History

History Honors Program

The Honors Program in history offers the opportunity for recognition of distinguished achievement in historical research and writing.

Qualified students apply to enter the Honors Program. Covering the two semesters of the senior year, the program provides qualified majors with training both in the analysis and criticism of historical scholarship and the intellectual experience for interested students regardless of whether they plan to pursue graduate work in history. Proposals are due in mid-April and should be prepared in consultation with department faculty.

Honors Thesis

YearTitleAuthorAdvisor
2026Testifying Changing Bodies: Illness and Impairment During the Scottish Witch Trials, 1597-1661Ariel PapasEllen Wurtzel
2026Treason and Sovereignty from the Glorious Revolution to the New American Nation, 1680-1795Karthik RanganadhanNick Bujalski
2026Uneven Universality: The Persistence of the Old in Minikata Kumagusu's Meiji PeriodOlivia SchwartzEmer O'Dwyer
2026Making the House Work: Depictions of Women's Labor in Life and Good Housekeeping Magazine Advertisements, 1939-1974Andrea MuliawanCaroline Newhall
2026Solidarity, Constitutionalism, and The Rule of Law in 1980s PolandKash RadochaNick Bujalski