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ROSHAN INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES FIRST PERSIAN STUDIES FELLOW

Submitted: Wed, 4/17/13 - 3:19 PM
Safoura Photo

Safoura Nourbakhsh is the first recipient of the Graduate Fellowship for Excellence in Persian Studies.

MARYLAND STUDENTS WIN RECORD NUMBER OF GILMAN SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDY ABROAD

Submitted: Mon, 1/14/13 - 1:04 PM
Gilman Scholarship students, photo courtesy Maryland International

Four students from College of Arts and Humanities awarded Spring 2013 Gilman Scholarships.

Source: 
Maryland International

AWARD SPOTLIGHTS NOBEL GROUP'S TROUBLED PAST WITH CHINA

Submitted: Mon, 10/15/12 - 5:18 PM
Mo Yan. Photo credit: Voice of America

UMD Chinese Language Professor Andrew Schonebaum weighs in on the 2012 Nobel Prize for Literature winner. 

By Jeff Seldin, Voice of America 

Critical Theory Colloquium: Theories of the Image and Visual Culture

Time: 
10/12/12 - 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Location: 
3132 Tawes Hall

The English department presents the theme of Theories of the Image and Visual Culture through the Critical Theory Colloquium.

5th Annual Grunig Lecture

Jack Martin
Time: 
10/23/12 - 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Location: 
STAMP Student Union Atrium, Room 1107

The 5th Annual Grunig Lecture will feature Jack Martin, CEO and global executive chair of Hill + Knowlton Strategies.

Mr. Martin will deliver the fifth annual Grunig Lecture, “Democratization of Data From Research to Insights to Effective Communication.”

The event is co-hosted by the IPR, the University of Maryland and the Council of Public Relations Firms. The lecture series honors James E. Grunig, Professor Emeritus, and Larissa A. Grunig, Professor Emerita, of the University of Maryland.

Schedule:

Making a Difference: Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE

Jane Goodall
Time: 
10/13/12 - 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM
Location: 
Dekelboum Concert Hall, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and UN Messenger of Peace Dr. Jane Goodall will discuss her pioneering research on chimpanzees.

2012 Presidential Election and Its Impact on U.S.-Israel Relations

Chris Wallace
Time: 
9/20/12 - 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM
Location: 
Gildenhorn Recital Hall, Clarice Smith Center

The Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies present a talk by Chris Wallace on the impact of the upcoming Presidential election on U.S. - Israel relations as part of the Richard & Elizabeth Dubin Lecture Series.


Wallace, an award-winning journalist and host of Fox News Sunday, will provide insights on the candidates and how each could impact U.S.-Israel relations.  With the election just months away, this talk will prove timely and informative.

FORTUNE’S TELLERS

Submitted: Fri, 6/29/12 - 2:38 PM

As far as anyone knew, the skeleton was named Larry. For more than 200 years, it had been handed down and passed around in Waterbury, Conn., then displayed for several decades at a local museum. It eventually ended up in storage. Some townspeople thought he might have been a Revolutionary War hero. Others thought he had been a felon, hanged for his crimes. But Larry turned out to have a real name: Fortune. Fortune had been a husband and a father of four–and a slave.

Art, rooted in history

Constellations: Constructivism, Internationalism, and the Inter-American Avant-Garde

Time: 
6/21/12 - 6:00 PM to 9/23/12 - 12:00 AM
Location: 
Art Museum of the Americas, Washington D.C.

Dr. Abigail McEwen (Art History & Archeology) invites the LASC community to the opening of an exhibition that she has curated for the Art Museum of the Americas, Constellations: Constructivism, Internationalism, and the Inter-American Avant-Garde.The exhibition runs from June 21 to September 23, and the opening is next Thursday (6/21) at 6:00.

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