Department of History

Preparing for the future by studying the past

History at Loyola is an integral part of the university’s liberal arts program. As such, it seeks to free the mind from common prejudices and faulty intellectual assumptions through a broad-based study of the human past. Students become familiar with the principal forces of change and adaptation that have marked humanity’s cultural, social, political and economic development.

Guiding the students’ intellectual formation is a dedicated history faculty made up of professional educators who themselves are engaged in the quest for knowledge through continued research and active scholarship.

Departmental course offerings reflect the broad expertise of the history faculty, and treat such diverse areas as American, European, Asian, Middle Eastern, and African history, with thematic courses in intellectual, social, legal, political, and military, as well as African-American, Church, and women’s histories. The department is currently transforming its two-part World Civilizations course sequence into a redesigned Global History sequence.

The Loyola Alumni Association is proud to announce Loyola’s Alumni College Weekend; June 22nd to the 24th, 2012 at Loyola University New Orleans. Participating ‘students’ will sign up for one academic track and take classes Friday evening, Saturday and then celebrate mass with Fr. Wildes on that Sunday. Dinners, concerts, field trips and other events are scattered throughout to give participants the holistic experience that Loyola is famous for. Please click here for more information.

 

 

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