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Jackson Hall

Built in 1909, Jackson Hall was the first residence and dining hall at the university. It is now the home of the Department of History.

Phi Alpha Theta is a national honor fraternity for undergraduate and graduate students and professors of history. The annual Pie a Professor fund raiser takes place each year to fund a book scholarship for History majors.

Frontier Culture Museum

Graduate students in Dr. Gabrielle Lanier's History Museum class piloted a two-day partnership program designed to expose them to the behind-the-scenes workings of the Frontier Culture Museum in Staunton.

History Alum

Matthew Wasniewski (B.A. '91, M.A. '94) is the Historian of the U.S. House of Representatives.

Our Department Offers the Following Academic Programs

Undergraduate Program

Graduate Program

History Is Happening
Read History Matters, our newsletter, and "Making Historians" in Madison! Our focus on undergraduate research appears in video. Other students are digitizing history.

History Day 2015 take place Tuesday March 24th. For more information contact Dr. Alison Sandman at sandmaad@jmu.edu. History Day Region 4 2014 Winner.

- See more at: http://blog.historians.org/2011/05/new-report-finds-us-history-majors-highest-earners-in-humanities/#sthash.zgmtMP6y.dpuf

Want to teach? Consider this major/minor combo: History + ISS + SEED.

New summer program in Paris and Normandy will visit D-Day beaches

The Department has awarded ten $1,000 Alumni Scholar Awards for spring tuition

Shenandoah Valley Regional Studies seminar schedule

Professor Emeritus of History Lee W. Congdon: Article by alumnus Michael Szymanski