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INDS Instagram Photo Contest!

The INDS Photo Contest is a monthly competition that aims to create a collection of images illustrating the diverse activities of our program. This collection will be used to promote the INDS...

Posted: October 14, 2013, 11:30 AM

LLC Student News

October 3, 2013

1.  LLC graduate student, Satarupa Joardar, is a HASTAC fellow, and she has created a blog on social media and social protest here: http://www.hastac.org/blogs/satarupa/2013/10/03/hello-everyone...

Posted: October 3, 2013, 9:22 PM

CFP: The 1st Annual LLC Graduate Student Conference at UMBC

“Rethinking Intellectual Activism”

“Rethinking Intellectual Activism” The 1st Annual LLC Graduate Student Conference at UMBC Saturday, April 12, 2014 University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) Deadline for Proposals: November...

Posted: September 30, 2013, 12:29 PM

U.S. Congressional Office Internship Opportunity

Internship in the office of Rep. William Enyart (D-Illinois)

A UMBC graduate working for U.S. Rep. William L. Enyart shared the following announcement. You are welcome to apply even if you are not from Illinois. Fall Internship with Illinois...

Posted: September 27, 2013, 10:50 AM

Apply for the Spring 2014 Internship Programs

The Political Science Department invites applications from eligible students for its Spring 2014 Internship Programs: the Legal Internship Program and the Policy, Politics, and Public...

Posted: September 25, 2013, 4:14 PM

LLC Student News

Sept. 24, 2013

1. The following LLC students book reviews appeared in current issue of HyperRhiz http://www.hyperrhiz.net/hyperrhiz10 : Quinn Slobodian, Foreign Front Romy Hubler Stacy Alaimo, Bodily Natures...

Posted: September 24, 2013, 12:17 PM

"Show Us the Apocalypse" Art Competition - Deadline Extended

We're worried about the Apocalypse. $200 if you are too.

The Apocalypse is near but you still have a chance to win $200! The deadline for the "Show Us the Apocalypse!" Art Competition, sponsored by Interdisciplinary Studies, has been extended to Sunday,...

Posted: September 19, 2013, 3:36 PM

Dr. Erle Ellis in the New York Times

Overpopulation Is Not the Problem

Dr. Ellis discusses world population growth and human adaptability in this Op-Ed piece for the New York Times.

Posted: September 17, 2013, 4:13 PM

LLC's Doaa Rashed and Romy Hübler Jones to represent UMBC

Global Conversation: Why UN Must Focus on Women's Leadership

Dr. Renetta Tull, Associate Vice Provost for Graduate Student Development, nominated LLC Doctoral Candidates Doaa Rashed and Romy Hübler Jones to represent UMBC at a “Global Conversation: Why the...

Posted: September 17, 2013, 12:35 PM