{"id":3021,"date":"2015-11-18T14:58:58","date_gmt":"2015-11-18T19:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/history\/?page_id=3021"},"modified":"2025-11-25T13:37:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T18:37:47","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-hero-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-hero super   cl-has-accessibility-controls\"><div class=\"cl-hero-proper\"><div class=\"overlay\"><div class=\"block\"><h1>Study the Past. Create Your Future.<\/h1><\/div><\/div><div class=\"still\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1229\/Underwater-archeology-Hero.jpg);\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-controls-container\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-controls\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-icon\" title=\"Accessibility controls\">Accessibility controls<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control cl-accessibility-motion-control cl-accessibility-control-hidden\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-default\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Pause motion\">Pause motion<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Motion: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">On<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-alternate\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Play motion\">Play motion<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Motion: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">Off<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control cl-accessibility-contrast-control\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-default\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Increase text contrast\">Increase text contrast<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Contrast: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">Standard<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-alternate\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Reset text contrast\">Reset text contrast<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Contrast: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">High<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-system-setting\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-toggle\" title=\"Apply my preferences site-wide\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-toggle-label\">Apply site-wide<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n<p class=\"type-intro fullwidth\">You are curious, always wanting to find the facts. You like&nbsp;to look things up and find the answers for yourself, rather than rely on someone else. It makes sense that you are thinking about majoring in history. And URI is a great place to do just that. Come join us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>History is one of the most versatile undergraduate majors you can choose, exposing you to all aspects of humanity\u2014arts, languages, science and economics\u2014and setting you up for success in any career path you choose.<\/p>\n\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-promo-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-promo  \"><div class=\"cl-promo-backdrop-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-promo-backdrop style-blur\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1229\/Hero-Wordpress-2560-x-1500-px-4.jpg)\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-promo-content\"><div class=\"cl-promo-text\"><h1>Why History at URI?<\/h1><p><a class=\"cl-promo-text-link\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/history\/the-uri-difference\">Explore The URI Difference<\/a><\/p><\/div><div class=\"cl-promo-img-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-promo-img\"><a class=\"cl-promo-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/history\/the-uri-difference\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1229\/Hero-Wordpress-2560-x-1500-px-4.jpg\" srcset=\"\" alt=\"Students engage in a classroom discussion\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">News<\/h1>\n\n\n<ul class=\"display-posts-listing\"><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/01\/uri-history-professors-new-book-outlines-treacherous-early-19th-century-voyage-of-trade-vessel-john-jay\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1229\/Decesare2021-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1229\/Decesare2021-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1229\/Decesare2021-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/01\/uri-history-professors-new-book-outlines-treacherous-early-19th-century-voyage-of-trade-vessel-john-jay\/\">URI history professor\u2019s new book outlines treacherous early 19th century voyage of trade vessel John Jay<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Professor DeCesare's book \"Risk in the Anglo-Atlantic World: The American Ship John Jay, the HMS Driver, and the Napoleonic Wars\" published.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/03\/uri-medieval-scholar-leads-international-team-to-produce-landmark-history-of-the-papacy\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1229\/Joelle-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Jo\u00eblle Rollo-Koster headshot in a library\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1229\/Joelle-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1229\/Joelle-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1229\/Joelle-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1229\/Joelle.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/03\/uri-medieval-scholar-leads-international-team-to-produce-landmark-history-of-the-papacy\/\">URI medieval scholar leads international team to produce landmark \u2018History of the Papacy\u2019<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Professor Koster - editor of the Cambridge University Press 3-Volume History of the Papacy<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2024\/04\/eight-students-selected-as-recipients-of-2023-24-uri-writing-awards\/\">History Undergraduate Students Win URI Writing Awards<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Bridget Clossick and Dennis Haggerty won in the Advocacy Category<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<a class=\"cl-button  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/history\/news-and-notes\/\" title=\"\">more news<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You are curious, always wanting to find the facts. You like&nbsp;to look things up and find the answers for yourself, rather than rely on someone else. It makes sense that you are thinking about majoring in history. And URI is a great place to do just that. Come join us. 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