Call for Papers: 2015 CHASA Conference

Theme: Urban Places, Digital Spaces

The 2015 meeting theme “Urban Places, Digital Spaces” will investigate issues of place and space as well as the role of media and digital culture in an urban context. Papers may explore the impact...

Posted: December 1, 2014, 4:48 PM

NEW COURSE! AMST 369 Filipino American Cultural Studies

This interdisciplinary course offers a survey of Filipino American experiences, including, but not limited to analyses of labor migration from the Philippines to various points of settlement in...

Posted: November 20, 2014, 7:26 PM

NEW COURSE! Spring 2015: AMST 345 Indigenous Heritage

Students will engage with the key issues that pertain to Indigenous heritage, its making, uses, and safeguarding at international, national, and local levels. Indigenous heritage can be understood...

Posted: November 20, 2014, 6:45 PM

Spring 2015: JDST 390 Jewish Humor in America

Cross-listed with AMST; instructor: Greg Metcalf

SPRING 2015 JDST 390: Special Topics - Jewish Humor in America This course examines the development and influence of Jewish humor through American films, television, and comedy. From Yiddish...

Posted: November 17, 2014, 4:55 PM

UMBC's first TEDx event on campus

TEDxUMBC Takes Flight

While staying at a hotel during a conference in 2007, Kimberly Moffitt came across a key card with a phrase on it that caught her eye: “Walk in like you own the place.” The words struck her so...

Posted: November 5, 2014, 12:19 AM

Spring 2015 URI internships in Baltimore

For priority consideration, apply before November 25

The Urban Resources Initiative Internship Program is a partnership of the Baltimore City Department of Recreation and Parks, the Parks & People Foundation, and area universities and institutions.

Posted: November 3, 2014, 10:21 PM

Kate Drabinski: Field Tripping, Getting Historic

I have one of those sweet day jobs where I don’t generally have to be anywhere on Fridays. I schedule all the stuff of life outside the workplace in that day—dentist appointments, therapy, trips...

Posted: October 30, 2014, 11:47 AM