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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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UMD Right Now

Researchers Awarded $500K Nsf Grant To Study Experiences, Attitudes & Barriers To Integration And Success Of Asian Americans

May 31, 2016 American Studies, College of Arts and Humanities

Multi-campus team of researchers, including UMD, to analyze the nation’s fastest-growing racial group.

Angel Love Miles Receives Two Campus-Wide Service Awards

May 31, 2016 College of Arts and Humanities, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Miles, critical race, disability and gender scholar, was honored for her advocacy work on behalf of disability rights.

2016-17 Capaa And Rasa Award Recipients

May 24, 2016 Art, Art History and Archaeology, College of Arts and Humanities, English, History, Linguistics, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

The College of Arts and Humanities extends its congratulations to outstanding faculty for RASA and CAPPA awards.

Two Arhu Faculty Awarded 2016 Guggenheim Fellowships

May 10, 2016 Art, College of Arts and Humanities, English

Congratulations to English prof Carla Peterson and art prof Hasan Elahi on receiving fellowships for their upcoming projects.
Umd Right Now

University Of Maryland & The Phillips Collection Announce 2016-2017 Postdoctoral Fellows

May 05, 2016 Art History and Archaeology, College of Arts and Humanities

Umd Art History And Archaeology Doctoral Candidate Receives Fellowship In Virtual Culture.

School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies: Contemporary Musical Theatre

May 04, 2016 College of Arts and Humanities

Students from the School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies present a contemporary Broadway Cabaret.

Umd Kicks Off National Future Stem Leaders Meetings

April 29, 2016 College of Arts and Humanities

Meeting will bring together students, faculty and program coordinators to discuss innovative graduate training and education programs.