Archive: Announcement

• 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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• 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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