Congratulations to the December, 2009 M.A. Graduates

Donna Gray, "Dispatches from the Front Line: The Brixton Riots and the Restructuring of Black British Identity"

Kevin Kelly, "The Maryland State Colonization Society and Maryland’s Ambivalence to Slavery"

Nicole Paterson, "A Comparative Analysis of Idalion’s Olive Presses and Their Relationship to Idalion’s Economic and Religions Environment"

Posted on December 17, 2009 2:08 PM | Permalink

Christopher Fritz

Chris has been offered a commission in the United States Army and starts training at Fort Leonardwood, Missouri on 27 January 2010 followed by Officer Candidate School at Fort Benning, Georgia in April. In the meantime he has been substitute teaching for Anne Arundel County Public Schools and working intermittently with UMBC's Office of Academic and Pre-Professional Advising. He has also published his thesis with Lambert Academic Publishing. It will be available on or around 25 January 2010. (editor's PS---and Chris is getting married in early January--congratulations!)

Posted on December 15, 2009 2:42 PM | Permalink

Interview with Prof. Sandra Herbert

UMBC In the Loop features a wonderful interview with Prof. Sandra Herbert. The interviewer is Prof. Joe Tatarewicz. Sandra Herbert talks about how she "met" Darwin and explains the benefits of a lifetime spent researching your passion. Look at the Interview

Posted on December 3, 2009 11:01 AM | Permalink

Annual Holiday Party, Wed., December 9th

Join us for the Department of History's Annual Holiday Party, Wed., December 9th noon-1:30 pm. 7th Floor Administration Building. See you there!

Posted on December 2, 2009 12:54 PM | Permalink