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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.

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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.
September 03, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities, Douglass Center

Freedom Teaching: Douglass Center Connects Local Educators and UMD Professors to Share Tools

The Second Annual Summer Humanities Institute drew 60 area middle and high school educators to campus.
September 03, 2024 Art, Art History and Archaeology, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

NextNOW Fest 2024: Handpicked Highlights From Curators

Arts extravaganza to feature nearly 70 activities, performances, exhibitions.
August 29, 2024 Philosophy

John Horty Named Distinguished University Professor

The professor of philosophy was among the first to apply formal logic developed within artificial intelligence to address complex questions of moral reasoning.

August 07, 2024 History

Inside the Nooks of ‘The Bookshop’

In new book, history alum traces the long story of bookstores.
July 01, 2024 History

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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ARHU In The News

The Chronicle of Higher Education October 31, 2024

AI May Ruin the University as We Know It

English Professor Matthew Kirschenbaum on AI and ed-tech in The Chronicle of Higher Education.
Stories Beneath the Shell October 16, 2024

University of Maryland Faculty and Students Collaborate to Increase Voter Participation

Stories Beneath the Shell highlights the VOTE (Fearlessly)! initiative.
The Diamondback October 15, 2024

Zine Club Relaunch Invites Students to Create, Connect Through Design

BookLab Zine Club featured in The Diamondback.

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UMD's Driskell Center Executive Director Is Honored By His Alma Mater

March 03, 2011 College of Arts and Humanities, David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

Executive Director of UMD's Driskell Center Robert Steele wins Presidential Award of Distinction at his alma mater. 

ACC Civil Rights History Takes Center Stage

March 03, 2011 College of Arts and Humanities, English

UMD English Professor Michael Olmert recreates alumnus and first black ACC football player Darryl Hill in new play Moving the Chains.
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History Professor Publishes Book On African American History

March 03, 2011 College of Arts and Humanities, History

UMD's Ira Berlin discusses his book with students, professors and university staff.
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Exploring Immigration: A Living History

March 03, 2011 College of Arts and Humanities, History, Center for Global Migration Studies

UMD's new Center for the History of the New America looks at contemporary immigration in the the U.S.

Laqueur To Be Honored At Israel Studies Conference

March 02, 2011 College of Arts and Humanities, Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

Tribute to wide-ranging and influential historian and public intellectual Walter Laqueur.
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Israel Next On Arab Revolutionary Agendas

February 28, 2011 College of Arts and Humanities, Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

UMD's Israel Studies Director, Professor Yoram Peri, weighs in on the conflict in the Middle East and what it means for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Gallery Opens Student-Curated Show “Embodied”

February 27, 2011 College of Arts and Humanities, David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

The news Exhibition "Embodied: Black identities in American Art," is part of an ongoing series of student- curated exhibitions with the help of the David C. Driskell Center.

Provost Pushes Creation Of New 'Blended' Classes

February 25, 2011 College of Arts and Humanities

ARHU could host new hybrid classes combining humanities and technological innovation. By Leah Villanueva
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New Center To Examine The New America

February 25, 2011 College of Arts and Humanities, History, Center for Global Migration Studies

The new Center for the History of the New America in ARHU will examine the resurgence of an immigrant society in the United States.By Tom Ventslas, Campus News