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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.

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.

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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
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.

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Smithsonian Magazine

A Massive New Database Will Connect Billions of Historic Records to Tell the Full Story of American Slavery

January 13, 2020 History

The online resource will offer vital details about the toll wrought on the enslaved.

Imagining The Renaissance / Defining The Jews January 2020 Jerusalem

December 02, 2019 History

The Humanities and Social Sciences Fund Conference on “Imagining the Renaissance / Defining the Jews”Jerusalem, January 12 – 15, 2020
Maryland Today

Recent Graduate Awarded National Mitchell Scholarship

November 25, 2019 History

Former SGA President A.J. Pruitt named 1 of 12 winners to pursue graduate study in Ireland.
NBC 4 Washington

Md. Professor Documents Free Children Kidnapped Into Slavery

November 22, 2019 History

Richard Bell's new book featured by NBC 4 Washington.

Anna Julia Cooper Workshop Friday, November 22 4 P.M.

November 18, 2019 History

Please join the next edition of the Anna Julia Cooper Workshop this coming Friday.

Washington Post Op/Ed By Professor Richard Bell: What You Didn'T Know About The Reverse Underground Railroad

November 11, 2019 History

Professor Richard Bell has penned an op/ed in The Washington Post about the movie "Harriet" and the Reve
Washington Post

You know about the Underground Railroad.

November 07, 2019 History

But what about the Reverse Underground Railroad?

UMD Students of Modern Greek Present at Celebration of OXI Day

November 01, 2019 History

OXI (pronounced OHI) means “no” in modern Greek.

20Th Century Japan Research Awards For 2019-2020 Application Information

October 29, 2019 Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies, History

20th Century Japan Research Awards for 2019-2020

History Professor’s Book About the Kazakh Famine Receives Multiple Awards

October 22, 2019 History

“The Hungry Steppe” tells the story of one of the most abominable crimes of the Stalin years.