Universities, research scholars, historians and analysts all review historical documents— examining events in the past, looking for context to better understand the past's impact on modern society ...

Researchers are using AI to decode ancient manuscripts, damaged letters, and historical archives that humans have struggled ...

To pin down documented facts relative to a specific historical question. Congratulations. You've just been made a Deputy History Detective. To become a full Detective, you only need to conduct a ...

The History Department offers a number of competitive fellowships to junior and senior majors in history who wish to conduct either independent study or honors research, and who need financial support ...

AI might excel at certain tasks like coding or generating a podcast. But it struggles to pass a high-level history exam, a new paper has found. A team of researchers has created a new benchmark to ...

The History Department encourages superior history majors to pursue independent research and writing in the creation of an honors thesis. The honors thesis is a multi-chaptered, original piece of ...

The Department of History maintains high standards for hiring, tenure and promotion that center on extremely strong research and publication. Research on the histories of science, technology and ...

Our society’s historical record is undergoing a dramatic transformation. Think of all the information that you create today that will be part of the record for tomorrow. More than half of the world’s ...

One of the extraordinary consequences of computer modeling techniques is that they make it possible to simulate various real-world phenomena in fantastic detail. Computer fluid dynamics, for example, ...

The real question is why wouldn’t you want to know about your home’s secrets and past life Indeed, in her experience, Ann Senefeld, a Cincinnati-based architectural historian and author of Finding ...

Indigenous communities have lived with changes to the climate for centuries. Their adaptations over those many years are based on their close observation of weather, water, soils and seasonal change, ...