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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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Sonya Prescott Wins Fulbright

June 03, 2013 History

Sonya Prescott has won a Fulbright-IIE Grant.

Department Of History Relay Team Takes First Place In Terrapin Triathlon

May 20, 2013 College of Arts and Humanities, History

Congratulations goes out to the Department of History for their first place win at the Terrapin Triathlon relay race!

2013 Ethnic Minority Achievement Awards

May 20, 2013 American Studies, College of Arts and Humanities, History

History Professor Lisa Mar and the Department of American Studies accept 2013 Ethnic Minority Achievement Awards presented by the President's Commission on Ethnic Minority Issues.

History Professor Receives President’S Commission On Ethnic Minority Issues Award

May 15, 2013 College of Arts and Humanities, History

Professor Lisa Mar accepts 2013 Faculty Minority Achievement Award.

2013-2014 Research And Scholarship Summer Award Recipients

May 13, 2013 American Studies, College of Arts and Humanities, English, History, Linguistics, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies, Philosophy, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

ARHU faculty members win prestigious Research and Scholarship Summer Award.

2013-2014 Research And Scholarship Semester Award Recipients

May 13, 2013 History, American Studies, College of Arts and Humanities, Communication, English, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies, Philosophy, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Music

ARHU faculty members win prestigious Research and Scholarship Semester Award.

2013-2014 Graduate Student And Faculty Fellowships, Scholarships And Awards

May 09, 2013 American Studies, Art History and Archaeology, College of Arts and Humanities, Communication, English, History, Linguistics, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies, Philosophy, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Second Language Acquisition, Spanish and Portuguese, School of Music, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

ARHU graduate students and faculty members receive fellowships, scholarships and awards.

2013-2014 Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowship Recipients

May 09, 2013 American Studies, Art History and Archaeology, College of Arts and Humanities, Communication, English, History, Linguistics, Philosophy, School of Music, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

ARHU graduate students receive prestigious Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowship.

2013-2014 Graduate Student Summer Research Fellowship Recipients

May 09, 2013 American Studies, Art History and Archaeology, College of Arts and Humanities, Communication, English, History, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, German Studies, Second Language Acquisition

ARHU graduate students receive prestigious Graduate Student Summer Research Fellowships.

2013-2014 Ronald E. Mcnair Graduate Fellowship

May 09, 2013 American Studies, College of Arts and Humanities, Communication, History, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

ARHU graduate students receive prestigious Ronald E. McNair Graduate Fellowship.