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Identity and Culture

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“The Republic of Poetry”

Making the invisible visible and shedding light on the struggle for social justice

Award-winning poet, essayist, editor and translator Martín Espada (Professor of English) uses the power of poetry to give voice to the unheard. Read

Language & Community

The study of African American English combines research with community outreach

UMass Amherst's Linguistics Professor and Director of the Center for the Study of African American Language, Lisa Green, strives to break down misconceptions about AAE (... Read

Pompeii Puzzle

Advancing archaeological field research with digital technologies

Covered in thirty feet of volcanic pumice and ash by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD and buried for almost 1700 years before being unearthed in 1748, the UNESCO World... Read

From Red Sox to Red Bulls

McCormack center addresses the culture and business of sports

The Mark H. McCormack Department of Sport Management at UMass Amherst is internationally known for sending top-flight graduates out into the field—students come from all over the... Read

Featured Institutes and Centers

Announcements

UMass Press Author Marla Miller, History, Wins Recognition from the National Council of Public History for Excellence in Consulting

UMass Amherst Historian Laura Lovett co-edits anthology on popular 70's special Free to Be...You and Me, the groundbreaking children's record, book, and television special.

National Award Recognizes Du Bois Afro-American Studies Department for Recruiting and Advancing Underrepresented Students

Featured Video

Theatre Performance: Exploring South African Identity and Culture

In Pictures

Bodymapping activity and resulting drawing created by students.
Culture Map: Creating a Public-Engaged Ethnography

The image above shows a detail created during a bodymapping activity conducted with Latino/a students focused on gender, sexual and...