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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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In Memoriam: Ira Berlin in Pictures

August 10, 2018 History

A photo tribute to Distinguished University Professor Ira Berlin who passed away in June.

Ala Creciun publishes op/ed in Washington Post

August 10, 2018 History

Ala Creciun, History doctoral candidate, has an op/ed in the Washington Post.
The Monkey Cage

100 Years Later, Russia is Still Revising the Story of the Imperial Family's Execution by Red Guards

August 08, 2018 College of Arts and Humanities, History

The Russian Orthodox Church wants it investigated as a "ritual murder."
AP News

Ms. Foundation Strategic Plan to Focus on Women of Color

August 07, 2018 American Studies, College of Arts and Humanities

The Ms. Foundation for Women will put $25 million over five years toward organizations that are led by and focus on women and girls of color.

AWP Announces Change to Autonomous Non-Profit Model

August 03, 2018 College of Arts and Humanities, English

Association for Writers and Writing Programs will spin off from partner universities, keep location in UMD’s Discovery District.
The Washington Post

In the Galleries: Three Local Artists Explore the Transient Nature of Identity

July 27, 2018 Art, College of Arts and Humanities

Brentwood Arts Exchange exhibition has been curated by University of Maryland students.
PRI's The World

American Evangelicals Are More Diverse Than Ever. But Some Don't Want to Be Apart of the "Evangelical Movement"

July 19, 2018 American Studies, College of Arts and Humanities

Some Christians are distancing themselves from the term “evangelical” even if their beliefs remain unchanged.
The University of North Carolina Press Blog

Karin Alejandra Rosemblatt: Balancing Privacy and Archival Access

July 19, 2018 College of Arts and Humanities, History

Professor of History Karin Alejandra Rosemblatt weighs in on how archival institutions balance privacy concerns with the need for access.

2018 UMD Critical Language Scholarship Recipients

July 16, 2018 Center for East Asian Studies, Chinese, College of Arts and Humanities, Communication, Digital Cultures & Creativity, German Studies, Honors Humanities, Japanese, Russian, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Music

Seven out of the twelve UMD students awarded 2018 Critical Language Scholarships are ARHU students.

Announcing the 2018-19 Season at The Clarice

July 11, 2018 School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

From traditional to contemporary, explore the performing arts at Maryland.