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American Studies Courses offered for Spring 2015

AMST 680 and AMST 630

The American Studies Department will offer two courses in Spring 2015. If you are interested in taking any of these (and other courses), you will need permission from your LLC advisor. You can...

Posted: November 12, 2014, 9:48 AM

Congratulations to LLC's Latest Candidates!

November 6th Ceremony and Reception

Congratulations to our candidates who were honored at the Nov 6th Candidacy Reception sponsored by the Graduate School:  Felix Burgos Rachel L. Carter Inte’a...

Posted: November 12, 2014, 9:29 AM

CFP: New Directions in the Humanities

Deadline: December 4, 2014

Thirteenth International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities University of British Columbia - Vancouver Campus Vancouver Canada 17-19 June 2015 Call for Papers The International...

Posted: November 10, 2014, 11:45 AM

CFP: Working Papers in TESOL & Applied Linguistics

Teachers College

Teachers College, Columbia University Working Papers in TESOL & Applied Linguistics is an online journal dedicated to publishing research in progress in the fields of TESOL and Applied...

Posted: November 10, 2014, 11:00 AM

Preparing a Proposal for External Funding in the Humanities

Presented by the Office of VP for Research on Nov. 17, 2014

Dr. Ralph Pollack, UMBC Professor Emeritus, will present a workshop specifically targeting proposals in the Humanities. Topics will include understanding the review process, the evaluation...

Posted: November 10, 2014, 9:43 AM

When I Was in College, I Didn't Know (Part 2)

by David Hoffman Here are the rest of the life lessons I mentioned last week: things I had not yet worked out or did not feel confident about when I was in college, but began to gain clarity...

Posted: November 9, 2014, 7:52 PM

Real People Profiles: Rubin Waranch

We're asking some of the people you might encounter on the UMBC campus, including students, faculty, staff and alumni, to answer a few questions about themselves and their experiences. These are...

Posted: November 5, 2014, 9:40 AM

CFP: Conference on Community Writing

Deadline December 5, 2014

The Program for Writing and Rhetoric at University of Colorado Boulder will host on October 16-17, 2015 the first Conference on Community Writing — a forum for scholars, teachers, program...

Posted: November 2, 2014, 10:43 PM