Archive: News
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Georgetown Humanities Initiative Faculty Work in Progress: Prof. Peggy K. Lee
You're invited to Assistant Prof. Peggy K. Lee's work in progress event hosted by the Georgetown Humanities Initiative on April 8, 2024 from 4-5:30pm at ICC 462. The talk is titled, "Holding Myse
Categories: Announcement, Uncategorized
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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, 2022) was awarded the int
Categories: Announcement, News Story
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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 his collaborators: Rogaia
Categories: Announcement, News Story
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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 professor in the Departme
Categories: Announcement, News Story
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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. According to the Academy'
Category: Announcement
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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 Prospectors is the stor
Category: Announcement
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English MA grad publishes work from thesis
Congratulations to MA in English graduate Siwei Wang (2021), who has published a section of her MA thesis in the peer-reviewed Journal of Postcolonial Writing. The essay is titled "The Aqueous Fo
Category: Announcement
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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 the Fall 2023 term.
Category: Announcement
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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 in the UK and Commonwealth
Categories: Announcement, General Page
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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 level of honesty" in her writing and
Categories: Announcement, General Page