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History Department

The History Department is now located in 105 Park Hall

History exposes students to people, places and times they would otherwise not experience. Through the study of history students learn how the actions of the past have shaped today’s society and may inform the future.

Our courses stress the importance of disciplined methods of inquiry and interpretation, as well as empathy and imagination, and are taught by widely published scholars and seasoned historians. Students may choose to specialize their curriculum in United States, World, African, European, Latin American, or Asian History. Furthermore, courses taught by our faculty support numerous programs on campus including American Studies, Global and International Studies, Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Gender and Women’s Studies, Africa and African-American Studies, and Native American Studies.

The History Department & the "I Am Oz" Diversity Speakers Series presents Ta-Nehisi Coates

A conversation with an award-winning author and journalist

Friday, November 3 at 5:00pm in Waterman Theater

Free Ticketed Event   
For more information and to get your tickets, visit tickets.oswego.edu

Biography

Ta-Nehisi Coates is an award-winning author and journalist. He is the author of the bestselling books The Beautiful Struggle, We Were Eight Years in Power, The Water Dancer, and Between the World and Me, which won the National Book Award in 2015. He was a recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship that same year. As a journalist with a career spanning over two decades, he’s written for numerous publications including The Washington City Paper, The Village Voice, The New Yorker and The New York Times. During his time reporting for The Atlantic between 2008-2018, he penned numerous articles and essays, including the National Magazine Award-winning 2012 essay Fear of a Black President and the influential June 2014 essay The Case For Reparations. Ta-Nehisi also enjoyed a successful run writing Marvel’s Black Panther (2016-2021) and Captain America (2018-2021) comics series. Ta-Nehisi is currently writing the screenplays for the upcoming films Wrong Answer, Superman and the film adaptation of his first fiction novel, The Water Dancer. In the fall of 2022, he joined Howard University’s faculty as a writer-in-residence and the Sterling Brown Chair in the Department of English.

Why major in history?

Knowledge of the larger world equips students to enter international fields. Employers are looking for people with problem-solving, persuasive writing, and listening skills learned through a degree in history. Communication skills and the ability to research and write, furnishes history students with the skills needed to enter a wide range of fields from public relations to events management.

Senior Students Present at Quest

Senior students presented their senior thesis on various topics at Quest 2023.

Department Events

News

Tyler Art Gallery director Mike Flanagan with historic marker for Sheldon Hall

Markers at Sheldon Hall, Shady Shore honor college, community history

SUNY Oswego faculty Murat Yasar (left), in history, and Arvind Diddi, in communication studies, recently were named Open SUNY Online Teaching Ambassadors

Open SUNY teaching ambassadors promote value of online courses

Conner Breese stands outside The Point, the student involvement hub

Oswego student earns fellowship for public policy institute at Princeton

Office

History Department
105 Park Hall

Richard Weyhing, Department Chair

Contact

Phone: 315.312.2170
Email: [email protected]