Welcome to the History Department

Hanover Historical Review now available!

The latest issue of the  Hanover Historical Review is available now in print and online.  

It includes essays by --

    • Creek J. Arthur on food and culture
    • Jessica Djessa on post-colonial Rwanda
    • Gulce Tilbe Esikara on Alevism in Turkey
    • Tad Johnson on children and early agriculture
    • Ellie Moorman on Jack the Ripper
    • Luke Sherer on Rasputin
    • Allison Stogsdill on imperialism in Africa

Read the full contents here or pick up a print copy in Classic Hall !!

Bhimbetka rock painting, photo by LR Burdak
world map, 2000BC
view of London, 1872
Grigori Rasputin

Hanover Historical Review accepting submissions for 2024!

Written and edited by students, the Hanover Historical Review is dedicated to the promotion of excellence in undergraduate scholarship and writing.

If you're a current student and you've written a paper on a historical topic in the past year, we'd love to see it!

More details here!


History in the News

Best-selling author Heather Cox Richardson "wants you to study history," according to the New York Times.


Keep in touch!

The history department takes pride in our students' success. We're always glad for you to stop by our offices or email us.  We also share news from the department and interesting historical finds through Facebook.


Ongoing Projects

Founded in 1992, the Hanover Historical Review is a student-edited journal of student scholarship. The HHR Editorial Board welcomes submissions of essays, document transcriptions, and book reviews of a historical nature from any discipline.

A student-faculty-staff team is telling the stories of the first African-American graduates from Hanover College through Learning in Black and White.  We'd love for you to join us -- with research assistance or memories or documents.  Please contact historians@hanover.edu if you can help.

The Hanover Historical Texts Collection is the history department's pioneering project to put primary source documents online. In 1995, we were among the first to digitize historical documents for use in classrooms around the world.  We continue to add to the collection, and we are delighted that researchers, students, and other interested readers use it every day.