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Elsa Barkley Brown Receives ARHU Faculty Service Award

Elsa Barkley Brown Recognized for Service to the College

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UMD Department of History August 2024 Newsletter

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Welcome to the Department of History at the University of Maryland

The Department of History at the University of Maryland embraces the diversity of the human past with a global vision and a variety of methods of inquiry. Our fifty faculty form a community of accomplished scholars whose specialties examine cultures across the Americas, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Europe, and whose chronologies stretch from antiquity to the late modern. Maryland’s professors also explore the history of the natural sciences, the environment, and the economy. Both our undergraduate and graduate students consequently benefit from a curriculum enriched by the many questions our faculty pose of the past.

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Undergraduate

Interested in undergraduate History programs?

In addition to the BA in History (History Major), the Department of History at the University of Maryland offers a History MinorMiddle East Studies Minor; and an Immigration and Migration Studies Transcript Notation.

Get information on advising, major requirements, and more through the Quicklinks below. 


Graduate

Graduate Studies in History at UMD

In addition to the PhD and MA in History, the Department  of History offers a dual-degree in History and Library Science (HiLS) MA; a dual-degree in History and Historic Preservation (HiHP) MA; as well as  certificates in Historic Preservation and Museum Scholarship and Material Culture. 

Learn more about these programs in the Quicklinks below.


Faculty

Department of History Faculty

The more than 50 faculty members in the Department of History at the University of Maryland conduct research, publish, and teach in a wide range of geographic, cultural, and technological fields of historical study. Many are also engaged in taking academic history to public audiences in a variety of forums.

Search People (Department of History directory) in the Quicklinks below to learn about individual faculty members.

 


Alumni

Alumni

Department of History Alumni, whether with the PhD, MA, HiLS MA, HiHP MA, or BA, go on to employment in a wide variety of fields. Students in history learn how to think critically, analyze and prioritize information, and turn research into explanatory writing. Alumni are an important part of our community who demonstrate that degrees in History are useful and productive.

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