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Lindsay Moynihan Named Merrill Scholar for 2023-24

Lindsay Moynihan, History Major, Named Merrill Scholar for 2023-24

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September 22, 2023 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Music, American Studies, College of Arts and Humanities, English, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, History, Douglass Center

Breaking the M.O.L.D. Launches Second Cohort for Leaders of Color and Women in Higher Ed

The Mellon Foundation-funded initiative prepares underrepresented arts and humanities faculty at three Maryland universities for leadership roles.
June 02, 2023 History

Maryland Artist Turns Raskin Bandanas Into Collage

Sonya Michel Historian and Collage Artist
May 22, 2023 History, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Paulina Leder ’23 Named Undergrad Researcher of the Year

The triple major explored filmmaker’s striving for artistic freedom in East Germany.

April 26, 2023 History

History Students Sweep 2023 Undergraduate Research Awards

History Undergraduates Stars on Undergraduate Research Day, April 26
April 12, 2023 History

UMD Presenters Share Research at American Society for Environmental History Annual Meeting 2023

UMD faculty and graduate students present their research.
March 30, 2023 History

Jeremy Simmons Wins IAS Fellowship

Jeremy Simmons wins a fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Study
February 16, 2023 College of Arts and Humanities, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Linguistics, American Studies, Communication, Philosophy, School of Music, English, History, National Foreign Language Center

ARHU Faculty Awarded Grand Challenges Grants

The grants fund $30 million to UMD faculty focused on groundbreaking, impactful research that will shape the future of our community, state, nation and world.
May 19, 2022 History, American Studies

Curating Arts and Culture on Campus

History and American studies double major Marjorie Justine Antonio ’22 programmed multiple exhibitions and events while an undergraduate.

April 21, 2022 History

Department of History Announces Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Fellow

Gerardo Ienna New Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow

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For Many Daughters of Immigrants, VP-Elect Kamala Harris Represents Hope

November 13, 2020 History

Professor of History Julie Greene is quoted in Business Insider.

Miller Center: A Celebration Of Colleen Woods's New Book "Freedom Incorporated: Anticommunism And Philippine Independence In The Age Of Decolonization"

November 06, 2020 Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies, History

Friday, February 19, 2021 - 4:00 PM 

Anna Julia Cooper Workshop: “When Did We Become An Us: The Origins Of Black Culture As An Idea During Slavery.”

November 06, 2020 History

Friday, April 23, 2021 - 4:00 PM 

Anna Julia Cooper Workshop: “The Incarcerated Women's Public Sphere.”

November 06, 2020 History

Friday, March 26, 2021 - 4:00 PM The Anna Julia Cooper Workshop in Black History presents Tamanika Ferguson of the University of Maryland and her talk “The Incarcerated Women's Public Sphere.”

Anna Julia Cooper Workshop: “The Political Worlds Of George Washington Lee: Power, Politics, And The End Of Segregation.”

November 06, 2020 History

Friday, February 26, 2021 - 4:00 PM 

Washington Early American Seminar Series: "The Tobacco Pipe-Makers Arms: Gender, Race, Clay, And Tobacco In The 17Th-Century Chesapeake"

November 06, 2020 History

Friday, April 9, 2021 - 4:00 PM 

Washington Early American Seminar Series: "'Nefarious And Inhuman Traffic': Us Naval Officers And The Transatlantic Slave Trade."

November 06, 2020 History

Friday, March 5, 2021 - 4:00 PM 

Washington Early American Seminar Series: "Revolutionary Insults: A Moral History Of Boston And The Stamp Act Crisis"

November 06, 2020 History

Friday, February 5, 2021 - 4:00 PM 

Miller Center: "Feel Normal," Presented By Tung-Hui Hu

November 04, 2020 Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies, History

Friday, December 4, 2020 - 3:30 PMThe Miller Center presents Feel Normal. Presented by Tung-Hui Hu of the University of Michigan. 

Hua Film Discussion On The Trial Of The Chicago 7

November 04, 2020 History

Monday, November 9 - 6:00 PM