Bachelor of Arts in History

B.A. in History majors at Lesley University graduate with a broad historical knowledge. Students deepen their ability to think critically, conduct research, argue from evidence, and present their cases articulately.

Given its location in Cambridge, Massachusetts, one of the United States’ premier cultural centers, Lesley students have at their grasp a wealth of research facilities and opportunities. Students can utilize university libraries, public and private local libraries, and historical archives. Students also have access to panels, speeches, and seminars from within a range of institutions and educational forums in and around Boston and Cambridge.

Featured Course

CHIST 3888 Africa in Film

Africa in Film will critically examine the history of Africa in film as represented in a wide variety of eras and film genres: “jungle,” empire, and adventure films of the 1930s–1950s; mid-twentieth-century newsreels, documentaries, and ethnographic films; the rise of indigenous African cinema during the 1960s–1980s, as well as twenty-first-century Hollywood “broken Africa” dramas such as Hotel Rwanda and Blood Diamond. will critically examine the history of Africa in film as represented in a wide variety of eras and film genres: “jungle,” empire, and adventure films of the 1930s–1950s; mid-twentieth-century newsreels, documentaries, and ethnographic films; the rise of indigenous African cinema during the 1960s–1980s, as well as twenty-first-century Hollywood “broken Africa” dramas such as Hotel Rwanda and Blood Diamond.