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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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AIP Endowed Professor in History of Natural Sciences Named

September 09, 2019 History

Scholar and editor Melinda Baldwin selected as first AIP Endowed Professor in the History of Natural Sciences at Maryland.
The Diamondback

At UMD’s Art Gallery, Lia Halloran pays homage to early women in astronomy

September 09, 2019 University of Maryland Art Gallery

"The Same Sky Overarches Us All" Exhibition Opens

Professor Daniel Conway travels to the ‘Olympics’ of theatrical design

September 05, 2019 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Conway represented the United States as a featured set designer at the 2019 Prague Quadrennial this summer.

East City Art

The Crayola Gallery of the Banana Factory Arts Presents David C. Driskell and Curlee Raven Holton A Collaboration of Creativity

September 04, 2019 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

Opening: Friday, September 6 from 6pm to 9pm

NEH Grant Supports Study of Immigrant Influence on African American Culture

August 30, 2019 Center for Global Migration Studies, History

A $50,000 grant will fund a conference and publication that connects humanities scholars.

2019-20 New Faculty Appointments

August 29, 2019 American Studies, Art, Art History and Archaeology, Classics, Communication, History, Philosophy, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

The College of Arts and Humanities welcomes the new faculty cohort to the University of Maryland.

Maryland Today

Trumpeting the Start of the Semester

August 21, 2019 School of Music

Mighty Sound of Maryland Marching Band Steps Up During Early Week

Mellon Grant Supports Values-Based Metrics Initiative to Transform Higher Education

August 16, 2019 College of Arts and Humanities, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

International partnership supports development and implementation of new methods for assessing humanities and social science research.
The New York Times

The Complex History of the Women’s Suffrage Movement

August 15, 2019 History

As the 19th Amendment turns 100, three exhibitions in Washington explore the contentious — and unfinished — struggle for voting rights.
Huff Post

How Watermelon's Reputation Got Tangled In Racism

August 02, 2019 American Studies

Imagery has the power to turn a seemingly innocent depiction of fruit into the stereotyping of an entire group of people.