Department of History
Welcome to the Federated Department of History at Rutgers-Newark and
New Jersey Institute of Technology!
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Early home to the Prudential Insurance Company of America. These Norman-style buildings housed the Prudential Insurance Company of America. They were later replaced by a modern structure that still dominates downtown Newark. Photograph courtesy of the Newark Public Library.
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Newark's Military Park in the 1950s
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Broad and Market
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Negro Club Women with Marion Anderson in Newark, circa 1942, after one of the first performances by an African American at Newark Symphony Hall. Photograph courtesy of Professor Clement Alexander Price.
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Branch Brook Park, in Newark’s Forest Hill Section, was designed by the firm of Frederick Law Olmsted in the closing years of the 19th century. Photograph courtesy of the Newark Public Library.
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Rutgers-Newark’s modern campus under construction, 1960s
Federated Department of History
The history faculty at Rutgers University-Newark and NJIT are joined in a single federated department that offers an integrated curriculum and joint undergraduate and graduate degree programs.
The Federated Department of History offers its students a wide range of excellent resources for the study of history, including:
* an outstanding faculty with nationally and internationally known scholars and teachers
* a broad selection of undergraduate and graduate course offerings, with extensive coverage of major historical periods and regions, from the ancient Middle East to contemporary America, Africa, and China, and a unique undergraduate and graduate program in the history of Technology, Environment and Health/Medicine
* opportunities for original research and writing, with particular emphasis upon the craft of historical writing
* internships with the New Jersey Historical Society, the Newark Museum, and other local cultural institutions
* eligibility to participate in teacher certification programs offered by the Education Department at Rutgers University, Newark
* opportunities to share in the resources and facilities of both institutions, including the extensive library holdings of the Rutgers University system
