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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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Spring 2018 ARHU Leadership Announcements

January 30, 2018 Art History and Archaeology, College of Arts and Humanities, Philosophy

Congratulations to the new leaders in the College of the Arts and Humanities.

Founding Black Panther Co-Chairmen and Famed Author Bobby Seale to Speak at UMD

January 29, 2018 College of Arts and Humanities, History

Seale will discuss the history of resistance from the 1960s to Trump in a public lecture.
The Diamondback

UMD AND BOWIE STATE'S UNITY MURAL IS ON DISPLAY AT THE STATE HOUSE

January 25, 2018 American Studies, College of Arts and Humanities

The mural was a collaboration between the schools after Richard Collins' death.
AFP

TRUMP TAPS LONG HISTORICAL VEIN AGAINST IMMIGRATION

January 13, 2018 History

Julie Greene provides historical context for Trump's recent comments on immigration.
Daily American

YOUNG AMERICANS DON'T LIKE POLITICS AND PROTESTS, NEW SURVEY SHOWS

January 11, 2018 History, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Professor of History Robyn Leigh Muncy weighs in on new survey about young Americans.
Terp Magazine

LET'S GO FLY A KITE

January 09, 2018 Art, College of Arts and Humanities

Guggenheim recipient to use kites to connect children across the globe.
Terp Magazine

A HARMONIOUS CHORD

January 08, 2018 College of Arts and Humanities, School of Music

Graduate students live in retirement community as artists-in-residence.
Inside Higher Ed

ASHWINI TAMBE BREAKS DOWN THE DIFFERENT FORMS OF SEXUAL HARRASMENT

January 04, 2018 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Women's studies professor examines why we should not lump harassment together into one category.

Renowned Mexican Intellectual Elena Poniatowska Visits UMD

December 11, 2017 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Spanish and Portuguese, College of Arts and Humanities

Celebrated Mexican Writer Elena Poniatowska’s Visited UMD as Part of the José Emilio Pacheco Distinguished Lecture Series

Umd Students Shared Works Of Art Expressing Feelings On Race And Racism

December 07, 2017 College of Arts and Humanities

Students and faculty gathered to celebrate the winners of the "Express Yourself! Race & Racism" student contest.