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Maryland Today

Voting Fights

September 12, 2019 History

Exhibit co-curated by UMD professor marks 100th anniversary of 19th amendment.

AIP Endowed Professor in History of Natural Sciences Named

September 09, 2019 History

Scholar and editor Melinda Baldwin selected as first AIP Endowed Professor in the History of Natural Sciences at Maryland.

NEH Grant Supports Study of Immigrant Influence on African American Culture

August 30, 2019 Center for Global Migration Studies, History

A $50,000 grant will fund a conference and publication that connects humanities scholars.

2019-20 New Faculty Appointments

August 29, 2019 American Studies, Art, Art History and Archaeology, Classics, Communication, History, Philosophy, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

The College of Arts and Humanities welcomes the new faculty cohort to the University of Maryland.

The New York Times

The Complex History of the Women’s Suffrage Movement

August 15, 2019 History

As the 19th Amendment turns 100, three exhibitions in Washington explore the contentious — and unfinished — struggle for voting rights.

WEAS 2019-2020 Events

August 08, 2019 History

 Washington Early American Seminar SeriesSchedule of Events, 2019-2020Fall 2019

Department Of History/American Institute Of Physics Partnership

July 18, 2019 History

The American Institue of Physics' $1 million gift to the College of Arts and Humanities will establish an endowed professorship in the history of natural sciences and support the appointee's humanistic and scientific research and scholarship. 

Spring/Summer Newsletter 2019

July 18, 2019 History

Please click here to view the Spring/Summer 2019 Department of HIstory Newsletter.

Historian Wins Book Prizes for Research on Soviet Kazakhstan

July 08, 2019 History

Sarah Cameron illuminates the causes and consequences of a devastating 1930s famine.

Maryland Today

Historian: “Hamilton” the Ultimate Teachable Moment

July 08, 2019 History

Professor travels country parsing popular musical’s merits.