Apply for a Fulbright Award!

I hope this note finds you well this afternoon. My name is Brian Souders, and my main role at UMBC is directing study abroad programs. One of my roles at UMBC is to manage the Student U.S....

Posted: March 30, 2015, 2:42 PM

AMST Lecturer Rita J. Turner Publishes Teaching EcoJustice

Curriculum Lessons for Secondary and College Classrooms

Teaching for EcoJustice is a unique resource for exploring the social roots of environmental problems in humanities-based educational settings and a curriculum guidebook for putting EcoJustice...

Posted: March 28, 2015, 10:02 AM

Doctors King (AMST) & Shewbridge (MCS) receive a major grant

from the Hrabowski Fund for Innovation!

Baltimore Stories: Emerging Media Across the Curriculum – A team led by Nicole King, Associate Professor, American Studies, and Bill Shewbridge, Professor of the Practice, Media and Communication...

Posted: March 20, 2015, 2:13 PM

Ethnomusicologist Clifford Murphy on the music of Lead Belly

Lead Belly’s music defied racial categorization

Last month, Smithsonian Folkways released Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection, a carefully curated collection of Huddie “Lead Belly” Ledbetter’s recordings that is – like the singer...

Posted: March 12, 2015, 12:23 PM

Dr. Kimberly Moffitt's op-ed in the Baltimore Sun

"Black children are not the enemy"

Legislation that would have enabled Baltimore City's schools' police force to carry handguns while patrolling or working inside of our school buildings has been tabled — a wise decision. This bill...

Posted: March 10, 2015, 7:11 PM

Heritage/History Internship Opportunities in Howard County

I’m writing today to let you know of opportunities the Howard County Heritage Program offers for your students to find a meaningful internship while gaining real world experience relevant to their...

Posted: March 2, 2015, 9:46 PM

Urban Resources Initiative Internship Program 2015

Application deadline: April 15

Parks & People invites undergraduate and graduate students to apply to and participate in a transformative internship program for the spring, summer or fall terms. The Urban Resources...

Posted: March 2, 2015, 10:57 AM

Dr. Gorman presents work at the upcoming PCA/ACA conference!

[Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association]

Dr. Ellen Gorman (UMBC American Studies) will present her paper, "A Totally Groovy Experience: Sixties Retrophilia, Consumption and Identity through Design," at the upcoming national conference of...

Posted: February 11, 2015, 5:59 PM

Hit & Stay documentary now available at the UMBC library!

A documentary by UMBC alumnus Joe Tropea and Skizz Cyzyk. On May 17, 1968, nine Catholic activists entered a Selective Service office in suburban Catonsville, Maryland, dragged stacks of draft...

Posted: February 10, 2015, 6:16 PM