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 Fellowship Deadlines

Graduate Student and Residential Faculty

The Dresher Center for the Humanities has two upcoming deadlines for fellowship opportunities Residential Faculty Research Fellowships - The Dresher Center for the Humanities invites...

Posted: March 28, 2024, 10:18 AM

Call for Proposals for 2024-2025 Humanities forum

Since 1987, the Humanities Forum has offered a free program of events that illustrate the richness of contemporary work in philosophy, history, culture, language, literature, and the arts....

Posted: March 25, 2024, 12:44 PM