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Seeing Red

Author: Stacey Fitzgerald

The onset of the Russian Revolution changed Russian musical style from one that privileged the values and ideals of the aristocrats to one that celebrated the ideals of the Revolution and the...

Posted: February 1, 2018, 10:17 AM

Musical Prodigies: Why We Love Them, and Why We Should Stop

Author: Daniel Gallagher

Audiences are more appreciative of musical prodigies based on their young ages, rather than on their musical complexity and nuance. Gallagher explains the history of the modern idea of the prodigy...

Posted: February 1, 2018, 10:12 AM

When Categories Fail

Author: Josh Sharo

Examining Debussy and the notion of impressionism, Sharo concludes that reducing an entire composer's output to a single stylistic term does a disservice to not only that composer, but to...

Posted: February 1, 2018, 10:05 AM

Recent Premiere by Zachariah Thomas ('17 Music Comp)

Over the Summer, Zachariah Thomas' ('17 Music Composition) piece Consolation was premiered by Yoshiaki Horiguchi (Bass Performance '13) and Melissa Thomas (Piano Performance '17) at Bass Works'...

Posted: January 31, 2018, 3:52 PM

Conference Presentation Possibility

Undergrad. Research Conference in PoliSci

PI SIGMA ALPHA  UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH CONFERENCE  IN  POLITICAL SCIENCE March 28, 11am-1pm,  econd floor Policy Building Did you write anything particularly interesting last semester...

Posted: January 30, 2018, 3:55 PM

UMBC Event Center Open House

EVENT CENTER OPEN HOUSE FREE TO UMBC COMMUNITY

UMBC Event Center Open House Join us tomorrow, Wednesday, January 31 as we celebrate the completion of the UMBC Event Center with an Open House hosted in the new building. The Open House will...

Posted: January 30, 2018, 3:21 PM

Political Science Advising Coordinator

Office Hours

Hello!  As advising coordinator, I am here to ensure that if you are a POLI major or minor, that you have a political science professor assigned to you as your adviser. Note that you should have...

Posted: January 29, 2018, 3:54 PM

Of Note: Dr. Kimberly Moffitt

Radio appearance "Midday with Tom Hall"

Dr. Kimberly Moffitt, Associate Professor of the Language, Literacy and Culture PhD program and the American Studies department, was invited to participate "Midday" in WYPR. Dr. Moffitt discussed...

Posted: January 27, 2018, 6:02 PM

Humanities Teaching Lab: Frederick Douglass Day

A Bday Party for Frederick Douglass and Transcribe-a-thon

The Dresher Center for the Humanities at UMBC invites you to celebrate the 200th birthday of Frederick Douglass at a digital “transcribe-a-thon,” to be held on February 14th in the UMBC Albin O....

Posted: January 27, 2018, 5:49 PM

Call for Papers: "Futures of Feminist Science Studies"

Call for Papers: "Futures of Feminist Science Studies" This special issue of Women's Studies: an interdisciplinary journal invites submissions that work at the intersections of science studies,...

Posted: January 27, 2018, 5:42 PM