Archive: Announcement

• Angelyn Mitchell Remembers the Life of Toni Morrison in Politico Article

  In late December 2019, Angelyn Mitchell wrote an article about Toni Morrison for Politico. It's titled "The Writer Who Recalibrated the American Story" and serves as a reflection of the celebrated au

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• Kathryn Temple Inaugural Director of Master's in Engaged & Public Humanities (MAEPH) & Launch of Humanities Initiative at Georgetown University in 2020

  Professor Kathryn Temple will be the inaugural Director of a new Master's program in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences—a Master's in Engaged and Public Humanities (MAEPH). She will be welcomin

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• Carolyn Forché's Memoir "What You Have Heard Is True" Long-Listed for 2019 National Book Award

  University Professor Carolyn Forché's memoir, What You Have Heard Is True: A Memoir of Witness and Resistance—the true story of her journey as a young poet who at 27 years old was mysterious thrust in

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• Seth Perlow Explains Complex History of Emily Dickinson Manuscripts in LA Review of Books Article

  Seth Perlow explains the complex history of the Emily Dickinson manuscripts and the impact that history has on the creation of Dickinson projects even now in a recently published Los Angeles Review of

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• Poem by Daniel Breen (G'19), Still life on fragment (60–85 A.D.), published by Academy of American Poets

  One of our recent M.A. English alums, Daniel Breen (G'19) won the Ora Mary Pelham Poetry Prize in spring 2019. As part of his award, his poem, Still life on fragment (60–85 A.D.), was published on th

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• Cóilín Parsons Edits New Collection, 'Science, Technology, and Irish Modernism'

  Cóilín Parsons—along with colleagues Kathryn Conrad (University of Kansas) and Julie McCormick Weng (Texas State University—has edited a new collection titled Science, Technology, and Irish Modernism

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• Sherry Linkon Selected for 2019 C.L.R. James Award for book 'The Half-Life of Deindustrialization: Working-Class Writing about Economic Restructuring'

  The Working Class Studies Association has awarded Sherry Linkon's book, The Half-Life of Deindustrialization: Working-Class Writing about Economic Restructuring, the C.L.R. James Award for Published

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• Ricardo Ortíz Edits Collection of Essays on Public Humanities published by Post45

  A collection of essays that Professor Ricardo Ortíz edited and curated has been published on Post45. The introduction in particular centrally features the work that has been going on in the Departmen

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• Bezawit Yohannes (G'20) Featured, Calls for More Fiction By & About People of Color

  Master's English candidate, Bezawit (Bezi) Yohannes (G'20) was recently featured on the home page of the Georgetown University website. In the feature article she talks about how important it is for

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• Libbie Rifkin & Disability Studies Program Awarded Inaugural Provost Innovation in Teaching Award

  Congratulations to Libbie Rifkin and the entire Disability Studies Program who have just been awarded the inaugural Provost Innovation in Teaching Award in the program category. You can read more abo

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