Archive: Announcement
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Carolyn Forché gives keynote address at Yale Law School for the Robert L. Bernstein International Human Rights Symposium
University Professor, Carolyn Forché gave the Robert L. Bernstein International Human Rights Symposium Keynote Address at Yale Law School last Thursday afternoon, April 7, 2016.…
April 11, 2016
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Kelley Wickham-Crowley published in lead article of Tolkien Studies Vol. 12
Professor Kelley Wickham-Crowley’s article,”‘Mind to Mind’: Tolkien’s Faerian Drama and the Middle English Sir Orfeo,” was published as…
March 16, 2016
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Libbie Rifkin invites renowned dancer Alice Sheppard as part of the Disability Studies Initiative, feat. in The Hoya
Teaching Professor Libbie Rifkin, the spring coordinator for the Disabilities Studies Initiative, invited renowned dancer Alice Sheppard to come and perform on campus last week,…
February 29, 2016
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Mark McMorris's poem "The Drums of Marrakesh" featured in March 2016 Harper's Magazine
Professor Mark McMorris’s poem The Drums of Marrakesh, with an introduction by 2015 MacArthur Fellow Ben Lerner, will be spotlighted in the upcoming March edition of&#…
February 17, 2016
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MA Student Dan Marchalik publishes article in Slate Magazine
Dan Marchalik, who is a second-year student in the English MA program as well as a surgical resident at Georgetown University Medical School, has published an article&…
February 11, 2016
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Norma Tilden and Dana Luciano have articles published in American Studies Journal "Transatlantica"
Professors Norma Tilden and Dana Luciano each had articles published in the most recent issue of the online American Studies Journal, Transatlantica. Professor Tilden’s…
February 5, 2016
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Samantha Pinto awarded the MLA’s William Sanders Scarborough Prize
We are delighted and honored to announce that Professor Samantha Pinto will receive the esteemed William Sanders Scarborough Prize in the category of “outstanding…
December 4, 2014
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"Where do cultures go when they die?" Brian Hochman explores this question on the University of Minnesota Press blog in advance of book release
Professor Hochman tells the story of “the Codfish, the Indian, and the phonograph” on the University of Minnesota Press blog. His book, Savage Preservation: The…
October 24, 2014
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English PhD Initiative Featured in the Chronicle of Higher Education
This week, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported on the English Department’s efforts to propose a new PhD program. The article is behind a paywall, but…
September 16, 2014