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$1.4M Mellon Foundation Grant Expands Black Digital Humanities at UMD

Initiative fosters broad range of scholarly, creative and experimental work at all levels–undergrad to faculty.

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UMD English Launches New Stanley Plumly Lecture Series in Creative Writing

The series honors the late Distinguished University Professor and state Poet Laureate.

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UMD English Ph.D. Students Are Helping to Chart New Field of 'Queer Bibliography'

Queer bibliography expands discipline to allow for a ‘more affective response to books,’ finds a home in BookLab.

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New Digital Storytelling and Poetics Minor to Prepare Students to Create and Interpret Online Texts

Students will learn to ‘approach writing for the web with intentionality and imagination.’

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English Students, Faculty Bring Humanities Beyond the University

The Center for Literary and Comparative Studies Awards in the Public Humanities seek to imagine 'new forms of scholarship and creativity and teaching.'

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The Department of English teaches students how to think critically, communicate clearly, and create fearlessly. Equipped with a versatile and interdisciplinary liberal arts education, our students emerge from our classrooms well-prepared to navigate the complex landscape of the current moment.

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Our English major and minor programs train students in key approaches to analyzing literature and media, the structures and effects of the English language, and theories and practices of writing from the creative to the professional. Find details about our B.A. program, honors program, and minors.

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Our graduate programs offer an extraordinary depth and range of expertise with highly individualized professional and pedagogical mentorship. Find details about our M.F.A., M.A., and P.h.D. programs.

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Why choose the University of Maryland for English?

Located just 10 miles from Washington, D.C., we have easy access to the city’s rich cultural and scholarly resources, including the Library of Congress, the Smithsonian, the Folger Shakespeare Library, and the National Archives. Our department champions innovation, diversity and flexibility in pursuit of higher education. Our 50-plus tenure-track faculty are first in their fields, with a wide-ranging and award-winning body of work in digital media, scholarly essays and books, novels, short stories and poetry. By enrolling in our program, students join an exciting, diverse, engaged, and thriving intellectual community.

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