Archive: Announcement

• 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

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• 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

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• Carolyn Forché’s Memoir Nominated for 2020 Dayton Literary Peace Prize

  Congratulations to University Professor Carolyn Forché! Her memoir, What You Have Heard is True, has been nominated for the 2020 Dayton Literary Peace Prize in non-fiction. This category will be judg

  Category: Announcement

• Jennifer Natalya Fink’s Play ‘Bitter Flower’ Adapted by Burning Coal Theatre Company

  We are thrilled to share that Professor Jennifer Natalya Fink's play Bitter Flower has been adapted as an online film to be shown at Burning Coal Theatre Company’s 19th Amendment Festival at the end

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• Carolyn Forché Receives Prestigious Mary McCarthy Award

  We are excited to share that University Professor Carolyn Forché received the prestigious Mary McCarthy Award for her career of writing from Bard College in late August 2020. Past recipients of th

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• Lindsay Kaplan co-writes Op-Ed with founder of Black Health Matters, Roslyn Young-Daniels

  Professor Lindsay Kaplan recently published an op-ed piece in the online version of USAToday that she co-wrote with her high school friend, Roslyn Young-Daniels, who founded Black Health Matters in 2

  Category: Announcement