The nature of training in History may help you to do better in any and every field. It has specific relevance to work as a historical writer/researcher in government and business; as a museum curator or archivist; as a teacher or professor; as a government official or worker at local, regional, state, national, or international level (in archives, embassies, consulates, or information offices). Many graduates today choose law schools or international studies to pursue their history-based careers.

Our faculty is balanced among areas of specialization in US, European, and Non-western history. We are an imbalanced department in that we are a young department. Youth, of course, brings vitality, new ideas, and connectedness to students.

The Willis Boyd History Lectureship was established by friends and family in honor of Professor Willis Boyd.  The most recent lecture, "Chicago's West Side in the Era of Richard J. Daley," examined the racial transformation of Chicago's West Side under the Daley Administration, as African American families moved into this area and whites moved out of it.