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Lindsay Moynihan Named Merrill Scholar for 2023-24

Lindsay Moynihan, History Major, Named Merrill Scholar for 2023-24

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September 22, 2023 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Music, American Studies, College of Arts and Humanities, English, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, History, Douglass Center

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.
May 19, 2022 History, American Studies

Curating Arts and Culture on Campus

History and American studies double major Marjorie Justine Antonio ’22 programmed multiple exhibitions and events while an undergraduate.

April 21, 2022 History

Department of History Announces Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Fellow

Gerardo Ienna New Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow

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Richard Bell Delivers Program On Ben Franklin At Smithsonian

February 12, 2018 History

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British Historian Julie Taddeo On Broadway

February 12, 2018 History

Dr. Julie Taddeo spoke to the cast and staff of My Fair Lady at Lincoln Center in New York to give historical and social context for the era in which the play takes place. See www.lct.org/explore/blog/higgins-isnt-only-professor-rehearsal
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THE CO-FOUNDER OF THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY URGED A UMD CROWD TO BE POLITICALLY ACTIVE

February 02, 2018 College of Arts and Humanities, History

Political activist Bobby Seale discussed organized resistance to discrimination and oppression.

Founding Black Panther Co-Chairmen and Famed Author Bobby Seale to Speak at UMD

January 29, 2018 College of Arts and Humanities, History

Seale will discuss the history of resistance from the 1960s to Trump in a public lecture.
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TRUMP TAPS LONG HISTORICAL VEIN AGAINST IMMIGRATION

January 13, 2018 History

Julie Greene provides historical context for Trump's recent comments on immigration.
Daily American

YOUNG AMERICANS DON'T LIKE POLITICS AND PROTESTS, NEW SURVEY SHOWS

January 11, 2018 History, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Professor of History Robyn Leigh Muncy weighs in on new survey about young Americans.

Congrats To The 2017-2018 Recipients Of The 20Th Century Japan Research Awards!

January 02, 2018 History

Congratulations to the following recipients of the 20th Century Japan Research Awards for 2017-2018:
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Movable Empire

December 18, 2017 History

Julie Greene on how America’s imperial quest for labor shaped the hemisphere’s working class.

Umd Historian Traces Origins Of American Slavery To British Imperialism

November 29, 2017 History

A newly-identified manuscript by English philosopher John Locke illuminates the history of anti-slavery law in colonial America.

2017-18 Capaa And Rasa Award Recipients

November 27, 2017 American Studies, Art, Communication, English, History, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

The College of Arts and Humanities extends its congratulations to outstanding faculty for RASA and CAPPA awards.