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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UMBC Spring Research Forum on "Seeing Science"

Interdisciplinary Forum to be held on April 8th

The UMBC Office of Research will present the Spring Research Forum, "Seeing Science: Photography, Science, and Visual Culture," on April 8, 2016, from 8:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. (registration is...

Posted: March 18, 2016, 12:10 PM

Dresher Center Graduate Student Research Fellowships

Application Deadline is March 15, 2016

For Doctoral and Master's Degree Candidates: Dresher Center Graduate Student Research Fellowships Applications Due: March 15, 2016 The Dresher Center offers two residential Graduate Student...

Posted: March 1, 2016, 3:32 PM