About Us
 Established in 1901, the History Department at the University of Colorado at Boulder has been and continues to be the home of nationally and internationally renowned historians. At the undergraduate and graduate levels our program has traditionally offered a broad education in most fields of historical inquiry. The Department's faculty focuses on the following areas: the Twentieth Century World; the Early Modern World; Gender, Sexuality, and Women's History; War; Imperialism; Nationalism and Decolonization; and Political History. The Department encompasses a variety of approaches, including social, cultural, transnational, and world history. Our aim is continuously to help define our field within the larger community of historians and to develop our students into informed, contributing, and effective citizens, scholars, and teachers, able to respond flexibly and with wisdom to changes in the profession and the world.
 September 5, 1877, a brass band marched from town to CU followed by an open barouche pulled by two horses, which carried the governor and the university's regents. Old Main's bell rang on the steps of the building, as it had not yet been placed in the tower. President Joseph Sewall gave the inaugural address and the university anthem, "We Hail Thee! Great Fountain of Learning and Light," was sung. | |
Located in Boulder, Colorado, an attractive town at the foot of the Rocky
Mountains, adjacent to one of North America's major metropolitan areas,
the University of Colorado is the largest center of higher education in
the Intermountain West. Its physical facilities and intellectual resources,
along with those provided in the local area and region, support the varied
interests and interdisciplinary activities of the History Department's
faculty and students. We have intellectual ties to other departments and
units on campus, including International Affairs, Classics, Geography,
East Asian Languages and Civilizations, the center for British and Irish
Studies, the Center of the American West, Political Science, Women's Studies,
English, Art History, Anthropology, Center for Medieval and Early Modern
Studies, Religious Studies, Slavic Studies, and Ethnic Studies. The University
of Colorado's strengths in the sciences, law, medicine, and education
also support our faculty's and students' extra-departmental interests.
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