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ACC Civil Rights History Takes Center Stage

March 03, 2011 College of Arts and Humanities, English

UMD English Professor Michael Olmert recreates alumnus and first black ACC football player Darryl Hill in new play Moving the Chains.

Michael Olmert's Play Debuts at the Lincoln Theatre

March 02, 2011 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Olmert's new play, "Moving the Chains: The Darryl Hill Story," appears as a rehearsed staged reading, a co-production of Theatre J and the Lincoln Theatre on Monday, March 21, 2011.

Carla Peterson Publishes a new book!

February 28, 2011 English

Peterson's new book, Black Gotham: A Family History of African Americans in Nineteenth-Century New York City, comes out this month.

Voice of America

Book Sheds Light On Black Elite In 19Th Century New York

February 25, 2011 American Studies, Consortium on Race, Gender and Ethnicity, English, History, Jimenez-Porter Writers' House

UMD Professor of English Carla Peterson book 'Black Gotham' looks at 19th century African-Americans who lived free in the north.

February 14 Jewish Studies Lecture: Mathew Suriano

February 09, 2011 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

The Joseph and Rebecca Myerhoff Center for Jewish Studies announces "Sheol and the Tomb: The Social Process of Dying in Biblical Literature and Ancient Israel,"

Feb. 15 Film Screening: City of Borders

February 09, 2011 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

You are invited to attend an exclusive screening of the award-winning film City of Borders, followed by a conversation with director Yun Suh, on Tuesday, February 15, 2011, from 7:30 to 10:30 pm in 0220 Benjamin.

Smith Chosen as ADVANCE Professor

February 08, 2011 English

The University of Maryland has won a grant from the National Science Foundation to launch an ADVANCE program.

Maryland at AWP

February 03, 2011 English

Tomorrow and Saturday, the AWP Conference will be in full swing!  And, this year, it's local.  Please check out how our wonderful Creative Writing Department will be involved.

February 7 Jewish Studies Lecture: Tracy Lemos

February 03, 2011 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

The Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Center for Jewish Studies announces a lecture

Prince George's Sentinel

"Poetic.Aesthetic." Exhibit Fuses Art, Poetry

January 28, 2011 Art, University of Maryland Art Gallery, English

UMD's Poetic.Aesthetic blends art and poetry and bolsters relationships between artists of different mediums.