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Learn more about study abroad opportunities within the Department of History.

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Study History

Our global and multidisciplinary focus makes Illinois State's History programs ideal for those interested in any number of future careers.

The unexamined subject is not worth studying.

- Socrates

History is the memory of a nation. Just as memory enables the individual to learn, to choose goals and stick to them, to avoid making the same mistake twice-in short, to grow-so history is the means by which a nation establishes its sense of identity and purpose.

- John F. Kennedy

Of all our studies history is the best qualified to reward our research.

- Malcom X

A historian is a prophet in reverse.

- Friedrich von Schlegel

History never looks like history when you are living through it. It always looks confusing and messy, and it always feels uncomfortable.

- John Gardner

The memories of men are too frail a thread to hang history from.

- John Still

News

headshot of Briahna Joy Gray
Briahna Joy Gray to speak for Black History Month, February 19Columnist Briahna Joy Gray, esq., will be the speaker for the annual Black History Month celebration at Illinois State University.
Noah Tang (right) and Jeanna Campbell were among the ISU students who helped start the food pantry.
Food Pantry seeks to solve student hunger problemWhen listing the struggles facing college students, people tend to think of homesickness or studying stress—many never consider hunger.
Brendan Flynn in Costa Rica: Never have I seen mountains so green.
Brendan’s semester in Costa Rica: From “un poquito” to “mucho mejor”Illinois State University student Brendan Flynn shares his experiences studying abroad in Costa Rica.

Events

Feb20
International Seminar Series: “On Dharma and Discrimination in the Twenty-first Century: Hindu Women’s Reflections on Shakti, Secularism, and Women’s Roles and Rights in Nepal”2/20/19 at 12:00 PMBone Student Center
Robert G. Bone Distinguished Lecture2/20/19 at 7:00 PMCircus Room, BSC
Mar20
International Seminar Series: “Meaning Making and Control in Islamic Banking and Finance”3/20/19 at 12:00 PMBone Student Center
Mar27
International Seminar Series: “Afro-Brazilian Religions and the Contemporary Roles of Women”3/27/19 at 12:00 PMBone Student Center
Apr3
International Seminar Series: “Mormonism: The American Religion or the Next World Religion”4/3/19 at 12:00 PMBone Student Center
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