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Professor Micki McElya’s “Liberation Summer” is well received in NYT book review
Reviewer Katie Roiphe calls the book a “lively, stylish social history” and remarks on the fact that the book faces the “divisions and power struggles at the heart of the women’s liberation movement” rather than treating it as a cohesive effort. Full article: When…
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UConn Today Article “Curating the 250th: History Professors Mark Country’s Anniversary with Museum Exhibitions” features Professors Sinha and Horowitz
Manisha Sinha curated the “The Second American Revolution” exhibition at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, and Andy Horowitz was part of the team behind the “Connecticut’s Revolution” exhibit at the Museum of Connecticut History. Incredible pieces of American history, from the actual…
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For Your Health and Ours: An Eastern European History of Global Health
Sara Silverstein Oxford University Press, 2026 In For Your Health and Ours: An Eastern European History of Global Health, Sara Silverstein uses new research and material in six languages from seven countries and twenty-seven archives to describe a history of global health…
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Connecticut State Historian Andy Horowitz presents talk “Why Connecticut 250 Matters” at New Haven Museum’s new exhibition, “New Haven’s Unfinished Revolutions”
The immersive exhibit features some innovative tech that museum goers can use to interact with primary sources to get glimpses into the lives of people that were central to (but not always centered in) the Revolutionary War efforts. Horowitz’s talk…
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History Draper Professor Emeritus Robert Gross’s book still part of American revolution conversation at 50 years since original publication
“The Minutemen and Their World” celebrated 50 years as America celebrated its 250th this year. The book is a Bancroft Prize winner and has remained integral to understanding what the American Revolution was like for the people of Concord, Massachusetts as…
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UConn History Professor Jeffrey Obgar Named as One of Three New Board of Trustees Distinguished Professors
Dr. Jeffrey Ogbar is a Professor of History with the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and Founding Director of the Center for the Study of Popular Music. He joined the UConn History Department in 1997. Dr. Ogbar is a scholar of…
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Marc Reyes Successfully Defends Dissertation; Accepts Stanford Fellowship
On June 4th, Marc Reyes successfully defended his dissertation, “In the Circle of Great Powers: India and the Postcolonial Atomic State, 1947-1974.” Next, he will begin a postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford University’s Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC). During…
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“The Second American Revolution” exhibit curated by Manisha Sinha to open at Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum on June 5th
Professor Sinha will give a talk on the exhibit and her work as a Reconstruction Historian on June 4th at a special preview of “The Second American Revolution”. The exhibit will be open from June 5 through January 17 and explores…
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Professor Manisha Sinha’s “The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic” cited in May 22 New York Times
The article is entitled “The Civil Rights Era is Collapsing Before Our Eyes,” By Nikole Hannah-Jones, and appeared in both the print and online versions of The New York Times May 22, 2026. You can read the full article here.
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Liberation Summer: The Moment That Changed the Women’s Movement and the Future of American Politics
Micki McElya, Author Simon & Schuster, 2026 Professor McElya’s 2026 book Liberation Summer is about a key moment in the women’s liberation movement surrounding the 1968 Miss America pageant in Atlantic City and the reactions and protests it was surrounded by.