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College of Arts and Humanities, Douglass Center

Legendary Poet, Activist and Educator Nikki Giovanni to Help Inaugurate New Frederick Douglass Center

The center is dedicated to engaging diverse communities—both at the university and well beyond—around issues of social justice and equity.

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April 05, 2024 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

Sculpture Celebrating David Driskell Unveiled

Noted African American artist’s 20-foot-tall work stands outside center named for late professor, artist, scholar.
March 29, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities

‘Finding My Voice and Standing My Ground’

Women deans reflect on stumbling blocks and successes on their paths to leadership.
March 25, 2024 Art

Can a Giant Turtle Shell Full of Games Lure Young Voters?

Course designs Creative ways to increase college participation in 2024 election.
March 12, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities

7 Trailblazing Women from US History You Should Know, According to ARHU Historians

This Women’s History Month, learn about pioneers whose stories aren’t often told.
March 11, 2024 American Studies

First Bonnie Thornton Dill Dean’s Award Supports Doctoral Student’s Research on Black Americans’ Mistrust of Medical Profession

Devon Betts, an American studies Ph.D. student, studies race, HIV prevention, queer theory, digital humanities and more.

March 01, 2024 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Grant Supports Work to Curate Data From Premodern Islamic Geographical Manuscripts

The innovative digital humanities project will enable historians to better identify geographic locations and place names from medieval documents.

February 29, 2024 American Studies, English, Maryland Language Science Center

Three ARHU Faculty Win Do Good Innovator Awards

Perla M. Guerrero, Peter Mallios and Shevaun Lewis are among 57 staff and faculty from across campus who received the award.

February 26, 2024 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

Center of the Circle

New Driskell Center exhibit showcases pioneering artist’s personal relationships with peers.
February 06, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities

A More Perfect Telling of the American Story

ARHU Dean Stephanie Shonekan co-authors new book that proposes novel approach to confronting racism in America.
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The Washington Post March 29, 2024

A Celebration of David C. Driskell’s Sweeping Influence on the Art World

The Washington Post features "Driskell and Friends."
The Diamondback March 11, 2024

UMD Screens Restored Surrealist Film During International Festival Tour

The Diamondback spotlights the Il Cinema Ritrovato on Tour film festival.
Diamondback News March 11, 2024

UMD Hosts Panel to Honor Legacy of Harriet Tubman, Highlight Artists and Activists

University of Maryland community members came together Sunday to discuss identity politics, reclaiming agency and the nuances of autonomy during a panel commemorating the life and legacy of American abolitionist Harriet Tubman.

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The 2022–23 Season at The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center is Now on Sale!

July 19, 2022 The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Experience stunning works by students, faculty and touring artists this year.

French Professor Receives Two Fellowships to Support Research on 19th-Century Abolitionist Journal

July 06, 2022 College of Arts and Humanities, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Maria Beliaeva Solomon will be scholar-in-residence at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and a fellow of the American Council of Learned Societies.

Mellon Grant Funds Continuation of Islamicate Text Digitization Project

July 05, 2022 College of Arts and Humanities, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities

A $1.75 million grant will help expand digital access to Arabic, Persian, Ottoman Turkish and Urdu manuscripts and books.

GerShun Avilez Appointed Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

June 30, 2022 College of Arts and Humanities, English

The Professor of English will continue to advance DEI practices across the college.

Fall 2022 Leadership Appointments

June 30, 2022 English, National Foreign Language Center, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, History, University of Maryland Art Gallery, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, School of Music, Art, Consortium on Race, Gender and Ethnicity

Dean Bonnie Thornton Dill announces new leadership appointments.
Maryland Today

Seeing Juneteenth

June 15, 2022 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

How Black artists bring the celebration of freedom to visual life.

Jane Hirshberg Awarded for Contributions to BSU-UMD Social Justice Alliance

June 13, 2022 The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

The artistic planning program director at The Clarice made sure the arts were present in the SJA’s recent symposium.

PBS NewsHour

Interactive Museum Strives to Boost the Love of Words

June 10, 2022 Linguistics, English

The Planet Word Museum in Washington, D.C., which aims to bring language to life, recently opened a new exhibit focused on wordplay.

The Clarice Receives National Endowment for the Arts Grant

June 09, 2022 The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

The $35,000 award will fund an Artists in Residence program.

Gabrielle Lucille Fuentes’ Story Collection Unfurls A Family’s Shadows, Myths

June 09, 2022 English, College of Arts and Humanities

‘Are We Ever Our Own’ is a multigenerational history of the fictional Armando Castell family told mostly through women narrators.