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provides exciting and diverse learning opportunities, and creates personal and academic connections to last a lifetime.  Our department’s 93 courses introduce students to the excitement of academic discovery and provide rigorous training in analyzing and understanding the present and past. The department also has a vibrant community of graduate students who are active in research, fieldwork, and the community.</p></div></div></div> <div id="c820368" class="frame frame-default frame-type-text frame-layout-0"><section><p> </p><p> </p></section></div> <div class="two-col container-layout"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-6 col-12"> <div id="c823447" class="frame frame-default frame-type-image frame-layout-0"><div class="ce-image ce-center ce-above"><div class="ce-gallery" data-ce-columns="1" data-ce-images="1"><div class="ce-outer"><div class="ce-inner"><div class="ce-row"><div class="ce-column"><a href="/schoolofhumanities/history/"><figure class="image "><img class="image-embed-item" alt="History" src="/fileadmin/history/Hompage/History.png" width="1080" height="1080" /></figure></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div> <div id="c823437" class="frame frame-default frame-type-image frame-layout-0"><div class="ce-image ce-center ce-above"><div class="ce-gallery" 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