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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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Grant Park Music Festival

Bach's Cello Suites

July 08, 2020 College of Arts and Humanities, School of Music

Associate Professor of Cello Eric Kutz gives virtual performance.

Historian Paul Scham Appointed Director of The Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

July 02, 2020 Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

Scham to focus on forward-looking curriculum and programming.
New York Times

Queer Kids, Nerds and Sword Fights

July 02, 2020 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

It's the hot school play.

Horn Professor Gregory Miller Appointed Director of The School of Music

July 01, 2020 College of Arts and Humanities, School of Music

Miller plans to create ‘new opportunities for inclusion, diversity, equity and access.’

Associate Professor Maura Keefe Appointed Director of UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

July 01, 2020 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, College of Arts and Humanities

Esteemed dance scholar envisions further collaboration, innovation and engagement in the school.

Longtime Gildenhorn Institute Director To Retire

June 30, 2020 Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

Yoram Peri leaves a legacy of exceptional leadership, scholarship and service.

Maryland Opera Studio Performs “Make Our Garden Grow”

June 26, 2020 College of Arts and Humanities, School of Music

School of Music opera singers virtually perform Leonard Bernstein’s “Make Our Garden Grow” from "Candide."

Across the Pane: The Art of Djuna Barnes | Exhibition Walkthrough

June 24, 2020 University of Maryland Art Gallery

Reexamining the visual production of multi-talented American artist and author Djuna Barnes.

A Happy Ending For 3 Terp Authors

June 24, 2020 English

Alums simultaneously have New York Times bestsellers with young adult books.
The Diamondback

The UMD Pandemic Players create quality quarantine theater

June 23, 2020 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, College of Arts and Humanities

Theatre students decide they aren't going to let social isolation stop them from writing and performing.