DIVERSITY, INCLUSION & EQUITY Through the college’s teaching, scholarship and programming, we continue to expand opportunities for students to engage in current issues of our time.
BALTIMORE THINKATHON In collaboration with the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law and the Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance, the Arts and Humanities Center for Synergy convened humanists, artists, researchers and activists for a timely “think and do” event to address how the arts and humanities can help build cultural bridges in Baltimore.
RESEARCHING FERGUSON Archived tweets provided the background for MITH’s Digital Humanities Incubator series. The “Researching Ferguson” project collaborated with the Arts and Humanities Center for Synergy to engage the campus community in the #BlackLivesMatter movement and provided leadership and training on the scholarly use of eventbased social media data and analysis.
ISRAEL-GAZA CONFLICT FORUM
CAMPUS PRIDE’S 2015 TOP
50 LGBT-friendly colleges & universities
(in part because of the LGBT studies academic offerings in the Department of Women’s Studies)
The Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies partnered with the Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development Shibley Telhami to host a forum on the Gaza War, where moderator Yoram Peri, professor and director for the center, engaged students and panelists on the complex issues shaping Israel and the Middle East.
2ND ANNUAL BLACK THEATRE SYMPOSIUM The School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies (TDPS) partnered with the African Continuum Theatre Company to host its second annual Black Theatre Symposium, which gathered theatre professionals, scholars and students to explore questions of black theater as well as diversity and inclusion in American theater.
“EMANCIPATING THE PAST” The David C. Driskell Center presented the provocative exhibition, “Emancipating the Past: Kara Walker’s Tales of Slavery and Power,” which featured 60 works including Walker’s signature black paper cutout silhouettes, prints, a wall installation and video themed around issues of slavery, race, sexuality, violence and gender.
>> LOOKING FORWARD DOUGLASS SCHOLARSHIP AT UMD Robert Levine, distinguished university professor of English, published “The Lives of Frederick Douglass,” which offers new perspectives on Douglass’ journey from slavery to freedom.
Ira Berlin, distinguished university professor of history, received the Award for Scholarly Distinction from the American Historical Association for lifetime achievements in the field of American history, particularly the history of slavery.
UMD dedicated Frederick Douglass Square with a formal ceremony to honor the important Marylander, abolitionist, writer and orator. A 7 1/2-foot-tall bronze statue of an urgent and youthful Douglass along with engravings of his famous quotes serve as both a classroom and a monument in front of Hornbake Library. L-R: Patrick O’Shea, vice president and chief research officer for UMD; Ira Berlin, distinguished university professor; Bonnie Thornton Dill, professor and dean for ARHU.
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