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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.

History, School of Music, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

Three ARHU Professors Named 2025 Distinguished Scholar-Teachers

The faculty members have earned one of UMD’s highest honors for excellence in both scholarship and teaching.

Moments in History (Department of History Newsletter)

2026 Department of History Newsletter

Click HERE to read the January 2026 newsletter.

Newsletter Archive

The Department of History releases regular newsletters that highlight faculty, staff, student, and alumni achieves and news throughout each semester. Follow this link to view the Department of History's newsletters since 2021. 

Featured News

February 03, 2025 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.

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

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The New York Times

‘Conclave’ Offers a Glimpse Inside the Secretive Process of Choosing a Pope

April 21, 2025 History

Associate Professor of History Piotr H. Kosicki weighs in on the accuracy of the film.
Maryland Today

Take This Class! How Shopping Has Shaped U.S. History

April 18, 2025 History

‘Pocketbook Politics’ tells story of American consumerism.
Maryland Today

A Taste of Ethnographic Research

April 16, 2025 American Studies, History

In new course, students journey through foodways of Maryland’s immigrant populations.

Rob Chiles Wins PTK Teaching Excellence Award

April 07, 2025 History

Chiles Awarded 2025 Teaching Excellence Award
The Times

Is Trump Reviving an Imperial Presidency?

April 02, 2025 History

Burke Chair of American Cultural and Intellectual History Holly Brewer quoted in The Times about the shift toward an imperial presidency in the U.S.

Jon T. Sumida Obituary

March 31, 2025 History

Jon T. Sumida Obituary

History Alum Scott Heerman New Editor of Books

March 30, 2025 History

History Alum in New Position at Omohundro Institute

UMD Historian Holly Brewer quoted in The Times

March 30, 2025 History

UMD Historian Holly Brewer quoted in The Times

Madeline Hsu Interviewed About Chinese Students in US Universities

March 30, 2025 History

Madeline Hsu Interviewed About Chinese Students in US Universities

History Major is Wrestling All-American

March 30, 2025 History

Mckinley Jovanovic UMD's First Female Wrestling All-American