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The Supreme Court Turns the President Into a King

Burke Chair of American Cultural and Intellectual History Holly Brewer writes for The New Republic.

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June 26, 2024 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, School of Music, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

The 2024–25 Season at The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center is Now on Sale!

The more than 50 shows spanning music, theater, dance, comedy and more include both groundbreaking new works and reimagined classics.

June 18, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities

Freedom Songs

This Juneteenth, ARHU Dean and Ethnomusicologist Stephanie Shonekan lists six songs reflecting on ‘the complexities of attaining freedom for all.’
June 13, 2024 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, School of Music, Art, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, English

Inaugural Arts for All Fellows To Work Across Art, Tech, Science and Social Justice

The 10 faculty and 5 students come from units across campus and will work on projects that engage the public.

June 04, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities

Announcing ‘Rhyme & Reason’ the Podcast

ARHU launches a new podcast that features faculty voices exploring timely topics related to race, equity and justice.

May 21, 2024 Communication

Communication Alum Wins Pulitzer for Washington Post AR-15 Series

Emily Guskin ’06 is a polling analyst at the Post.

May 21, 2024 Art

Using Art to Transform ‘Something So Ugly’ into ‘Something So Beautiful’

Maggie Letvin ’24, an ARHU triple major, said UMD showed them they can’t live life without making art.
April 08, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities, Douglass Center

Legendary Poet, Activist and Educator Nikki Giovanni to Help Inaugurate New Frederick Douglass Center

The center is dedicated to engaging diverse communities—both at the university and well beyond—around issues of social justice and equity.
April 05, 2024 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

Sculpture Celebrating David Driskell Unveiled

Noted African American artist’s 20-foot-tall work stands outside center named for late professor, artist, scholar.
March 29, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities

‘Finding My Voice and Standing My Ground’

Women deans reflect on stumbling blocks and successes on their paths to leadership.
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The New Republic July 01, 2024

The Supreme Court Turns the President Into a King

Burke Chair of American Cultural and Intellectual History Holly Brewer writes for The New Republic.
USA Today May 24, 2024

As Trump's Trial Nears an End, the Bidens Prep for a Month in Legal Purgatory

Professor of Communication Trevor Parry-Giles featured in USA Today.
The Washington Post March 29, 2024

A Celebration of David C. Driskell’s Sweeping Influence on the Art World

The Washington Post features "Driskell and Friends."

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The Washington Post

Op/Ed: Trump Doesn't Understand How Anti-Semitism Works. Neither Do Most Americans.

October 27, 2018 History

It’s long past time we figure it out.
Forbes

What Do Broadway's Best Lighting Designers Actually Do?

October 26, 2018 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

No one applauds the lighting designer.

Staffing Announcement: New Assistant to the Dean

October 25, 2018 College of Arts and Humanities

Chant’e Ingram has two decades of experience in both the nonprofit and private sectors.
The New York Times

Op/Ed: A Warning to Saudis About What Happens to Dissidents

October 23, 2018 History

A history professor says the Saudis are acting like Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin and other tyrants by killing a prominent opponent to send a message to the populace.
The Diamondback

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author Talks Immigration, Refugees at UMD Lecture

October 23, 2018 College of Arts and Humanities

Viet Thanh Nguyen’s new book is titled “The Refugees."
Maryland Today

A Refugee and a Storyteller

October 23, 2018 College of Arts and Humanities

Pulitzer Prize-winning author addresses complexities of refugee experience on Tuesday.

The Diamondback

Discussion with Stew Stewart at MilkBoy ArtHouse Questions Music’s Role in Social Change

October 22, 2018 The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

The singer-songwriter discussed political song for a politically charged population.
The Diamondback

Panel at MilkBoy ArtHouse Discusses the Role of the Music Critic in the Internet Age

October 19, 2018 The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

When everyone’s a critic, do critics still matter?
The Post and Courier

‘Building Houses Out of Chicken Legs’ Author Will Deliver Charleston Lecture on Food Shaming

October 18, 2018 American Studies

American studies professor Psyche Williams-Forson weighs in on the cultural food shaming that exists in society.
The Writer's Bloc

"Little Shop of Horrors" Captivates at The Clarice

October 18, 2018 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

The curtain closed for the last time at University of Maryland’s School of Theatre, Dance, & Performance Studies’ adaptation of “Little Shop of Horrors” with a sold out performance at The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center Friday evening.