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 our Summer 2019 Faculty Research Fellows

The Dresher Center is pleased to announce our Summer 2019 Faculty Research Fellows: Christy Chapin, Associate Professor of History and Affiliate Faculty of Public Policy Project: Politics...

Posted: May 7, 2019, 9:23 AM

Apply for Dresher Center Summer Faculty Research Fellowship

The Dresher Center for the Humanities and the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS) invites applications for Summer Faculty Research Fellowships (SFRF). Funding is intended to...

Posted: November 13, 2018, 10:56 AM