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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 Atlantic

How Data Became The New Medium For Artists

May 14, 2015 Art, College of Arts and Humanities

A growing number of artists, including Hasan Elahi, are using data from self-tracking apps in their pieces, showing that creative work is as much a product of its technology as of its time.

Arhu Faculty Earn Promotions And Tenure 2015

May 13, 2015 American Studies, Art History and Archaeology, Classics, College of Arts and Humanities, Communication, English, History, Linguistics, Philosophy, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Seventeen faculty members from the College of Arts and Humanities were awarded tenured positions and promotions to full professor.

Former student of Germanic Studies receives USTA fellowship

May 11, 2015 College of Arts and Humanities, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, German Studies

Zachary Mellen, a former German major, received a USTA fellowship and will be teaching English in Lower Austria

Maud Casey Wins Guggenheim Fellowship For Creative Writing

April 27, 2015 College of Arts and Humanities, English

Maud Casey will join writers, scholars, artists, historians, scientists and university faculty members after being selected last week for a 2015 Guggenheim Fellowship. She is one of 175 chosen from more than 3,100 applicants.

Seeing Past The Looks

April 22, 2015 Art, College of Arts and Humanities

SeeMe Exhibit aims to promote campus diversity discussions.
The Washington Post

In The Galleries: Moving Toward To Transcendental

April 17, 2015 Art, University of Maryland Art Gallery, College of Arts and Humanities

The Washington Post features The Art Gallery's exhibit "Streams of Being" among many others in the area.

Umd Creative Writing Professor Maud Casey Named 2015 Guggenheim Fellow

April 15, 2015 College of Arts and Humanities, English

Casey will spend her fellowship time working on a collection of stories about patients found in 19th century medical reference books at a famous Parisian hospital.