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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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This Fall, the Performing Arts at Maryland Come to You

October 06, 2020 School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

2020-21 virtual season announced.
The Times of Israel

Thou Shalt Not Intervene

October 06, 2020 Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

As America heads to the polls, Israeli meddling will create a self-inflicted wound, hurt US Jewry, and drag down this most special of relationships.
Maryland Today

An Artist's Vision in 'World Beyond'

October 05, 2020 Art History and Archaeology, Art

When not making ghastly sets on ‘Walking Dead’ spinoff, alum crafts eye-popping costumes.

ARHU 2020 Service Award Winners Announced

October 02, 2020 College of Arts and Humanities

Five exceptional members of the ARHU community received an annual service award.

Marin Alsop Appointed First-Ever Music Director of the National Orchestral Institute + Festival

October 01, 2020 The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

Trailblazing conductor will innovate programming, conduct multiple concerts and mentor emerging musicians.

Two ARHU Alumnae Granted ACLS Postdoc Fellowships

September 29, 2020 American Studies, English

American Council of Learned Societies Emerging Voices Fellows spend one year at leading humanities research universities.

5 UMCP-UMB Research Teams Awarded $500K in Grants to Address COVID-19

September 25, 2020 Communication

MPower projects to focus on testing, vaccines, telehealth, health communications.

Arts and Humanities Colloquium: Perla Guerrero Discusses “Latinxs on Both Sides of Inequality and Fighting for Justice”

September 24, 2020 College of Arts and Humanities

ARHU professor’s talk is the first in a new series centering racism, equity and justice.
Maryland Today

New Major Immerses Students in Coding and Creativity

September 22, 2020 Art

First introductory course offered this fall, two more expected next spring.
Maryland Today

Women’s Studies Chooses Icon of Freedom as Namesake

September 17, 2020 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Abolitionist, suffragist Harriet Tubman symbolizes department’s commitment to values.