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The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

UMD Awarded $3.6M Mellon Foundation Grant to Advance Indigenous Archives

Project will develop tools, standards and reparative practices to restore Indigenous histories.

Featured News

February 04, 2025 Art, David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora, University of Maryland Art Gallery

A Well-Framed Career for Driskell Center Staffer

Art grad’s print to be featured in spring exhibition.
February 03, 2025 College of Arts and Humanities, Douglass Center, History

New Douglass Center Director on Humanities, History and Expanding Ideas of Leadership

Associate Professor of History Quincy Mills on the future of the center.

December 19, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities

Happy Holidays from ARHU!

Watch our holiday message from Dean Stephanie Shonekan.
November 21, 2024 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Signs of Accessibility in Performing Arts

New TDPS director is school’s first deaf leader.
November 01, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities

Mentorship, Boundaries, Vision: Black Women University Leaders Share Tips for the Next Generation

ARHU Dean Stephanie Shonekan and her trailblazing “sister scholars” share guidance and strategies to thrive in leadership.

October 02, 2024 English

UMD Grad Jason Reynolds Awarded MacArthur ‘Genius Grant’

Popular author of YA, children’s books about kids of color to receive $800K.
September 30, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

In UMD Visit, Kermit Makes a Rainbow Connection With Terps

Famed frog (and his performer) talk with ARHU dean about Jim Henson ’60, Miss Piggy and life lessons from the Muppets.
September 25, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities

‘Find Something Bigger Than Yourself’

Maryland First Lady and alum Dawn Moore shares priorities, passions in conversation at UMD.
September 17, 2024 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Honoring ‘Las Muertes’

Terps highlight how D.C.’s Salvadoran diaspora uses art to grapple with painful past in new documentary.
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ARHU In The News

Inside Higher Ed February 18, 2025

Asian Americans Got Played on Affirmative Action

Let’s not get played again, OiYan Poon and Janelle Wong, Professor of American Studies, write.
The Diamondback February 17, 2025

‘Cuckoo’ Uses Iconic Rice Cookers to Tell South Korea’s Story

Read The Diamondback's review of the production from the Clarice Presents.
The Diamondback February 11, 2025

‘Deepe Darknesse’ Challenges Contemporary Dance Expectations

Read The Diamondback's review.

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The Eyes Have It

March 08, 2013 College of Arts and Humanities, English

An English professor’s effort to confirm only the second known photo of Emily Dickinson is offering a new look at the reclusive poet.

African American Art In Prince George'S County

March 07, 2013 College of Arts and Humanities, David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

The David C. Driskell Center presents African American art as a constant feature in the cultural scene of Prince George's County.

2013-2014 National Fellowships And Scholarships

March 07, 2013 College of Arts and Humanities

ARHU students win prestigious national awards.

2013-2014 ARHU Fulbright Recipients

March 07, 2013 College of Arts and Humanities, English, History, Arabic, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

ARHU students receive prestigious Fulbright award.

The Art Galley Announces Network Of Mutuality: 50 Years Post-Birmingham

March 05, 2013 Art, University of Maryland Art Gallery, College of Arts and Humanities

Exhibition examines notions of race, representation, and otherness through contemporary art and graphic design.

2012-13 Recipients Of James F. Harris Arts And Humanities Visionary Scholarship Announced

March 01, 2013 Classics, College of Arts and Humanities, English, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Spanish and Portuguese, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Three ARHU students awarded first-ever James F. Harris Visionary Scholarship for outstanding achievement in the arts and humanities.

Adichie's Long Story Short

March 01, 2013 Center for Literary and Comparative Studies, College of Arts and Humanities, English

Storyteller from Nigeria visits campus to share insight into her writing and her culture.

ARHU Insights with Mary Helen Washington

February 28, 2013 English

Research explores expressions of race and the "Negro" experience in 1950s black literature, music and art.
Future of Information Alliance

ARHU Students And Faculty Awarded Fia-Deutsch Seed Grants

February 22, 2013 American Studies, College of Arts and Humanities, Digital Cultures & Creativity, Linguistics

Out of 22 FIA grantees, 11 ARHU students and faculty win FIA-Deutsch Seed Grant Competition.

Audio: Kari Kraus Talks With Kojo Nnamdi

February 20, 2013 College of Arts and Humanities, English

English Professor Kari Kraus was a featured participant on The Kojo Nnamdi Show for a conversation about the digital humanities.