Archive: English
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Professor Krishnan Awarded $3 Million Mellon Foundation Grant with Dean Dana Williams (Howard) to establish Georgetown Howard Center for Medical Humanities and Health Justice in DC
The department is excited to announce that our affiliate joint faculty Professor Lakshmi Krishnan has been awarded a 3.5 year, $3 million Mellon Foundation Grant with Dean Dana Williams (Howard) to e
Category: Announcement
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Jason Rosenblatt awarded John T. Shawcross Award of the Milton Society of America
Emeritus Professor Jason Rosenblatt’s John Selden: Scholar, Statesman, Advocate of Milton’s Muse (Oxford University Press) has received the Milton Society of America's John T. Shawcross Award for the
Category: Announcement
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Prof. El-Amine Nominated for the PEN-Robert W. Bingham prize for Debut Short Story Collection
The department is excited to announce that Professor Zein El-Amine's short story collection "Is This How You Eat a Watermelon?" has been placed on the Longlist for the 2023 PEN/Robert W. Bingham Priz
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Prof. Amani Morrison Lead Principal Investigator for Mellon Sawyer Seminar Grant
We are excited to share that Georgetown University, courtesy of our very own Professor Amani Morrison as Lead Principal Investigator, was awarded a $225,000 Mellon Sawyer Seminar grant to support the
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Welcoming Prof. Zein El-Amine to the English Department
Prof. Zein El-Amine is in the midst of a book tour promoting his most recent collection of short stories, Is This How You Eat a Watermelon? It's already won the Megaphone Prize for Short Fiction and
Categories: Announcement, News Story
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Major Thomas Schueman (MA ’19) Publishes New Memoir – Always Faithful
We are excited to share that English alumnus Major Thomas Schueman (MA '19) has published a co-written a memoir titled Always Faithful. Read more about his experience at Georgetown, new book, and mil
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Inventing Education | Newest Publication from John C. Hirsh
With sales opening on Amazon this week, the English Department is excited to announce our very own Prof. John Hirsh's latest publication: Inventing Education: Georgetown Students and D.C. Youth Learn
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Congratulations to Ricardo Ortiz for being named President of the Association of Departments of English (ADE)
The English Department is excited by the news that Ricardo Ortiz, Ph.D., was recently named president of the Association of Departments of English (ADE). As Professor of US Latinx Literature and Cult
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Grace Aldridge Foster (MA ’17) Published in Forbes, Taking Control of Your Email Inbox
We are excited to share that Grace Aldridge Foster (MA '17) recently had an article she wrote published by Forbes. The topic is how to take control of your email inbox in seven easy steps. Read the f
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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
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