Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiatives in the Department

E-ARTH Presents…

Listen. Read. Watch.

Change happens beyond the classroom. Click through our departmental recommendations for current music, books and films that reflect our diverse interests and experiences.

Sound System

Dean Stephanie Shonekan (College of Arts and Humanities, University of Maryland) inspired many during her Pressly Forum presentation in October 2022. At our inaugural E-ARTH (Equity in Art History and Archaeology) community discussion series meeting, we found ourselves drawn to her idea of how music can foster conversation around themes of justice and equity and we found ourselves wondering what a playlist of our community would contain. Well, the best way to find out is to build it, a song or two at a time. Here, to date, are our contributions.

Virtual Bookshelf

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Please navigate above to browse our library!

Movie Theatre

Once a month our Collaboratory turns into a movie theatre / a zone to converse new (and old) releases.

 

Who we are - 

Current committee members

Zoe Copeman | PhD Candidate

Tony Cui | PhD Student & Undergraduate Advisor

Quint Gregory | Director, Michelle Smith Collaboratory for Visual Culture

Holly Miller | PhD Student

Click here for a link to see all past committee members

 

Our work - annual progress reports

Semester summaries & memos

Faculty meeting reports

 

Contact us

Have a recommendation for us? Need a resource but can’t find it? Have a concern but don’t know how to address it? Contact us through our individual emails or by using the anonymous google form below. Note: you must be signed into your UMD account to use the google form.

 

From E-ARTH, we thrive.

Go TERPS!

The community that forms the Department of Art History and Archaeology - faculty, students, and staff - are committed to DEI work and recognize - and prize - process over product to lead to progress.

Consolidated ARTH Statement of Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
(Prepared by the DEI Task Force and Approved by GAHA May 2022)

We, the members of the Department of Art History and Archaeology at the University of Maryland, affirm that Black lives matter and condemn the ongoing violence of systemic racism, xenophobia, homophobia, transphobia, and other acts of injustice and harm impacting BIPOC and other marginalized people. We recognize and are willing to confront the roles of Art History and Archaeology in elevating and perpetuating Eurocentrism and its attendant systems of oppression including colonization, exploitation of labor, exploitation of the nonhuman world, sexism, classism, and white supremacy inside and outside academia. We recognize that this list is not all-inclusive and is ever evolving, and to it more will be added. Continuing the work begun by graduate students, faculty, and staff in the summer of 2020 following the murder of George Floyd by police, we commit to building and maintaining a more inclusive, equitable, anti-racist and pluralistic department. As part of this commitment, we recognize the need to confront and redress bias and harm and to challenge monocultural norms and expectations.

In this process, we are inspired by and join the campus-wide efforts to reckon with the University of Maryland’s long record of discrimination, racial injustice, and actions that undermine the very principles of intellectual and moral integrity for which we stand. 

We are committed to lifting up and expanding the diversity of our department community and to improving inclusivity and equity in our departmental practices, policies, and culture. In the study and practice of art history and archaeology, diversity and differences are assets. Our department affirms that diversity is expressed in myriad forms, including race, ethnicity, sex, gender, sexual orientation, class, immigration status, body type, language, culture, national origin, religion, age, ability, and political perspective. We are made stronger by inviting in and providing for the diverse voices, approaches and contributions that form the foundation of our twinned disciplines, and which enable our community, as a whole, to thrive. While our disciplines have collaborated in structures of oppression, we wish to affirm the role that we in the humanities and in art history and archaeology can play in helping to envision and make possible a world that is both sustainable and just.  

We envision our department as a space of care, safety, and respect for all of our members. All of our voices are valuable and our actions matter. We commit to upholding this vision in our work together.

Learning with E-ARTH

(Equity in Art History & Archaeology)

Upcoming Events

• E-ARTH Movie Night: Everything Everywhere All at Once
• Finals Week: De-stress with E-ARTH

Past Trainings & Workshops

Each semester, our Art History & Archaeology department comes together to actively address the problems and concerns within our community. Below are past trainings we have engaged:

• TLTC Training, "Responding with Care" | April 2023
• TLTC Training, "Supporting Students in Distress" | February 2023
• BISS Training, "Responding to BIAS & Microaggressions" | December 2022
• TLTC Training, "Creating an Inclusive Classroom" | April 2022

Suggested Readings

Click here for a compilation of suggested readings to keep learning. The list featured here is by no means exhaustive. This list was curated from our recent retreats, workshops, trainings, as well as campus-wide DEI efforts. It, therefore, is ever expanding. See also our "Virtual Bookshelf" for more of what our community is reading.