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 a Dresher Center Faculty Research Fellowship

New! One Fellowship in Fall 2018 and one in Spring 2019

Dresher Center Residential Faculty Research Fellowship applications for fall 2018 are due on April 1, 2018. Applications for spring 2019 are due on May 1, 2018. Click here for the proposal...

Posted: February 21, 2018, 8:59 AM

Of Note: Humanities Faculty

Last week, several UMBC humanities faculty took part in the major national conferences in their fields. Marjoleine Kars, Associate Professor and Chair of History, received two prizes for her...

Posted: January 9, 2018, 4:21 PM