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 Fall 2025 Fellows

This fall, two UMBC faculty members and a graduate student were awarded fellowships from the Dresher Center. Jiyoon Lee, Associate Professor in Education, will work on two chapters of her...

Posted: August 19, 2025, 4:34 PM

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Current Grant and Fellowship Opportunities

Humanities and Humanistic Social Sciences (Fall 2025)

***reposted from CARAT*** Click here for current external funding opportunities for Humanities and Humanistic Social Sciences, with deadlines in September through November 2025....

Posted: August 19, 2025, 10:16 AM