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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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2018 UMD Critical Language Scholarship Recipients

July 16, 2018 Center for East Asian Studies, Chinese, College of Arts and Humanities, Communication, Digital Cultures & Creativity, German Studies, Honors Humanities, Japanese, Russian, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Music

Seven out of the twelve UMD students awarded 2018 Critical Language Scholarships are ARHU students.

For the Birds: Do We Choose Who We Love?

July 12, 2018 College of Arts and Humanities, English

Emotions and science were closely linked in medieval literature.

Announcing the 2018-19 Season at The Clarice

July 11, 2018 School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

From traditional to contemporary, explore the performing arts at Maryland.

Prof. Eric Adler's recent book reviewed

June 27, 2018 Classics, College of Arts and Humanities

Professor Eric Adler's 2017 book, Classics:  The Culture Wars and Beyond, has just been reviewed in the Classical Journal online.  Read the review here:  https://cj.camws.org/sites/default/files/reviews/2018.05.04%20McMenomy%20on%20Adler.pdf
Insight Into Diversity

Modernizing the Humanities

June 27, 2018 Communication, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

How the disciplines can endure by becoming more inclusive of diverse perspectives.

Senior ARHU Lecturer Receives Provost's Excellence Award for Professional Track Faculty in Teaching

June 22, 2018 College of Arts and Humanities, English

Justin Lohr honored for teaching excellence.

Gift From Former Piano Professor Will Strengthen Teaching, Performance and Recruitment

June 21, 2018 College of Arts and Humanities, School of Music

Shared from the Fearless Ideas Campaign Newsletter, written by Chris Carroll.
The Washington Post

Janelle Wong Publishes Op-Ed in Washington Post

June 19, 2018 American Studies, College of Arts and Humanities

Professor of American Studies Janelle Wong weighs in on why white evangelicals support Donald Trump.
The Washington Post

Looking For District's Orchestra Highlight? Go To Maryland

June 17, 2018 College of Arts and Humanities

Anyone who wants to fall in love with orchestral music could do worse than go to Maryland in June.
"Late Night Live," Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Pneumatic Tubes: The Instant Messaging Technology That Transformed the World

June 13, 2018 American Studies, College of Arts and Humanities

Associate Professor of American Studies Jason Farman discusses his forthcoming book on communication technology and time.