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The history department warmly congratulates the 2025 BA, MA, PhD and Public History graduates on your truly remarkable accomplishments! We wish you joy and luck in all your future endeavors.

The St. Botolph Club Foundation has named Marla Miller, Distinguished Professor of History and Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, the 2025 recipient of its Distinguished Artist Award in historical nonfiction literature.

Second-year history major Ken Takagi wins "Why Do I Learn Languages?" essay contest.

Published by Princeton University Press, this illustrated catalogue accompanies the exhibit of the same name on display at the National Gallery of Art May 18th through November 2nd, 2025.

Professor Garrett Washington has been awarded a Japanese Studies Fellowship from the Japan Foundation.

Professor Diana Sierra Becerra has been awarded the Outstanding Teaching Award from the College of Humanities and Fine Arts 

View the full list of 2025 history department award-winners!

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

The student-curated exhibit "Be Revolutionary: UMass Student Solidarity with Central America in the 1980s” opens at the Bromery Center for the Arts Lobby on April 3rd.