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Find the latest news and information from the UMD Department of History  including student experiences, faculty research and awards, and alumni updates.

History, School of Music, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

Three ARHU Professors Named 2025 Distinguished Scholar-Teachers

The faculty members have earned one of UMD’s highest honors for excellence in both scholarship and teaching.

Moments in History (Department of History Newsletter)

2026 Department of History Newsletter

Click HERE to read the January 2026 newsletter.

Newsletter Archive

The Department of History releases regular newsletters that highlight faculty, staff, student, and alumni achieves and news throughout each semester. Follow this link to view the Department of History's newsletters since 2021. 

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February 03, 2025 College of Arts and Humanities, Douglass Center, History

New Douglass Center Director on Humanities, History and Expanding Ideas of Leadership

Associate Professor of History Quincy Mills on the future of the center.

October 14, 2024 English, History, Russian, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

2024-2025 Maya Brin Resident Maxim Osipov

The Maya Brin Residency Program is thrilled to announce the visit of Maxim Osipov.
November 06, 2023 History

Lindsay Moynihan Named Merrill Scholar for 2023-24

Lindsay Moynihan, History Major, Named Merrill Scholar for 2023-24
September 22, 2023 American Studies, College of Arts and Humanities, English, History, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Music, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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

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Historian Alum Awarded MacArthur “Genius Grant"

September 30, 2026 History

Scholar of the 19th century’s agricultural and political economy will receive $800K.

Crossing Disciplines to Rethink the Presentation of Islamic Art

September 23, 2026 Art History and Archaeology, Arts for All, History, University of Maryland Art Gallery

A partnership between UMD faculty in history and art history converges at an international conference connecting scholars, curators, artists and local communities.
Maryland Today

33 Faculty and Staff to be Honored at Convocation

September 09, 2026 History, Linguistics

Annual awards recognize excellence in service, teaching and research.

Julie Greene and Katarina Keane win the 2026 Kirwan Awards!

July 16, 2026 History

William E. Kirwan and Mrs. Kirwan established two annual faculty awards, the Kirwan Faculty Research and Scholarship Prize and the Kirwan Undergraduate Education Award.

Sarah Slingluff, Peter Wien, and Karin J. Zitzewitz organize a conference, "Balkans to Bengal in Baltimore: Engaging Diasporas, Shaping Publics, and Reimagining Islamic Art in American Museums" for September

July 15, 2026 Art History and Archaeology, History

The conference will engage both the campus and the community in a wide-ranging discussion

Department of History June 2026 Newsletter

July 08, 2026 History

See what goes on in the Department of History!

Richard Bell and Valentine Hacquard Named 2026 Distinguished Scholar-Teachers

May 28, 2026 History

The faculty members have earned one of UMD’s highest honors for excellence in both scholarship and teaching.

History Ph.D. Student Receives Fulbright to Support Research on Chilean Labor and the Cold War

May 27, 2026 History

Andrea Gutmann Fuentes will travel to Chile in 2026-27 to conduct archival research and oral history interviews exploring how workers and labor movements shaped global Cold War politics.
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May 27, 2026 History

In new book, historian depicts American Revolution as global war.

Richard Bell and Valentine Hacquard Named 2026 Distinguished Scholar-Teachers

May 27, 2026 History, Linguistics

The faculty members have earned one of UMD’s highest honors for excellence in both scholarship and teaching.