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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.

Featured News

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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7 Trailblazing Women from US History You Should Know, According to ARHU Historians

March 12, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities

This Women’s History Month, learn about pioneers whose stories aren’t often told.

Professor Lillian-Yvonne Bertram and Hoa Nguyen ’91 Receive Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists

March 12, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities, English

They’re among four poets internationally to receive the award.

First Bonnie Thornton Dill Dean’s Award Supports Doctoral Student’s Research on Black Americans’ Mistrust of Medical Profession

March 11, 2024 American Studies

Devon Betts, an American studies Ph.D. student, studies race, HIV prevention, queer theory, digital humanities and more.

The Diamondback

UMD Screens Restored Surrealist Film During International Festival Tour

March 11, 2024 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Cinema and Media Studies, Italian, College of Arts and Humanities

The Diamondback spotlights the Il Cinema Ritrovato on Tour film festival.
Diamondback News

UMD Hosts Panel to Honor Legacy of Harriet Tubman, Highlight Artists and Activists

March 11, 2024 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, College of Arts and Humanities

University of Maryland community members came together Sunday to discuss identity politics, reclaiming agency and the nuances of autonomy during a panel commemorating the life and legacy of American abolitionist Harriet Tubman.
Truthout

What Haiti Needs Is Human Rights Support—Not More Military Interventions

March 07, 2024 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Professor of French and Francophone Studies Cécile Accilien publishes her analysis in Truthout.

At UMD, Cross-Gender-Cast ‘Men on Boats’ Sail Wonderfully into the New West

March 04, 2024 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, College of Arts and Humanities

DC Theater Arts reviews TDPS' production of "Men on Boats."

Grant Supports Work to Curate Data From Premodern Islamic Geographical Manuscripts

March 01, 2024 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

The innovative digital humanities project will enable historians to better identify geographic locations and place names from medieval documents.

Maryland Today

Leap Year Terps Tell All

February 29, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities

Terps born on Feb. 29 face odd questions, enjoy unique experiences.