This afternoon, join us in the @UMBCLibrary for our first Humanities Forum lecture of the semester: Thinking Like a Caravan: The Current Migration Crisis with Rachel Ida Buff from @UWM This talk is mostly based on her new book, A IS FOR ASYLUM SEEKER: WORDS FOR PEOPLE ON THE MOVE. The book is being published simultaneously in English and in Spanish.

This afternoon, @UMBCHistory’s Robert K. Webb Lecture is all about Edo. @astanley711 from @NorthwesternU explores the social history of early nineteenth-century Edo (now Tokyo) in the context of global history, focusing on gender, violence, and consumption. #umbchumforum In 1800 — the era of Napoleon and revolution and declarations of independence — Edo boasted a population of 1.2 million. In comparison, London had a population of one million, Paris had 550,000, and New York was a tiny outpost of 60,000. Yet Edo is invisible in global history.

This afternoon in the @UMBCLibrary , we will learn about how visual culture played a crucial role in defining and enforcing slavery for both enslaved and free people in Ancient Rome.

Hope to see you there! #umbchumforum

my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/dresher… Trimble: In Ancient Rome, tens of thousands of people were enslaved, but yet we know nothing about them. In order to learn about Ancient Rome, you need to understand slavery.

TODAY: "The Fractal Caribbean: The New Literatures of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic" w/ Puerto Rican writer Mayra Santos-Febres. 5:30pm in the @UMBCLibrary

my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/dresher… .@deardelirious is introducing Mayra Santos-Febres, novelist, essayist, and poet from Puerto Rico. A @GuggFellows and recipient of the Juan Rolfo award, Santos-Febres is currently a professor at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras.

This afternoon, please join us for our last #HumForum of the spring semester with the annual Lipitz Lecture @ 4pm in PAHB 132 my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/dresher… .@UMBC_CAHSS Dean Scott Casper is introducing our Lipitz Professor, Dan Bailey, a professor of animation. The Lipitz Lecture is conferred annually. #HumForum cahss.umbc.edu/lipitz/

For today's #HumForum, @EmoryUniversity Professor of English and Bioethics, and #disabilitystudies scholar, Rosemarie Garland-Thomson will talk about building a world that includes #disability ow.ly/3bdV30ozYSN We are getting started in the @UMBCLibrary. Come join us!

Hope to see you this afternoon with @jamieisjames for "Zombies Speak Swahili: Why Language Matters for Global Diversity" at 4pm in PAHB 132 Many thanks to our co-sponsors for this event: @UMBCSocSci, Africana Studies, and International Education Services #humforum

This coming Monday at 4 pm in @UMBCLibrary, join us for a conversation with @scryptkeeper @SusanDarraj and @AliaMalek moderated by @UMBC_GWST Professor Mejdulene Shomali for our second #HumForum We are getting started with our second event of the semester. If you want to see upcoming events, visit dreshercenter.umbc.edu

This afternoon is the big event: the Joan S. Korenman lecture with @SaraNAhmed at 7pm in the Fine Arts Recital Hall: "Complaint as Diversity Work." The event is free and will be recorded. Hope to see you there! A lot of excitement this evening. Here is @SaraNAhmed with a fellow feminist killjoy @ameliameman of @womencenterumbc

Our last event of the semester is beginning with @AmyBhatt in the @UMBCLibrary. A recording will be made available on our @YouTube channel! Bhatt: I began this project in 2008 while as a graduate student in Seattle. I wanted to work with the feminist community outside of campus. #humforum18

This evening in the UC Ballroom, @DorothyERoberts joins us to celebrate 40 years of the W.E.B. Du Bois' lecture, as she talks about race, racism, and the new racial science. #humforum18 We have a full house here in the UC Ballroom for Dr. Roberts. Africana Studies Chair Gloria Chuku is welcoming us and reminding us that this is the 40th anniversary of the Du Bois lecture and the legacy that name carries. #humforum18

We are gathering in the @UMBCLibrary Gallery for the annual @UMBCHistory Webb Lecture with Simon P. Newman discussing escaped slaves in 18th century Britain #humforum18 The Webb lecture was named in honor of Robert K. Webb #humforum18 washingtonpost.com/local/obituari…

We are getting started with our MEMS Colloquium Lecture. @JonathanHsy will be presenting on premodern manual languages. #humforum18 We have an ASL interpreter present with us thanks to the @UMBC Office of Student Disability Services. Making sure our programs are accessible is important to us.

