University of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of History

The Department of History at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is dedicated to cultivating students' critical abilities, as well as their skills in core historical methodologies and analytical writing. The department prides itself particularly on its long-standing commitment to transatlantic and global history, gender and labor studies, public history and American history. The department is devoted to the idea that an understanding of the past is essential to living in a vibrant democracy.