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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.

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2024-2025 Maya Brin Resident Maxim Osipov

The Maya Brin Residency Program is thrilled to announce the visit of Maxim Osipov.

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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 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.

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Maryland Today

Philip Merrill Presidential Scholars Program Honors Top Students and Their Mentors

November 02, 2023 American Studies, History, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Program provides $1,500 UMD scholarships in K-12 teachers’ names.

Paul Landau Wins the Martin A. Klein Prize in African History

October 24, 2023 History

Distinguished Work of Scholarship on African History

September 2023 Department of History Newsletter

September 27, 2023 History

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Breaking the M.O.L.D. Launches Second Cohort for Leaders of Color and Women in Higher Ed

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

The Mellon Foundation-funded initiative prepares underrepresented arts and humanities faculty at three Maryland universities for leadership roles.

Job Posting: History of African Americans in the Era of Emancipation and Reconstruction

September 21, 2023 History

Department of History Job Search

Rick Bell on CSPAN Monday, September 17, 9 pm

September 17, 2023 History

UMD Historian to Discuss Thomas Paine's Common Sense

DC Queer Studies Symposium October 25th

September 08, 2023 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, American Studies, History, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, English

Save the Date - October 25th "The Queer Limit of Black Memory, Ten Years Later: A Celebration of the Scholarship of Matt Richardson"

Antoine Borrut on French Radio

August 25, 2023 History

UMD Historian Stars as Guest Speaker

Piotr Kosicki Interviewed in Newsweek's Polish Edition

August 17, 2023 History

UMD Historian Discusses Polish Democracy

PhD Candidate Jordan Sly PublishesBook

August 17, 2023 History

Jordan Sly Book on Library History