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Anti-Racism and Action

New Faculty Working Group

Call for Participants for New Faculty Working Group on Anti-Racism and Action The Dresher Center for the Humanities, the Center for Social Science Scholarship, the Center for Innovation,...

Posted: December 3, 2020, 9:39 AM

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

Public Lecture by Rosy Simas

The Department of American Studies presents a public lecture by Rosy Simas, who is Haudenosaunee, Seneca, Heron clan. Culture, history, and identity stored in her body are the underpinning of all...

Posted: November 25, 2020, 2:31 PM

Public Lecture by Christopher K. Morgan,

The Department of American Studies presents a public lecture by Christopher K. Morgan, who will share insights on the resilience of the arts field in challenging times, and his experiences making...

Posted: November 25, 2020, 2:28 PM