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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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Assistant History Professor Awarded Acls Fellowship

April 01, 2015 College of Arts and Humanities, History

Colleen Woods will use fellowship to help complete book project.
The Diamondback

Her Canvas

March 31, 2015 Art, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, College of Arts and Humanities, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Eight UMD women discuss their passion for the arts while navigating around gender bias in their field.

Access2Alumni Works For Arhu Students

March 30, 2015 College of Arts and Humanities

Hear how Kelsey Shields ’13 connected with Blair Barrett ‘02 to land an internship, and subsequently, her first job.

2015-2016 National Fellowships And Scholarships

March 30, 2015 College of Arts and Humanities

ARHU students win national fellowships. Stay tuned for further updates as winners are announced!

2015-2016 Arhu Fulbright Recipients

March 30, 2015 College of Arts and Humanities

Stay tuned for continuous updates on the ARHU Fulbright awardees.

Associate Professor Of Women’S Studies Receives Neh Grant

March 25, 2015 College of Arts and Humanities, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Ashwini Tambe will use grant to help complete book project on how the age boundary between girlhood and womanhood has shifted in the last century.

The Art Gallery At The University Of Maryland Presents Streams Of Being: Selections From The Art Museum Of The Americas

March 24, 2015 University of Maryland Art Gallery, Art History and Archaeology, College of Arts and Humanities

A Public Opening Reception Will Be Held On Wednesday, March 25th, From 5-7 P.M. At The Art Gallery, 2202 Art-Sociology.

English Degree “Invaluable” For Career At Federal Reserve

March 24, 2015 College of Arts and Humanities, English

William Dowling (’13) uses his literature education to aid low-income communities.

Entrepreneurship And The Arts

March 23, 2015 College of Arts and Humanities

Michael Kaiser, Chairman of the DeVos Institute of Arts Management, shares the meaning of entrepreneurship and the arts, and the university's commitment to fearless ideas.