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History's Kevin A. Young Named 2024 Public Engagement Faculty Fellow

Associate Professor of History Kevin A. Young has been named a 2024 Public Engagement Faculty Fellow. Eight fellows selected in all by the Public Engagement Project (PEP) will draw upon their substantial research records to impact policy, the work of practitioners, and public debates.

February 27, 2024
UMass Amherst Researchers Among Recipients of Major NEH Grant Expanding Public Access to Records on the History of Slavery

A team of UMass Amherst faculty, librarians, staff, and students and their partners at the Pioneer Valley History Network (PVHN) are among the partnering projects awarded $349,803.00 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) in support of the project Enslaved: Peoples of the Historical Slave Trade, also known as Enslaved.org, an open-access website affiliated with Michigan State University that publishes datasets and biographical narratives with information about the lives of individuals who suffered under slavery and who were part of the transatlantic slave trade. The Western

December 5, 2023
Anne F. Broadbridge Appointed Department Chair

The Department of History is pleased to introduce Anne F. Broadbridge as its newest chair.

October 16, 2023
Elizabeth Jacob and Matthew Wormer Join History Department

The Department of History is pleased to welcome our newest faculty members, Elizabeth Jacob and Matthew Wormer.

August 30, 2023
Jennifer L. Nye wins HFA’s 2023 College Outstanding Teacher Award

Jennifer L. Nye, a Senior Lecturer II in the Department of History, won the 2023 College Outstanding Teaching Award (COTA), in recognition of her excellence in teaching and many contributions to students in the history department, College of Humanities and Fine Arts and beyond.

May 4, 2023
Renowned Activist and Whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg Awarded Honorary Degree By UMass Amherst in Special Ceremony Conducted in San Francisco

Daniel Ellsberg, one of the nation’s foremost political activists and whistleblowers, was awarded an honorary degree by the University of Massachusetts Amherst in a special ceremony held Saturday evening in the Bay Area, where Ellsberg resides.

February 1, 2023
History Major Ciara Smith '25 Selected for Leadership Fellowship

History major Ciara Smith '25 has been selected as one of twenty-four 2023 UMass Women into Leadership (UWiL) fellowship recipients. In all, the fellows represent thirteen different majors and all class years.   

November 28, 2022
Pulitzer-Prize Winning Journalist Azmat Khan to Deliver Inaugural Ellsberg Lecture on Human Toll of America’s Air Wars

On November 15 at 7pm EST, UMass Amherst's new Ellsberg Initiative for Peace and Democracy presents the first annual Ellsberg Lecture in the UMass Amherst Student Union Ballroom and streaming on Zoom.

November 15, 2022

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