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School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Spanish and Portuguese

Bad Bunny as Scholarly Subject?

UMD course explores Puerto Rico’s soundscape of protest and poetics.

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October 02, 2025 Roshan Institute for Persian Studies, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Roshan Institute to Establish Persian Digital Library

Supported by $1.8M private gift, project will be first of its kind.
September 18, 2025 Art History and Archaeology

Message From Met's Social Media Manager: Museums Are for Everyone

Alum uses digital platforms to spotlight overlooked voices.
September 08, 2025 English

Lillian-Yvonne Bertram on ‘Writing with Machines’

The poet and professor discusses computational poetics, the history of machine-made texts and their vision for UMD’s new Studio for Literary Technology.
September 08, 2025 Communication, Linguistics

UMD Researchers Will Use AI to Help Boost HPV Vaccine Confidence

New $2.8M NIH grant funds interdisciplinary chatbot project with UMB.
June 20, 2025 College of Arts and Humanities, School of Music

A New Spin on an Enduring Protest Album

ARHU dean’s new book examines messages of Fela Kuti.
May 21, 2025 Art History and Archaeology

A Future in Conservation

At UMD, graduating senior Lylah Messinger restored a 2,500-year-old Etruscan vase. Now she’s headed to graduate school in London.

May 20, 2025 Communication

From Fan to Force in Sports Media

Graduating senior Connor Perkins leverages creativity, drive and a love of sports to carve his path in digital content creation.

May 05, 2025 College of Arts and Humanities, English

How Matthew Kirschenbaum Sees AI’s Impact

The Distinguished University Professor of English is a leading voice on how AI is transforming the way we communicate, educate and govern.
April 26, 2025 Communication

Battling Misinformation in a Post-Pandemic World

Assistant Professor Becca Beets on the challenges of communicating about science.
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ARHU In The News

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.
Against the Grain August 29, 2025

"Technocreep and the Politics of Things Not Seen"

Professor Neda Atanasoski, chair of the Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, discusses her new co-edited book with KPFA's "Against the Grain."

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South China Morning Post

Op/Ed: How Call Centres Help the Philippines Rebrand as a Hub for Service Excellence

September 09, 2018 American Studies, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

As the global economy’s biggest ‘back office’, the Southeast Asian nation is increasingly seeking to depict its workers as educated, empathetic and fluent in English.
Maryland Today

“Human Library” Puts New Face on Learning at NextNOW Fest

September 07, 2018 The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

Campus arts celebration to feature 50+ performances.
University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Science

Student's Passion for Film and Technology Leads to Innovative VR Content

September 06, 2018 College of Arts and Humanities, Cinema and Media Studies

UMD alumni thrives creating virtual reality content with her background in both computer science and film.

Graduating ARHU Triple Major Will Work at Twitter and Microsoft Before Attending Graduate School

September 04, 2018 Classics

Dolapo A. Martins ‘18 majored in classics, linguistics and computer science.

Graduating American Studies Major Will Work with the D.C. Legal Counsel for the Elderly

September 04, 2018 American Studies

Autumn Thompson, ’18 majored in American studies with a policy concentration.

Graduating Art Major Will Work as Graphic Designer at Urban Outfitters

September 04, 2018

Elise Nichols ’18 majored in studio art with a graphic design concentration.

Fall 2018 ARHU Leadership Announcements

September 04, 2018 Art History and Archaeology, College of Arts and Humanities, Communication, Consortium on Race, Gender and Ethnicity, National Foreign Language Center, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

New leadership appointments for the 2018-19 academic year.

2018-19 National Fellowships and Scholarships

September 04, 2018 College of Arts and Humanities

ARHU students win prestigious national awards.
Haaretz Daily Newspaper

Op/Ed: All the Ways Democracy Is Crashing and Burning

September 02, 2018 Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

The accelerated erosion of democratic regimes in the West is the subject of a series of recent books and articles in the United States.

Freedmen and Southern Society Project Wins NEH Grant

August 10, 2018 History

Maryland history department's Freedmen and Southern Society Project, directed by Professor Leslie Rowland, wins $325,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to continue work on the publication of its volumes. See the release for...