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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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ARHU In The News

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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Arts and Humanities Colloquium: Julius Fleming, Jr. discusses his book, “Black Patience: Performance, Civil Rights, and the Refusal to Wait for Freedom"

November 09, 2020 English

ARHU professor's talk is part of a new series centering racism, equity and justice.
The Washington Post

This Artist is Inspired by Landscape, Whether Terrestrial, Cosmic or Internal

November 04, 2020 University of Maryland Art Gallery

University of Maryland Art Gallery's online exhibition featured in the Washington Post.
The Diamondback

UMD Alumna’s Art Installation Brings Color Back to The Clarice

November 03, 2020 The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

The installation lights up the Clarice Performing Arts Center.

New Majors in Departments of Art, Communication and Jewish Studies

October 31, 2020 Communication, Art, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

Four communication specializations and majors in immersive media design and ancient religions are among new offerings for ARHU students.
Maryland Today

This Halloween, Get Your Frightening Fix in a Flash

October 30, 2020 English

English professor contributes to new book of tiny narrative nightmares.
Maryland Today

Museum of language and literacy opens in DC

October 28, 2020 Linguistics

UMD faculty help shape, to collaborate with new D.C. nonprofit focused on impact of language.
Chicago Tribune

Freaking out about not knowing election results Tuesday? You’re not alone.

October 28, 2020 American Studies

Why patience is not an American virtue.

Arts and Humanities Colloquium: Scot Reese Discusses Racial "Battle Fatigue" in Black Theatre and Culture

October 27, 2020 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

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

Classics Major Leads Way for More ASL Classes

October 22, 2020 Classics

Junior Zoe Singleton ’22 has a passion for accessibility and digital media.

2020 State of the College Address

October 20, 2020 College of Arts and Humanities

Watch the video of Virtual Convocation and read remarks by Dean Bonnie Thornton Dill.