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The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

UMD Awarded $3.6M Mellon Foundation Grant to Advance Indigenous Archives

Project will develop tools, standards and reparative practices to restore Indigenous histories.

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February 04, 2025 Art, David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora, University of Maryland Art Gallery

A Well-Framed Career for Driskell Center Staffer

Art grad’s print to be featured in spring exhibition.
February 03, 2025 College of Arts and Humanities, Douglass Center, History

New Douglass Center Director on Humanities, History and Expanding Ideas of Leadership

Associate Professor of History Quincy Mills on the future of the center.

December 19, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities

Happy Holidays from ARHU!

Watch our holiday message from Dean Stephanie Shonekan.
November 21, 2024 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Signs of Accessibility in Performing Arts

New TDPS director is school’s first deaf leader.
November 01, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities

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

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

October 02, 2024 English

UMD Grad Jason Reynolds Awarded MacArthur ‘Genius Grant’

Popular author of YA, children’s books about kids of color to receive $800K.
September 30, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

In UMD Visit, Kermit Makes a Rainbow Connection With Terps

Famed frog (and his performer) talk with ARHU dean about Jim Henson ’60, Miss Piggy and life lessons from the Muppets.
September 25, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities

‘Find Something Bigger Than Yourself’

Maryland First Lady and alum Dawn Moore shares priorities, passions in conversation at UMD.
September 17, 2024 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Honoring ‘Las Muertes’

Terps highlight how D.C.’s Salvadoran diaspora uses art to grapple with painful past in new documentary.
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Inside Higher Ed February 18, 2025

Asian Americans Got Played on Affirmative Action

Let’s not get played again, OiYan Poon and Janelle Wong, Professor of American Studies, write.
The Diamondback February 17, 2025

‘Cuckoo’ Uses Iconic Rice Cookers to Tell South Korea’s Story

Read The Diamondback's review of the production from the Clarice Presents.
The Diamondback February 11, 2025

‘Deepe Darknesse’ Challenges Contemporary Dance Expectations

Read The Diamondback's review.

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Maryland Today

Tracing the Contours of Race in Sculpture

February 21, 2025 Art History and Archaeology

UMD alumna curates landmark Smithsonian exhibition.

Maryland Opera Studio Reimagines Fairy Tale in its Operatic Show ‘The Fishwife’

February 18, 2025 College of Arts and Humanities, Maryland Opera Studio, School of Music

The Maryland Opera Studio debuted its production of "The Fishwife" with nothing but a fishing rod, a bucket and the cast’s whistles mimicking the sounds of the ocean.
Maryland Today

An Earful of Terp-Produced Podcasts

February 18, 2025 College of Arts and Humanities, Communication, English

ARHU podcasts featured in UMD round up.
Inside Higher Ed

Asian Americans Got Played on Affirmative Action

February 18, 2025 American Studies

Let’s not get played again, OiYan Poon and Janelle Wong, Professor of American Studies, write.
The Diamondback

‘Cuckoo’ Uses Iconic Rice Cookers to Tell South Korea’s Story

February 17, 2025 The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

Read The Diamondback's review of the production from the Clarice Presents.
Maryland Today

‘Quantum Steampunk’ Creative Writing Course Explores the Science of Science Fiction

February 14, 2025 College of Arts and Humanities, English

Physics, English faculty combine futuristic themes with Victorian-era aesthetics.

TDPS in the 2025 Helen Hayes Award Nominations

February 14, 2025 College of Arts and Humanities, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Congrats to the TDPS alumni, faculty and guest artist nominees!

The Diamondback

‘Deepe Darknesse’ Challenges Contemporary Dance Expectations

February 11, 2025 The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

Read The Diamondback's review.
Maryland Today

A ‘Mind-Blowing’ Premiere, 130 Years Later

February 07, 2025 School of Music, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

Clarice Presents and the School of Music, together with OperaCréole and Opera Lafayette, debut Edmond Dédé's "Morgiane," the oldest existing opera by a Black composer.

Honoring a Life of Language, Learning and Kindness: Remembering Cynthia ‘Cindy’ Martin

February 05, 2025 College of Arts and Humanities, Russian, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

The beloved Russian professor and mentor shaped generations of students and made indelible contributions to foreign language education.