History & Geography

History and Geography at Elon

Welcome to the Department of History and Geography! We are proud to house five programs within one department: History, Art History, Geography, Geographic Information Studies (GIS), and Museum Studies & Public History.

Faculty and students in our department share a curiosity about the world, as well as a desire to help interpret and explain it for the benefit of others. Examples of this publicly facing scholarship include initiatives such as The Power and Place Collaborative, The Committee on Elon History and Memory, and the archive initiative, Living in a Time of COVID-19.

Our majors and minors not only learn research and communication skills, but they also practice intercultural competency and learn to appreciate the role of perspective in framing human experience. They are therefore exceptionally well prepared to build successful careers and to work for the common good in a complex, interconnected world.

Department Headlines

Elon faculty and students present at Workshop on Intercultural Skills Enhancement
Elon faculty and students presented at the Workshop on Intercultural Skills Enhancement at Wake Forest University on Feb. 21 and 22, 2025
Get ready to tango: Winter Term tango party is Friday, Jan. 17
The milonga – a tango party – is from 8-11 p.m. in the Sacred Space of Numen Lumen Pavilion and part of O'Briant Developing Professor and Assistant Professor of History Yidi Wu’s Winter Term course, Argentine Tango.
“Talking Black in America: Roots” brings Emmy winners to Elon Jan. 21
The documentary screening will feature a panel by two producers who are experts on sociolinguistic connections between Africa and the African American diaspora.
From Elon to Youngsville: Alumna Lucy Garcia’s journey in urban planning
Lucy Garcia's Elon education has helped jumpstart her urban planning career in Youngsville, North Carolina.