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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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UMD Graduate Student Wins Miller Center National Fellowship

April 14, 2011 College of Arts and Humanities, History

ARHU graduate student Robert Henderson, department of history, wins a national fellowship.
Smithsonian Magazine

When Did Girls Start Wearing Pink?

April 08, 2011 College of Arts and Humanities, American Studies, History

UMD's Jo B. Paoletti addresses how a definition of masculinity and femininity manifested in children's clothing.

From UMD To Cairo: Being In The Middle Of An Uprising

April 06, 2011 History, College of Arts and Humanities, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Arabic

Two people from UMD speak about their experience while in Egypt.By Fariba Amini
The Washington Post

Manning Marable, Author Of Long-Awaited Malcolm X Biography, Dies At 60

April 03, 2011 College of Arts and Humanities, History

ARHU mourns the death of alumnus Manning Marable, doctorate in history at UMD in 1976.

New University Of Maryland Center Focuses On Understanding Immigrant History

March 30, 2011 College of Arts and Humanities, History, Center for Global Migration Studies

UMD's ARHU prepares to launch the new Center for the History of the New America headed by professors Ira Berlin and Julie Greene.
The New Republic

Berlin Ghosts: Why Germany Was Against The Libya Intervention

March 24, 2011 College of Arts and Humanities, History

UMD's Jeffrey Herf weighs in on Germany's decision to abstain from the U.N. resolution regarding Libya.

Women's History Month: It's Who You Know And How You Connect

March 18, 2011 College of Arts and Humanities, English, History, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

A look at how three ARHU professors are helping create a supportive academic environment for women.By Katelin Wangberg
SMU Daily Campus

U Of Maryland History Professor Jeffrey Herf Speaks On Affects Of Nazi Propaganda

March 06, 2011 College of Arts and Humanities, History

UMD's Jeffrey Herf weighs-in on how WWII's Nazi Propaganda related to Arabs and Muslims.
Diamondback

History Professor Publishes Book On African American History

March 03, 2011 College of Arts and Humanities, History

UMD's Ira Berlin discusses his book with students, professors and university staff.
Diamondback

Exploring Immigration: A Living History

March 03, 2011 College of Arts and Humanities, History, Center for Global Migration Studies

UMD's new Center for the History of the New America looks at contemporary immigration in the the U.S.