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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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Meet Our Students: Amber Ferguson

April 09, 2014 College of Arts and Humanities, History

History major Amber Ferguson '14 speaks about her Maryland experience.

Ira Berlin Honored For Contributions To African American Studies

April 04, 2014 History

Distinguished History Professor Ira berlin was awarded the W.E.B. Du Bois Medial for 2014 by Harvard Universtiy's Hutchins Center for African and American Research.

Department Of History Closed For Spring Break 3/17 And 3/18

March 17, 2014 History

The Department of History will be closed Monday, March 17th and Tuesday, March 18th for Spring Break.

9Th Annual Hgsa Grad Student Conference

February 07, 2014 History

On Friday February 21st from 9:00 a.m. until 5:10 p.m.

Sept. 12 Event In 20Th-Century Catholic And Jewish History At Cua

January 31, 2014 History

The Catholic University of America, School of Theology & Religious Studies and the Department of History

Antoine Borrut World Book Award

January 28, 2014 College of Arts and Humanities, History

UMD History Professor Antoine Borrut wins the Islamic Republic of Iran's World Book Award for Between Memory and Power, his study of major Islamic caliphates in first and second-century Syria.

2013-2014 20Th Century Japan Research Grants Awarded

January 22, 2014 History

In December, the Nathan and Jeanette Miller Center for Historical Studies and the University of Maryland Libraries a

Final Courses Now Being Developed For Next Year's Freshmen

January 15, 2014 History

ARHU's Ira Berlin weighs-in on on UMD's plans for it's new general education program.

Kimberly Welch, Ph.D. Spring 2012, Receives $150,000 National Science Foundation Grant

December 23, 2013 History

A student of Ira Berlin's in US History, now an Assistant Professor at the University of West Virginia, Kimberly Wel

Four Arhu Seniors Recognized As Merrill Presidential Scholars With Faculty

November 25, 2013 Art History and Archaeology, College of Arts and Humanities, English, History

The scholarship honors the university’s most successful seniors and designated faculty members who served as their mentors.