The Trustees of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation have approved a grant of $225,000.00 to the University of Massachusetts Amherst to support a Sawyer Seminar on the Comparative Study of Cultures...

The Massachusetts Center for the Book has announced the award and honors titles in the 20th Annual Massachusetts Book Awards. The Awards recognize achievement in five categories of literature written by current residents of the Commonwealth.

The UMass History Department’s 2020-21 Feinberg Series will host nine major public events featuring internationally renowned scholars and movement leaders speaking on the theme, Planet on a Precipice: Histories and Futures of the Environmental Emergency. 

Stephanie Fetta, associate professor in languages, literatures and cultures, is hosting a series of online workshops conducted by several award-winning Latin@/x playwrights, directors and performers.

The UMass Amherst Arts Extension Service and partners host the Creative Women Leading Climate Action (CWLCA), a virtual symposium and event series highlighting artists and arts professionals creatively responding to climate change.

The M.A. Program in the Department of the History of Art and Architecture at UMass Amherst recently announced a two-year Diversity Fellowship to support students from historically underrepresented...