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New Faculty Working Group on Anti-Racism and Action

Call for Participants

The Dresher Center for the Humanities, the Center for Social Science Scholarship, the Center for Innovation, Research, and Creativity in the Arts, and the Imaging Research Center invite...

Posted: December 7, 2020, 2:27 PM

Winter Term: POLI 468- Disaster Politics

Hey Political Science Students, Do you ever wonder why the United States is the world leader in COVID deaths? Do you know why most countries consistently under-prepare for the hurricanes,...

Posted: December 4, 2020, 2:59 PM

Music Students featured in Grit & Gratitude

Department of Music students Egan O'Brien, Jordan Washington, and the UMBC Jazz Ensemble will be featured in UMBC's upcoming Grit & Gratitude Virtual Celebration on December 16 at 3pm via...

Posted: December 4, 2020, 9:46 AM

The Public Humanities Tomorrow: Working w School Communities

Dec. 10, 9:30-11 am w/ Denise Meringolo, UMBC Public History

"The Public Humanities Tomorrow: Working with School Communities“   Date: Thursday, December 10, 2020 Time: 9:30 – 11 a.m. EST Registration required – available here Public humanities’...

Posted: December 3, 2020, 6:50 PM

Invitation to WebEx Presentation by Dr. Vivian Laughlin

Wednesday, 12/9 at 10:00-11:00 a.m.

You are invited to attend Dr. Vivian Laughlin's research presentation, “Serapis and Isis: North African Deity Embodiment East and West of the Mediterranean,” on Wednesday, December 9th at 10:00...

Posted: December 2, 2020, 1:42 PM

Adjusting Your Crown: The History of Black Hair & CROWN Act

12/7, 7-8:30pm w/ LLC's Tunisia Lumpkin and Dr. Latasha Eley

The CROWN Coalition established the CROWN Act in 2019. This is a movement to eliminate discrimination of race-based hairstyles. Have you ever felt the need to change your natural hair texture to...

Posted: December 1, 2020, 2:45 PM

Virtual Capstone Presentations

December 2020 Grads Present on 12/4

All are welcome to join us on Friday, December 4 at 9:30 a.m. for our capstone presentations! Please email Carrie Sauter, csauter@umbc.edu, to receive the Webex link for the event....

Posted: December 1, 2020, 12:32 PM

Winter Term: POLI 390- American Foreign Policy

Wondering how American foreign relations are about to change when Joe Biden is sworn into office?  Take a look at the shift as it is unfolding this winter term. Dr. Brigid Starkey is teaching POLI...

Posted: November 30, 2020, 10:29 AM

Food Access and Land Sovereignty In The DMV

Join us for a panel featuring Chris Newman (Choptico Band of Piscataway Indians) of Sylvanaqua Farms and Brother Eric Jackson of Black Yield Institute. Moderated by Jamyla Krempel of WYPR. The...

Posted: November 25, 2020, 2:36 PM