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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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Summer Interns Empowered Through Arhu Education

June 17, 2013 College of Arts and Humanities

Learn how students are applying their ARHU education to a variety of summer internships.\r\n

New York City Honors English Doctoral Student

June 17, 2013 College of Arts and Humanities, English

Ph.D. candidate Damion Clark received a Big Apple Award: Recognizing Teacher Excellence in New York City for his work teaching eleventh and twelfth grade students.

2013 Grad Accepted To Upenn Research Workshop

June 13, 2013 History, College of Arts and Humanities

Sam Ginty presented his award-winning thesis at the McNeil Center for Early American Studies Undergraduate Research Workshop in April.

Department Of History Welcomes New Assistant Professors

June 11, 2013 History, College of Arts and Humanities

Join us in welcoming Piotr Kosicki, who will teach Russian History, and Colleen Woods, who will teach United States History, for the Department of History.

2013-2014 Research And Scholarship Summer Award Recipients

June 11, 2013 History, College of Arts and Humanities

Department of History faculty members win prestigious Research and Scholarship Summer Award.

History Professor Receives President’S Commission On Ethnic Minority Issues Award

June 11, 2013 History, College of Arts and Humanities

Professor Lisa Mar accepts 2013 Faculty Minority Achievement Award.

2013-2014 Ronald E. Mcnair Graduate Fellowship Recipient

June 11, 2013 History, College of Arts and Humanities

Department of History graduate students receive prestigious Ronald E. McNair Graduate Fellowship.

2013-2014 Graduate Student Summer Research Fellowship Recipients

June 11, 2013 History, College of Arts and Humanities

Department of History graduate students receive prestigious Graduate Student Summer Research Fellowships.

2013-2014 Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowship Recipients

June 11, 2013 History, College of Arts and Humanities

Department of History doctoral students receive prestigious Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowship.