fellows honored with prestigious AHA awards

Thu, Feb 23, 2012

Groundbreaking conference examines sexuality & slavery, draws hundreds of attendees

Fri, Dec 9, 2011

Institute announces new theme, "Rethinking Diplomacy," 2012-13

Tue, Oct 25, 2011

Conference examines sexuality in early American slave societies

Fri, Oct 21, 2011

Series highlights New Works by advanced graduate students

Fri, Sep 23, 2011

Fellows pass torch to new guard of scholars, continuing study of "Power and Place"

Tue, Jun 7, 2011

How families shaped the early modern Atlantic world

"Centering Families" conference, Feb. 28 – March 1, 2011, AT&T Center

Fri, Jan 28, 2011

Symposium Discusses New Monograph on Civil War

Discussion will explore the 1860-61 Secession Crisis for Americans

Fri, Sep 10, 2010

IHS Visiting Research Fellows Announced, 2010-11

Fellows to take part in the first of two-year study on "Power and Place"

Tue, Jul 20, 2010

Year in Review: Engaging Historical Issues with Global Relevance

Mon, Jul 19, 2010

Faculty mentor schoolteachers at Humanities Texas June Institute

IHS co-sponsors continuing education institute for middle and high school teachers in Texas

Sun, Jul 18, 2010

IHS conference explores crucial processes of Independence and Decolonization

Thu, Jul 8, 2010

Pivotal period in British and world history examined at IHS conference

Wed, Jul 7, 2010

Vincent Brown visits the IHS

Harvard Professor to hold Book Discussion and Workshop, Screen Documentary

Wed, Oct 28, 2009

Latin America and the Cold War Conference

Fri, Oct 23, 2009

Thu, October 29, 2009 1:15 PM • GAR 4.100

Historian Examines Coca-Cola, Latin America Diplomacy and Globalization

Monday October 26, 2009, 12:00 PM • Garrison Hall (GAR), Room 4.100

Fri, Oct 23, 2009

Historian of modern France gives lecture

John Merriman, a prolific scholar of modern France, will explore the history of terrorist violence in a lecture on Oct. 9 entitled "Émile Henry's Bomb at the Café Terminus: The Origins of Modern Terrorism in Fin-de-Siècle Paris."

Wed, Oct 21, 2009

IHS Visiting Research Fellows Announced, 2009-10

Historical scholars to examine global borders from a variety of perspectives

Fri, Jul 24, 2009

Looking Ahead: Workshops and Guest Presenters in 2009-2010

Workshop series begins September 14, 2009 and runs through May 3, 2010

Wed, Jul 8, 2009

Year in Review: Inaugural Year Features New Work, Intellectual Excitement

Tue, Jul 7, 2009

Nation-State and Transnational Environment Conference hosted by Institute

Conference to explore ways nation-states have attempted to find international solutions to global environmental problems

Fri, Mar 27, 2009

IHS to co-sponsor Black Urban Atlantics Conference

April 2-3, 2009

Fri, Mar 27, 2009

Institute hosts Workshop for Black History Month

Workshop to explore new Texas Black History Preservation Project

Tue, Feb 3, 2009

IHS and Odyssey Program present History Lecture Series

Sun, Sep 14, 2008

"Global Borders: Looking Back to Look Forward," will examine the concept of borders across political, philosophical, cultural, social understandings.

Institute's 2008-09 Doctoral Research Grant Recipients Announced

Fri, Aug 1, 2008

The travel stipends will be used by graduate students of the History department to conduct research in archives located around the world, including Spain, Portugal, Cyprus, England, Mexico, and Venezuela.

IHS Appoints External Research Fellows for 2008-09

Tue, Mar 25, 2008

The IHS has appointed five external research fellows for 2008-09 from an extraordinarily talented and diverse pool of over 230 applicants.

Institute for Historical Studies celebrates founding, launches programs

Thu, Jan 31, 2008

The UT History Department announces the founding of the Institute for Historical Studies and the beginning of its programs and other initiatives with a public reception on January 31, 2008.

Institute for Historical Studies Created

IHS to serve as part of UT President William Powers Jr.'s initiative

Wed, Oct 24, 2007

The Institute for Historical Studies is one part of university President William Powers Jr.'s initiative to make UT-Austin the leading public university in the nation. The History Department has also significantly increased funding for graduate students to offer nationally competitive stipend packages and plans to hire eight additional senior faculty.