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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Upcoming Free Webinar on 1/15 - Media Training for Academics

Hosted by the National Humanities Center

January 15, 2026 — 2:00 p.m. ET Media Training for Academics Don Solomon, Vice President for Communications and Marketing, National Humanities Center Many academics struggle with the desire to...

Posted: January 7, 2026, 11:32 AM

Winter 2026 Writing Group

The Dresher Center for the Humanities will once again host a writing group during the 2025 Winter Session. This would be a writing accountability group format where we come together and write....

Posted: December 15, 2025, 9:40 AM