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In her 35 years at UMass, Dr. Audrey L. Altstadt consistently combined her powerful work ethic, deep concern with fairness, and dry wit with a devotion to physical well-being, maintaining work-life balance, and rising early every single day. 

In May, the campus gathered to celebrate the retirement of our beloved colleagues Dr. Joye Bowman and Dr. John Higginson, and to thank them for three decades of dedication to our shared mission.

The 2025 UMass History Magazine is out now! Check out the magazine to read about highlights from the classroom, cutting-edge student and faculty research, and engaging public programs that put history to work in the world.

Stephen R. Platt’s fourth book, The Raider: The Untold Story of a Renegade Marine and the Birth of U.S. Special Forces in World War II was published in May 2025, and since then has received a steady stream of critical acclaim. 

Professor and Director of the Institute for Holocaust, Genocide & Memory Studies Hannah Pollin-Galay’s 2024 book, Occupied Words: What the Holocaust Did to Yiddish, has recently been recognized with two awards.

Co-Edited by Rasmus Valade, Katie Robertson, and Catherine Wan, the ninth volume of the UMass Undergraduate History Journal is out now!

Diana Sierra Becerra Authors "The Making of Revolutionary Feminism in El Salvador"

The Department of History is pleased to welcome our newest faculty members, Martha McNamara and Hannah Pollin-Galay.

Historian Brian D. Bunk’s newest book, ‘Beyond the Field’ is out today with the University of Illinois Press.