This afternoon @ 4pm in @UMBCLibrary, @DMendelsohn1960 will read from his award-winning work, An Odyssey: A Father, a Son, and an Epic for #humforum18. This memoir recounts a father and son's journey through Homer's great epic.

Books will be available for purchase. David Rosenbloom, Professor and Chair of @AncsUMBC, introduces Daniel Mendelsohn and describes him as his own personal literary siren. #humforum18

We are starting our first lecture of the fall series. Carolina Guerrero is being introduced by @umbc Assistant Prof. Thania Muñoz D. @MunozDaz1, who reminds us of the history of #HispanicHeritageMonth #humforum18 .@nuncaduermo assures the audience that the lecture will be in English but @radioambulante is completely en Español radioambulante.org/en/audio-en/ou…

The Dresher Center & @UMBCresearch are pleased to welcome @BmoreDoc, @histgeoghealth, @KBankoleMedina, and @NarrativeMed to today's Research Forum on #PublicHumanities & #HealthJustice! Karl Steiner, the @UMBC Vice President for Research, kicks off our @UMBCresearch forum #PublicHumanities #HealthJustice

Join us for our final #humforum18 event of the semester with the annual Lipitz Lecture featuring Carole McCann, Professor and Chair of @UMBC_GWST on 5/3 at 4pm. Her talk will highlight her work to reconstruct the history of Planned Parenthood of MD @PPFA. ow.ly/WNvn30ii2nn .@UMBC_CAHSS Dean Scott Casper is introducing our final speaker for #humforum18, Carole McCann, Chair of @UMBC_GWST news.umbc.edu/carole-mccann-…

On 4/18 at 4pm in @UMBCLibrary, @BmoreDoc of @MorganStateU, @seemadiyer of @EubieBee, as well as Felipe Filomeno and @PNicoleking of @UMBC sit on our panel about Redevelopment and Justice in #Baltimore. #humforum18 ow.ly/cZej30ii1PD .@AmyBhatt is introducing our panelists: @BmoreDoc, Felipe Filomeno, @PNicoleking, and @seemadiyer #humforum18

The 11th Annual @UMBC_GWST Korenman Lecture on 3/8 (#InternationalWomensDay) explore the racial realities affecting POC, women, immigrants and refugees, as well as how to maintain #equity and #inclusion, with guest speaker @dviyer. #humforum18 ow.ly/RtdT30ii0wt We have another full house for tonight’s #humforum18. @AmyBhatt is introducing the Korenman Lecture, which is named after Joan Korenman, founding director of @UMBC_GWST.

On 3/1 at 4pm in the @UMBCLibrary, we will celebrate the 10th anniversary of @UMBC's Media and Communication Studies Dept. w/ Jennifer Stoever (@soundingoutblog) Associate Prof. of English @binghamtonu. She will discuss the "sonic color line." #humforum18 ow.ly/45WR30ihZFE Happy Thursday! We have a packed house as we celebrate the 10th anniversary of the @UMBC Media and Communication Studies #humforum18

Join us for out first #humforum18 event on 2/22 at 4pm in the @UMBCLibrary. @RitaFelski, Professor of English @UVA, will explore why we are drawn to certain artworks - become "attuned" to them - but are stubbornly unmoved by others. ow.ly/HPS130ihYRa We are about to get started with our first #humforum18 event of the season. Dr. Jessica Berman, Director, is introducing our first guest @RitaFelski