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College of Arts and Humanities, English

Carey Cameron ’24 Plans Future in Media and Entertainment

The senior English major and creative writing minor has held multiple arts and culture roles in the D.C. region.
April 22, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities, English

Dylan Lewis Named to Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography

The prestigious fellowship is a capstone graduate career achievement for the English doctoral candidate.
April 15, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities, English

English Professor Elizabeth Arnold Dies at 65

Arnold was a poet of national and international acclaim and a beloved teacher and colleague.
March 12, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities, English

Professor Lillian-Yvonne Bertram and Hoa Nguyen ’91 Receive Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists

They’re among four poets internationally to receive the award.
February 29, 2024 American Studies, English, Maryland Language Science Center

Three ARHU Faculty Win Do Good Innovator Awards

Perla M. Guerrero, Peter Mallios and Shevaun Lewis are among 57 staff and faculty from across campus who received the award.

February 13, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities, English

M Pease ’22 Appointed to Maryland Commission on LGBTQIA+ Affairs

Pease is an alum of the Maryland General Assembly Program in the Department of English.
February 05, 2024 English

Ali Clingan ’25 Awarded 2023–24 Jack Godfrey Memorial Scholarship

Clingan is the fourth English major to win the scholarship since it was established in 2014.
December 01, 2023 English, College of Arts and Humanities

Lillian-Yvonne Bertram to Read From 'Negative Money'

The poet will share some of their computational poetry Dec. 6.
November 29, 2023 African American History, Culture and Digital Humanities, English

$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.
November 08, 2023 English, College of Arts and Humanities

UMD English Launches New Stanley Plumly Lecture Series in Creative Writing

The series honors the late Distinguished University Professor and state Poet Laureate.
Poetry Society of America April 26, 2024

"Wave House" by Professor Elizabeth Arnold Wins Poetry Society of America William Carlos Williams Award

Arnold's book of poetry was one of two winners of the award.
The New Yorker March 25, 2024

“Bitter Water Opera" in Briefly Noted Book Reviews

Alum Nicolette Polek MFA '19's new novel is featured in The New Yorker.
Education Week February 07, 2024

‘Why Doesn’t Everybody Want to Do This?': A New Teacher’s Midyear Reflection

Alum Saxon Brown '23 discusses being an English teacher in Education Week.

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Graduate Conference on American Empire and Imperialism Held at Maryland

July 13, 2010 English

On November 7 and 8, a team of graduate students from Robert Levine's Spring 2008 seminar held a national conference on the theme of "Rethinking Empire and Imperialism in 19th Century American Literature."

Graduate Conference Announces Keynote

July 13, 2010 English

Deadline for submissions extended to January 15, 2009.

Graduate Students Place Essays in Journals

July 13, 2010 English

Articles by Rebecca Lush, and T.J. Moretti have been recently accepted for publication in academic journals.

Donald Hall Delivers Lecture on Academic Preparedness

July 13, 2010 English

Hall, an alumnus from the University of Maryland Ph.D. program, gave an enthusiastic and engaging talk to a crowd of eighty graduate students. 

2007-2008 Graduate Student Accomplishments

July 13, 2010 English

Thanks to Jasmine Lellock's efforts, we have here a list of graduate student accomplishments for 2007-08

Fellowship Awards Announced

July 13, 2010 English

Two more fellowship announcements for graduate students.

Fellowships Announced for Graduate Students

July 13, 2010 English

We're delighted to share news of fellowships awarded to our graduate students.

Text and Techne a Great Success

July 13, 2010 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Congratulations to all of the participants in the Text and Techneconference held this past weekend!

Admitted Student Day Scheduled for March

July 13, 2010 English

We are delighted to offer information regarding this year's Admitted Students Days, to be held 28-29 March 2008. 

Horton Publishes Short Fiction Anthology

July 13, 2010 English

We're very pleased to announce the publication of New Stories from the Southwest, edited by D. Seth Horton, one of the doctoral students in our program.