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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.

Featured News

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.

Moments in History (Department of History Newsletter)

August 2024 Department of History Newsletter

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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.
The Washington Post

How Jennifer Wexton became the ‘patron saint of the transgender community’

June 16, 2019 History

And why some Republicans in Northern Virginia are irked by the congresswoman’s focus on the issue.

Richard Bell On 'Hamilton' History In Leo Weekly

May 30, 2019 History

See more of the article in Leo Weekly by Richard Bell entitled

History Department Commencement Ceremony May 23

May 21, 2019 History

The Department of History Commencement Ceremony will be in the Memorial Chapel at the University at 9:00 a.m. on Thursday, May 23.  Congratulations to our graduates!
Money on The Left

Colored Property & State Debt w/ David Freund

May 16, 2019 History

Associate professor of history interviewed on "Money on the Left" podcast.