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    Find the latest news and information from around the college, including student experiences, faculty research and awards, and alumni updates.

    College of Arts and Humanities, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, School of Music, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, English, Art, Art History and Archaeology, University of Maryland Art Gallery, David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

    Broadening the Arts Umbrella

    New initiative expands offerings; unites arts, STEM and social justice.
    April 13, 2021 English, College of Arts and Humanities

    Early American Literature Program Ranks Among Best in Nation

    Faculty, student achievement highlighted by U.S. News & World Report's 2022 'Best Graduate Schools' rankings.
    March 26, 2021 English

    Joshua Weiner and Translation Team of "Anniversary Snow" Win the Sarah Maguire Prize for Poetry In Translation

    The Sarah Maguire Prize recognizes the best book of poetry by a living poet from Africa, Asia, Latin America or the Middle East published in English translation.
    March 25, 2021 English

    In Session

    An internship at the Maryland General Assembly is helping English major Sumayyah Ghori ’21 prepare for a future in law.
    March 23, 2021 English

    2021 Jiménez-Porter Literary Prizes Announced

    Congrats to our English major awardees in the prose and poetry categories.
    February 12, 2021 English

    Cecilia Shelton Wins the 2021 Outstanding Dissertation Award and 2021 Technical and Scientific Communication Award

    The National Council of Teachers of English awarded the English professor two awards for her work surrounding “A Techné of Marginality.”
    January 07, 2021 Center for Literary and Comparative Studies, English

    Orrin Wang Wins 2020 Distinguished Scholar Award

    English professor Orrin Wang is the 2020 recipient of the Keats Shelley Association of America's Distinguished Scholar Award.
    January 04, 2021 English

    MFA Alum's Novel Listed Among Forbes' Best YA Books of 2020

    Elizabeth Acevedo's (MFA '15) book Clap When You Land is listed among the best YA books of the year.
    November 09, 2020 English

    How poetry helped MFA alum Elizabeth Acevedo know when to stop writing

    UMD English alum discusses narrative structure in her young adult novels.
    October 19, 2020 English

    Scott Trudell Wins the 2020 Roland H. Bainton Prize for Literature

    Trudell's monograph has been chosen as the recipient of the 2020 Bainton Prize for Literature by the Sixteenth Century Society & Conference.
    Washington Post April 28, 2021

    Georgia’s Voter Suppression Laws Betray the Promise of Reconstruction

    Distinguished Professor Robert Levine Discusses Georgia’s Voter Suppression Laws in the Washington Post
    PBS April 28, 2021

    Alum Jason Renolds Guest Stars on PBS Antiques Roadshow: Celebrity Edition

    Catch the bestselling writer alongside fellow guests Jay Leno, S. Epatha Merkerson, Nancy Kerrigan, and Dottie Pepper on Monday, May 3

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    Updates from Sangeeta Ray

    May 06, 2021 English

    Sangeeta Ray retires as President of the American Comparative Literature Association After Successful Virtual Conference

    English Department To Collaborate on Three Antiracism Publications

    April 29, 2021 English, College of Arts and Humanities

    The publications are a product of the recent year-long Antiracism Series hosted by the Center for Literary and Comparative Studies.
    PBS

    Alum Jason Renolds Guest Stars on PBS Antiques Roadshow: Celebrity Edition

    April 28, 2021 English

    Catch the bestselling writer alongside fellow guests Jay Leno, S. Epatha Merkerson, Nancy Kerrigan, and Dottie Pepper on Monday, May 3
    Washington Post

    Georgia’s Voter Suppression Laws Betray the Promise of Reconstruction

    April 28, 2021 English, College of Arts and Humanities

    Distinguished Professor Robert Levine Discusses Georgia’s Voter Suppression Laws in the Washington Post

    Broadening the Arts Umbrella

    April 28, 2021 College of Arts and Humanities, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, School of Music, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, English, Art, Art History and Archaeology, University of Maryland Art Gallery, David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

    New initiative expands offerings; unites arts, STEM and social justice.
    Maryland Today

    Witchy Woman

    April 27, 2021 English, College of Arts and Humanities

    Alum’s Fourth Book Explores the Occult, Addiction and Internet Covens

    I Finished English 101. What's Next?

    April 20, 2021 English

    Enjoy what you explored in English 101? See what else the English Department has to offer with our fall courses.

    UMD English Alum Elizabeth DeLoughrey (PhD '99) Awarded 2021 Guggenheim Fellowship

    April 14, 2021 English

    DeLoughrey is the founder of the UCLA Postcolonial Literature & Theory Colloquium as well as co-editor for the interdisciplinary open access journal Environmental Humanities.

    Early American Literature Program Ranks Among Best in Nation

    April 13, 2021 English, College of Arts and Humanities

    Faculty, student achievement highlighted by U.S. News & World Report's 2022 'Best Graduate Schools' rankings.

    New Translations by Joshua Weiner

    April 06, 2021 English

    Read the newly translated release of Flight and Metamorphosis.