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Graduate Assistantship Opportunities

UMBC's Residential Life

Residential Life is opening a search for a Graduate Assistant Coordinator for Facilities, and a Graduate Conferences Coordinator. Both postings are 20 hours a week, 12-month positions that include...

Posted: June 15, 2015, 11:07 AM

News about Critical Heritage Studies

For those interested in this growing field

Critical Heritage Studies (CHS)  is a dynamic and evolving field of research and inquiry. In general terms, CHS can be viewed as a movement to examine and interrogate the power dynamics of...

Posted: June 15, 2015, 11:04 AM

NEW Graduate Student Positions

Deadline to apply: June 24, 2015

Hiring Graduate Students for Summer 2015   A new, interdisciplinary research project offers a total of 5 positions to graduate students from multiple disciplines who exhibit the right...

Posted: June 10, 2015, 3:46 PM

CFP: Culture, Language & Social Practice (CLASP) Conference

Abstracts Due: June 30th, 2015.

CLASP IV Conference October 2-4, 2015 University of Colorado, Boulder The program in Culture, Language and Social Practice (CLASP) at the University of Colorado at Boulder is pleased to invite...

Posted: June 10, 2015, 11:25 AM

Summer Dissertation House (July 7-10, 2015)

The Summer Dissertation House is coming to UMBC, July 7-10 2015. Graduate students who plan to participate should follow the application procedures on the application webpage for the Dissertation...

Posted: June 9, 2015, 1:13 PM

CFP: 2nd Annual Culturally Responsive Teaching Conference

Proposal Deadline Extended (June 30)

Conference Theme: CRT Nuts & Bolts: The Scope and Definition of CRT “CRT teaches to and through the strengths of the students” -Geneva Gay At the Community College of Baltimore County...

Posted: June 5, 2015, 12:36 PM

CFP: Turning Your Conference Paper Into A Publication

Popular CultureAmerican Culture Association Writers Workshop

Professional Development Writers Workshop November 5th-November 8th 2015 Drexel University – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Guest Editor: Elwood D. Watson, East Tennessee State University...

Posted: June 5, 2015, 12:28 PM

Felix Burgos Receives Dresher Center Award

Fall 2015 Graduate Research Fellowship

UMBC's Dresher Center for the Humanities just named Felix Burgos, LLC Cohort 14, a Fall 2015 Dresher Center Residential Graduate Student Research Fellow. As an LLC Doctoral Candidate, Felix is...

Posted: May 27, 2015, 9:48 AM

LLC 750.1: New Special Topic Course - Fall '15

Professor: Dr. Cedric Herring

Knowledge Production and Social Science Career Development in LLC This class will engage students in social science approaches to the production of culture through a series of active learning...

Posted: May 25, 2015, 7:49 PM