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Empowering Baltimore communities toward social change
Humanities scholars, cultural organizers, and community representatives will gather on October 29 for a dynamic discussion about building democracy, fostering social justice, and improving...
Posted: October 20, 2016, 7:21 PM
Jessica Berman publishes new book that examines Virginia Woolf in global contexts
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...
Posted: April 7, 2016, 8:40 PM
UMBC’s newest Postdoctoral Fellows for Faculty Diversity pursue game-changing research
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...
Posted: December 21, 2015, 6:04 PM
UMBC is a major partner in NEH grant to transform narratives on race in Baltimore
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...
Posted: December 15, 2015, 8:44 PM
Marjoleine Kars reveals the untold story of the Atlantic Slave Rebellion in the Dutch Caribbean
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...
Posted: November 23, 2015, 4:46 PM
Jessica Berman presents research at prominent international symposium in Sweden
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...
Posted: November 13, 2015, 11:57 AM
CAHSS New Faculty Micro-Talks (4/21)
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...
Posted: April 17, 2015, 2:50 PM
Humanities Forum: An Artist’s Life at the Border: Critical Partnerships with Science, History, and the Community (4/16)
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...
Posted: April 9, 2015, 4:18 PM
Humanities Forum: “The Paths We Make As We Go”: The Narrative of an Undocumented Immigrant Woman in the U.S. (3/11)
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...
Posted: February 27, 2015, 2:33 PM
Critical Social Justice Presents Franchesca Ramsey on “Social Media For Social Change” (2/18)
*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...
Posted: February 5, 2015, 8:31 PM
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