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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New Kuali Requirement for Proposers: Credit Split (July 1)

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The Office of Sponsored Programs has announced that Kuali Credit Split will be “going live” in all proposals on July 1, 2021. What does this mean?  This means beginning July 1, 2021, for...

Posted: June 21, 2021, 10:47 AM

Dresher Center Summer and Fall 2021 Research Fellows

The Dresher Center is pleased to announce our Summer and Fall 2021 Research Fellows: Summer 2021 Faculty Fellows Charissa Cheah, Professor, Psychology Project: “Racial-Ethnic and...

Posted: May 13, 2021, 2:27 PM