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We support and promote research into the historical, cultural, and social dimensions of the human experience at @UMBC. RTs ≠ endorsement

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Dresher Center for the Humanities
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This coming Tuesday, join @GesUmbc's Dawn Biehler as she discusses her recent book, , with @librarycongress Manuscript Division historians as a part of their Made at the Library event series . Tuesday, August 12, 2025, 12:00pm-1:00pm EST.
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Join Dawn Day Biehler as she discusses her recent book, Animating Central Park: A Multispecies History, with Manuscript Division historians Josh Levy and Barbara Bair.
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"The poems of Born Backwards remember anyone who feels out of place—in a body, a hometown, or a century,” says Olson. “In a time when such histories are again a threat, remembering becomes urgent.” .
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butch Tanya Olson's latest book, Born Backwards (YesYes Books, 2024) is about butch culture. As she worked on the poetry collection, Olson reflected on extinction and preservation—of food, objects,...
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UMBC Magazine recently launched the Humanities Book Series to highlight recent publications by humanities faculty. The first book that was recently featured was Tanya Olson's poetry collection, BORN BACKWARDS.
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In a timely post on their "Perspectives on History" blog, @AHAhistorians recently shared an excerpt from Denise Meringolo's 2012 book, "Museums, Monuments, and National Parks: Toward a New Genealogy of Public History.".
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After combining operations with The Retriever, UMBC's student newspaper, and Bartleby, UMBC’s Creative Arts Journal, WMBC found a new home in the University Center, and a fresh start as part of the newly chartered Student Media Center.
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But recently, music is on the airwaves again as students and staff work around the clock to breathe new life into the station.
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UMBC’s radio station, WMBC—now a bustling hive of musical joy, live concerts, and record painting parties—had been silent after a lack of student staffing and resource issues, leading the student group to hang up their headphones.
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“You’re listening to WMBC, UMBC’s freeform student radio station. And you’re in the 2000s right now, thanks to the radio time machine.” . Four years ago, hearing those words would have been impossible.
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Something more hopeful was emerging from those hotline calls, too: creativity. “People wanted to share their latest poetry or a song they were developing,” Morse said. “Art was helping people survive an incredibly desperate time.” (3/3).
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The hotline was founded to support inmates during the early days of COVID; the calls were primarily about medical neglect, abuse and an atmosphere of abject fear, perpetuated by guards who demanded silence. (2/3)
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"Bending the Bars," an album of original music by incarcerated artists, was released June 11th. The album was produced by Community Hotline for Incarcerated People (CHIP) organizers including Dr. Nicole Morse, associate professor in language, literacy, and culture. (1/3)
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Our director, Amy Froide, is featured on a recent episode of @freakonomics, "Why Aren't We Having More Babies?" - part one of a three-part series, “Cradle to Grave.” She discusses her research and the history of fertility rates in England and France.
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Smalls spent nine months in 2024 at the Getty Research Institute in California as part of their Getty Scholars Program, which gave him time to work on his next book, Féral Benga: African Muse of Modernism, and continue connecting the dots of Benga’s artistic impact.
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Smalls is on a thrilling adventure to uncover the life and legacy of Senegalese performer known as Féral Benga and restore him to his rightful place in art history, and in a twist of timing fate, his research might also protect Benga’s final resting place.
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Art historian James Smalls, a professor of visual arts, researches the intersections of race, gender, and queer sexuality in both 19th-century art and the broader visual culture of the Black diaspora.
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Community starts in the kitchen ---- Q&A with Ekiben's Steve Chu '12 and professor and author Mark Padoongpatt.
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Have you ever wondered where the Dresher Center gets our yummy catering from?. The biggest little grocery store, Culinary Architecture, was recently featured in a story by @wbaltv11 for their work towards uniting people through food.
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Natalie Groom, @umbcmusic Affiliate Artist of Clarinet, will research, study, engrave, and publish a Trio for clarinet, horn, and bassoon that was written by music history pioneer Pauline Oliveros (1932—2016).
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Kyung-Eun Yoon, Assistant Professor in Korean, will examine the dynamic protest culture surrounding the 2024-2025 South Korean impeachment protests, focusing on how younger generations integrated K-pop culture and memes into their activism.
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Emily Yoon, Assistant Professor in English, will work on her book project that takes a comparative approach to investigate how the environments in which global migrations occur inform how minoritized characters experience and understand race and relation.
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