History

Why study history?
Unidentified student group, 1940s, University Archives and Special Collections, University of Dayton.
Why study history?

Unidentified student group, 1940s, University Archives and Special Collections, University of Dayton.
Our faculty are involved.
The renovation of the Dayton Arcade adds an important component to the University's partnership with the Dayton community. The Arcade's place in Dayton history brings many research opportunities. Students in Dr. Todd Uhlman's capstone course have helped to excavate the past and explain the legacy of the Arcade. More adventures follow.
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Dr. Haimanti Roy and the partition of India
Watch Dr. Haimanti Roy's Ted-Ed feature on the lasting legacies of the partition of India. Dr. Roy and all of our colleagues in the the History Department aim to teach these legacies as part of our commitment to Anti-Racism at the core of UD's core values of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
UD's mission to educate the whole person is embodied in a new mini-course being developed with a grant from the Social Science Research Council.
Read moreIn an upcoming book, a new associate professor of history at UD provides the first full history of Black Catholic nuns in the United States.
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