Archive: Announcement
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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…
January 31, 2019
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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…
January 30, 2019
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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,!…
January 25, 2019
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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,!…
January 25, 2019
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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&…
January 10, 2019
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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 “…
January 8, 2019
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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…
January 7, 2019
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Alumnus John James (GSAS'17) Wins 2nd Annual Max Ritvo Poetry Prize
MA English alumnus, John James (GSAS’17) has won the 2nd Annual Max Ritvo Poetry Prize, selected by poet Henri Cole. John’s collection The Milk…
November 26, 2018
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Lena Cowen Orlin Awarded Fall 2018 Bogliasco Foundation Fellowship in Humanities
Professor Lena Cowen Orlin was the recipient of the Bogliasco Foundation Fellowship in Humanities this Fall 2018. Her residency in Italy included in-depth research…
November 26, 2018
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MA Student Katherine Burd Receives The Edith Wharton Society's Elsa Nettels Prize for Beginning Scholar
Master of Arts in English student, Katherine Burd has won the Edith Wharton Society’s Elsa Nettels Prize for a Beginning Scholar, for her paper titled, “…
October 15, 2018