The James T. and Virginia M. Dresher Center for the Humanities supports and promotes research into the historical, cultural, and social dimensions of the human experience at UMBC, in the Baltimore-Washington region, and beyond.

We encourage intellectual exchange and cultivate interdisciplinary and collaborative scholarship among UMBC faculty, staff, and students.
We nurture a generation of humanities thinkers for the future.
We build partnerships that engage communities in addressing issues of equity, inclusion, and justice with the tools of the humanities
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Save the Date: UMBC BookFest '26

Organized by the Print Culture and Archives Working Group

Save the date for UMBC BookFest '26! Celebrate all things books--making them, reading them, preserving them, donating them, advocating for them--across campus during National Library Week on April...

Posted: March 23, 2026, 1:48 PM

*REPOST* Lunch and Learns for Faculty

This spring, the Library is offering two hybrid Lunch and Learns for Faculty. Lunch will be provided for in-person attendees. Please follow the links to register in advance. Lunch and Learn...

Posted: March 11, 2026, 1:23 PM