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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News

Dresher Center Spring 2025 Fellows

For the spring semester, three fellows will join us in the Dresher Center. Lindsay DiCuirci, Associate Professor in English, will work on an interdisciplinary study of the relationship between...

Posted: January 28, 2025, 2:56 PM

Professional Development Opportunities from NEH

The NEH Division of Education supports professional development programs for K-12 educators, higher education faculty, and humanities professionals to study a variety of humanities topics....

Posted: January 28, 2025, 1:24 PM