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Interdisciplinary Research Team Begins Yearlong Inquiry into Restorative Black Ecologies and Spaces 

An interdisciplinary team of Georgetown researchers is beginning a yearlong inquiry into the past, present and future of Black ecologies. Led by Amani Morrison, an assistant…

October 17, 2023

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Professor Carolyn Forché inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

The Department of English is excited to announce that Distinguished University Professor Carolyn Forché has been inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.…

October 6, 2023

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Prof. Djanikian’s new novel is the Barnes & Noble October Book Club Pick

Ariel Djanikian’s novel THE PROSPECTORS is out with William Morrow this month and is the Barnes and Noble Book Club pick for October. From Barnes and Noble: “The…

October 5, 2023

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English MA grad publishes work from thesis

Congratulations to MA in English graduate Siwei Wang (2021), who has published a section of her MA thesis in the peer-reviewed Journal of Postcolonial Writing. The essay is…

October 5, 2023

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Prof. Mecca Jamilah Sullivan named Schomburg Fellow

The department is excited to announce that Prof. Mecca Jamilah Sullivan has been named a Scholars-in-Residence Fellow at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture for…

October 5, 2023

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The Nicky and Jamie Grant Distinguished Professor of the Practice in Literary Criticism

The Department is excited to announce that on August 19th, Maureen Corrigan will receive the “John Seigenthaler Legends Award” bestowed by the “Killer Nashville…

August 21, 2023

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Professor Mecca Jamilah Sullivan’s novel, BIG GIRL, named BBC Radio Book Club Pick

The department is excited to announce that Professor Mecca Jamilah Sullivan‘s novel, BIG GIRL, has been named a BBC Radio 2 Summer Book Club selection . Released this month…

July 14, 2023

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Novel Dialogue Podcast Episode: Nicole Rizzuto with Aminatta Forna

For the podcast Novel Dialogue, Nicole Rizzuto spoke with Aminatta Forna about her approach to writing fiction and non-fiction. They discuss Aminatta’s “forensic…

June 15, 2023

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Georgetown Hosts “Centering the Humanities,” the 2023 Summer Seminar of the Associations of Departments of English and of Language Departments

Georgetown’s English Department helped to host a major national conference on “Centering the Humanities,” 1-3 June of 2023 . Partnering with the Modern Language…

June 8, 2023

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Maureen Corrigan, The Nicky and Jamie Grant Distinguished Prof. of the Practice in Literary Criticism, wins the 2023 Kukula Award for Excellence in Nonfiction Reviewing

Maureen Corrigan has won the Washington Monthly’s 2023 Kukula Award for Excellence in Nonfiction Book Reviewing . In conferring the award, judges praised her for “…

June 7, 2023