aluminum_moonbeam

Hi all, I've just found this thread but have spent the past few days reading through and it's been very insightful. A few weeks ago I had a call with a professor at a school that I'd been considering applying to. I contacted him over email and he suggested talking over Zoom. However, now that I'm working on my applications more and looking at other professors in the department more in depth, I'm realizing the number of professors working in his historical field is very small in the history department but that there are others who are also working on these topics/this subfield in other departments (particularly anthropology). Is it a faux pas to mention interest in other departments (or even a specific professor in a different department) at a university when applying to a history program? I would imagine interdisciplinary studies are always good and that fit with an overall school (and not just a specific program) is important but I also know it'll be the history professors who review my application.