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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.’

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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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UMD Receives Funding to Produce Yearlong Kurt Weill Festival

September 24, 2018 School of Music

Students and audiences will experience the composer’s complex musical range.

Five Things You Didn’t Know About Jim Henson’s Time as a Terp

September 24, 2018

On muppet maker’s birthday, take a seat—and a pic.
The Chronicle of Higher Education

The Stress of Being a Minority Faculty Member

September 23, 2018 Consortium on Race, Gender and Ethnicity, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

An author examines the ways in which elite colleges can be toxic to the minority faculty members they hire, and what might be done to improve the situation.
Maryland Today

A New Round for Applause

September 19, 2018 The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

Student-designed furniture rounds out café renovation.
Maryland Today

Dressed in Time

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

Spike Lee turns to MFA grad to costume his casts.
The Diamondback

"Moving Visuals" at the Driskell Center is Shocking and Enlightening

September 16, 2018 College of Arts and Humanities, David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

The "Moving Visuals" exhibit deals with issues of blackness, power and identity through bizarre videos and nude performance.

Arts and Humanities Faculty Named 2018 Distinguished University Professors

September 13, 2018 College of Arts and Humanities, Philosophy, School of Music

Peter Carruthers and Chris Gekker receive the university’s highest academic honor for faculty.
Aeon

Slavery-Entangled Philosophy

September 12, 2018 History

John Locke took part in administering the slave-owning colonies. Does that make him, and liberalism itself, hypocritical?

2018-19 New Faculty Appointments

September 11, 2018 American Studies, Art History and Archaeology, College of Arts and Humanities, Communication, English, History, Japanese, Persian, Roshan Institute for Persian Studies, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Music

The College of Arts and Humanities welcomes the new faculty cohort to UMD.
South China Morning Post

Op/Ed: How Call Centres Help the Philippines Rebrand as a Hub for Service Excellence

September 09, 2018 American Studies, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

As the global economy’s biggest ‘back office’, the Southeast Asian nation is increasingly seeking to depict its workers as educated, empathetic and fluent in English.