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MLLI Film Festival: Fear Eats the Soul

Wednesday, October 11, 7PM (Fine Arts 215)

As part of the MLLI Film Festival, the German Area of the Modern Languages Department presents Rainer Werner Fassbinder's landmark film "Fear Eats The Soul" about the unlikely love story of a...

Posted: October 10, 2017, 8:31 AM

Event: Grit-X Talks (Homecoming 2017)

Dr. Christine Mallinson, featured speaker.

Back by popular demand from our 50th Anniversary weekend, it’s Grit-X! Head to UMBC’s Black Box Theatre on Saturday, October 14, from 10 a.m. to noon, and be enlightened by some of the most...

Posted: October 9, 2017, 8:44 PM

Call for Chapter Abstracts: The​ ​FLOTUS​ ​Effect

The​ ​Politics​ ​of​ ​Michelle​ ​Obama

Call for Chapter Abstracts  The FLOTUS Effect: The Politics of Michelle Obama Though open about who she was and is, Michelle Obama, the former First Lady of the United States (FLOTUS), was...

Posted: October 9, 2017, 11:55 AM

CFP: Our (Digital) Humanity

Storytelling, Media Organizing and Social Justice

As a conclusion to the Mellon Digital Humanities Initiative at Lehigh University, we will be hosting a remarkable conference April 20-22, 2018. Our (Digital) Humanity: Storytelling, Media...

Posted: October 6, 2017, 10:07 PM

CFA: Regional Institute on Strategic Nonviolent Action

Regional Institute on the Study and Practice of Strategic Nonviolent Action, Quito-Ecuador The International Center on Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC), FLACSO-Ecuador, Pontificia Universidad Católica...

Posted: October 6, 2017, 10:04 PM

Event: Maryland Cultural Proficiency Conference

Morgan State University.

Maryland Cultural Proficiency Conference Realizing the Equity Agenda: Courage, Leadership, and Resilience October 24 – October 25, 2017 You are invited to join a diverse local and national...

Posted: October 6, 2017, 10:02 PM

Danrui Lu chosen for a charity award in Yangzhou, China

Danrui Lu received Yangzhou Charity Award

On September 6, 2017, Danrui Lu (PhD student of Public Policy, UMBC), received the award “Award for Outstanding Charitable Action” in the first Yangzhou Charity Award ceremony as announced by...

Posted: October 5, 2017, 4:07 PM

CFP: Interventions - Cultural Studies Association (CSA)

Sixteenth Annual Meeting of the Cultural Studies Association

Annual Conference 2018 Cultural Studies Association (CSA) Conference Sixteenth Annual Meeting of the Cultural Studies Association (USA) Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA May 31-June 2,...

Posted: October 5, 2017, 11:01 AM

CFP: Feminism Media and the 90s

FEMINISM, MEDIA, AND THE 1990s The editors of Feminist Media Studies’ Commentary and Criticism section invite essay contributions on any topic related to feminism, media and the 1990s. We are...

Posted: October 4, 2017, 9:22 PM

Welcome new faculty Lynne Price and Dr. Adanna Kai Jones

New Visiting Artist and Postdoctoral Fellow

Lynne Price joins the UMBC Dance Department as our full-time Artist-in-Residence for the Fall 2017 semester, teaching Advanced Technique, Repertory, Improvisation and Dance Workshop. Lynn is the...

Posted: October 4, 2017, 4:01 PM