The International Labor History Association honors Professor Lori Flores for her work, Awaiting Their Feast: Latinx Food Workers and Activism from World War II to COVID-19 (University of North Carolina Press) with its Book-of-the-Year Award for the best book of working-class history for 2024.

by cuhistory | Apr 29, 2025 | News |

The International Labor History Association honors Professor Lori Flores for her work, Awaiting Their Feast: Latinx Food Workers and Activism from World War II to COVID-19 (University of North Carolina Press) with its Book-of-the-Year Award for the best book of...

James Stafford published an article in the London Review of Books on Trump’s recent tariff announcements and the issues they pose for the international market, as well as the broader history of tariffs in the modern economic world.

by cuhistory | Apr 8, 2025 | News |

James Stafford published an article in the London Review of Books on Trump’s recent tariff announcements and the issues they pose for the international market, as well as the broader history of tariffs in the modern economic world. Read the full article...

Kim Phillips-Fein has won the 2025 LaGuardia Book Prize for her book Fear City: New York’s Fiscal Crisis and the Rise of Austerity Politics.

by cuhistory | Mar 25, 2025 | News |

Kim Phillips-Fein has won the 2025 LaGuardia Book Prize for her book Fear City: New York’s Fiscal Crisis and the Rise of Austerity Politics. Professor Phillips-Fein will present a talk on this book at LaGuardia Community College on April 24th at 1:00 PM...

Kim Phillips-Fein was interviewed by Charter to discuss the parallels between the Trump Administration’s actions against federal workers and those of the Reagan Administration. Read the full interview in @TIME here:

by cuhistory | Mar 21, 2025 | News |

Kim Phillips-Fein was interviewed by Charter to discuss the parallels between the Trump Administration’s recent actions against federal workers and those of the Reagan Administration. Read the full interview in TIME...

Natasha Lightfoot will be presenting the Department of History at Sacred Heart University’s 2025 Endowed Lecture on 3/18 at 2:00 PM, where she will be presenting on a chapter of her new book in progress about an enslaved woman in the Caribbean who tries to free herself by sea and the politics of self emancipation.

by cuhistory | Mar 18, 2025 | News |

Natasha Lightfoot will be presenting the Department of History at Sacred Heart University’s 2025 Endowed Lecture on 3/18 at 2:00 PM, where she will be presenting on a chapter of her new book in progress about an enslaved woman in the Caribbean who tries to free...