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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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ARHU In The News

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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Maryland Today

Dishing on a Debut Broadway Run

October 17, 2018 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

UMD alum and wife finish stint in “Waitress.”
Terp Magazine

Virtually Onstage

October 17, 2018 College of Arts and Humanities, School of Music

UMD artists and researchers open new views of opera.
The Diamondback

Polish Professor Shares His Research on Hasidic Judaism with UMD Community

October 16, 2018 Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

Marcin Wodziński spent 12 years mapping out pre-war Hasidism in Eastern Europe.
The Diamondback

MFA Dance Candidates Perform Their Original Works with UMD Students

October 16, 2018 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

Stacey Carlson and Christine Hands performed with the help of undergraduate students.
The New York Times Magazine

Could an Ex-Convict Become an Attorney? I Intended to Find Out

October 16, 2018

UMD alum writes his story about serving time for a crime he committed at 16, and discovering how hard it is for a felon to get a second chance.
The Diamondback

“Our Dream is a Reality Now”: UMD Architecture Students Designed Furniture for The Clarice

October 15, 2018 The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

UMD students design furniture for cafe in The Clarice made out of a sustainable bamboo material called Plyboo.
The Diamondback

Artist Panel for Driskell Center’s ‘Moving Visuals’ Explains Impact of Time-Based Art

October 10, 2018 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

Featured artists share how live performance, interactive art and film uniquely express creative ideas.
The Sentinel

'Little Shop of Horrors' Grows on You

October 10, 2018 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Showing at The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center through Oct. 12, “Little Shop of Horrors” originated as a 1960 low-budget comedy-horror film by B-movie director Roger Corman and with an early appearance by Jack Nicholson.
The Diamondback

Review: The Clarice Puts on a Great Show for ‘Little Shop of Horrors’

October 09, 2018 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

UMD’s theatre, dance and performance studies school showcases their talent in this spooky production.