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College of Arts and Humanities, School of Music

A New Spin on an Enduring Protest Album

ARHU dean’s new book examines messages of Fela Kuti.

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May 21, 2025 Art History and Archaeology

A Future in Conservation

At UMD, graduating senior Lylah Messinger restored a 2,500-year-old Etruscan vase. Now she’s headed to graduate school in London.

May 20, 2025 Communication

From Fan to Force in Sports Media

Graduating senior Connor Perkins leverages creativity, drive and a love of sports to carve his path in digital content creation.

May 05, 2025 College of Arts and Humanities, English

How Matthew Kirschenbaum Sees AI’s Impact

The Distinguished University Professor of English is a leading voice on how AI is transforming the way we communicate, educate and govern.
April 26, 2025 Communication

Battling Misinformation in a Post-Pandemic World

Assistant Professor Becca Beets on the challenges of communicating about science.
April 25, 2025 Art History and Archaeology, Michelle Smith Collaboratory for Visual Culture

From Pilot Helmets to Plane Parts, Undergrad Preserves Aviation History in 3D

Intern at College Park Aviation Museum helps create digital experience for visitors.
April 18, 2025 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

‘Creative Captioning’ Takes the Stage at UMD

MFA student leads effort to expand accessibility for audience in ‘Hip Hop Anansi.’
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 Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

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.

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WJLA May 08, 2025

Associate Professor of History Analyzes the Historical Impact of Pope Leo XIV

Piotr Kosicki speaks to WJLA.
The New York Times April 21, 2025

‘Conclave’ Offers a Glimpse Inside the Secretive Process of Choosing a Pope

Associate Professor of History Piotr H. Kosicki weighs in on the accuracy of the film.
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.

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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.

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.