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New Directions in the Humanities Conference

Call for Papers Deadline: November 28, 2018

The Seventeenth International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities will be held at the University of Granada in Granada, Spain on July 3-5, 2019. The special focus for the conference...

Posted: November 19, 2018, 9:26 AM

Of Note: Ibrahim Er and Harry Bhandari

Recent LLC Student Accomplishments

Ibrahim Er (Cohort 16) was recently named the Spring 2019 Dresher Center Graduate Student Research Fellow....

Posted: November 16, 2018, 11:41 AM

Graduate Conference in Language, Literature and Culture

Call for Abstracts - due December 1, 2018

The First Heterotopic Junction Graduate Conference in Language, Literature and Culture (HJC-1), which will take place on Saturday 13 April 2019, is now calling for abstracts. This conference is...

Posted: November 15, 2018, 11:24 AM

Call for Papers: Women & Language Journal

Call for Papers | Women & Language Editor: Leland G. Spencer, PhD | Miami University Women & Language, an international, interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal publishes original...

Posted: November 15, 2018, 11:10 AM

Spots left! Travel to the UK with ANCS in March 2019

You have until Dec. 7th to sign up!

TRAVEL TO THE UK WITH THE UMBC ANCIENT STUDIES DEPARTMENT IN MARCH 2019 The UMBC Ancient Studies Department will conduct its 53rd annual study tour in the UK, March 15-23, 2019. The cost of the...

Posted: November 14, 2018, 2:17 PM

ANCS 350 - Alexander The Great

Enroll in the new course taught by Dr. Coughlan!

Alexander the Great died young but left the world forever changed. This course examines both the historical figure of Alexander and the legacy and symbolic impact of the man in Ancient, Medieval,...

Posted: November 13, 2018, 4:20 PM

Speaker Meki Toalepai

Meki Toalepai is an advocate for ethnic arts as he grew up in his family’s Polynesian entertainment business. Meki’s Tamure Polynesian Dance Group was founded in 1969 by Meki’s parents, Meki &...

Posted: November 13, 2018, 1:15 PM

Summer Faculty Research Fellowship

Center for Social Science Scholarship Funding Opportunity

Center for Social Science Scholarship/CAHSS Summer Faculty Research Fellowship The application for the 2019 Center for Social Science Scholarship/CAHSS Summer Faculty Research...

Posted: November 13, 2018, 12:35 PM

Apply for Dresher Center Summer Faculty Research Fellowship

The Dresher Center for the Humanities and the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS) invites applications for Summer Faculty Research Fellowships (SFRF). Funding is intended to...

Posted: November 13, 2018, 10:56 AM

Prof. Bennett speaks on panel about race and health

Panelist at 23rd Annual Leg Wknd of Leg. Black Caucus of MD

On Friday, Public Policy Professor Pamela R. Bennett spoke on a panel at the Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland's 23rd Annual Legislative Weekend.  The two-day event focused on educating and...

Posted: November 12, 2018, 6:16 PM