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Library and Gallery, Albin O. Kuhn : Library Gallery

Date & Time

April 23, 2026, 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm

Description

Maryland’s Freedom to Read Act, passed in 2024, ensures that “library materials and resources remain accessible to the public and cannot be removed solely because someone disagrees with their...

Green, pink, and red books are piled up on top of the words UMBC BookFest '26 April 21 & 23

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Library and Gallery, Albin O. Kuhn : 259

Date & Time

April 23, 2026, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Description

What should you know about the current assaults on authors, readers, libraries, and librarians? How can you better advocate for libraries, access to reading materials, and the freedom to read? ...

Red, Green, and Pink Books appear on top of the words UMBC BookFest '26 April 21 & 23

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Location

University Center : 312

Date & Time

April 21, 2026, 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm

Description

UMBC will host the first One Maryland, One Book event for 2026, an evening with author Lawrence Burney. Burney’s book No Sense in Wishing was selected as the 2026 OMOB as part of the America...

Pink, green, and red books are piled up on top of the words UMBC BookFest '26 April 21 & 23

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Location

Library and Gallery, Albin O. Kuhn : Library Plaza

Date & Time

April 21, 2026, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

Description

Visit the AOK Library Plaza on Tuesday, April 21 from 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. for an outdoor market dedicated to bookishness! Print on one of three letterpress printers, stitch your own...

Red, Green, and pink books are stacked on top of the words UMBC BookFest '26 April 21 & 23

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Location

Performing Arts & Humanities Building : 132

Date & Time

March 25, 2026, 12:00 pm – 12:45 pm

Description

From punk rocker to English professor, come join UMBC's assistant professor of creative writing Chris Terry as he recounts his punk lifestyle, discovering parallels in his journey while working to...

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Location

Performing Arts & Humanities Building : 428

Date & Time

November 15, 2024, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Description

Join us for an information session about a new offering for UMBC Study Abroad in Summer 2025, "Tolkien & Lewis in Oxford," taught by Professor Deborah Rudacille. The course will take place in...

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Location

Performing Arts & Humanities Building : 132

Date & Time

April 26, 2024, 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Description

We are excited to announce the release event of this year's edition of Bartleby, UMBC's creative arts journal! Join us this Friday 4/26 at 5 pm in PAHB 132 to hear authors read and artists...

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Location

Off Campus : The Ivy Bookshop in Baltimore.

Date & Time

April 11, 2024, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Description

Pamela Petro will read from her new memoir The Long Field and join Prof. Sally Shivnan in conversation on Thursday 4/11 at 6 pm, at The Ivy Bookshop in Baltimore. Petro is co-director, with...

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Location

On Campus

Date

April 10, 2024 (All Day Event)

Description

Polina Kassir | Reading the Library: An Ethnography of Place in One Baltimore City Library | Lucille McCarthy 11:00 a.m. UC 312 Grace Morris | Family Abolition and Mythologized Motherhood...

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Location

Performing Arts & Humanities Building : 132

Date & Time

April 4, 2024, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

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Department Events

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UMBC BookFest '26: Lunch-and-Learn on Library Advocacy

Bigger Than Books: Understanding Attacks on Libraries

UMBC BookFest '26: One Maryland, One Book

An evening with author Lawrence Burney

UMBC BookFest '26: BookMarkIt on the Library Plaza

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From Punk to Professor: An English Major's Path

Information Session for Study Abroad 2025: "Tolkien & Lewis in Oxford"

New Edition of Bartleby, UMBC's Creative Arts Journal!

Hear the authors and artists discuss their work

Prof. Sally Shivnan in conversation with author Pamela Petro

English Presenters at URCAD

Wednesday, April 10, 2024: All Are Welcome!

What's Love Got to Do with It?

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Wednesday, April 10, 2024: All Are Welcome!

Medieval Romance as Critical Race Archive

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