History

Colorful 'Chicagoan' lost and found

Professor's book brings beloved Jazz Age magazine back to life.


Greg Borzo

Does civilization lead to violence?

History professor Bernard Wasserstein’s new book examines how the 20th century’s march to civilization coincided with “some of the most savage episodes” of violence in history.


Ethan D. Frenchman

Maroons leave a 100-year baseball legacy

Nearly 100 years ago, Chicago brought baseball to Waseda University in Japan. On March 21, the Maroons flew in for a rematch.


The first nuclear reactor, explained

The world’s first reactor was built underneath the stands of a University of Chicago stadium as part of the Manhattan Project—kicking off the Atomic Age.

Faith Hillis

Title: Professor of Russian History and the College

Expertise: borderlands, History, Migration, Urban

Departmental website: https://history.uchicago.edu/directory/faith-hillis

Emilio Kourí

Title: Professor of History and the College, Director of the Katz Center for Mexican Studies

Expertise: Mexico

Departmental website: https://history.uchicago.edu/directory/emilio-kour%C3%AD

Dipesh Chakrabarty

Title: Lawrence A. Kimpton Distinguished Service Professor of History, South Asian Languages an Civilizations, and the College

Expertise: Climate change, Colonialism, India, South Asia

Departmental website: https://history.uchicago.edu/directory/dipesh-chakrabarty

Bruce Cumings

Title: Gustavus F. and Ann M. Swift Distinguished Service Professor in History and the College

Expertise: South Korea

Departmental website: http://history.uchicago.edu/directory/bruce-cumings

Alison LaCroix

Title: Robert Newton Reid Professor of Law

Expertise: Constitutional law, Federalism

Departmental website: https://www.law.uchicago.edu/faculty/lacroix

Richard H. Helmholz

Title: Ruth Wyatt Rosenson Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Law

Expertise: Natural resources, Property law, Religion and the law

Departmental website: https://www.law.uchicago.edu/faculty/helmholz