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Faculty Excellence

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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

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The Fulbright connection: Changing the world through shared knowledgeOver the Fulbright Program's 70-plus-year history, more than 370,000 scholars have taken part in the prestigious program, including at least 50 who teach at Illinois State University today.
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The Q&A with Andrew Hartman: Has Donald Trump brought back the culture wars?Andrew Hartman could hardly have known in 2008, when he began writing his history on America’s culture wars of the late-20th century, how timely the book would turn out to be.
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Ask a Redbird Scholar: Why is higher education so liberal?Andrew Hartman, Illinois State University professor of history, offers a nuanced answer to the question, Why is higher education so liberal?

Events

Oct25
The Russian Revolution as Utopian Leap10/25/18 at 7:00 PMBone Student Center
2017-06-23T13:50:33.888-05:00 2017