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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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The Chicago Tribune

The Best Classical Recordings of 2020: CSO, Kevin Cole and James Lentini

December 09, 2020 The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

The National Orchestral Institute's "Gershwin Concerto in F" (Naxos) named a best classical album of 2020.

Arts and Humanities Colloquium: Richard Bell Discusses African American Politics and His Book, "Stolen"

December 09, 2020 History

ARHU professor's talk is part of a new series centering racism, equity and justice.
All Things Considered

Enslaved.org Shares Lives and Experiences of the Enslaved

December 09, 2020 History

Daryle Williams, associate professor of history, featured on NPR's "All Things Considered."

Blowing in a New Direction

December 08, 2020 The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, School of Music

UMD Wind Orchestra’s improvisational project premieres tonight.

Five Faculty Members Named AAAS Fellows

December 08, 2020 Linguistics

Professor of Linguistics Colin Phillips named a fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Fast Company

This Massive Database Reveals the Names and Stories Behind the History of Slavery

December 08, 2020 History

Enslaved.org includes historical records of more than 500,000 individuals who were transported to the Americas as part of the trans-Atlantic slave trade.

Philip Resnik Recognized as 2020 ACL Fellow

December 08, 2020 Linguistics

Professor of Linguistics honored for extraordinary research.
Maryland Today

Senior Named 2021 Marshall Scholar

December 08, 2020 Linguistics

Double-degree student, sixth in UMD history to win national scholarship, to pursue master’s in speech, language processing in UK.
Maryland Today

Reconstructing Fragmented Lives

December 01, 2020 College of Arts and Humanities, History

UMD researcher co-leads new digital collection piecing together histories of enslaved peoples.
Washington Post

A Massive New Effort to Name Millions Sold into Bondage During the Transatlantic Slave Trade

December 01, 2020 History

Enslaved.org featured in the Washington Post