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Graduate Program Assistant Mary Lashway Awarded Distinguished Graduate Staff Award
Monday, May 22, 2017
This spring, the History Department Graduate Program Assistant Mary Lashway was awarded the 2017 Distinguished Graduate Staff award, a campus-wide award recognizing one staff member's contributions...
Reflections on the 2017 National Council on Public History Conference
Friday, May 5, 2017
Check out the newest Past@Present blog post in which UMass Public History graduate students are interviewed about their experiences at the 2017 National Council on Public History Conference!...
Altstadt to Deliver Book Talk at the Woodrow Wilson Center's Kennan Institute
Friday, May 5, 2017
Please join UMass Professor of History Audrey Altstadt on May 18 for a book talk at the Woodrow Wilson Center's Kennan Institute in Washington D.C. Altstadt will be discussing her latest book,...
"Behind closed doors: What the Piltdown Man hoax from 1912 can teach science today" New Article from Professor Sam Redman
Friday, May 5, 2017
New article!! UMass History Professor Sam Redman writes for theconversation.com: "Behind closed doors: What the Piltdown Man hoax from 1912 can teach science today"...
History Undergraduate Awards Ceremony held on Monday, May 1
Wednesday, May 3, 2017
On Monday, May 1, the History Department celebrated the 2017 Undergraduate Award Ceremony. Students, faculty, friends, and family all gathered to honor dozens of our amazing undergraduate students...
Professor Barbara Krauthamer Appointed Dean of the Graduate School
Wednesday, May 3, 2017
The Department of History could not be more pleased to share that our esteemed colleague, Professor Barbara Krauthamer, has been appointed Dean of Graduate School. In the words of Provost Katherine...