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Latinx Film Festival

Celebrating Hispanic heritage month in motion

Latinx Film Festival In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, the MLLI department, UMBC Library, Albin O. Kuhn and Office of Community and Culture present, The Latinx Film Festival. On Oct. 8,...

Posted: October 5, 2026, 8:50 PM

Tuesday at 5:30 PM: In Search of Phillis Wheatley Peters

A screening & discussion with filmmaker Leslie Askew

‘In Search of Phillis Wheatley Peters’ is a 35-minute short film that reveals the little-known love story of Phillis Wheatley —America’s first published Black poet—and John Peters, a free Black...

Posted: October 5, 2026, 3:45 PM

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INDS Scholarship Recipients

Check Out Our Scholarship Recipients

Congrats to our INDS Fall 2026 Scholarship Recipients! Bolton Family Scholarship Rhyon Vodery  Rhyon is a junior in INDS on the MDST track working on combining coursework in engineering,...

Posted: October 5, 2026, 10:58 AM

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REPOST: Humanities at Play: Decolonize Your Board Games

Join us to play Wolves, a semi-cooperative game

This is a repost from the Dresher Center for the Humanities. Find the original event here. Join us in playing the semi-cooperative board game Wolves where work together to ensure our collective...

Posted: October 2, 2026, 12:53 PM

ANCIENT STUDIES WEEK, OCT.14-16, 2026

You are all cordially invited to the events of                  ANCIENT STUDIES WEEK 2026: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14 10:00 AM-6:00 PM, Forum, Performing Arts and Humamities Building...

Posted: October 1, 2026, 2:45 PM

Temple of Heracles, Agrigento, Sicily

Graduate School & Job Application Workshop for Humanities Majors

Food provided at this in-person Humanities Retrievers event

Visit the original event page here to RSVP. Graduate School & Job Application Workshop for Humanities Majors Wednesday, October 7, 2026 from 12:00-1:00 PM Performing Arts & Humanities...

Posted: October 1, 2026, 1:42 PM

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Announcing our Fall 2026 Graduate Student Fellow

Chanta Shanell Palmer, Language, Literacy, and Culture

Joining us this month is our Fall 2026 Graduate Student Fellow, Chanta Shenell Palmer, PhD Student, Language, Literacy, and Culture. Chanta will share her work later in the semester as a part of...

Posted: October 1, 2026, 10:00 AM

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