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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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The Charlotte Observer

Historian Ira Berlin Challenges Emancipation Assumptions

September 18, 2015 College of Arts and Humanities, History

Berlin provides an important reinterpretation of “the transformation of millions of men and women from property to person.”
The New York Times

Ira Berlin’S “The Long Emancipation” Reviewed By The Ny Times

September 15, 2015 College of Arts and Humanities, History

Ira Berlin's new book, "The Lomg Emancipitation," discusses the demise of slavery in the U.S. and the movement for emancipation.
TERP

Monument To A Hero

September 14, 2015 Center for Global Migration Studies, College of Arts and Humanities, History

Frederick Douglass Square to be completed this fall.
Diamondback

ARHU Partners Receive $1.25 Million Grant

July 29, 2015 History, Center for Global Migration Studies

CGMS, MITH, and the Driskell Center will work together to build resources in African American history and culture

History Commencement Held In Memorial Chapel On May 21St

June 02, 2015 History

The Spring 2015 History Department Commencement ceremony was held on Thursday, May 21st.

Arhu Faculty Earn Promotions And Tenure 2015

May 13, 2015 American Studies, Art History and Archaeology, Classics, College of Arts and Humanities, Communication, English, History, Linguistics, Philosophy, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Seventeen faculty members from the College of Arts and Humanities were awarded tenured positions and promotions to full professor.

Former History Phd Student Named Chancellor Of The North Dakota University System

May 05, 2015 History

A former doctoral student of Professor Jon Sumida has just been named Chancellor of the North Dakota University Syst

Umd To Build Memorial Honoring Frederick Douglass In Hornbake Plaza

April 09, 2015 College of Arts and Humanities, History

University President Wallace Loh appropriated $375,000 for the project before recent budget cuts caused the hiring and construction freeze.

Three Arhu Faculty Among 2015-16 Advance Seed Grantees

April 08, 2015 College of Arts and Humanities, English, History, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Faculty members are either direct recipients of the prestigious awards or co-investigators.

Assistant History Professor Awarded Acls Fellowship

April 01, 2015 College of Arts and Humanities, History

Colleen Woods will use fellowship to help complete book project.