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

Applications for 2018 Residential Fellowships due on May 1st

Dresher Center Faculty Research Fellowship applications for Spring 2018 are due May 1, 2017. The Dresher Center for the Humanities invites applications for two Residential Faculty Research...

Posted: April 17, 2017, 9:13 AM

Upcoming Drop-in Webinars: Fulbright Scholars Program

Dresher Center Conference Room (216 PAHB)

Join CIRCA and the Dresher Center for live screenings of these hour-long webinars on the 2018-19 Fulbright Core U.S. Scholar Programs. The webinar screenings will take place from 2:00 – 3:00 p.m....

Posted: March 27, 2017, 2:24 PM