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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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ARHU In The News

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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University Of Maryland Launches "Democracy Then & Now: Citizenship And Higher Education"

September 07, 2016 College of Arts and Humanities

Campus-wide initiative to engage students, faculty and staff on the role of public education in American democracy.

The Struggle Is Real

September 07, 2016 College of Arts and Humanities, English

Professor aims to lift students’ financial burden.                         
Britain Israel Communications and Research Centre

Palestinian Politics After Abbas

September 01, 2016 College of Arts and Humanities, Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

Paul Scham weighs in on Israeli-Palestinian relations in a post-Abbas era.

Umd Initiative On Public Education And Civic Participation Featured On Wypr

September 01, 2016 College of Arts and Humanities, English

Kimberly Coles discusses campus initiative and relationship between public education and civic participation.
France 24

The Crisis In Brazil's Worker's Party

August 31, 2016 College of Arts and Humanities, History

Historian Daryle Williams on post-impeachment politics and the future of the Brazilian left.
The Jerusalem Post

If You Build Israel Studies, They Will Come

August 30, 2016 College of Arts and Humanities, Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

UMD Israel Studies Program praised in the Jerusalem Post.

Trevor Parry-Giles & Shirley Logan On Wypr

August 25, 2016 College of Arts and Humanities, Communication, English

Faculty discuss the role of rhetoric in American politics.
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Trevor Parry-Giles & Shirley Logan On Wypr

August 25, 2016 College of Arts and Humanities, Communication, English

Faculty discuss the role of rhetoric in American politics.