Rutgers-Camden is excited to host one of the regional competitions for New Jersey History Day. Each year, National History Day chooses a historical theme that provides a framework for students’ research. The 2025 theme is Rights and Responsibilities in History. The purposefully broad theme encourages investigation into local, national, or…
The History Department offers a number of awards and opportunities for History majors, described below. The Department strongly encourages History students to register with RaptorLink, the Rutgers-Camden Career Center‘s online job and internship management system. A list of internship opportunities in History compiled by the Career Center may be viewed…
…preserve their collection and provide access to it. This class will cover long-standing issues in museums in the US and abroad but also contemporary phenomena such as repatriation and decolonization, Black Lives Matter, the COVID-19 pandemic, economic inequality, and accessibility for disabled people, particularly in relation to the digital world….
…was used to promote the American efforts during the two World Wars, and the rise of the field of consumer psychology. Bringing advertising up to the present, we will cover the newest forms of advertising and marketing, from early internet pop-up ads to today’s influencers. Because the course considers advertising…
Both history majors and minors have the option to declare a “concentration,” which will allow them to build expertise in the history of a specific theme or geographical region, while still receiving a broad training in history. Declaring a concentration will be helpful to students who wish to focus their…
…were ideologically shaped by and actively helped to shape revolutionary left politics across the Americas. In studying these three Latin American revolutions from the perspective of the U.S. Left, students will also learn about the role that U.S. economic investments and foreign policies played in shaping international events. Throughout the…
