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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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Craig Kier Appointed Director of Arts for All

August 01, 2023 College of Arts and Humanities, School of Music

School of Music associate professor champions the power of the arts to connect everyone together.
Maryland Today

Summ-AR Immersion

July 26, 2023 Art, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

Using emerging tech, students create innovative art, interactive games in incubator program.
TIME

Elizabeth Acevedo Has Written Her First Novel for Adults—and It's Full of Magic

July 25, 2023 English, College of Arts and Humanities

Creative writing M.F.A. alum is profiled in TIME on her upcoming novel, Family Lore.
Foreign Affairs

Don’t Give Poland a Pass

July 24, 2023 History

Read Associate Professor of History Piotr H. Kosicki's article in Foreign Affairs.
NPR

'On Minimalism' Unearths a Hypnotic Music's Untold Story

July 20, 2023 School of Music, Musicology, College of Arts and Humanities

Associate Professor of Musicology Will Robin and fellow musicologist Kerry O'Brien discuss their new book, "On Minimalism," on NPR's All Things Considered
Salon

How dead is "dead enough"?

July 14, 2023 Philosophy

Professor and Chair of the Department of Philosophy Samuel Kerstein quoted in Salon.

UMD English Ph.D. Students Are Helping to Chart New Field of 'Queer Bibliography'

July 10, 2023 English, College of Arts and Humanities

Queer bibliography expands discipline to allow for a ‘more affective response to books,’ finds a home in BookLab.

Food Historian and Assistant Professor of Arabic Anny Gaul Receives NEH Grant

July 06, 2023 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

The grant will support her upcoming book “Nile Nightshade” about the rise and role of the tomato in modern Egypt.

Fall 2023 Leadership Appointments

June 30, 2023 English, Maryland Language Science Center, Communication, David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora, Art History and Archaeology, College of Arts and Humanities

Dean Stephanie Shonekan announces new ARHU leadership appointments.
Maryland Today

Bookshelf

June 16, 2023 College of Arts and Humanities

New books written by UMD faculty and staff.