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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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PBS News

‘John and Jim’ Symphony Honors Marriage Equality with its Future Increasingly in Doubt

July 28, 2025 The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

PBS News highlights the piece performed by the National Orchestral Institute this June.

Fall 2025 Leadership Appointments

July 01, 2025 American Studies, Art, Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities, National Foreign Language Center, Roshan Institute for Persian Studies, School of Music

Dean Stephanie Shonekan announces new leadership appointments.
Maryland Today

A New Spin on an Enduring Protest Album

June 20, 2025 College of Arts and Humanities, School of Music

ARHU dean’s new book examines messages of Fela Kuti.

ARHU Recommends: Summer 2025 Faculty & Staff Media Picks

June 17, 2025 College of Arts and Humanities

Looking for your next great read, watch or listen this summer?

Seven ARHU Faculty Awarded 2025–26 Faculty-Student Research Awards

June 11, 2025 American Studies, Communication, English, History, Linguistics, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Faculty-led research explores diverse topics—from Indigenous queer history to climate narratives in Ghana—advancing scholarship and graduate research across the humanities.
Maryland Today

AIM Seed Grants Support 22 AI Research Projects

May 28, 2025 Art, Linguistics, Maryland Language Science Center, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Music

Funds support research focused on accessibility, social justice, sustainability and learning.

Congratulations ARHU Graduates!

May 23, 2025 College of Arts and Humanities

A celebratory recap of Commencement 2025.
Maryland Today

70 Graduates Honored as Senior Marshals

May 21, 2025 American Studies, Art, Art History and Archaeology, Classics, Philosophy, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Music

High-achieving students to lead classmates into Commencement.

Celebrating Excellence: 2025 ARHU Graduate Student Awards

May 21, 2025 American Studies, Art, Art History and Archaeology, College of Arts and Humanities, Communication, English, History, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Congratulations to the 2025 graduate student awardees.