A careful study of the past helps us better understand the present. History as an academic and professional discipline continually looks for the best ways to help us understand times, people, and places very different from our own.

The links on the left explain our program and provide information about the department. Check this page periodically for announcements and news of interest to history majors.

 

 

Pre-Semester Advising
The History faculty will provide major advising Tuesday-Friday, August 26-29. The professors will be available in their respective offices on the third floor of the LCH building (see the Faculty page for locations and contact info) at the following times:

T      Professor Verba, 1-2
        Professor Jeffers, 10-4
        Professor Fawver, 10-12
W    Professor Verba, 10-2
        Professor Monty, 1-5
Th   Professor Verba, 1-2
       Professor Monty, 12-2
       Professor Loeb, 8-1
F    Professor Talamante, 10-12, 1-4

History Faculty Win Awards
History professors Ericka Verba and Laura Talamante were among the recipients of the first-ever Faculty Legacy Awards, sponsored by the newly-formed Emeriti Faculty Association. Laura Talamante received an award to assist her research in ’ÄúWomen’Äôs Agency and the Development of Citizenship Practices in Pre-Revolutionary and Revolutionary France.’Äù She is studying the degree to which the French Revolution enhanced women’Äôs social and political power. The grant will be used to hire a student assistant to catalog a database of over 2,000 pages of digital images. Erika Verba was awarded a summer stipend for her project titled, "The Life and Work of Chilean Artist Violeta Parra." She is working on a book-length biography of the famous Chilean folklorist and composer.

History Major Wins Scholarship
Congratulations to history major Alba Velazquez, who was recently awarded a Latino Faculty and Staff Association Scholarship.

2008 Chancellor's Doctoral Incentive Program Awarded to CSUDH Student
Jose Luis Serrano Najera, a Spring 2008 graduate of CSUDH, was inducted recently into the 2008 Chancellor's Doctoral Incentive Program. The program provides a forgivable loan of up to $30,000 to support their education with the goal of returning to the CSU to become faculty members. Mr. Najera is entering the Ph.D. in History program at UCLA this Fall.