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Slavery-Entangled Philosophy

September 12, 2018 History

John Locke took part in administering the slave-owning colonies. Does that make him, and liberalism itself, hypocritical?

2018-19 New Faculty Appointments

September 11, 2018 American Studies, Art History and Archaeology, College of Arts and Humanities, Communication, English, History, Japanese, Persian, Roshan Institute for Persian Studies, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Music

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

Old Regime And Terror In France

September 06, 2018 Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies, History

Check out our events page for more details on the upcoming symposium entitled Old Regime and Terror in France. 

In Memoriam: Ira Berlin In Pictures

August 10, 2018 History

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In Memoriam: Ira Berlin in Pictures

August 10, 2018 History

A photo tribute to Distinguished University Professor Ira Berlin who passed away in June.

Freedmen and Southern Society Project Wins NEH Grant

August 10, 2018 History

Maryland history department's Freedmen and Southern Society Project, directed by Professor Leslie Rowland, wins $325,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to continue work on the publication of its volumes. See the release for...

Ala Creciun publishes op/ed in Washington Post

August 10, 2018 History

Ala Creciun, History doctoral candidate, has an op/ed in the Washington Post.

The Monkey Cage

100 Years Later, Russia is Still Revising the Story of the Imperial Family's Execution by Red Guards

August 08, 2018 College of Arts and Humanities, History

The Russian Orthodox Church wants it investigated as a "ritual murder."

Keynotes: Summer 2018 Department Of History Newsletter

August 03, 2018 History

To read the current issue of Keynotes, click HERE.  

Professor Karin Rosemblatt Blog Post: Balancing Privacy And Archival Access

July 23, 2018 History

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