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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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Spring 2018 ARHU Leadership Announcements

January 30, 2018 Art History and Archaeology, College of Arts and Humanities, Philosophy

Congratulations to the new leaders in the College of the Arts and Humanities.

Founding Black Panther Co-Chairmen and Famed Author Bobby Seale to Speak at UMD

January 29, 2018 College of Arts and Humanities, History

Seale will discuss the history of resistance from the 1960s to Trump in a public lecture.
The Diamondback

UMD AND BOWIE STATE'S UNITY MURAL IS ON DISPLAY AT THE STATE HOUSE

January 25, 2018 American Studies, College of Arts and Humanities

The mural was a collaboration between the schools after Richard Collins' death.
AFP

TRUMP TAPS LONG HISTORICAL VEIN AGAINST IMMIGRATION

January 13, 2018 History

Julie Greene provides historical context for Trump's recent comments on immigration.
Daily American

YOUNG AMERICANS DON'T LIKE POLITICS AND PROTESTS, NEW SURVEY SHOWS

January 11, 2018 History, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Professor of History Robyn Leigh Muncy weighs in on new survey about young Americans.
Terp Magazine

LET'S GO FLY A KITE

January 09, 2018 Art, College of Arts and Humanities

Guggenheim recipient to use kites to connect children across the globe.
Terp Magazine

A HARMONIOUS CHORD

January 08, 2018 College of Arts and Humanities, School of Music

Graduate students live in retirement community as artists-in-residence.
Inside Higher Ed

ASHWINI TAMBE BREAKS DOWN THE DIFFERENT FORMS OF SEXUAL HARRASMENT

January 04, 2018 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Women's studies professor examines why we should not lump harassment together into one category.

Renowned Mexican Intellectual Elena Poniatowska Visits UMD

December 11, 2017 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Spanish and Portuguese, College of Arts and Humanities

Celebrated Mexican Writer Elena Poniatowska’s Visited UMD as Part of the José Emilio Pacheco Distinguished Lecture Series

Umd Students Shared Works Of Art Expressing Feelings On Race And Racism

December 07, 2017 College of Arts and Humanities

Students and faculty gathered to celebrate the winners of the "Express Yourself! Race & Racism" student contest.