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Vega: Digital Publishing Platform For Scholarship

Dr. Cheryl E. Ball - West Virginia University

PLEASE RSVP by March 10th in the Dresher Center's Groups Page: http://my.umbc.edu/groups/dreshercenter/events/30774 Thursday, March 12 12:30pm to 2:30pm Location: PAHB Room 216 The Dresher...

Posted: March 9, 2015, 7:31 PM

KAL Wins Herblock Prize

IRC artist-in-residence wins major honor

Kevin “KAL” Kallaugher, Artist-in-Residence, Wins Herblock Prize  Kevin “KAL” Kallaugher, artist-in-residence, has been awarded the 2015 Herblock Prize for editorial cartooning. The Herblock...

Posted: March 9, 2015, 11:48 AM

CFP: Language and Social Interaction Working Group (LANSI)

CFP Deadline: May 30, 2015

The Language and Social Interaction Working Group (LANSI) at Teachers College, Columbia University, is currently accepting proposals for its 5th annual meeting. The meeting will take place at...

Posted: March 6, 2015, 9:41 AM

Students Representing LLC in Graduate Research Conference

Let's show them our support by attending the GRC

We invite the Language, Literacy, and Culture community to attend the 37th annual Graduate Research Conference (GRC) on March 25th, 2015. As you know, the GRC is an opportunity for graduate...

Posted: March 5, 2015, 11:00 PM

Anne Rubin, HIST, in New York Times and on C-SPAN

Providing insight into two Civil War events

Anne Rubin, an associate professor of history and author of Through the Heart of Dixie: Sherman’s March and American Memory  (UNC Press 2014), recently published an article in the New York...

Posted: March 5, 2015, 1:06 PM

UMBC Reacts to Senator Mikulski's Retirement Announcement

Political Science and School of Public Policy voice reaction

After Sen. Barbara Mikulski announced her retirement on March 2, reaction poured in from across the country and state of Maryland. UMBC political science and School of Public Policy faculty were...

Posted: March 5, 2015, 1:01 PM

Artist-in-Residence, "KAL", Wins Herblock Prize

Kevin Kallaugher awarded prize for his editorial cartooning

Kevin “KAL” Kallaugher, artist-in-residence, has been awarded the 2015 Herblock Prize for editorial cartooning. The Herblock Prize honors artists who use editorial cartoons to preserve freedom of...

Posted: March 5, 2015, 12:59 PM

Attention: Class Schedule Fall '15

Preliminary schedule

The LLC has just released the preliminary schedule of classes for this coming Fall (see attachment on the LLC Group's site). Keep in mind that these are the classes offered by our department's...

Posted: March 3, 2015, 9:41 PM