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Ethnomusicologist Clifford Murphy on the music of Lead Belly

Lead Belly’s music defied racial categorization

Last month, Smithsonian Folkways released Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection, a carefully curated collection of Huddie “Lead Belly” Ledbetter’s recordings that is – like the singer...

Posted: March 12, 2015, 12:23 PM

LSAT Prep Course

Discounted for UMBC undergraduates!

Hello! To all current UMBC undergraduates, TestMasters is offering a $500 discount on their live LSAT preparation course, which can be applied to any of their course locations around the...

Posted: March 11, 2015, 11:33 AM

Dr. Kimberly Moffitt's op-ed in the Baltimore Sun

"Black children are not the enemy"

Legislation that would have enabled Baltimore City's schools' police force to carry handguns while patrolling or working inside of our school buildings has been tabled — a wise decision. This bill...

Posted: March 10, 2015, 7:11 PM

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