Resources for Current Scholars

2026 News and Events

FRIDAY FEB 20 | 3PM

Baltimore Museum of Art | Amy Sherald: American Sublime Tour

2:20PM: Meet outside PAHB/Fine Arts Traffic Circle for 2:30PM departure
3:30PM: Tour
5:30PM: Approximate return to campus

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FEBRUARY 23 | 7PM

Humanities Forum | What Would You Do Alone in a Cage with Nothing but Cocaine? A Philosophy of Addiction

Evelyn Barker Memorial Lecture with Hanna Pickard

Additional Details

Location: Fine Arts: Recital Hall

FRIDAY MARCH 13 | 2PM

Walters Art Museum Tour

12:30PM: Meet outside PAHB/Fine Arts Traffic Circle for 12:45PM departure
2:00PM: Tour
4:30PM: Approximate return to campus

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MARCH 26 | 5:30PM

Humanities Forum | Growing Papaya Trees: Nurturing Indigenous Roots During Climate Displacement

Humanities Forum with Jessica Hernandez

Additional Details

Location: Albin O. Kuhn Library: Gallery

SATURDAY APRIL 4

Humanities Scholars NYC Trip | Hadestown!

General Overview:
7:15am Meet @ Commons Loop for 7:30am departure (Commons Dr and Park Rd)
11:30am Free time to explore
2:00pm Hadestown
4:30pm Free time to explore
11:30pm Approximate return to UMBC

All tickets are first-come, first-served so RSVP early! Wait list will be created if all of the spots fill up!

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APRIL 15 | 4PM

Humanities Forum | Excited Delirium: Race, Police Violence, and the Invention of a Disease

Humanities Forum with Aisha Beliso-De Jesús

Additional Details

Location: Albin O. Kuhn Library: Gallery

APRIL 27 | 4PM

Humanities Forum | Romanticism Bewitched: Witchcraft, Revolution and the Female Demonic

Humanities Forum with Orianne Smith

Additional Details

Location: Albin O. Kuhn Library: Gallery

Humanities Forum

Since 1987, the Dresher Center’s Humanities Forum has offered a free program of events that illustrate the richness of contemporary work in philosophy, history, culture, language, literature and the arts. The Forum fosters creative thinking about the role of the humanities in civic life within our globally interconnected world. All Scholars must attend at least two of these events per semester. (Note that some Forum events require advanced registration!)

Waiver of Liability

Participation in off-campus program excursions will require completion of a waiver of liability, found here.

On that page, you’ll be prompted to enter your own name and email, as well as info for a witness – you can choose anyone inside or outside the Humanities Scholars Program and/or UMBC for this role – and then choose whether you are 18 or older. (This is included because scholars under 18 must get an additional signature from a parent/guardian.) Once you complete that form, it will generate an email to the address you provided for yourself. Within that email, click the button to review the waiver document, read carefully, and sign. Your completion of the document will initiate an email to your designated witness to review and sign the same document. Note that your form is not complete until your witness signs and submits it.

Bunting Family Community Engagement and Experience Awards

FALL 2025 | SPRING 2026

Purpose:

Up to $5,000 in Bunting funds may be used to support participation in

  • an approved semester or year-long study abroad program for credit toward a UMBC degree during the academic year. Funding may be used to cover tuition, travel, and/or room and board;
  • or, participation in summer activities such as internships, applied experiences, or intensive study beyond the standard UMBC curriculum (for example, language immersion). Eligible summer activities must be low or non-compensated or fee-based, and applicants must demonstrate need for the financial support in order to participate.  Activities must take place for at least 20 hours/week for a minimum of 4 weeks during the summer.

Who may apply:

Current Humanities Scholars with a GPA of 3.5 or greater may apply. This opportunity is open to current and continuing Humanities Scholars only.

How to apply:

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Please fill out an application using the appropriate form below.

Application for Bunting Family Study Abroad

Application for Bunting Family Community Engagement and Experience

Scholar To Do List

      • Submit a bio and photo to Kate ASAP if you haven’t already done so for this academic year
      • RSVP for spring excursions above.
      • Fill out a waiver form for off-campus events
      • Apply for a Bunting award if you’re planning to study abroad in Winter or Spring of 2026.
      • Complete the Scholarly Activity form to let us know about what you’ve been up to – research, awards, internships, etc.