Archive: Announcement

• MA English student, Natatlie McGartland (GSAS'19) Receives Sir Stanley Wells Shakespeare Studentship

  Congratulations to English MA student, Natalie McGartland (GSAS'19) on receiving a Sir Stanley Wells Shakespeare Studentship! Natalie was nominated by Professor Lena Orlin for her project on the lost

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• Ward Tietz Publishes New Book, Hg—The Liquid

  Join us in congratulating Professor Ward Tietz on the publication of his new book, Hg-The Liquid!

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• Alumna Erika Bullock (C'17) Accepts Prestigious Knight-Hennessey Award

  English alumna, Erika Bullock (C'17) has been selected as one of the prestigious Knight-Hennessey Scholars. She will use this award to pursue a Ph.D. in the Social Sciences, Humanities, and Interdisc

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• Jennifer Natalya Fink's Bhopal Dance Selected as Lammy Finalist

  Jennifer Natalya Fink's latest work, Bhopal Dance: A Novel, has been selected as a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award in the Bisexual Fiction category. This award is one of the most prestigious awa

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• Maureen Corrigan Featured in Poets & Writers, Talks Fresh Air and Becoming a Book Critic

  Maureen Corrigan was recently interviewed by Michael Taeckens for a Poets & Writers article where she expands upon her journey to becoming a book critic from her days in the PhD English program at Pe

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• 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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