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CFP: Moving from civil rights to human rights

The University of Alabama at Birmingham Oct. 25-28, 2017

The Peace and Justice Studies Association (PJSA) invites you to its 2017 Annual Meeting. As peace scholars, educators, and activists, we are challenged to rise up and present a new vision, a new...

Posted: April 20, 2017, 12:29 PM

Event: Day of Action at UMBC - May 1st, 2017

A day of celebration of our immigrant communities

Join us for a day of celebration of our immigrant communities! [We invite members of our community to share readings, spoken words, music, performance, or your own immigrant...

Posted: April 19, 2017, 5:40 PM

Women's Center's Event: "Women in Activism"

With LLC panelists: Dr. Bev Bickel and Jacki Stone

We invite our LLC Community to the roundtable discussion "Women in Activism", organized by the Women's Center. This discussion features Dr. Bev Bickel, Jacki Stone (cohort 18), and Iman Said...

Posted: April 18, 2017, 2:56 PM

Dr. Christine Mallinson: "The revelatory power of language"

Podcast for the Maryland Council for the Humanities

Dr. Christine Mallinson has recently produced a 5-minute podcast titled "The Revelatory Power of Language," for the Maryland Humanities Council's "Humanities Connection" series for WYPR 88.1. In...

Posted: April 18, 2017, 11:45 AM

Holocaust Remembrance Day Event on April 24th

Prof. Rebecca Boehling: "Remembering Holocaust Victims"

Dr. Rebecca Boehling, Professor of History and Director of the Judaic Studies Program and the Global Studies Program at UMBC and former director of the International Tracing Service (ITS), will...

Posted: April 18, 2017, 11:27 AM

MCS Open Lab Hours Spring 2017

See flyer for information regarding MCS open computer lab hours (Thursdays 2:30-4:30p).

Posted: April 17, 2017, 1:41 PM

Apply for a Dresher Center Faculty Research Fellowship

Applications for 2018 Residential Fellowships due on May 1st

Dresher Center Faculty Research Fellowship applications for Spring 2018 are due May 1, 2017. The Dresher Center for the Humanities invites applications for two Residential Faculty Research...

Posted: April 17, 2017, 9:13 AM

Sarah Shin named American Council on Education Fellow

This story, written by Dinah Winnick, originally appeared here.  The American Council on Education (ACE) has selected UMBC’s Sarah Shin, professor of education and special assistant to the...

Posted: April 14, 2017, 5:10 PM

UMBC Music Faculty Named MSAC Grant Recipients

Dr. Lisa Cella (professor of flute), Dr. Patrick Crossland (professor of trombone), Ms. Jacqueline Pollauf (professor of harp), and Dr. Airi Yoshioka (professor of violin) have all been named...

Posted: April 14, 2017, 10:36 AM