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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

Mythical Beasts and Lucky Dishes: Lunar New Year Traditions, Explained

February 09, 2024 American Studies

UMD expert on D.C.-area celebrations breaks down Chinese customs.
Maryland Today

Performance to ‘Tap’ Afro-Brazilian Roots of Dance

February 07, 2024 The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

The Clarice to host joyful history lesson.

A More Perfect Telling of the American Story

February 06, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities

ARHU Dean Stephanie Shonekan co-authors new book that proposes novel approach to confronting racism in America.

Acting Director of Jazz Studies Mark Williams Featured on Count Basie Orchestra’s 2024 Grammy Award-Winning Album

February 06, 2024 School of Music, Jazz Studies, College of Arts and Humanities

The orchestra, which includes WIlliams as one of its resident trombonists, won Best Large Jazz Ensemble for “Basie Swings The Blues.”

Arts for All Welcomes Inaugural Artists-in-Residence

February 05, 2024 Art

Hannah Smotrich and Ari Melenciano ’14 will focus on voting, AI, while at UMD this semester.

Shards Time Resonance Risk

February 02, 2024 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, College of Arts and Humanities

Associate Professor Jared Mezzocchi in conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel.
Maryland Today

5 African American Works of Art Everyone Should Know

February 01, 2024 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora, English, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, School of Music

From Pulitzer Prize-winning poetry to renowned modern dance, faculty experts share their picks.

Inaugural ‘Harmony Fellows’ Blend Disciplines, Forge New Directions for ARHU and UMD

January 31, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities, History, Art History and Archaeology, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Art, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Classics, American Studies

Seven pairs of fellows, from ARHU and beyond, are working on a range of projects to innovate curricula, research and programming.

The New York Times

Review: Music From the Sole Brings a Party to the Joyce Theater

January 31, 2024 The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

The New York Times reviews show starring TDPS alum, at The Clarice on February 8.

Choreographer Ama Law ’08 MFA ’19 Brings Signature Street Style Back to UMD

January 31, 2024 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

The dance artist-in-residence is teaching and collaborating with UMD students.