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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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ARHU Faculty Earn Promotion And Tenure

July 17, 2013 Art, American Studies, College of Arts and Humanities, Communication, English, History, Linguistics, Philosophy, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Congratulations to faculty members in ARHU who have been awarded promotion and/or tenure.

Professor Accepted To Islamic Studies Initiative

July 09, 2013 College of Arts and Humanities, Communication

Communication professor Sahar Khamis was accepted for the honorable position of spring 2014 Mellon Islamic Studies Initiative visiting professor at the University of Chicago.

Dollars And Sense

July 02, 2013 College of Arts and Humanities, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Alumna Ellen L.S. Koplow launched a course on women's finances that she co-teaches alongside Seung-Kyung Kim, associate professor and chair of the Department of Women's Studies.

David C. Driskell Center Bequeathed $2.2M In Art

June 26, 2013 College of Arts and Humanities, David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

An African-American art collection valued at more than $2.2 million now belongs to the university’s David C. Driskell Center.

Solid As 30 Rock

June 25, 2013 College of Arts and Humanities

Director of the hit TV series 30 Rock and ARHU alumna Beth McCarthy-Miller brings UMD roots to character Liz Lemon played by Tina Fey.

Art History/Archaeology Professor Receives Dedalus Fellowship

June 20, 2013 Art History and Archaeology, College of Arts and Humanities

Abigal Mcewen Accepts The 2013 Dedalus Foundation Senior Fellowship For Her Project, “revolutionary Horizons: Art And Polemics In 1950s Cuba.”

English Professor Named Distinguished University Professor

June 20, 2013 Center for Literary and Comparative Studies, College of Arts and Humanities, English

Robert Levine was granted this highest academic honor given to a faculty member for his role in the department and his internationally acclaimed work.

Williams Appointed Associate Dean For Faculty Affairs

June 19, 2013 College of Arts and Humanities, History

History Prof Daryle Williams appointed Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs in UMD's College of Arts and Humanities.

2013-2014 Spencer Award: Excellence In Graduate Student Achievement

June 18, 2013 College of Arts and Humanities, History

ARHU graduate student receives prestigious Mabel S. Spencer Award for Excellence in Graduate Achievement.