Department News

Hispanic Heritage Month At The College Of Arts And Humanities

October 05, 2017 American Studies, Art History and Archaeology, Classics, English, History, Honors Humanities, Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center, Philosophy, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Spanish and Portuguese, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Our faculty members and students engage with the histories and cultures of Latinx individuals and communities in the United States and around the world.

Prof. Polyvia Parara honored as faculty mentor

June 26, 2017 Classics

Dr. Polyvia Parara, Visiting Assistant Professor of Modern Greek in the Department of Classics, has received recognition for her outstanding teaching and mentoring.  Ms. Anna Bella Sicilia, a rising senior who is earning a minor in modern Greek,...

Modern Greek Pedagogy talk by Prof. Parara

June 07, 2017 Classics

Visiting Assistant Professor Polyvia Parara will give a refereed talk and an invited seminar at the upcoming 23rd Annual International Conference at the University of Patras in Greece, June 30th to July 2nd, 2017.   The subject of the conference...

The Diamondback

President Trump's Plan To Defund Two Endowments Threatens Umd Arts And Humanities Funding

January 26, 2017 History, American Studies, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Classics, College of Arts and Humanities, Honors Humanities, School of Music, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

At UMD, federal funding supports work being done in the "true public sphere, not just the elite public sphere."

Interview with Prof. Eric Adler

January 12, 2017 Classics, College of Arts and Humanities

Associate Professor Eric Adler was recently interviewed by Inside Higher Education about his new book, Classics: The Culture Wars and Beyond, published by the University of Michigan Press. You can read the interview online here. 

2016-17 Scholarship Recipients

November 15, 2016 American Studies, Classics, College of Arts and Humanities, Communication, English, History, Linguistics, Philosophy, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Chinese, French, Romance Languages, Russian, Spanish and Portuguese, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

ARHU is pleased to announce the 2016-17 Senior Scholars, Scholarship Recipients and Freshmen Scholars.

Classics major William Soergel wins Dean's Senior Scholar Award

October 27, 2016 Classics

The faculty of the Classics Department are very pleased and proud to announce that William Soergel, a double major in Classics and History, has been chosen to receive one of the 2016-17 Dean’s Senior Scholar Awards in the College of Arts and...

Fifteen Arhu Students Win Summer 2016 Bright Futures Scholarships

May 10, 2016 History, American Studies, Art, Classics, Communication, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, French, Spanish and Portuguese, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Congratulations to the 15 ARHU students who won the Summer 2016 Bright Futures Scholarships!

CMLT Essay Contest Prize Winners

May 05, 2016 Classics

Talia Chicherio and Allison Goldstein-Berger, both graduate students in the Department of Classics, are the winners of the fifth annual essay contest in Comparative Literature.