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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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ARHU Faculty Earn Promotion And Tenure

July 17, 2013 Art, American Studies, 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

Congratulations to faculty members in ARHU who have been awarded promotion and/or tenure.

Professor Accepted To Islamic Studies Initiative

July 09, 2013 College of Arts and Humanities, Communication

Communication professor Sahar Khamis was accepted for the honorable position of spring 2014 Mellon Islamic Studies Initiative visiting professor at the University of Chicago.

Dollars And Sense

July 02, 2013 College of Arts and Humanities, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Alumna Ellen L.S. Koplow launched a course on women's finances that she co-teaches alongside Seung-Kyung Kim, associate professor and chair of the Department of Women's Studies.

David C. Driskell Center Bequeathed $2.2M In Art

June 26, 2013 College of Arts and Humanities, David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

An African-American art collection valued at more than $2.2 million now belongs to the university’s David C. Driskell Center.

Solid As 30 Rock

June 25, 2013 College of Arts and Humanities

Director of the hit TV series 30 Rock and ARHU alumna Beth McCarthy-Miller brings UMD roots to character Liz Lemon played by Tina Fey.

Art History/Archaeology Professor Receives Dedalus Fellowship

June 20, 2013 Art History and Archaeology, College of Arts and Humanities

Abigal Mcewen Accepts The 2013 Dedalus Foundation Senior Fellowship For Her Project, “revolutionary Horizons: Art And Polemics In 1950s Cuba.”

English Professor Named Distinguished University Professor

June 20, 2013 Center for Literary and Comparative Studies, College of Arts and Humanities, English

Robert Levine was granted this highest academic honor given to a faculty member for his role in the department and his internationally acclaimed work.

Williams Appointed Associate Dean For Faculty Affairs

June 19, 2013 College of Arts and Humanities, History

History Prof Daryle Williams appointed Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs in UMD's College of Arts and Humanities.

2013-2014 Spencer Award: Excellence In Graduate Student Achievement

June 18, 2013 College of Arts and Humanities, History

ARHU graduate student receives prestigious Mabel S. Spencer Award for Excellence in Graduate Achievement.