Department of History
Department of History
The History Department at Virginia Tech is comprised of active researchers and award-winning faculty members. History at Tech offers small, highly engaged classes and numerous opportunities for students to get involved in their education and the department.
News and Stories Spotlight
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Lt. Col. Chris Leonard, Capt. Amanda Jacobson, 1st Lt. Collin Couture named Hokie Heroes for the Military Appreciation Game , articleAll three are deployed with the 391st Fighter Squadron in U.S. Central Command’s military operations area and serving as weapons systems officers on the F-15E Strike Eagle.
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Amanda Demmer awarded history professorship , articleDemmer has created innovative, in-demand courses, built relationships with the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets, and advanced a cutting-edge research agenda that broadens the field in ways of interest to historians, practitioners, service members, and the general public.
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Capt. Matt Krusiec named Vanderbilt Hokie Hero , articleKrusiec is deployed as an intelligence officer assigned to the 52nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron
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Descendants of enslaved to lead Juneteenth celebration at Reynolds Homestead , articleOn June 19, descendants of the Rock Spring’s enslaved community will honor their ancestors, marking a powerful moment of remembrance, resilience, and reclamation.
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Inaugural winners of new research awards named , articleEstablished by the Office of Research and Innovation and Office of Faculty Affairs and funded by the Virginia Tech Alumni Association, the new awards were created to complement the Jacob A Lutz Award for Eminent Scholars.
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Significant collection of Civil War letters between general and his wife finds a new home at Virginia Tech , articleThe letters between Gen. Gabriel C. Wharton and his wife, Anne “Nannie” Radford Wharton, were written between 1863-65 and provide insight into Southwest Virginia life during tumultuous wartime and detail the couple’s opinions, love, ambitions, fears, and frustrations from both battlefield and homefront perspectives.