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Event: Grit-X Talks (Homecoming 2017)

Dr. Christine Mallinson, featured speaker.

Back by popular demand from our 50th Anniversary weekend, it’s Grit-X! Head to UMBC’s Black Box Theatre on Saturday, October 14, from 10 a.m. to noon, and be enlightened by some of the most...

Posted: October 9, 2017, 8:44 PM

Call for Chapter Abstracts: The​ ​FLOTUS​ ​Effect

The​ ​Politics​ ​of​ ​Michelle​ ​Obama

Call for Chapter Abstracts  The FLOTUS Effect: The Politics of Michelle Obama Though open about who she was and is, Michelle Obama, the former First Lady of the United States (FLOTUS), was...

Posted: October 9, 2017, 11:55 AM

CFP: Our (Digital) Humanity

Storytelling, Media Organizing and Social Justice

As a conclusion to the Mellon Digital Humanities Initiative at Lehigh University, we will be hosting a remarkable conference April 20-22, 2018. Our (Digital) Humanity: Storytelling, Media...

Posted: October 6, 2017, 10:07 PM

CFA: Regional Institute on Strategic Nonviolent Action

Regional Institute on the Study and Practice of Strategic Nonviolent Action, Quito-Ecuador The International Center on Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC), FLACSO-Ecuador, Pontificia Universidad Católica...

Posted: October 6, 2017, 10:04 PM

Event: Maryland Cultural Proficiency Conference

Morgan State University.

Maryland Cultural Proficiency Conference Realizing the Equity Agenda: Courage, Leadership, and Resilience October 24 – October 25, 2017 You are invited to join a diverse local and national...

Posted: October 6, 2017, 10:02 PM

PIZZA at Today's ASCOM Meeting!

Please come join us at noon today, Friday, October 6

Hey ASCOMers, It's that time of the week AGAIN. There's a meeting today! PIZZA WILL BE AT THE FRIDAY ASCOM MEETING ~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~~.~.~.~.~. ASCOM Meeting Friday 10/6 Free...

Posted: October 6, 2017, 9:13 AM

Danrui Lu chosen for a charity award in Yangzhou, China

Danrui Lu received Yangzhou Charity Award

On September 6, 2017, Danrui Lu (PhD student of Public Policy, UMBC), received the award “Award for Outstanding Charitable Action” in the first Yangzhou Charity Award ceremony as announced by...

Posted: October 5, 2017, 4:07 PM

Exciting Faculty News: October

The English Department is home to a productive, award-winning faculty whose members pursue research and creative activity across the many diverse fields of English Studies today. In celebrating...

Posted: October 5, 2017, 4:05 PM

CFP: Interventions - Cultural Studies Association (CSA)

Sixteenth Annual Meeting of the Cultural Studies Association

Annual Conference 2018 Cultural Studies Association (CSA) Conference Sixteenth Annual Meeting of the Cultural Studies Association (USA) Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA May 31-June 2,...

Posted: October 5, 2017, 11:01 AM

CFP: Feminism Media and the 90s

FEMINISM, MEDIA, AND THE 1990s The editors of Feminist Media Studies’ Commentary and Criticism section invite essay contributions on any topic related to feminism, media and the 1990s. We are...

Posted: October 4, 2017, 9:22 PM