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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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Angela Davis Delivers Sold-Out Lecture In Stamp To 1,000

September 24, 2015 College of Arts and Humanities

The activist and feminist addressed topics such as racism, animal rights and feminism.
The Charlotte Observer

Historian Ira Berlin Challenges Emancipation Assumptions

September 18, 2015 College of Arts and Humanities, History

Berlin provides an important reinterpretation of “the transformation of millions of men and women from property to person.”
TERP

Questioning The Bomb

September 16, 2015 Art, University of Maryland Art Gallery, College of Arts and Humanities

Poster exhibition takes on nuclear proliferation.

2015 Arhu Leadership Appointments

September 16, 2015 American Studies, College of Arts and Humanities, English, National Foreign Language Center

Congratulations to the new leaders in the College of Arts and Humanities!
The New York Times

Ira Berlin’S “The Long Emancipation” Reviewed By The Ny Times

September 15, 2015 College of Arts and Humanities, History

Ira Berlin's new book, "The Lomg Emancipitation," discusses the demise of slavery in the U.S. and the movement for emancipation.
TERP

Monument To A Hero

September 14, 2015 Center for Global Migration Studies, College of Arts and Humanities, History

Frederick Douglass Square to be completed this fall.
TERP

Sights Unseen

September 14, 2015 American Studies, College of Arts and Humanities

UMD community reflects on racism.
China Central Television (CCTV)

Comm Prof Khamis Weighs In On U.S. Foreign Policy In The Middle East

September 12, 2015 College of Arts and Humanities, Communication

Comm Prof Sahar Khamis says U.S. foreign policy has worsened the security situation in the Middle East.

All-Girl Hackathon On The Rise, The Latest At The University Of Maryland

September 11, 2015 College of Arts and Humanities

This hackathon is part of a growing slate of events that promote gender equality and interest in the often male-dominated tech sphere.