Are you thinking about doing an SMP next year? Are you wondering about the process? Do you want to have more information to make the right decision for you? Come hear current SMP students discuss their experiences, and learn about the process and steps involved. Thursday, March 8th, 5:00 pm @ KH 312. See you there!
Professors and Students Attend the 2018 AHA Conference!
The History Department invited and registered six current SMCM history majors for this year’s American Historical Association (AHA) Annual Conference. The students were able to attend presentations, panels, and roundtable discussions by experts and professionals on historical content, graduate school, and academic as well as non-academic career paths. Find out more »
Life after SMCM: Two History Alumni share their experiences
Come listen to History Alumni Alison Curry and Gabriel Young talk about their postgraduate experiences! Alison will discuss her digital humanities work and online M.A. ,while Gabriel will discuss language training, career paths, funding for M.A., and funding for PhD! Join us at 4:10 on November 16 in the Glendening Annex Alison was an Anthropology Find out more »
St. Mary’s at the 2017 Mid Atlantic Phi Alpha Theta Conference!
The University of Baltimore’s chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, the national honor society for undergraduate and graduate students and professors in history, hosted its annual conference on April 22, 2017 at the William H. Thumel Sr. Business Center. For this regional meeting, students prepared and submitted research papers for formal judging by professionals in the Find out more »
History Open House
What: History Department Open House When: October 3, at 4 p.m. Where: Blackistone Room in North Anne Arundel Hall Why: To mingle with professors and hear about exciting new history classes and opportunities! Hope to see you there!
Apply For The Thomas M. Barrett Memorial Award!
The History Department invites applications for the Thomas M. Barrett Memorial Award for Undergraduate Research. Named after our beloved, departed colleague Tom Barrett, the History Department will award $500 to a deserving History major for the purpose of furthering ongoing research (SMP students are strongly encouraged to apply). Proposals are due to cjholden@smcm by Oct. 6. We will announce the award winner and make the Find out more »
The History Department presents “St. Mary’s Project Day”
Join the History Department Monday May 1, 2017 in Kent 120 for… TURMOIL IN POLITICS AND ACADEMIA: MARYLAND IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY CHAIR: Vincent Turner 12:45 Stella Yakam: “Unfinished Journey: Re-imagining and Re-constructing Diversity at SMCM: A Tale of Three Presidents, 1948-1996” Mentor: Garrey Dennie Commentator: Samuel Coomes 1:15 Matt Jeffers: Find out more »
Phi Alpha Theta Ticket Raffle at World Carnival
Help Support a Student in the Gambia! How: Purchase raffle tickets from Phi Alpha Theta (The History Honor Society) at World Carnival When: April 8 Each purchase goes towards supporting a student in the Gambia AND enters you in a raffle with the chance to win a prize!
Book Party!
Come join the History Department in celebrating the publication of Professor Adriana Brodsky’s new book: Sephardi, Jewish, Argentine: Community and National Identity, 1880-1960 The Book Party will be held 3:00-4:00 at the River Center on April 7. Hope to see you there!
New Faculty Publication
The History Department celebrated the recent publication of Female Beauty Systems: Beauty as Social Capital in Western Europe and the United States, Middle Ages to the Present (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015), co-edited by Dr. Christine Adams (History) and Dr. Tracy Adams (University of Auckland, Comparative Literature). Besides essays by the co-editors, the book also included articles by St. Find out more »