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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Dresher Center Spring 2026 Fellows

This spring semester, two UMBC faculty members and a graduate student were awarded fellowships from the Dresher Center. Please join us in congratulating these fellows! Keeping the Girls...

Posted: January 15, 2026, 5:58 PM

Upcoming Ethics, AI, and the Public Humanities Series

Hosted by the National Council on Public History

In four parts, this series presented by NCPH and the American Conservation experience (ACE) will ask experts to help public historians and public humanitarians tackle questions like: what do we...

Posted: January 7, 2026, 11:36 AM