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American Studies

Soundtrack to Revolution

Students explore changing role of black protest music.

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November 02, 2018 Art

“Glances From Infinity” Showcases the Diversity of UMD Faculty Work

Among the items on display: paintings, sculptures and melted prescription bottles.
October 31, 2018 History

Trump and Anti-Semitism

History professor Jeffrey Herf offers his expertise on anti-semitism in America on NPR's Morning Edition.

October 26, 2018 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

What Do Broadway's Best Lighting Designers Actually Do?

No one applauds the lighting designer.
October 18, 2018 American Studies

‘Building Houses Out of Chicken Legs’ Author Will Deliver Charleston Lecture on Food Shaming

American studies professor Psyche Williams-Forson weighs in on the cultural food shaming that exists in society.
October 17, 2018 School of Music

Virtually Onstage

UMD artists and researchers open new views of opera.
October 17, 2018 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Dishing on a Debut Broadway Run

UMD alum and wife finish stint in “Waitress.”
September 27, 2018 Women's Studies

Op/Ed: Teen 'boys will be boys': A brief history

Associate Professor of Women's Studies Ashwini Tambe weighs in on the history of adolescence.
September 26, 2018

ARHU 2017-18 Year in Review

Learn about some of the college's highlights over the 2017-18 academic year.
September 23, 2018 Consortium on Race, Gender and Ethnicity, Women's Studies

The Stress of Being a Minority Faculty Member

An author examines the ways in which elite colleges can be toxic to the minority faculty members they hire, and what might be done to improve the situation.

ARHU in the News

The Diamondback November 14, 2018

UMD Alums Put on “Sensory-Friendly” Concert for Those with Cognitive Disabilities

The show was designed to avoid disruptive lights and sounds of a traditional concert.
The Baltimore Sun November 13, 2018

Baltimore native Tracie Thoms to perform modern version of 'Antigone' at UMD

Baltimore native and “Rent” actress Tracie Thoms will return to Maryland this month to perform in a theater production that fuses a 5th-century tragedy with modern day issues of race and injustice.

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Writer, Teacher, Activist and Voice for Caribbean History

November 14, 2018 English

Merle Collins combines scholarship, literature and activism in research about Louise Langdon Norton Little, the mother of Malcolm X.

The Diamondback

UMD Alums Put on “Sensory-Friendly” Concert for Those with Cognitive Disabilities

November 14, 2018 The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

The show was designed to avoid disruptive lights and sounds of a traditional concert.
The Baltimore Sun

Baltimore native Tracie Thoms to perform modern version of 'Antigone' at UMD

November 13, 2018 The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

Baltimore native and “Rent” actress Tracie Thoms will return to Maryland this month to perform in a theater production that fuses a 5th-century tragedy with modern day issues of race and injustice.
Maryland Today

Tuned in to an Audience’s Unique Needs

November 13, 2018 School of Music, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

UMD’s first sensory-friendly concert gives children with autism a gateway to the arts.

Onstage: A Portrait of Race in America

November 13, 2018 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Behind the scenes discussion with students preparing for emotional roles in an adaptation of Claudia Rankine’s “Citizen.”

Federal Grant Funds New Program for World Language Teachers

November 13, 2018 National Foreign Language Center

Program leverages UMD’s language expertise to create professional development network.