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NFMLTA/MLJ Dissertation Support Grants

NFMLTA/MLJ Dissertation Support Grants Application deadline: September 15, 2017; notification of awards: November 1, 2017   Instituted in 2013 by the NFMLTA and the MLJ, this award helps support...

Posted: July 3, 2017, 9:59 AM

Of Note: Kevin Wisniewski

Mini-Lecture Flag Day

At the end of the Spring semester, Language, Literacy & Culture doctoral candidate Kevin Wisniewski, Cohort 15, began a min-lecture tour on early American printing, publishing, music, and...

Posted: June 26, 2017, 8:25 PM

Asian Music This Summer at UMBC

Javanese gamelan and Balinese gamelan

Join other music appreciators for drop-in music making by participating in TWO orchestras - Javanese gamelan and Balinese gamelan Drop in gamelan sessions will be held during July and early...

Posted: June 26, 2017, 2:17 PM

CFP: Social Movements and Resistance

Critiquing Culture Conference- George Mason University

"Social Movements and Resistance" Critiquing Culture Conference at George Mason University  Event: Saturday, October 7th 2017 at George Mason University Submission Deadline: July 1, 2017  ...

Posted: June 25, 2017, 7:07 PM

Dr. Carole McCann Starts New Archival Project

And she needs our help!

Dr. Carole McCann will work with the staff at Langsdale Library at University of Baltimore on a new project to archive and preserve records from nearly 100 years of Planned Parenthood in Maryland....

Posted: June 23, 2017, 1:04 PM

Alumnus James P. Howard, II shared good news

PhD Alumnus has Computational Methods book published

James P. Howard, II, PhD 2014, has announced that his new book, Computational Methods for Numerical Analysis with R, was published by Chapman & Hall/CRC Press, June 2017. It's an introduction...

Posted: June 22, 2017, 10:52 AM

Theories of Feminism course offered this Fall

Attention LLC Students: LLC 680, Theories of Feminism, has just been added to our course offerings for Fall 2017.  Dr. Mejdulene Shomali, Assistant Professor, Gender + Women’s Studies, will be...

Posted: June 22, 2017, 7:50 AM

Asian Studies Courses - Fall 2017

Looking to add on to your Fall 2017 schedule? See below.

Dear Students, We hope you're having a wonderful summer.  Below are Asian Studies courses that may be of interest to you:   ASIA 300-02 – Introduction to Indian Dance M-W 1:00 – 2:15,...

Posted: June 21, 2017, 12:44 PM

Announcing the Final Examination of Doaa H. Rashed

June 21, 2017 at 1:00 p.m.

Title: Investigating the Factors Influencing ESL Teacher Professional Identity in Higher Education This study examined the relationship between factors influencing the professional identity of...

Posted: June 12, 2017, 11:24 AM

Dr. Carole McCann named the 2017-18 Lipitz Professor

The GWST Department is delighted to celebrate the appointment of our intrepid chair, Dr. Carole McCann, as the 2017-2018 Lipitz Professorship, in recognition of her research and leadership on...

Posted: June 12, 2017, 8:56 AM