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Critical Disability Studies Minor presents Mini Zine Workshop with Jen White Johnson

Join us to create your own disability justice zine!

Location

Performing Arts & Humanities Building : 317

Date & Time

October 21, 2026, 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Description

What is a zine? Zines (ZEEN) are non-commerical, small-circulation magazines which their creators produce, publish and distributethemselves. What can zines do? Mini zines that explore and...

Spell Freedom: The Story of the Underground Schools that Built the Civil Rights Movement

A Dresher Center Partner Event

Location

Fine Arts : Recital Hall

Date & Time

October 14, 2026, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Description

The UMBC Shriver Center, School of Education, and Community Leadership Programs invite you to join them for a conversation with author Elaine Weiss and UMBC’s Dr. Brandon Beck! Spell Freedom:...

Critical Disability Studies presents Our Ableist Syllabi: Towards an Access—and Care—Centered Classroom

Part of Mimi Khúc's Mini Residency

Location

Online

Date & Time

October 9, 2026, 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Description

Register on the original myUMBC post Following "Touring the Abyss: Unwellness in the University," and office hours, this workshop (open to faculty, staff, and students) will include a...

Social Science Forum: Policymakers' Unmet Desire for Science with Dr. Adam Seth Levine

A Dresher Center Partner Event

Location

Library and Gallery, Albin O. Kuhn : Gallery

Date & Time

October 7, 2026, 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm

Description

For their Social Science Forum, the Center for Social Science Scholarship presents: Policymakers' Unmet Desire for Science Adam Seth Levine, SNF Agora Institute Professor of Health Policy...

Faculty Workshop: Cross-sector collaborative relationships increase the impact of research. How can researchers create them?

A Dresher Center Partner Event

Location

The Commons : 329

Date & Time

October 7, 2026, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm

Description

Please join the Center for Social Science Scholarship for a faculty workshop with Professor Adam Seth Levine. Adam Seth Levine, SNF Agora Institute Professor of Health Policy and Management...

Department of English presents - In Search of Phillis Wheatley Peters: A screening & discussion with filmmaker Leslie Askew

A Dresher Center Partner Event

Location

Lecture Hall 1: Biological Sciences

Date & Time

October 6, 2026, 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm

Description

The Department of English presents a film screening and discussion with director, Leslie Askew. In Search of Phillis Wheatley Peters is a 35-minute short film that reveals the little-known love...

The Critical Disability Studies Minor presents: "Touring the Abyss: Unwellness in the University"

A Dresher Center Partner Event

Location

Performing Arts & Humanities Building : 216

Date & Time

September 14, 2026, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Description

Originally posted by the Critical Disability Studies Minor What do we need in these times of unwellness? What kinds of care can we imagine and build for ourselves if we engage our unwellness in...
An Asian American woman with short blond hair is standing up against a white wall. She is wearing a pink top and a gold necklace.

Deparment of English present Sights and Sounds of Senegal, Land of Teranga: Performances

A Dresher Center Partner Event

Location

The Commons : Terrace

Date & Time

September 11, 2026, 11:30 am – 1:30 pm

Description

Join the Department of English on September 11, 2026 from 11:30am-1:30pm for a performances to celebrate Senegalese culture. Performances: Amadou Kouyate is the 150th generation of the Kouyate...

Department of English presents Sights and Sounds of Senegal, Land of Teranga: Film Screening

A Dresher Center Partner Event

Location

Library and Gallery, Albin O. Kuhn

Date & Time

September 9, 2026, 4:00 pm – 7:30 pm

Description

Join the Department of English on September 9, 2026 from 4-7:30pm for a film screening of two films directed by Senegalese directors. Refreshments will be provided! Atlantiques (2009, dir. by...