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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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Winter And Spring Advising Office Hours

December 15, 2016 History

The Winter Advising Hours for the History Department are:  

Spring Advising Office Hours

December 15, 2016 History

Come visit the History Department's Advising Office this Spring!
The Times Literary Supplement

Black Lives Mattered

December 07, 2016 History

Ira Berlin’s "The Long Emancipation: The Demise of Slavery in the United States" reviewed in the Times Literary Supplement.
Ottoman History Podcast

Wein Interviewed For Podcast On Nationalism, Communism & Fascism In The Middle East

December 05, 2016 History

Professor Wien has been interviewed for a podcast titled, “Nationalism, Communism, and Fascism in the Modern Middle East” by Ottoman History Podcast.

Wien Interviewed For Podcast Titled, “Nationalism, Communism, And Fascism In The Modern Middle East”

December 05, 2016 History

Professor Wien has been interviewed for a podcast titled, “Nationalism, Communism, and Fascism in the Modern Middle East” by Ottoman History Podcast.

Students And Professors Come Together To Discuss The Rise Of Donald Trump

December 05, 2016 English, History, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

The Potomac Center for the Study of Modernity and the Miller Center for Historical Studies teamed up for the first time to organize the discussion.

Neh Awards $300,000 To Freedman And Southern Society Project

December 01, 2016 History

Society will continue work on "Freedom: A Documentary History of Emancipation."

Neh Awards $300,000 Grant To Freedmen And Southern Society Project

December 01, 2016 History

The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded a $300,000 grant to the Freedmen and Southern Society.

2016-17 Scholarship Recipients

November 15, 2016 American Studies, Classics, College of Arts and Humanities, Communication, English, History, Linguistics, Philosophy, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Chinese, French, Romance Languages, Russian, Spanish and Portuguese, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

ARHU is pleased to announce the 2016-17 Senior Scholars, Scholarship Recipients and Freshmen Scholars.

What's New In History?

November 09, 2016 History

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