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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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Maryland Today

Greek Myths Make Waves in UMD’s ‘Metamorphoses’

November 18, 2024 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

TDPS production brings gods, legends and a pool to the Kogod Theatre.
The Diamondback

UMD Literature Club Highlights Asian American and Pacific Islander Stories

November 08, 2024 Center for Literary and Comparative Studies, College of Arts and Humanities, English

The club aims to rewrite people’s understanding of the Asian American experience and combat stereotypes through diverse literature.

Exiled Russian Writer to Give Classes, Lectures at UMD in November

November 04, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities, Russian, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Maxim Osipov is the 2024-25 Maya Brin Resident.

Mentorship, Boundaries, Vision: Black Women University Leaders Share Tips for the Next Generation

November 01, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities

ARHU Dean Stephanie Shonekan and her trailblazing “sister scholars” share guidance and strategies to thrive in leadership.

In the Footsteps of Freedom: Kenneth B. Morris Works to Honor Legacy of Ancestors Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington

November 01, 2024 Douglass Center

Morris is the inaugural speaker for the Douglass Center’s Lessons in Leadership series.

Maryland Today

18 Top Undergraduates Honored as Philip Merrill Presidential Scholars

November 01, 2024 English, Philosophy

Program also celebrates students’ K-12, UMD mentors.
The Chronicle of Higher Education

AI May Ruin the University as We Know It

October 31, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities, English

English Professor Matthew Kirschenbaum on AI and ed-tech in The Chronicle of Higher Education.
Maryland Today

Take This Class! Spies, Assassins, Martyrs and Witches

October 30, 2024 History

History course delves into famous trials and why they continue to capture public interest.

Exploring French Art and Film: Brendan Berger’s ‘Life-Changing’ Year Abroad

October 29, 2024 Cinema and Media Studies, College of Arts and Humanities, French, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

The senior French and film student took in art at renowned museums and attended the Cannes Film Festival.

Washington Post

The Hirshhorn is 50 Years Old. It Needed All of Them.

October 29, 2024 Art History and Archaeology

Professor of Contemporary Art History & Theory Joshua Shannon speaks to The Washington Post about the D.C. museum's history.