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Jessica Berman Presents at Prominent International Symposium

On research about transnational movements in 20th c. media

At a recent symposium held at Uppsala University, Sweden featuring prominent international modernist research, Jessica Berman, director of the Dresher Center for the Humanities and professor of...

Posted: November 13, 2015, 3:17 PM

George Derek Musgrove's Research Featured in Washington Post

Research on gentrification in the nation’s capital

In advance of the annual Conference on D.C. Historical Studies, the Washington Post highlighted research by George Derek Musgrove ’97, history, associate professor of history, that identifies four...

Posted: November 13, 2015, 3:13 PM

Revision to Spring 2016 Schedule

Attention LLC Students: Revision to Spring 2016 Schedule LLC 645 Quantitative Research Methods I will now be offered on Thursdays from 4:30 to 7:50pm by Dr. Claudia Galindo. Any...

Posted: November 12, 2015, 9:00 AM

Casting Call!

Hi All, Dr. Tyson King-Meadows is looking for individuals to volunteer for one day to help out with his research. What they are looking for: Casting Call- Models ●      6-7 Adult Males (ages...

Posted: November 11, 2015, 10:45 AM

Internship Opportunity with Chris Van Hollen

Hi All, An internship opportunity to work for Chris Van Hollen's Senate Campaign where you will learn how grassroots campaigns work and where you would be involved in a carefully structured...

Posted: November 11, 2015, 9:03 AM

Translation and Displacement

Invitation for joining working group

Kenneth Goldsmith calls translation “the ultimate humanist gesture”; he also dismisses it as mere “discourse” when contrasted with the artistic and political possibilities of “displacement” (the...

Posted: November 10, 2015, 4:21 PM

Job Opportunity: Language Training Specialist

Peace Corps

This position is located in the Training Unit within the Office for Overseas Programming and Training Support (OPATS). The purpose of the Training Unit is to develop and coordinate guidance,...

Posted: November 6, 2015, 12:37 PM

Visual Arts Professor James Smalls on Race and Art

Seeing Color: conversations with arts leaders at the BMA

  The Baltimore Museum of Art presents Seeing Color: A Conversation About Race & Art on Saturday, November 14, 2 PM. The free panel discussion will bring insights to the national conversation...

Posted: November 6, 2015, 9:47 AM

Activist movements for progressive alternatives

A panel discussion

The Intercultural Communication Masters Program invites to the panel discussion “Activist movements for progressive alternatives” In MLL 603, The Political Economy of Culture, we study systems...

Posted: November 3, 2015, 9:31 PM

Health track PhD student Shariece Johnson wins APHA award

more about the APHA conference and health research at UMBC

Congratulations to Shariece Johnson, a PhD student in the health track, who received an Excellence in Program Planning Award at the 2015 American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting in...

Posted: November 3, 2015, 4:19 PM