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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Announcing Faculty Book Manuscript Workshops

Funding opportunity

Book Manuscript Workshops offer faculty the opportunity to share a nearly complete manuscript with a small audience of experts and receive constructive feedback. The aim of the Workshop is to...

Posted: September 6, 2023, 9:39 AM

Dresher Center Fall 2023 Fellows

Join us in welcoming three new fellows to the Dresher Center for the Fall 2023 semester. Sonya Squires-Caesar, PhD Candidate, Language, Literacy, and Culture Program Fall 2023 Graduate...

Posted: August 21, 2023, 11:32 AM