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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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Maryland Today

Distinguishing language from animal communication

November 21, 2019 Linguistics

Special issue of journal asks what our babies can do that birds and chimps cannot.

Sensory Excavation

November 19, 2019 Art

Art professor awarded grant to create immersive experience of one of world's largest oil reserves.

Burnish (Magenta #08)

November 15, 2019 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, College of Arts and Humanities

Burnish (Magenta #08) renders the magical phenomenon of magenta into live performance.
Washington Post

Disney Plus Adds Disclaimer About Racist Movie Stereotypes

November 14, 2019 American Studies

Psyche Williams-Forson from American Studies weighs in.
Washington Post

You know about the Underground Railroad.

November 07, 2019 History

But what about the Reverse Underground Railroad?

UMD Chamber Singers: Stravinsky's Les Noces

November 07, 2019 College of Arts and Humanities, School of Music

The UMD Chamber Singers performs music by Stravinsky

Syntax and Dance

November 06, 2019 Linguistics

Linguistics professor Howard Lasnik is also a long-time Scottish country dancer.

Song of Celebration

November 06, 2019 School of Music

The UMD Chamber Singers mark 20 years with a unique collaboration between students and alumni.

Meet the New Collington Artists-in-Residence

November 06, 2019 School of Music

School of Music graduate students strengthen intergenerational partnership through music.
Maryland Today

Twirling Talent

November 01, 2019 School of Music

MSOM's feature twirler holds world champion titles.