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Lindsay Moynihan Named Merrill Scholar for 2023-24

Lindsay Moynihan, History Major, Named Merrill Scholar for 2023-24

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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.

April 21, 2022 History

Department of History Announces Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Fellow

Gerardo Ienna New Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow

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Terp Magazine

Covering Old Grounds

February 07, 2017 History

Terp author documents history of White House property.
H-Diplo

Aristocracy, Oligarchy And Donald Trump

February 03, 2017 College of Arts and Humanities, History

History professor Arthur Eckstein considers what ancient writers say about democracy and despotism.
AFP

Long Before Trump, America's Love-Hate Stance On Immigration

February 03, 2017 History

Julie Greene weighs in on the long and complex history of immigration in the United States.

New Post From Distinguished Professor Arthur Eckstein On H-Net

February 02, 2017 History

Professor Art Eckstein has written an essay which has been published on H-Net.

See What's Happening With The Miller Center!

January 27, 2017 History

The Miller Center is hosting a variety of events over the course of the spring semester. Come join us during one of these intriguing discussions!

Graduate Student Film Series To Continue

January 27, 2017 History, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

The Miller Center's Graduate Student Film Series will continue its Maryland Film Series this spring.

Eckstein's 'Bad Moon Rising' Reviews In The Chronicle Of Higher Education

January 27, 2017 History, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

Eckstein's 'Bad Moon Rising: How the Weather Underground Beat the FBI and Lost the Revolution," was reviewed in The Chronicle of Higher Education.
The Diamondback

President Trump's Plan To Defund Two Endowments Threatens Umd Arts And Humanities Funding

January 26, 2017 History, American Studies, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Classics, College of Arts and Humanities, Honors Humanities, School of Music, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

At UMD, federal funding supports work being done in the "true public sphere, not just the elite public sphere."

Keynotes: Fall 2016 Department Of History Newsletter

December 22, 2016 History

The Fall 2016 Department of History Newsletter, Keynotes, is here!

Berlin's "The Long Emancipation" Reviewed In The Times Literary Supplement

December 15, 2016 History

Professor Ira Berlin’s "The Long Emancipation: The Demise of Slavery in the United States" is the lead review in the current issue of the Times Literary Supplement, written by Ari Kelman.