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David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

Driskell Center Receives $100,000 Terra Foundation Grant to Support Spring Exhibition ‘America Will Be!’

The exhibition presents artworks that critically engage the image and symbol of the U.S. flag.

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February 06, 2026 History

Meet Environmental Historian Jayson Maurice Porter

The assistant professor of history reflects on his research, teaching and the CEDAR Gallery, a student-centered space he is developing at UMD.
February 04, 2026 History

Rethinking the American Revolution as a Global Conflict

Professor of History Richard Bell’s new book reframes America’s founding conflict as a war fought across empires, oceans and everyday lives.
December 19, 2025 Arts for All, College of Arts and Humanities, School of Music, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

Students Turn Climate Change Into Sound

Clarice Assad’s Arts for All residency culminates in a student-created album.

December 08, 2025 American Studies, Arts for All

Material Culture, Collective Memory and the Work of Repair

American studies Ph.D. student Hannah Brancato combines scholarship, art and community to understand trauma and possibility.
December 05, 2025 English

How Professor John Drabinski Wrote Three Books at Once

How Black vernacular culture, Baldwin and the Atlantic world shape his latest scholarship.
December 04, 2025 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

UMD Launches Global Culture and Thought Major

New program emphasizes international cultures and languages to prepare graduates for an increasingly globalized world.
December 03, 2025 College of Arts and Humanities

Listening in on Lessons from 'We Are the World'

Dean teaches ARHU course on arts and humanities of a single song.
December 02, 2025 Art History and Archaeology, Arts for All, University of Maryland Art Gallery

Art Exhibition Offers Intimate Look at Giant of Modern Chinese History

Calligrapher, political reformer and higher ed activist helped overthrow Qing Dynasty in 1912.
November 11, 2025 English

Book Club Opens New Worlds for Incarcerated Women

UMD English professor co-leads volunteer program set to add graduate students following bequest.
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ARHU In The News

Ms. October 14, 2025

‘Freedom Is Worth Struggle’

Bonnie Thornton Dill accepts the University of Maryland’s highest honor.
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver October 02, 2025

Netanyahu: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

An article, co-written by Ilai Saltzman, director of the Gildenhorn Institute, was recently featured on the HBO program.
The Independent September 11, 2025

Meet the Americans who love 'Downton Abbey'

Research Professor of History Julie Taddeo talks to The Independent.

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Driskell Center Receives $100,000 Terra Foundation Grant to Support Spring Exhibition ‘America Will Be!’

February 10, 2026 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

The exhibition presents artworks that critically engage the image and symbol of the U.S. flag.

Meet Environmental Historian Jayson Maurice Porter

February 06, 2026 History

The assistant professor of history reflects on his research, teaching and the CEDAR Gallery, a student-centered space he is developing at UMD.

Rethinking the American Revolution as a Global Conflict

February 04, 2026 History

Professor of History Richard Bell’s new book reframes America’s founding conflict as a war fought across empires, oceans and everyday lives.
Arts for All

Announcing Arts for All’s Fall 2025 ArtsAMP Grants

February 02, 2026 Arts for All, College of Arts and Humanities

Learn more about 14 new interdisciplinary student projects.

ARHU Faculty Members Respond to Trump’s Actions in Venezuela

January 30, 2026 History, Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Ryan Long, Karin Rosemblatt and Jayson Maurice Porter provide expert context on the use of U.S. military force and the administration’s stated interest in oil.

11 English Students Selected for Competitive Penguin Random House Publishing Mentorship

January 23, 2026 College of Arts and Humanities, English

UMD students secured more than half of the available spots in the program.

TDPS Faculty and Alumni Win 2025 BroadwayWorld Regional Awards

January 15, 2026 College of Arts and Humanities, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

TDPS professor and students recognized for their achievements in DMV theater.

Students Turn Climate Change Into Sound

December 19, 2025 Arts for All, College of Arts and Humanities, School of Music, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

Clarice Assad’s Arts for All residency culminates in a student-created album.

Prof. Donahue-Shipp led Paint on Site Project

December 18, 2025 Art, Art History and Archaeology, Arts for All, Arts Leadership and Entrepreneurship, College of Arts and Humanities, College Park Scholars-Arts

Prof. Donahue-Shipp led Paint on Site project with his ARTT 426 class

Introducing the BCaT Lab Mural: Black Homeplaces!

December 17, 2025 College of Arts and Humanities, Communication

Artist in Residence Maïa Walcott led a collaborative mural-making project in the BCaT Lab