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Job Opportunity at Dumbarton Oaks

Dumbarton Oaks, a Harvard University Research Institute in Washington, D.C., is hiring a Program Coordinator of Byzantine Studies. A B.A. in the Humanities is preferred and knowledge of ancient,...

Posted: October 3, 2024, 8:34 AM

Join Us for Ancient Studies Week at UMBC!

Dear members of the Ancient Studies Community, Ancient Studies Week 2024 will take place during the week of Oct. 7-11. The annual Homerathon kicks off the week on Tuesday, Oct. 8, from...

Posted: October 2, 2024, 10:49 AM

Free Documentary Screening: "Hiding in the Walls"

Join us in the AOK library on October 22nd.

Three weeks from now, UMBC’s AOK library will be hosting a public screening for the upcoming documentary “Hiding in the Walls.” Centered on environmental justice in Baltimore, the film focuses on...

Posted: October 1, 2024, 11:42 AM

Announcing Search: Assistant Professor of Piano Performance

The Department of Music at UMBC seeks an Assistant Professor (full-time, tenure track) in Piano  Performance, to begin August 23, 2025. As an active performer, this individual will be responsible...

Posted: September 30, 2024, 5:50 PM

Readers Needed: Aristophanes' Assemblywomen

Women takeover and install communism. What could go wrong?

Readers are needed for a student and faculty reading of Aristophanes’ Assemblywomen. The performance will take place on Wednesday, October 9 from 7:00-9:00 pm in PAHB 234. Pizza and soft drinks...

Posted: September 27, 2024, 10:38 AM

CALL FOR PROPOSALS: 2025 Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program

UMBC Competition Deadline is October 16, 2024

***repost from CARAT*** Dear CAHSS faculty member, We invite you to submit a proposal to be nominated for the 2025 Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program competition, sponsored by Carnegie...

Posted: September 24, 2024, 10:25 AM

Two Volunteers Needed for Ancient Studies Week!

Display of Antiquities from the Spiro Collection

There will be a display of antiques from the Spiro Collection in the Commons Main Street on Oct 11th from 1:30pm-3:30pm.  Help Prof. Esther Read with taking down the display and returning the...

Posted: September 20, 2024, 2:03 PM

Homerathon: Readers Needed!

Join Ancient Studies for a dramatic reading of Homer's Odyssey 10am-6pm at the "Forum" outside PAHB! Email Dr. Melissa Kutner (mabailey@umbc.edu) by Monday, September 30 to sign up for a...

Posted: September 16, 2024, 4:22 PM

Linda Dusman wins Miriam Gideon Prize

Linda Dusman was awarded the International Alliance for Women in Music’s Miriam Gideon Prize for her composition “Triptych of Gossips”, a setting of the eponymous poem by Serena Hilsinger. The...

Posted: September 14, 2024, 10:13 AM