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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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June 26, 2024 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, School of Music, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

The 2024–25 Season at The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center is Now on Sale!

The more than 50 shows spanning music, theater, dance, comedy and more include both groundbreaking new works and reimagined classics.

June 18, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities

Freedom Songs

This Juneteenth, ARHU Dean and Ethnomusicologist Stephanie Shonekan lists six songs reflecting on ‘the complexities of attaining freedom for all.’
June 13, 2024 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, School of Music, Art, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, English

Inaugural Arts for All Fellows To Work Across Art, Tech, Science and Social Justice

The 10 faculty and 5 students come from units across campus and will work on projects that engage the public.

June 04, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities

Announcing ‘Rhyme & Reason’ the Podcast

ARHU launches a new podcast that features faculty voices exploring timely topics related to race, equity and justice.

May 21, 2024 Communication

Communication Alum Wins Pulitzer for Washington Post AR-15 Series

Emily Guskin ’06 is a polling analyst at the Post.

May 21, 2024 Art

Using Art to Transform ‘Something So Ugly’ into ‘Something So Beautiful’

Maggie Letvin ’24, an ARHU triple major, said UMD showed them they can’t live life without making art.
April 08, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities, Douglass Center

Legendary Poet, Activist and Educator Nikki Giovanni to Help Inaugurate New Frederick Douglass Center

The center is dedicated to engaging diverse communities—both at the university and well beyond—around issues of social justice and equity.
April 05, 2024 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

Sculpture Celebrating David Driskell Unveiled

Noted African American artist’s 20-foot-tall work stands outside center named for late professor, artist, scholar.
March 29, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities

‘Finding My Voice and Standing My Ground’

Women deans reflect on stumbling blocks and successes on their paths to leadership.
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The New Republic July 01, 2024

The Supreme Court Turns the President Into a King

Burke Chair of American Cultural and Intellectual History Holly Brewer writes for The New Republic.
USA Today May 24, 2024

As Trump's Trial Nears an End, the Bidens Prep for a Month in Legal Purgatory

Professor of Communication Trevor Parry-Giles featured in USA Today.
The Washington Post March 29, 2024

A Celebration of David C. Driskell’s Sweeping Influence on the Art World

The Washington Post features "Driskell and Friends."

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Maryl B. Gensheimer Receives 2020 Arlt Award in the Humanities

February 10, 2021 Art History and Archaeology

The historian of Roman art and archaeology was honored for her 2018 book that analyzes the decoration of the ancient Baths of Caracalla.

NBC4 Washington

New Research Database Compiles Stories of Enslaved People to Repair Broken History

February 10, 2021 History

The research database created by the University of Maryland and Michigan State University compiles the stories of half a million people who resisted, lived through, died during or profited from enslavement.
Maryland Today

HBO Documentary Explores Impact of ‘a Trailblazer for All of Us’

February 09, 2021 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora, Art

Film premieres tonight about late UMD professor David C. Driskell’s groundbreaking exhibition of Black artists.
Amazon Science

How a University Researcher is Using Machine Learning to Help Identify Suicide Risk

February 09, 2021 College of Arts and Humanities

Using social media data, the University of Maryland's Philip Resnik aims to help clinicians prioritize individuals who may need immediate attention.
Inside Higher Ed

‘The Battle of the Classics’

February 09, 2021 Classics

Author discusses his book on a 19th-century scholarly battle and its lessons for debates on the humanities today.

Conference to Celebrate Groundbreaking 1989 Collection of Caribbean Women Writers

February 08, 2021 English, Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center

UMD’s ‘Her True-True Name’ event will feature readings by writers published in the book.
The New York Times

‘Black Art: In the Absence of Light’ Reveals a History of Neglect and Triumph

February 08, 2021 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

An HBO documentary explores two centuries of art by African-Americans, and the path they forged for contemporary Black artists.
Forbes

Review: HBO Original Documentary ‘Black Art: In The Absence Of Light’

February 08, 2021 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

New HBO documentary, centered on David C. Driskell, is featured in Forbes.

ARHU Researchers Earn NEH Grants for Digital Humanities Efforts

February 05, 2021 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities

Projects will make Persian and Arabic manuscripts more accessible and enhance discoverability of archival radio collections.
NBC4 Washington

News 4 Your Sunday: Enslaved.Org

February 04, 2021 History

Associate Professor of History Daryle Williams interviewed on NBC4 Washington.