History

HISTORY

Welcome to the Department of History at Queens College, CUNY

History, usually classified as a social science, also retains strong links with the humanities. Its various approaches – political, economic, social, and intellectual – require a wide range of different methods. Courses offered by the history department acquaint students, both history and non-history majors, with the aims, methods, and results of historical research. The contemporary trend to expand the study of history beyond a national and Western framework is reflected in the offerings of the department. Historical studies provide the background needed for graduate work in law, journalism, library science, and history doctoral programs. It is the best major for those planning on teaching social studies on the secondary level, as well as being an excellent major for those co-majoring in elementary education. It also is an excellent major for those planning careers in business, in the federal government, or in the civil service.

Queens College rests on the ancestral lands of the Lenape People. We acknowledge that academic institutions were founded upon and continue to enact exclusions and erasures of Indigenous Peoples, including those on whose land this institution is located. This acknowledgment of the Lenape community, their elders both past and present, as well as future generations, demonstrates a commitment to beginning the process of working to dismantle the ongoing legacies of settler colonialism.

Welcome to the Department of History

Office Information:

Office: Powdermaker 352
Phone: (718) 997-5350
Fax: (718) 997-5359

Information:

Chair:
Julia Sneeringer

Director of Undergraduate Studies:
Grace Davie

Director of Graduate Studies:
Bobby Wintermute

History, usually classified as a social science, also retains strong links with the humanities. Courses offered by the history department acquaint students, both history and non-history majors, with the aims, methods, and results of historical research. Historical studies provide the background needed for graduate work in law, journalism, library science, and history doctoral programs. It is the best major for those planning on teaching social studies on the secondary level, as well as being an excellent major for those co-majoring in elementary education. It also is an excellent major for those planning careers in business, in the federal government, or in the civil service.​