Archive: Announcement

• Graduation Celebration for the Class of 2021

  We want to congratulate all the graduates of the Class of 2021! Whether you are an English major, minor, graduate student, or creative writing minor, we are so proud of you and all that you've accomp

  Category: Announcement Tags: Class of 2021, Department of English, Graduation

• Tope Folarin Wins 2021 Whiting Award in Fiction

  We are excited to announce that Professor Tope Folarin, Lannan Creative Writing Visiting Lecturer, has won the 2021 Whiting Award in Fiction. It was given for his debut novel, A Particular Kind of Bl

  Category: Announcement Tags: Creative Writing, Department of English, Fiction, Literary Prize

• Caetlin Benson-Allot Publishes New Book— The Stuff of Spectatorship: Material Cultures of Film and Television

  We are excited to share that Provost's Distinguished Associate Professor, Caetlin Benson-Allott had a new book published this week! The work is titled The Stuff of Spectatorship: Material Cultures of

  Category: Announcement Tags: Department of English, Film, Film & Media Studies, Media, Television

• Amanda Chu (SFS’22), Creative Writing Minor, Reflects on Asian American Lives Lost in Atlanta Shooting in Baltimore Sun Article

  Earlier this week, Amanda Chu, a junior creative writing minor and SFS student, shared her deeply personal reflection to the Asian American lives lost in the recent Atlanta shooting in an article pub

  Category: Announcement Tags: Asian American, Creative Writing, Reflection

• Roopika Risam (MA’07) Publishes Co-Edited Book— The Digital Black Atlantic

  We are proud to share that alumni Roopika Risam (MA'07) recently co-edited and published a major book titled The Digital Black Atlantic. After attending our program, she went on to receive her PhD in

  Category: Announcement Tags: Alumni, Black Atlantic, Department of English, Diaspora, Digital Humanities

• Reading Motherhood | A Digital Project Inspired by Course Taught by Professors Pamela Fox and Elizabeth Velez

  A new digital resource, Reading Motherhood, debuted in early March 2021 and features content from a course of the same name taught by two Department of English professors: Pamela Fox and Elizabeth Ve

  Category: Announcement Tags: Department of English, Feminism, Literature, Motherhood, Reproductive Rights

• English & Honors Alumni, Julia Cooke (C’05) Publishes Second Book—Come Fly the World: The Jet-Age Story of the Women of Pan Am

  Julia Cooke (C'05) is a BA English and Honors alum, and we are proud to share that their second book—Come Fly the World: The Jet-Age Story of the Women of Pan-Am—hits shelves on March 2, 2021. Adv

  Category: Announcement Tags: Alumni, Department of English, Honors, Pan Am, Women

• Libbie Rifkin Receives Prestigious Dean’s Excellence in Teaching Award

  We are honored to share that Professor Libbie Rifkin is one of three professors at Georgetown University to receive this year's prestigious Dean's Excellence in Teaching Award! She is a Teaching Prof

  Category: Announcement Tags: Award, Disability Studies, English, Faculty

• Lakshmi Krishnan Awarded Research Fellowship from National Endowment for the Humanities

  The National Endowment for the Humanities recently announced the awardees for grants "that support innovative digital projects for the public, humanities initiatives on college campuses, and infrastr

  Category: Announcement

• Lena Orlin Named 2020–21 Fellow at Hagler Institute of Advanced Study at Texas A&M

  Congratulations to Professor Lena Orlin who was named a 2020–21 Fellow at the Hagler Institute of Advanced Study at Texas A&M University. These appointments are by invitation and recognize outsta

  Category: Announcement