Archive: English
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7,000 Miles From Home, Korean Fulbright Recipient Built Community at Georgetown
Excerpt reposted from the Graduate Studies main page:By Katie Rice | May 7, 2026 Ever since she began reading English-language novels in middle school in Seoul, South Korea,…
May 7, 2026
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Prof. Duncan Wu Publishes Multiple Poems
Professor Duncan Wu is best known as a literary scholar, but the Department is thrilled to announce publication of some of his poems as well as a chapbook: “Shibboleth&;…
April 8, 2026
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Prof. Rabih Alameddine Longlisted for the 2025 National Book Award for Fiction
The department is excited to announce that Lannan Visiting Lecturer Rabih Alameddine has been longlisted for the 2025 National Book Award for Fiction, for his new novel The True…
September 22, 2025
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Celebrating the 2025 Writing Awards Finalists
Professor Phil Sandick, Director of the Creative Writing Minor, and the Department of English hosted the finalists selected for the 2025 Writing Awards on April 30. Our judges…
May 5, 2025
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Students Bridge Campuses, Cultures, and Communities with Hands-On Learning in India
Ten Georgetown University students from campuses in the United States and Qatar recently came together in India for an immersive research experience as part of the…
May 5, 2025
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English Faculty and Staff Recognized for Excellence in the College of Arts & Sciences
The College of Arts and Sciences has awarded three of the members of our department for excellence in teaching, research, and service: Karen Lautman has been awarded the…
March 12, 2025
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New Book by Prof. O’Malley
The English Department is happy to announce a new book by Professor Patrick R. O’Malley: The Irish and the Imagination of Race: White Supremacy Across the Atlantic in the…
January 23, 2024
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Invited Lecturer in The Future of the Humanities Project at Georgetown University in Association with Blackfriars Hall Oxford
The department is excited to celebrate Rebecca Boylan’s online talk on Monday, January 22 at 11:00 a.m. as part of the collaboration between Georgetown and Blackfriars Hall…
January 23, 2024
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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