History

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History is at the core of a liberal arts education, illuminating the ideas, institutions, and sentiments by which people have attempted to order their world.

Adriana M. Brodsky
- Department Chair
(240) 895-4108
Kent Hall 326
Professor of History Christine Adams Published in TIME
April 23, 2024
portrait of Christine Adams
Christine Adams, professor of history, wrote an essay that appeared in TIME magazine's Made by History column on April 16. In the essay, titled "History Makes Clear the Risk of Appeasing Putin," Adams offers examples from history that suggest that "autocrats are seldom satisfied with concessions… Find Out More
Professor of History Christine Adams is Podcast Guest
April 12, 2024
Christine Adams portrait
St. Mary’s College of Maryland Professor of History Christine Adams, with her academic colleague and sibling Tracy Adams (University of Auckland, New Zealand), was a guest of the Paris Underground Radio podcast, “Navigating the French.” The pair discussed, in episode 67 (released March 24), the… Find Out More
Professor Betül Başaran presents paper in Paris
February 21, 2024
Prof. Başaran in India
Professor of History Betül Başaran attended the conference "Perceptions de la guerre et de la sortie de guerre au Moyen-Orient (1918-1923): Expériences, narrations, re-construction des identités et perspectives" in Paris, where she gave a talk entitled "Niloufer Hanım Sultan: An Exiled Ottoman… Find Out More
Professor of History Christine Adams is Guest on Royal Studies Podcast
February 13, 2024
Christine Adams portrait
Professor of History Christine Adams was a guest on “The Royal Studies Podcast” on Feb. 9 in a roundtable discussion on royal mistresses and the important part they played in the French and English monarchies. Adams was joined by Tracy Adams, professor in European Languages and Literatures at the… Find Out More
New Book on Constantine by Emerita Professor of History Linda Hall
January 29, 2024
Book cover of "The Poems of Optatian" by Linda Jones Hall
Linda Jones Hall, professor emerita of history, has a new book, "The Poems of Optatian: Puzzling out the Past in the Time of Constantine the Great" (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024). 
Publilius Optatianus Porfyrius (Optatian) was sent into exile by Constantine sometime after the Emperor's ascent to… Find Out More
Professor of History Christine Adams Published in TIME
January 11, 2024
Christine Adams portrait
Professor of History Christine Adams was published in TIME magazine’s “Made by History” column on Jan. 5. Adams’ op-ed, titled “It’s Hard for a Nation to Come Back from Deprioritizing Democracy” compares the current U.S. political battles with the 1848 Frankfurt Assembly's failure to unify Germany… Find Out More
"Historical Tapestry" Book by Editor Emerita Janet Haugaard Now Available
October 31, 2023
portrait of the author Janet Butler Haugaard
“Historical Tapestry: Adele France and John LaFarge in Southern Maryland,” by Janet Butler Haugaard, editor emerita of St. Mary’s College of Maryland, is now available at the campus bookstore and its online store. The book’s release coincides with the 100-year anniversary of Adele France’s… Find Out More
Sarah Malena, Associate Professor of History, Has Chapter Published
October 26, 2023
Associate Professor Sarah Malena
Associate Professor Sarah Malena of the Department of History contributed the chapter “History Without Texts: Interdisciplinary Interpretive Methods for Understanding the Early Iron Age” to a collection of essays in honor of prominent archaeologist and mentor Thomas E. Levy.

Malena’s chapter… Find Out More
Professors Brodsky and Cognard-Black Published by NYU Press
September 18, 2023
Brodsky portrait by Ale Meter; Cognard-Black portrait
Books edited by Professor of History Adriana M. Brodsky and Professor of English Jennifer Cognard-Black are both featured in the fall 2023 catalog of publications by the New York University Press.

Brodsky’s co-edited collection with Laura Arnold Leibman, “Jews Across the Americas: A Sourcebook,… Find Out More
Professor Adams to Speak at Salon Series
September 11, 2023
portrait of Madame de Maintenon
Professor of History Christine Adams provides the introduction to Madame de Maintenon and her political and cultural influence during the late reign of King Louis XIV as part of Opera Lafayette's Salon Series on September 20 in Washington, D.C.  Adams' talk, "The Secret Wife," is followed by a… Find Out More
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