This past June, radio conglomerate Clear Channel (now known as iHeartRadio) announced it was converting Boston’s 101.7 FM to a country station. The story they told the Boston Globe was a familiar...
October 28, 2014
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American Studies majors who are enrolled in a UMBC teacher certification program are eligible for several scholarships distributed through the Education Department. Two scholarship opportunities...
October 27, 2014
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Many thanks to Smithsonian docents Salim Mawani and Anna Stewart.
October 25, 2014
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A close and dear relative of the critical heritage studies movement is the International Movement for the New Museology (MINOM) of ICOM, which has been promoting socio-museological thinking and...
October 25, 2014
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Featuring AMST's former folklorist-in-residence, Elaine Eff
Jan Crawford explores a unique folk art tradition going back 100 years - once seen on nearly every row house in the working class neighborhoods of Baltimore, Md. - as artists today once again...
October 19, 2014
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CBS Sunday Morning features Elaine Eff's new book
Tune in on Sunday, October 19, 2014, 9 to 10:30AM. CBS Sunday Morning will feature the new book by AMST's former Folklorist-in-Residence Elaine Eff, The Painted Screens of Baltimore: An Urban Folk...
October 18, 2014
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Topic: "Raising and Educating Black Boys"
Listen to a discussion about the complexities, challenges, and joys of raising and educating boys. With: Jack Pannell, founder of Baltimore Collegiate School for Boys, a Baltimore City Public...
October 15, 2014
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Deadline for applications: 14 November 2014
UMBC will appoint recent recipients of the Ph.D as Postdoctoral Fellows for a two-year term beginning July 1, 2015. The fellow will receive a starting stipend of $40,000, health benefits,...
August 18, 2014
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Congratulations to our American Studies graduates of 2014! Left to right: Jennie Williams (honors: magna cum laude, minor: sociology); Dustin Roddy (second major: media and communication studies);...
May 23, 2014
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Nicole King & Steven Bradley on their Baltimore project
When Nicole King moved to Baltimore in 2008, she wasn’t very familiar with the city. Six years later, she’s developed deep connections within local communities. Firmly grounded in the...
May 14, 2014
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