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Dr. Craig Saper interviewed on cookbooks!

Dr. Saper has been recently interviewed by blogger Kara Mae Harris. Harris, who is interested in Maryland food history, started to collect cookbooks that were published by Cora, Rose and Bob...

Posted: February 16, 2017, 11:42 AM

CFP: Faculty Working Groups in the Humanities

The Dresher Center is accepting proposals for new groups

Apply by April 1, 2017 for groups beginning in Fall 2017 The Dresher Center invites proposals for new Faculty Working Groups in the Humanities. Dresher Center Faculty Working Groups are...

Posted: February 15, 2017, 8:56 AM

Spanish-American War: Musical Propaganda and Soldier Song

Podcast #2 from Dr. Johnson's Music and Wartime Class

Podcast by Lydia Clemens and Howard Ablat. Music was crucial during the brief Spanish-American War as a means of wartime propaganda and promotion, and of soldier recruitment. It also helped...

Posted: February 15, 2017, 8:45 AM

McNair Scholars Program Opportunities

Deadline: Friday, March 10th

Program focuses on the preparation of undergraduate students who qualify as either low-income/first-generation college students or members of groups underrepresented in graduate education to...

Posted: February 14, 2017, 12:56 PM

Scam Alert!

Scam alert from the UMBC police

The UMBC Police have received several recent reports of student being victimized through a job scam.  Attached to this email are several tips on how to protect yourself from becoming a victim of...

Posted: February 13, 2017, 1:57 PM

Roy Meyers, POLI, discusses Affordable Care Act reform

This story, written by Max Cole, originally appeared here.  In a new article in The Conversation, Political Science Professor Roy Meyers argues that any repeal, replacement, or revision of the...

Posted: February 12, 2017, 9:12 PM

CFP: Association for Humanist Sociology Annual Conference

Havana, Cuba

Annual Meeting ASSOCIATION FOR HUMANIST SOCIOLOGY November 1-5, 2017 Havana, Cuba   Imagining Possibilities: Humanists Connecting to Better Fight Oppression   As an organization the...

Posted: February 10, 2017, 3:13 PM

LLC Apprenticeship Program

Invitation to LLC Affiliate Faculty and Students

Beginning in the fall of 2016, LLC students have the opportunity to work alongside an affiliate faculty member of the LLC Program on that professor's research. This opportunity is designed for...

Posted: February 9, 2017, 3:23 PM