The English word “context” comes from the Latin verb meaning “to weave together” or compose. In the early modern period, it could also sign...

The Department of History is excited to welcome its 2026–27 cohort of first-year graduate students to Brown. From monsters and witchcraft to environmental consciousness and Indigenous relationships wi...

Along the northwestern edge of North Burial Ground, a small section of the cemetery is severed from the rest of the grounds by a sliver of the Moshassuck River. Over a concrete…

The University of Georgia Libraries has honored Dr. Blain, professor of history and Africana studies at Brown University, for her latest book, Without Fear: Black Women and the Making of Human Rights,...

This year’s 39 Fulbright awardees will begin teaching and research assignments in 24 countries across five continents in Fall 2026.

Israel has not been held accountable for its actions in Gaza. The nation and the individuals and countries enabling it to escape punishment may only benefit.

Barnett is a staff reporter at the Minnesota Star Tribune. In this spotlight, she reflects on the first year of her journalism career, how her Brown history education continues to shape her reporting,...

What to know about the American Revolution as the country celebrates its 250th.

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A John Carter Brown Library exhibition explores events and milestones of 1776, from the signing of the Declaration of Independence to the mapping of San Francisco Bay and beyond.

Rovinsky is a rising second-year student at New York University School of Law. In this spotlight, he reflects on how his experiences in Brown’s Department of History prepared him for the first year of...

As the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence approaches, the scholars who teach Brown’s American Revolution course share facts about Rhode Island history.

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The prolific and preeminent historian of the American Revolution who taught at Brown for nearly four decades died on Sunday, June 7, at age 92.

On Sunday, May 24, the University will bestow honorary degrees on a diverse group of leaders in fields ranging from artificial intelligence and national security to civil rights, economics and…

Edgewood resident Linford Fisher has a new book out, a history exploring five hundred years of colonial and American violence against Indigenous people. The book is called Stealing America: The

Blain’s latest book documents the contributions of Black women in the national fight for the advancement of human rights

“To create American colonies and, later, the United States, settlers stole thousands of people as well as millions of acres from Native Americans...

Join the Data Science Institute and Cogut Institute for a panel with experts on what threatens, makes, and maintains trust in data and research: ...

In this graduate student spotlight, Aaron Stark highlights his History Advanced Teaching Fellowship and undergraduate seminar entitled "On the Move: Problems and Histories of Tourism and Mobilities." ...

What did it mean to live the twentieth century as a Jew among other religious communities in a multiethnic city on the shores of the Mediterranean�...

Join Brown 2026 and the Discovery Through Dialogue project for Cross Talk: A Whole Campus, Distinct Disciplines Approach April 3, 2026, at 5pm:...

Join Brown 2026 and the Discovery Through Dialogue project for Cross Talk: A Whole Campus, Distinct Disciplines Approach Friday, April 3, 2026, at 5pm: Cross Talk on Labor This is the registration pa...

This is "Karin Wulf: Lineage: Genealogy and the Power of Connection in Early America" by Brown Media Production Group on Vimeo, the home for high quality…

About the Event Join the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies for an intellectual deep dive into the evolving dynamics of the ...

The history of Muslim political thought in the disputed Kashmir region of South Asia has largely been narrated within the parameters of national fr...

Linford Fisher is Associate Professor of History and Faculty Director for the Center for Digital Scholarship at Brown University. A historian of colonial America…

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Emily Owens is an Associate Professor of History who teaches about U.S. slavery, the legal history of race and sexual violence, and the intellectual history of American feminisms. In this spotlight, s...

In this graduate student spotlight, Aaron Stark highlights his History Advanced Teaching Fellowship and undergraduate seminar entitled "On the Move: Problems and Histories of Tourism and Mobilities." ...

Paleontologists have long extracted research materials and knowledge without permission. These scholars say it's time to bring fossils back to the Badlands.

In the contemporary, people are engaging in forms of historical practice that allow them to act in the role of the historian—whether that means a...

The John Carter Brown Library recently announced a year-long exhibition titled “1776 Across the Americas: A Hemispheric History from the Collections of the John Carter Brown Library.” The exhibition, ...

Registration required, register here. How does political change happen? What can—and what should—people do in the face of unjust laws...