The Department of History is offering several exciting electives this upcoming spring semester. In particular, we are excited to be offering two 8-Week Sessions on the Modern/Contemporary Middle East! Open enrollment begins on Monday, November 28th.

Reminder that there is still time to enroll in HISTORY 300HW-0003 (21879) for the Second 8-Week Session for the Spring 2023 semester. Don't miss out on this exciting course opportunity!

ATTENTION STUDENTS! Register for this awesome social event here: cglink.me/2n2/r382665

The next Department of History Career Development Event will take place on Thursday, April 13, 2023, at 2:00pm at The National Museum of Toys and Miniatures. See the below image for more information. Please register for the event here: roogroups.umkc.edu/DoH/rsvp_boot?…

We are very proud to announce that Dr. Austin Williams won this year’s John D’Emilio LGBTQ History Dissertation Award from the Organization of American Historians!

We are excited to announce a unique - hands-on digital history projects based - course opportunity for this upcoming Fall 2023 Semester. This course will allow students to research, create, produce, and design audio/visual and web based content to tell the rich History of UMKC.

Interested in learning more about the Modern Middle East? Check-out this exciting upcoming Fall 2023 Semester course with Adjunct Kaleb Herman Adney.

Interested in learning about Colonial North America? Join Dr. Osborn this Fall 2023 Semester as he takes students on an exploration of the European colonization of North America. See the below flyer for more information.

Interested in a skills based Introduction to Archival Theory, Principles, and Practice? Then we have the course for you! Join Whitney Heinzmann, Adjunct Instructor and Coordinator for the SHSMO-KC, as she leads this combined discussion, research, and hand-on archival course.

Looking for a course that discusses Arab Empires and Islamic Civilizations before the year 1258? Then we have the course for you! Join Emeritus Faculty Dr. Caral Klausner this upcoming Fall 2023 Semester as she delves into the middle eastern history from Muhammad to the Mongols.

ATTENTION STUDENTS! Dr. David Freeman is currently offering a Colloquium on the Atlantic World this Fall 2023 Semester. See the below flyer for more information about this exciting course opportunity. Enroll early to save your seat!

Our alums do great things!! Darryl Chamberlain (Secondary Education, 2014; History, 2015) won the 2023 Hero Award from the Atlas Holding Firm LLC for his work making music available to all children. Well done, Darryl! We are VERY proud of you!

Part 1 of our 3-part MLK lecture series events. Mon, Jan 22 at 6:00pm at the Student Union Theater. Free screening of the film BlacKKKlansmen. Hope to see you there! roogroups.umkc.edu/SHSS/rsvp_boot…

Part 2 of our 3-part MLK lecture series events. Tues, Jan 23 from 6-7:30pm in UMKC Student Union, rm. 401. 15th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Lecture Series with Kevin Willmott. securelb.imodules.com/s/1236/16/inde…

Part 3 of our 3-part MLK lecture series events. Wed, Jan 24 from 12-1:30pm. A small group lunch with Kevin Willmott, which includes free food and a chance to talk with Willmott in a small setting. Registration is required. roogroups.umkc.edu/FirstGen/rsvp_…

Mark your calendars for the upcoming Grad Roo Fair on Wednesday, March 13 from 1-3pm. sgs.umkc.edu/admissions/gra…

We've been in the swing of things for a couple of weeks now, but some of our faculty celebrated their first days of school! Welcome back, Roo Historians!