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NEH Announces 2016 Summer Seminars & Institutes

Faculty are Invited to Apply by March 1, 2016

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) offers tuition-free opportunities for college and university educators to study a variety of humanities topics in the summer. Stipends of...

Posted: December 17, 2015, 10:39 AM

UMBC is a Major Partner in a New NEH Grant

Grant Awarded for Initiative Exploring Race in Baltimore

UMBC is a major partner in a new National Endowment for the Humanities grant initiative, “Baltimore Stories: Narratives and the Life of an American City.” Together with partners University of...

Posted: December 16, 2015, 2:09 PM

Michael Abrams presents 2015 Shinogle Fellowship Lecture

Shinogle Fellowship recipient Michael Abrams presented his dissertation research on the  impact of news coverage on the dissemination of prescription drug warnings issued by the U.S. Food and Drug...

Posted: December 11, 2015, 10:30 AM

Class offering Spring 2016: HIST 713

Thinking about courses for Spring 2016?

HIST 713: Seminar in Social History Wednesdays 6:00-8:30 pm Instructor: Marjoleine Kars Ph.D In this course we will read examples of the most exciting and game-changing recent work on the...

Posted: December 8, 2015, 8:32 PM

Class offering - Spring 2016: AMST 680

Thinking about courses for Spring 2016?

AMST 422: Preserving Places, Making Spaces in Baltimore/AMST 680: Community in America Thursdays 2:30-5:00 pm Instructor: Nicole King Ph.D. In the Preserving Places course students will...

Posted: December 8, 2015, 8:25 PM

Class offering - Spring 2016: EDUC 710

Thinking about courses for Spring 2016?

EDUC 710 - Culture and the design of information and communication technologies. Thursdays 4:30 - 7:00 pm Instructor: Patricia Young, Ph.D. This course investigates theories of culture and...

Posted: December 8, 2015, 8:19 PM

CFP: 38th Graduate Research Conference at UMBC

The 38th Annual Graduate Research Conference (GRC) will be held on March 23, 2016. The GRC is a collaborative effort of the Graduate Student Association (GSA), the Office of Graduate Student Life...

Posted: December 7, 2015, 6:36 PM

Donald F. Norris talks about his new book on podcast

Interviewed by Dan Rodericks for Roughly Speaking

Professor and director of the School of Public Policy Donald F. Norris discussed his new book, "Metropolitan Governance in America," on the Baltimore Sun podcast Roughly Speaking with Dan...

Posted: December 7, 2015, 2:24 PM

Dresher Center Announces Call for Fellowship Proposals

2016-17 Summer & Residential Research Fellowships

UMBC faculty are invited to apply for Dresher Center Research Fellowships. Full-time tenure-track faculty pursuing humanities research in the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences are...

Posted: December 7, 2015, 1:16 PM