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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.

2025 Department of History Newsletters

Click HERE to read the Spring 2025 Newsletter.

Click HERE to read the January 2025 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.

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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History PhD Alison Finklestein as Federal Historian

March 10, 2025 History

Senior Historian at Arlington Cemetery

Alum Claire Goldstene Book Recognized by Forbes

March 10, 2025 History

Recognition for Book on Work of Contingent Faculty

History PhD Student Receives Fulbright Research Grant

March 09, 2025 History

Anna Wenzel Chosen Fulbright Research Scholar in Mexico

Department of History Newsletter January 2025

February 27, 2025 History

Department of History Newsletter January 2025

Giving Day is Wednesday, March 5!

February 27, 2025 History

Giving Day is Wednesday, March 5!

Book Launch in Honor of Black History Month: Rachel Schine, "Black Knights"

February 06, 2025 History

Thursday, February 13, 2025 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Taddeo Radio Interview on Prince Harry's Invasion of Privacy Settlement

February 04, 2025 History

Taddeo on Prince Harry and Invasion of Privacy

New Douglass Center Director on Humanities, History and Expanding Ideas of Leadership

February 03, 2025 College of Arts and Humanities, Douglass Center, History

Associate Professor of History Quincy Mills on the future of the center.

Julie Greene Discussing the Panama Canal on BBC's Global. Voice

January 31, 2025 History

Why Does the US President Want the PanamaCanal?

Isaac Hirsh History Alum Favored in Tournament of Champions

January 27, 2025 History

Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions Features History Alum