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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.

Moments in History (Department of History Newsletter)

August 2024 Department of History Newsletter

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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

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.

In Memoriam: Ira Berlin In Pictures

August 10, 2018 History

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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

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Professor Karin Rosemblatt Blog Post: Balancing Privacy And Archival Access

July 23, 2018 History

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Karin Alejandra Rosemblatt: Balancing Privacy and Archival Access

July 19, 2018 College of Arts and Humanities, History

Professor of History Karin Alejandra Rosemblatt weighs in on how archival institutions balance privacy concerns with the need for access.