2022-23 Baltimore Field School 2.0

Announcing New Cohort of Community Fellows

Baltimore Field School 2.0 creates a framework for UMBC graduate students, staff, and faculty to collaborate with community partners in building ethical and sustainable research and teaching...

Posted: September 20, 2022, 10:49 AM

Welcome Back to the Start of the Fall 2022 Semester!

Read on for news and notes from American Studies

Welcome back American Studies students, faculty, alumni, and supporters!  We hope you had an enjoyable and restful summer. Please join us for a Welcome Week open house on Thursday, Sept. 8 from...

Posted: August 31, 2022, 8:49 AM

Scholarly Reportage and the End of Extraction

Connecting People and Public Information

Central question: How could scholars work with journalists and organizers to better serve the public and share access to public information without being extractive? Join us for a discussion on...

Posted: November 16, 2021, 10:20 AM

Food Access and Land Sovereignty In The DMV

Join us for a panel featuring Chris Newman (Choptico Band of Piscataway Indians) of Sylvanaqua Farms and Brother Eric Jackson of Black Yield Institute. Moderated by Jamyla Krempel of WYPR. The...

Posted: November 25, 2020, 2:36 PM

Public Lecture by Rosy Simas

The Department of American Studies presents a public lecture by Rosy Simas, who is Haudenosaunee, Seneca, Heron clan. Culture, history, and identity stored in her body are the underpinning of all...

Posted: November 25, 2020, 2:31 PM

Public Lecture by Christopher K. Morgan,

The Department of American Studies presents a public lecture by Christopher K. Morgan, who will share insights on the resilience of the arts field in challenging times, and his experiences making...

Posted: November 25, 2020, 2:28 PM

Announcing the NEW minor in Public Humanities

Announcing the NEW minor in Public Humanities Public Humanities seeks to build knowledge democratically and respond critically to twenty-first-century challenges, ranging from social inequalities...

Posted: March 25, 2019, 1:32 PM

Celebrating Baltimore’s Native American Culture

Maryland is home to nearly 60,000 people of Native American heritage. The Baltimore American Indian Center is working hard to keep cultural traditions alive. Community artist and...

Posted: November 20, 2018, 3:39 PM

Speaker Meki Toalepai

Meki Toalepai is an advocate for ethnic arts as he grew up in his family’s Polynesian entertainment business. Meki’s Tamure Polynesian Dance Group was founded in 1969 by Meki’s parents, Meki &...

Posted: November 13, 2018, 1:15 PM

2018 Alumni Awards

Mimi Dietrich ’70, American stud

On September 19, 1966, UMBC opened its doors to students for the first day of classes in the institution’s history. Mimi Dietrich ’70, American studies, was among those “pioneer” students,...

Posted: September 14, 2018, 11:24 AM