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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Faculty Workshops on Grants & Humanities Proposal-Writing

Hands-on Workshops will be held on Friday, April 14, 2017

The Dresher Center for the Humanities invites you to a Humanities Grants Workshop featuring  The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) and a Hands-on Humanities Proposal-Writing Session...

Posted: March 15, 2017, 2:30 PM

Dresher Center Graduate Student Research Fellowships

Application Deadline is April 1, 2017

For Doctoral and Master's Degree Candidates: Dresher Center Graduate Student Research Fellowships Applications Due: April 1, 2017 The Dresher Center offers two residential Graduate...

Posted: February 24, 2017, 3:50 PM