News

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

The Cundill Prize-winning UMass historian Stephen R. Platt published his fourth book, The Raider: The Untold Story of a Renegade Marine and the Birth of U.S. Special Forces in World War II (Alfred A. Knopf, 2025).

Published by the University of Michigan Press, Timothy Hart’s first book, Beyond the River, Under the Eye of Rome, presents the Danube frontier of the Roman empire as the central stage for many of the most important political and military events of Roman history.

Professor Asheesh Kapur Siddique's 2024 The Archive of Empire: Knowledge, Conquest, and the Making of the Early Modern British World recently received recognition. 

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.