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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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

Let's Talk RCA - Virtual Lunch with the VPR

Humanities Faculty: please consider joining in these important conversations about research at UMBC Please join Karl Steiner, UMBC's Vice President for Research, for a virtual lunch series...

Posted: February 3, 2021, 2:52 PM