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The History Department mourns the passing of our beloved colleague Professor Kathryn Schwartz, who died unexpectedly in Toulouse, France, on May 10, 2022. Our deepest condolences go to Kathryn's...

Elizabeth Sharrow, associate professor in the Department of History, has written a number of pieces commemorating the 50th anniversary of Title IX. Sharrow provided an overview of Title IX's...

The History Department and the College of Humanities and Fine Arts at the University of Massachusetts Amherst invite applications for an Undergraduate Career Advisor Lecturer position....

Now in its sixth year, UMass History Journal's 2022 edition was published this spring and features work from six undergraduate students: Robert Cahill, Caitlyn Foster '22, Bret Hackenson, Laura...

History department outreach and community engagement director Jessica Johnson is recipient of the 2022 Chancellor's Citation Award. The only campus-wide award exclusively for staff, the Chancellor...

Since the 1800s, a handful of oligarchs had controlled nearly all of El Salvador’s land, forcing laborers to work for almost nothing. But in 1980, farmers and urban workers formed guerrilla groups...