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Apr
23

CURRENTS: Humanities Work Now

Amy Froide (History)

Location

Performing Arts & Humanities Building : 216

Date & Time

April 23, 2018, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Description

Spring 2018 Works-in-Progress Talks Eighteenth-Century England's Charitable Corporation: A Cautionary Tale of Micro-lending, Financial Fraud, and Government Bailouts Amy Froide, Professor,...

Feb
26

CURRENTS: Humanities Work Now

Matt Belzer (Music) and Kelley Bell (Visual Arts)

Location

Performing Arts & Humanities Building : 216

Date & Time

February 26, 2018, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Description

Spring 2018 Works-in-Progress Talks The Anansi Trio: On the Path Matt Belzer, Senior Lecturer, Music The Anansi Trio is a unique collaboration between a saxophonist, a bassist, and a Latin...

Feb
23

Kuali Lunch and Learn Session

Location

Performing Arts & Humanities Building : 216

Date & Time

February 23, 2018, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm – Canceled

Description

Please join the CAHSS Dean’s Office, the Dresher Center, and the Center for Innovation, Research, and Creativity in the Arts (CIRCA) for a "Lunch-and-Learn" session on Kuali, UMBC's new research...

Feb
14

Humanities Teaching Lab: Frederick Douglass Day

A Bday Party for Frederick Douglass and Transcribe-a-thon

Location

Library and Gallery, Albin O. Kuhn : 259

Date & Time

February 14, 2018, 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Description

The Dresher Center for the Humanities at UMBC invites you to celebrate the 200th birthday of Frederick Douglass at a digital “transcribe-a-thon,” to be held on February 14th in the UMBC Albin O....

Nov
29

CURRENTS: Humanities Work Now

Meredith Oyen (History) and Jason Loviglio (MCS)

Location

Performing Arts & Humanities Building : 216

Date & Time

November 29, 2017, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Description

Fall 2017 Works-in-Progress Talks Shanghai Survivors: World war Two's Displaced Persons in Asia and the International Politics of Refugee Resettlement Meredith Oyen, Associate Professor,...

Oct
26

New Faculty Micro-Talks

Location

Performing Arts & Humanities Building : 132

Date & Time

October 26, 2017, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Description

The Dresher Center for the Humanities, in partnership with The College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, invites you to attend an afternoon of short talks by new faculty in the College....

Oct
23

CURRENTS: Humanities Work Now

Mary Laurents (LLC) and Nicole King (American Studies)

Location

Performing Arts & Humanities Building : 216

Date & Time

October 23, 2017, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Description

Fall 2017 Works-in-Progress Talks The Marginalization of Privilege: The Fracture of Upper Class Identity in WWI Britain Mary Laurents, PhD Student, Language, Literary, and Culture; Dresher...

Oct
16

CURRENTS: Humanities Work Now

Chris Varlack (ENGL) and Brian Norman (Loyola University MD)

Location

Performing Arts & Humanities Building : 216

Date & Time

October 16, 2017, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Description

Fall 2017 Works-in-Progress Talks Reclaiming the Black Group Soul: Blueprints for Black Infrastructure in Claude McKay's Amiable with Big Teeth Chris Varlack, Lecturer, English In...