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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.

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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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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 National Endowment for the Arts

NEA Tech Check: Poet Lillian-Yvonne Bertram

December 04, 2024 English

The associate professor of English speaks to the NEA about AI and technology in their practice.
Baltimore Sun

BSO, UMD Help Afghan Refugees Reclaim Their Voices with Music: ‘It is Cathartic’

December 04, 2024 School of Music, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

The program is co-organized by Sound Impact, The Clarice, UMD School of Music and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.

New Exhibition at The Driskell Center Explores the Future of Black Art

December 03, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities, David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

Announcing our spring semester 2025 exhibition

Anti-Ableist Resources Coming to English Classrooms

December 02, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities, English

The Disability Resource and Technology Hub provides support to faculty and students.
Maryland Today

Mapping Capitalism from Tulips to Trade

December 02, 2024 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

Driskell Center exhibition showcases noted Black artist Dewey Crumpler’s complex vision.

Op/ed: How to Teach About Race Head-on

November 21, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities

In a fraught environment, many K-12 educators fear saying the wrong thing.
Maryland Today

Signs of Accessibility in Performing Arts

November 21, 2024 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

New TDPS director is school’s first deaf leader.
Maryland Today

Greek Myths Make Waves in UMD’s ‘Metamorphoses’

November 18, 2024 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

TDPS production brings gods, legends and a pool to the Kogod Theatre.
The Diamondback

UMD Literature Club Highlights Asian American and Pacific Islander Stories

November 08, 2024 Center for Literary and Comparative Studies, College of Arts and Humanities, English

The club aims to rewrite people’s understanding of the Asian American experience and combat stereotypes through diverse literature.