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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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Angela Davis Delivers Sold-Out Lecture In Stamp To 1,000

September 24, 2015 College of Arts and Humanities

The activist and feminist addressed topics such as racism, animal rights and feminism.
The Charlotte Observer

Historian Ira Berlin Challenges Emancipation Assumptions

September 18, 2015 College of Arts and Humanities, History

Berlin provides an important reinterpretation of “the transformation of millions of men and women from property to person.”
TERP

Questioning The Bomb

September 16, 2015 Art, University of Maryland Art Gallery, College of Arts and Humanities

Poster exhibition takes on nuclear proliferation.

2015 Arhu Leadership Appointments

September 16, 2015 American Studies, College of Arts and Humanities, English, National Foreign Language Center

Congratulations to the new leaders in the College of Arts and Humanities!
The New York Times

Ira Berlin’S “The Long Emancipation” Reviewed By The Ny Times

September 15, 2015 College of Arts and Humanities, History

Ira Berlin's new book, "The Lomg Emancipitation," discusses the demise of slavery in the U.S. and the movement for emancipation.
TERP

Monument To A Hero

September 14, 2015 Center for Global Migration Studies, College of Arts and Humanities, History

Frederick Douglass Square to be completed this fall.
TERP

Sights Unseen

September 14, 2015 American Studies, College of Arts and Humanities

UMD community reflects on racism.
China Central Television (CCTV)

Comm Prof Khamis Weighs In On U.S. Foreign Policy In The Middle East

September 12, 2015 College of Arts and Humanities, Communication

Comm Prof Sahar Khamis says U.S. foreign policy has worsened the security situation in the Middle East.

All-Girl Hackathon On The Rise, The Latest At The University Of Maryland

September 11, 2015 College of Arts and Humanities

This hackathon is part of a growing slate of events that promote gender equality and interest in the often male-dominated tech sphere.