News

Dr. Frederik appointed director of the Latin American Studies Center

September 16, 2014 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Professor Laurie Frederik appointed to lead the Latin American Studies Center

Dr. Carpenter appointed administrator for Foxworth Creative Enterprise Initiative

September 15, 2014 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Appointment of Faedra Chatard Carpenter as Faculty Administrator for the Foxworth Initiative

Placeholders--a site-specific dance performance/art installation

September 12, 2014 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Saturday, September 13 in the Long Branch neighborhood of Silver Spring, Maryland. Meet at Flower Avenue Park at 12:00pm for the performance

TDPS Main Season Selection 2015-2016

September 12, 2014 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

The TDPS Season Selection committee respectfully requests submissions for the 2015-2016 season.  Both theatre, dance and hybrid projects will be considered as part of this selection process.  The deadline is Friday, October 3rd. 

Come and support TDPS performers at the NextNOW Festival

September 03, 2014 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Thursday and Friday, September 11 and 12

Kennedy Center presents Local Dance Commissioning Project: "Grains" by Adriane Fang

September 03, 2014 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Assistant Professor, Dancer and Choregrapher, presents her commissioned work, "Grains".

2014-2015 New Faculty Appointments

September 03, 2014 American Studies, College of Arts and Humanities, Communication, English, History, Linguistics, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

The College of Arts and Humanities welcomes new faculty cohort to UMD.

ARHU Faculty Earn Promotions And Tenure

August 29, 2014 College of Arts and Humanities, Communication, English, History, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Fourteen faculty members from the College of Arts and Humanities awarded tenured positions and promotions to full professor.

The Kennedy Center, in collaboration with the University of Maryland, presents In His Own Words: A Tribute to Walter Dean Myers

August 19, 2014 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

The Kennedy Center, in collaboration with the University of Maryland, presents a performance combining music, dance, and spoken word with text from Myers's books, including We Are America and Monster, and his memoir Bad Boy.