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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Immigrant Appreciation Day

Join the UMBC community as we mark Immigrant Appreciation Day on May 1, 2024. Schedule of events: 9:00-10:00am, Flat Tuesdays in The Commons - Custodial Workers Breakfast...

Posted: April 17, 2024, 11:44 AM

Apply for funding to create a Faculty Working Group

Due May 30 for groups beginning in Fall 2024

The Dresher Center invites proposals for new Faculty Working Groups in the Humanities. Dresher Center Faculty Working Groups are collaborative, interdisciplinary communities of scholars working on...

Posted: April 1, 2024, 11:04 AM