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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Apply for Dresher Center Graduate Student Fellowship

Applications due April 1

The Dresher Center for the Humanities invites applications for two Graduate Student Research Fellowships for the 2019-20 academic year. One fellowship will be awarded for fall 2021 and one for...

Posted: February 9, 2021, 5:51 PM

Reminder: Dresher Center Summer Research Fellowship

Applications due February 15

Please note the following change: Full-time Professors of the Practice are now also eligible to apply for these fellowships. The Dresher Center for the Humanities, in conjunction with the...

Posted: February 8, 2021, 3:33 PM