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Prof. Patrick O’Malley Named Honorable Mention for Lawrence J. McCaffrey Prize for Books on Irish-America

Professor O’Malley’s most recent publication, The Irish and the Imagination of Race: White Supremacy Across the Atlantic in the Nineteenth Century from the University…

July 10, 2024

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Prof. Hochman Awarded 2023 Surveillance Studies Network Book Prize

The English department is excited to announce that Professor Brian Hochman’s book THE LISTENERS: A HISTORY OF WIRETAPPING IN THE UNITED STATES (Harvard University Press,…

February 15, 2024

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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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Professors Abusharaf, Chakravarti, and Parsons Named 2nd Sonneborn Interdisciplinary Collaboration Chair

University Provost Robert Groves recently announced the Provost Office Faculty awards, and one of the English Department’s own, Prof. Cóilín Parsons, was named alongside…

October 24, 2023

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Interdisciplinary Research Team Begins Yearlong Inquiry into Restorative Black Ecologies and Spaces 

An interdisciplinary team of Georgetown researchers is beginning a yearlong inquiry into the past, present and future of Black ecologies. Led by Amani Morrison, an assistant…

October 17, 2023

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Professor Carolyn Forché inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

The Department of English is excited to announce that Distinguished University Professor Carolyn Forché has been inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.…

October 6, 2023

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Prof. Djanikian’s new novel is the Barnes & Noble October Book Club Pick

Ariel Djanikian’s novel THE PROSPECTORS is out with William Morrow this month and is the Barnes and Noble Book Club pick for October. From Barnes and Noble: “The…

October 5, 2023

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Prof. Mecca Jamilah Sullivan named Schomburg Fellow

The department is excited to announce that Prof. Mecca Jamilah Sullivan has been named a Scholars-in-Residence Fellow at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture for…

October 5, 2023

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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