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Watch the segment featuring Baltimore's painted screens!
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 · 7:14 PM
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AMST's former Folklorist-in-Residence to be featured on CBS!
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 · 10:26 PM
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Prof. Kimberly Moffitt was featured on the Marc Steiner Show
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 · 10:59 PM
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Postdoctoral Fellowship for Faculty Diversity: 2015-2017
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 · 4:58 PM
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Congratulations to our AMST graduates of 2014!
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 · 10:15 AM
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Bringing the Green Back
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 · 7:22 PM
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Congratulations to Nicole King & Kimberly Moffitt!
Both have been promoted to associate professor with tenure!
It's official!
April 28, 2014 · 4:06 PM
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Graduate student fellowships: Deadline April 25
Dresher Center • Fall 2014
The Dresher Center for the Humanities invites applications for two graduate student research fellowships. Funding is intended to support and promote promising research in the humanities among...
March 31, 2014 · 10:20 AM
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Drs. King and Stefano featured in the Baltimore City Paper
City Folk: Days of Their Lives
Courtney Speed points out the Union Baptist Church in Turner Station from the backseat of an SUV. Her friend, Miss Kitty, stops to chat. When a car horn blows, Speed says, “They must not be from...
March 26, 2014 · 4:01 PM
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Paid internship: Federal Judiciary Center, Washington DC
May-Aug 2014. Deadline: 4 April 2014
The Federal Judicial Center in Washington, DC, seeks to hire a paid intern to work in the FJC’s Federal Judicial History Office during the summer of 2014. The position is available from mid-May...
March 17, 2014 · 10:37 PM
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