History Department

Welcome to the History Department of California State University, Chico, located on the top floor of Trinity Hall in the heart of the campus. We are a community engaged in that most serious and intellectually rewarding of pursuits, the study of the past, the living past, that continues to shape our present and our future.

In this Web site you will find information about both our course offerings, how to become a history major or minor, as well as about our graduate program and our certificate in public history. Browsing our faculty biographies you will discover why our faculty is one of the most honored on campus for its scholarship, teaching, and service. You can also learn about our vibrant student organizations.

Of course, please feel free as well to stop by Trinity Hall and visit us.

 Find us on Facebook

Announcements

Lincoln's Loyalists: Dissenters in the Confederacy

March 7th, 7:30 pm in Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall

Was North America's largest military conflict (1861-65) a "civil war" or a "war between the states"? 

More...

Bartolus of Sassoferrato: The Making of Western Environmental Law

April 4th, 7:30 pm in Rowland-Taylor Recital hall

Tim Sistrunk, History, Explores the environmental ideas of one of the most famous jurists of the European Middle Ages, Bartolus of Sassoferrato.

More...

DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY NEWSLETTER

History NewsHistory News (pdf).