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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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With Plan In Hand, Students Renew Push For Native American Studies

November 29, 2010 College of Arts and Humanities

UM student efforts to reinstate Native American studies courses.
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Star Speaker's Absence Doesn't Stifle Debate At Palestine Event

November 24, 2010 College of Arts and Humanities, Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

Students and organizers discuss Israeli-Palestinian conflict despite the absence of PLO Ambassador Maen Rashid Areikat. By Josh Cooper, DiamondbackPublished: November 24, 2010
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Alumni News: Old Face, New Place

November 23, 2010 College of Arts and Humanities, American Studies

Greivis Vasquez, AMST '10, Memphis Grizzlies guard, returned to D.C. to play Wizards at Verizon Center on UM themed night. 

Harvey B. Gantt Center For African-American Arts & Culture Hosts 30Th Annual Jazzy Holiday Luncheon

November 14, 2010 College of Arts and Humanities, David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

Distinguished University Professor Emeritus David C. Driskell wins 2010 Harvey B. Gantt Center Award.
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What Would You Do If Your Son Wanted To Be A Princess?

October 20, 2010 College of Arts and Humanities, American Studies

AMST prof Sheri Parks weighs in on national interest related to a Seattle family who allow their 5-year-old to wear dresses, sequins and pink. 

UM Welcomes Israeli Ambassador To The United States

October 13, 2010 College of Arts and Humanities, Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

 

Arhu Announces Faculty Tech Talks

September 29, 2010 College of Arts and Humanities

ARHU announces a new series of workshops dedicated to sharing best practices in academic technology.