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 Fall 2024 Fellows

This semester, three fellows will join us in the Dresher Center. Nicole King, Associate Professor in American Studies, will work on her upcoming book project, The Ungentrifiable City, which...

Posted: August 29, 2024, 10:40 AM

Announcing the new Director of the Humanities Scholars Program

Kate Drabinski, Principal Lecturer in GWST

The Dresher Center for the Humanities is pleased to announce a new director for the Humanities Scholars program. Dr. Kate Drabinski is Principal Lecturer in Gender, Women's, + Sexuality...

Posted: August 26, 2024, 10:24 AM