News – College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences

Take ANCS 201 —The Ancient Greeks —This Summer!

The Ancient Studies Department is offering ANCS 201, The Ancient Greeks, in Session 1 this summer. The course is online and is taught by Dr. Avi Kapach. Learn about Homer, Sophocles, Socrates,...

Posted: April 2, 2025, 3:50 PM

Wandering Stars: Dresher Reads Book Discussion

Calling all book lovers! Come & discuss Tommy Orange's novel

This discussion will take place on Monday, April 7, 2025 · 12 - 1 PM in the Library and Gallery, Albin O. Kuhn : 259. You can RSVP here. Join the conversation! Participate in a book discussion...

Posted: April 2, 2025, 3:24 PM

UMBC Special Collections' Maryland Tradition Archive Presents its Annual Digitization Day

Saturday, April 26 11:30am-3PM

The MTA is hosting its second annual Digitization Day for the Ashley Minner collection. Ashley's collection focuses on the Lumbee migration from North Carolina to Baltimore during the...

Posted: April 2, 2025, 9:51 AM

New “Pedagogy Study Hall” with Tomashi Jackson and Nia Evans, April 8, 2025, 5:30-7 pm

In-person event! Lion Brothers Building, Baltimore, MD

Join artist Tomashi Jackson and policy analyst/economic advocate Nia Evans for the next in a series of public conversations about support for the visual arts and humanities on April 8th at 5:30...

Posted: April 1, 2025, 2:41 PM

All are invited to Brazil Night + Stories with Mera Kitchen Collective

Tuesday, April 22, 2025 5-8 PM at 1301 N Calvert Street

This evening will feature stories of Mera Kitchen Collective along with Brazilian food made by the Mera team and Diego Rebouças, visiting food studies scholar (University of Porto) originally...

Posted: March 31, 2025, 2:59 PM

LSAT Prep Information Session with UMBC alumna, Megumi Fukuzawa '23

Tips, Resources, and Tailored Strategies for Success!

LSAT Prep Information Session with UMBC alumna, Megumi Fukuzawa '23 You may sign up for this event here. This informative and interactive virtual session will feature: A general...

Posted: March 31, 2025, 2:48 PM

Meet Ada Glaser

INDS Spring 2025 Graduate Highlight Series

B.A.: Child Centered Community Development Any other major, minor, certificate, and/or honors that will be on your graduation records BA in Social Work Degree Mentors Jayshree...

Posted: March 31, 2025, 2:42 PM

Current Grant and Fellowship Opportunities

Humanities and Humanistic Social Sciences (Spring 2025)

CARAT (Creative Achievement and Research Administration Team) assists CAHSS faculty with research development, and pre- and post-award services. Faculty seeking external funding for research...

Posted: March 31, 2025, 12:44 PM

U.S. Census bureau publishes story on how UMBC team uses ACS data

Story submitted by Ph.D. candidate Tanya Kreutzer Sayyed

The U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) team published Ph.D. candidate Tanya Kreutzer Sayyed's submission about how her research team used ACS data while they evaluated and...

Posted: March 27, 2025, 12:31 PM

PhD alumna De Oro publishes article on resilience in nonprofit orgs

Published in Journal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs

Public Policy alumna Dr. Grace De Oro (M.P.P. '19, Ph.D. '24) recently published a research article in the Journal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs. In the article, De Oro reviews literature on...

Posted: March 27, 2025, 12:19 PM