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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News

Jessica Berman named Lipitz Professor for 2019-20

Jessica Berman, Professor of English and Director of the Dresher Center, has been named the Lipitz Professor of the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences for 2019-20. As the Lipitz...

Posted: May 13, 2019, 12:48 PM

Announcing our 2019-20 Residential Research Fellows

Residential Faculty Research Fellows Erin K. Hogan, Assistant Professor, Modern Languages, Linguistics, and Intercultural Communication Fall 2019 Residential Faculty Research Fellow Project:...

Posted: May 13, 2019, 12:17 PM