Archive: Faculty
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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
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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
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Maureen Corrigan, The Nicky and Jamie Grant Distinguished Prof. of the Practice in Literary Criticism, wins the 2023 Kukula Award for Excellence in Nonfiction Reviewing
Maureen Corrigan has won the Washington Monthly’s 2023 Kukula Award for Excellence in Nonfiction Book Reviewing . In conferring the award, judges praised her for “…
June 7, 2023
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Prof. Benson-Allott Awarded Mercator Fellowship at Goethe University Frankfurt
The department is excited to announce that Dr. Caetlin Benson-Allott will be a Mercator Fellow for the month of June 2023 at the Graduiertenkolleg “Configurations of Film&…
May 30, 2023