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School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

‘Creative Captioning’ Takes the Stage at UMD

MFA student leads effort to expand accessibility for audience in ‘Hip Hop Anansi.’

Featured News

April 16, 2025 American Studies, History

A Taste of Ethnographic Research

In new course, students journey through foodways of Maryland’s immigrant populations.
April 11, 2025 School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

The Art of Making Merry

Go behind the scenes of the Maryland Opera Sudio’s production of “The Merry Wives of Windsor.”
April 07, 2025 American Studies, English, Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities

A New Generation of Doctoral Scholars Goes Beyond the Page

From video games to VR, ARHU doctoral students are expanding dissertation scholarship through digital and experimental work.

April 07, 2025 Communication

Cyberfeminism in the Age of TikTok

Associate Professor of Communication Sahar Khamis on how the social media platform has fueled feminist activism around the world.

April 01, 2025 Art, Arts for All, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

A ‘Wave’ of New Understanding About Earth’s Oceans and Atmosphere

Faculty, students collaborate with NASA on interactive installation at Kennedy Center.
March 27, 2025 Linguistics

Linguistics Professor Jeffrey Lidz Named AAAS Fellow

Honor recognizes his distinguished contributions to linguistics and language science.
March 13, 2025 English, Jimenez-Porter Writers' House

Renowned Crime Novelist Returns to the Scene

At campus event, George Pelecanos ’80 discusses writing craft and UMD memories.
March 10, 2025 Cinema and Media Studies, College of Arts and Humanities, Italian, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

‘Cinephile heaven’: Il Cinema Ritrovato honors film legend Marlene Dietrich

This year’s festival stop at UMD hosted a day commemorating German-American actress Marlene Dietrich and her unforgettable contributions to cinema.
March 04, 2025 Communication

Dialogue for Reproductive Justice through Art, Play and Pupusas!

New research by communication professor Carina Zelaya aims to improve sexual and reproductive health communication among Latinx families.
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The Times April 02, 2025

Is Trump Reviving an Imperial Presidency?

Burke Chair of American Cultural and Intellectual History Holly Brewer quoted in The Times about the shift toward an imperial presidency in the U.S.

Come on, Feel (and Make) the Noise March 28, 2025

Come on, Feel (and Make) the Noise

Come on, Feel (and Make) the Noise
NPR March 26, 2025

"Cover Story with Stephanie Shonekan” Receives an Honorable Mention from the Gracie Awards

Hosted by Dean Stephanie Shonekan, the podcast analyzes songs and their covers.

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A Man, a Plant, a Plan

October 04, 2018 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

“Little Shop of Horrors” at The Clarice.
Maryland Today

Lighting the Night in Tribute

October 04, 2018 The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

Clarice staff help illuminate firehouse to honor fallen firefighters.
UMD Right Now

UMD Part of Multi-Institutional Team Awarded $14.4M to Develop Innovative Language Technologies

October 03, 2018 Linguistics

The University of Maryland (UMD) is part of multi-institutional team tasked with building a powerful set of language technologies that can unlock information that has previously been unsearchable, and ultimately unfindable.
The Independent

Obituary: Ehsan Yarshater: Historian who Transformed the West’s Understanding of Iran’s History and Languages

October 02, 2018 Roshan Institute for Persian Studies, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Professor Emeritus Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak remembers the Persian historian and linguist.
Maryland Today

Your Guide to Fun in College Park

September 28, 2018 The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

Partnership’s newsletter lays out options for week ahead.
The Conversation

Op/Ed: Teen 'boys will be boys': A brief history

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

Associate Professor of Women's Studies Ashwini Tambe weighs in on the history of adolescence.

ARHU 2017-18 Year in Review

September 26, 2018 College of Arts and Humanities

Learn about some of the college's highlights over the 2017-18 academic year.

ARHU Faculty Earn Promotion and Tenure

September 25, 2018 American Studies, Art, Classics, Communication, English, History, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies, Philosophy, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Music, Second Language Acquisition, Linguistics

22 faculty members from the College of Arts and Humanities have received promotion and/or tenure.
UMD Writer's Bloc

Living Art: The Triumph of Isabella

September 25, 2018 College of Arts and Humanities, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

The School of Theatre, Dance, and Performing Arts brings 17th century Belgian painting to life at the "Triumph of Isabella"

2018 State of the College Address

September 24, 2018 The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

Remarks by Dean Thornton Dill to students, faculty and staff at the college’s annual convocation.