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American Studies, Arts for All

Material Culture, Collective Memory and the Work of Repair

American studies Ph.D. student Hannah Brancato combines scholarship, art and community to understand trauma and possibility.

Featured News

December 05, 2025 English

How Professor John Drabinski Wrote Three Books at Once

How Black vernacular culture, Baldwin and the Atlantic world shape his latest scholarship.
December 04, 2025 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

UMD Launches Global Culture and Thought Major

New program emphasizes international cultures and languages to prepare graduates for an increasingly globalized world.
December 03, 2025 College of Arts and Humanities

Listening in on Lessons from 'We Are the World'

Dean teaches ARHU course on arts and humanities of a single song.
December 02, 2025 Art History and Archaeology, Arts for All, University of Maryland Art Gallery

Art Exhibition Offers Intimate Look at Giant of Modern Chinese History

Calligrapher, political reformer and higher ed activist helped overthrow Qing Dynasty in 1912.
November 11, 2025 English

Book Club Opens New Worlds for Incarcerated Women

UMD English professor co-leads volunteer program set to add graduate students following bequest.
October 29, 2025 Arts for All, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

Testudo, Meet Tuxedo

UMD mascot officially debuts spiffy custom-made outfit (with more to come).
October 15, 2025 Art, Arts for All

AI-Generated Iceberg Models Could Help Sailors Navigate Arctic Waters

UMD researchers in computer science, art and earth science collaborate on 3D renderings.
October 08, 2025 American Studies, Art, Arts for All, Communication, English, Linguistics, Maryland Language Science Center, Philosophy, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

The Art and Humanity of AI

From classrooms to research labs, the College of Arts and Humanities is shaping how we understand artificial intelligence and guiding its responsible future.
October 06, 2025 Arts for All, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Spanish and Portuguese

Bad Bunny as Scholarly Subject?

UMD course explores Puerto Rico’s soundscape of protest and poetics.
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ARHU In The News

Ms. October 14, 2025

‘Freedom Is Worth Struggle’

Bonnie Thornton Dill accepts the University of Maryland’s highest honor.
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver October 02, 2025

Netanyahu: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

An article, co-written by Ilai Saltzman, director of the Gildenhorn Institute, was recently featured on the HBO program.
The Independent September 11, 2025

Meet the Americans who love 'Downton Abbey'

Research Professor of History Julie Taddeo talks to The Independent.

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First Bonnie Thornton Dill Dean’s Award Supports Doctoral Student’s Research on Black Americans’ Mistrust of Medical Profession

March 11, 2024 American Studies

Devon Betts, an American studies Ph.D. student, studies race, HIV prevention, queer theory, digital humanities and more.

Diamondback News

UMD Hosts Panel to Honor Legacy of Harriet Tubman, Highlight Artists and Activists

March 11, 2024 Arts for All, College of Arts and Humanities, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

University of Maryland community members came together Sunday to discuss identity politics, reclaiming agency and the nuances of autonomy during a panel commemorating the life and legacy of American abolitionist Harriet Tubman.
The Diamondback

UMD Screens Restored Surrealist Film During International Festival Tour

March 11, 2024 Arts for All, Cinema and Media Studies, College of Arts and Humanities, Italian, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

The Diamondback spotlights the Il Cinema Ritrovato on Tour film festival.
Truthout

What Haiti Needs Is Human Rights Support—Not More Military Interventions

March 07, 2024 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Professor of French and Francophone Studies Cécile Accilien publishes her analysis in Truthout.

At UMD, Cross-Gender-Cast ‘Men on Boats’ Sail Wonderfully into the New West

March 04, 2024 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, College of Arts and Humanities

DC Theater Arts reviews TDPS' production of "Men on Boats."

Grant Supports Work to Curate Data From Premodern Islamic Geographical Manuscripts

March 01, 2024 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

The innovative digital humanities project will enable historians to better identify geographic locations and place names from medieval documents.

Maryland Today

Leap Year Terps Tell All

February 29, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities

Terps born on Feb. 29 face odd questions, enjoy unique experiences.

Three ARHU Faculty Win Do Good Innovator Awards

February 29, 2024 American Studies, English, Maryland Language Science Center

Perla M. Guerrero, Peter Mallios and Shevaun Lewis are among 57 staff and faculty from across campus who received the award.

TDPS’ ‘The Prom’ wins 2023 BroadwayWorld Washington, DC Awards

February 26, 2024 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, College of Arts and Humanities

The awards honor outstanding achievements in regional theater.