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Oct
8

New Student Book Experience

Meet Our Speaker: Dr. Kendra Parker

Location

Fine Arts : Recital Hall

Date & Time

October 8, 2018, 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm

Description

The Dresher Center for the Humanities is proud to sponsor the New Student Book Experience Lecture Kindred by Octavia Butler All new students attending UMBC in fall 2018 are asked to read the...

Oct
1

CURRENTS: Humanities Work Now

Eric Campbell (Philosophy) and Jennifer Maher (English)

Location

Performing Arts & Humanities Building : 216

Date & Time

October 1, 2018, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Description

Fall 2018 Works-in-Progress Talks Pragmatic Naturalism Eric Campbell, Assistant Professor of Philosophy; 2018 Dresher Center Summer Faculty Research Fellow Metaethicists are divided...

May
9

Guest Speaker: Chris Newman

Indigenous Heritage: Issues of Representation and Ownership

Location

Library and Gallery, Albin O. Kuhn : Gallery

Date & Time

May 9, 2018, 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm

Description

UMBC Department of American Studies Guest Speaker Chris Newman is a permaculturalist and an outspoken advocate of ecological, economic, and social sustainability in food. He's garnered both...

Apr
30

CURRENTS: Humanities Work Now

Irene Chan (Visual Arts)

Location

Performing Arts & Humanities Building : 216

Date & Time

April 30, 2018, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Description

Spring 2018 Works-in-Progress Talks Railroad Track of Violence: Stories about the Chinese in Ninenteenth-Century America Irene Chan, Associate Professor, Visual Arts, and 2018 Dresher Center...