Archive: Announcement

• English Major Alumnus RaMell Ross Nominated for Oscar for Best Documentary Feature

  Cinematographer and Director, RaMell Ross (COL ‘05) was an English and Sociology major at Georgetown University. His award-winning documentary, “Hale County This Morning, This Evening,” has been nomi

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• English Major Alumnus Ilya Kaminsky's "Deaf Republic" Latest New Yorker Multimedia Feature

  English major alumnus, Ilya Kaminsky (COL '01) was featured in a recent issue of the New Yorker. In the issue, poems from Ilya's book, "Deaf Republic" are accompanied by graphics of the sign language

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• Jennifer Natalya Fink to be Interviewed in a Salon Series Conversation

  Professor Jennifer Natalya Fink will be interviewed in a Salon Series conversation at NYU Washington, DC on Tuesday, February 12, 2019.  NYU DC faculty member, Victoria Kiechel will lead the discussi

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• Aminatta Forna Announced as 2019 Scotiabank Giller Prize Judge

  Lannan Center Director, Aminatta Forna was recently announced as part of the five-member jury panel for the 2019 Scotiabank Giller Prize. The Giller Prize awards $100,000 for the best Canadian fictio

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• Ricardo Ortíz's Book, "Latinx Literature Now: Between Evanescence and Event" Published

  English Department Chair Ricardo Ortíz's new book, Latinx Literature Now: Between Evanescence and Event was recently published by Palgrave Macmillan. Latinx Literature uses Latinx literary texts and a

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• Maureen Corrigan Receives the 2018 Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing

  Maureen Corrigan recently received the 2018 Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing from the National Book Critics Circle.  Congratulations, Maureen!

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• Jennifer Natalya Fink Awarded Distinguished Faber Residency

  Jennifer Natalya Fink has been awarded a distinguished Faber Residency to be held this May in Catalonia. Congratulations, Jennifer!

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• Elizabeth Velez featured in 'Blue & Gray'

  Academic Director for the Community Scholars Program and lecturer in the Department of English, Elizabeth Velez was recently featured in Blue & Gray. In the Georgetown Faces article, she recounts some

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• M. Lindsay Kaplan's 'Figuring Racism in Medieval Christianity' Released by Oxford University Press

  M. Lindsay Kaplan's latest book, Figuring Racism in Medieval Christianity, is now available via Oxford University Press. The book serves to "sharpen our understanding of contemporary racism as well a

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• Jennifer Natalya Fink's "Bhopal Dance" Reviewed in Lambda Literary

  Jennifer Natalya Fink was recently interviewed by Corinne Manning of Lambda Literary on her newest novel, Bhopal Dance. Of the novel, Manning states that, "The book is an astounding sun-posed magnify

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