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Jessica Berman, director of the Dresher Center for the Humanities and professor of English, has published a new edited volume of 33 essays by leading scholars on the life, work, and multiple...

Now in its third cohort, UMBC’s Postdoctoral Fellows for Faculty Diversity program recognizes and supports talented scholars who are emerging as cutting-edge researchers and educators in their...

A $225,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities awarded to the College of Arts and Humanities at University of Maryland (UMD) and the Maryland Humanities Council will fund a series...

Note: This story was updated on March 22, 2016. From 1763-1764, nearly 5,000 enslaved people in the Dutch colony of Berbice in South America rebelled. In studying the history of the rebellion...

At a recent symposium held at Uppsala University, Sweden featuring prominent international modernist research, Jessica Berman, director of the Dresher Center for the Humanities and professor of...

New Faculty Micro-Talks Tuesday, April 21, 5:30-7 p.m.  Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery  The Dresher Center for the Humanities, in partnership with The College of Arts, Humanities and Social...

Thursday, April 16  5:30 – 7 PM Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery Liz Lerman, choreographer, performer, writer and educator What happens to our various fields of study and action when we...

Humanities Forum Wednesday, March 11 | 4:00 p.m. Joan S. Korenman Lecture Maria Gabriela “Gaby” Pacheco, immigrant rights activist Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery  Activist Maria Gabriela...

*Due to the weather, this event has been rescheduled for Wednesday, February 18 at 7.30 p.m. in the UC Ballroom.  Best known for her viral parody video of racial microaggressions, Shit White...

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49cU4EExLAI&w=560&h=315] On April 23, 2014, UMBC students, faculty and staff recited Shakespeare sonnets in more than 30 languages. The event was...