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College of Arts and Humanities

Mentorship, Boundaries, Vision: Black Women University Leaders Share Tips for the Next Generation

ARHU Dean Stephanie Shonekan and her trailblazing “sister scholars” share guidance and strategies to thrive in leadership.

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October 02, 2024 English

UMD Grad Jason Reynolds Awarded MacArthur ‘Genius Grant’

Popular author of YA, children’s books about kids of color to receive $800K.
September 30, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

In UMD Visit, Kermit Makes a Rainbow Connection With Terps

Famed frog (and his performer) talk with ARHU dean about Jim Henson ’60, Miss Piggy and life lessons from the Muppets.
September 25, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities

‘Find Something Bigger Than Yourself’

Maryland First Lady and alum Dawn Moore shares priorities, passions in conversation at UMD.
September 17, 2024 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Honoring ‘Las Muertes’

Terps highlight how D.C.’s Salvadoran diaspora uses art to grapple with painful past in new documentary.
September 03, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities, Douglass Center

Freedom Teaching: Douglass Center Connects Local Educators and UMD Professors to Share Tools

The Second Annual Summer Humanities Institute drew 60 area middle and high school educators to campus.
September 03, 2024 Art, Art History and Archaeology, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

NextNOW Fest 2024: Handpicked Highlights From Curators

Arts extravaganza to feature nearly 70 activities, performances, exhibitions.
August 29, 2024 Philosophy

John Horty Named Distinguished University Professor

The professor of philosophy was among the first to apply formal logic developed within artificial intelligence to address complex questions of moral reasoning.

August 07, 2024 History

Inside the Nooks of ‘The Bookshop’

In new book, history alum traces the long story of bookstores.
July 01, 2024 History

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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ARHU In The News

Stories Beneath the Shell October 16, 2024

University of Maryland Faculty and Students Collaborate to Increase Voter Participation

Stories Beneath the Shell highlights the VOTE (Fearlessly)! initiative.
The Diamondback October 15, 2024

Zine Club Relaunch Invites Students to Create, Connect Through Design

BookLab Zine Club featured in The Diamondback.
The Black Explosion October 03, 2024

Award-Winning Poet Ama Codjoe Inspires Young Writers at Writers Here and Now Event

The poet spoke with students at the Jimenez-Porter Writers' House.

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The Diamondback

UMD Professor Discusses Struggles Facing Women from the Middle East

April 05, 2018 Communication

Sahar Khamis discussed topics including negative imagery and political struggles.

Award-Winning Journalist and NPR Political Correspondent to Speak at University of Maryland

April 04, 2018 College of Arts and Humanities

Mara Liasson will present her lecture “The Political Landscape: Dealing with Hate and Bias in Washington” on April 11.

HISTORY GRADUATE STUDENTS WIN COSMOS FOUNDATION GRANTS

April 04, 2018 College of Arts and Humanities, History

(via the University of Maryland Graduate School)

Three Graduate Students Win the Fulbright

April 03, 2018 History

Three graduate students from the University of Maryland have been awarded the prestigious Fulbright research fellowship. Saswathi Natta (Sociology), Samuel Miner (History), and Thomas Messersmith (History) will spend 2018-2019 in India, Germany...

Research@ARHU Faculty Spotlight

April 03, 2018

Associate professor Sahar Khamis has co-edited Arab Women's Activism and Socio-Political Transformation: Unfinished Gender Revolutions, published by Palgrave/Macmillan and with co-editor Amel Mili (University of Pennsylvania). This book...
American Theatre

Plays About Guns, With Varying Aims

April 02, 2018 College of Arts and Humanities, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

In the midst of the #NeverAgain movement, can theatre artists foster nuanced conversations on the polarizing topics of gun violence and gun control?

2018-19 ARHU FULBRIGHT RECIPIENTS

March 28, 2018 College of Arts and Humanities, History, Spanish and Portuguese, School of Music

Stay tuned for continuous updates on the ARHU Fulbright awardees.
Washington City Paper

At UMD's Driskell Center, Portraits of Who We Are Celebrates the Long History of Black Portraitists

March 14, 2018 College of Arts and Humanities, Consortium on Race, Gender and Ethnicity

Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald's Obama portraits made a splash in the art world, but the long history of black portrait artists should also be celebrated.
The Toledo Blade

MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY BUILDS GLOBAL SLAVE TRADE PAPER TRAIL

March 11, 2018 College of Arts and Humanities

How Michigan State is compiling the global slave trade's paper trail.

CFP: African American Digital Humanities Conference

March 10, 2018 College of Arts and Humanities

Call for Papers: African American History, Culture and Digital Humanities Conference October 18-20 2018.