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Five Must-Read Summer Book Picks by Asian and Asian American Authors

AAPI Literature and Media Club Founder and President Julie Cha ’25 recommends top reads.
May 09, 2024 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.
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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Professors Contribue to New Anthology

November 29, 2016 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Elizabeth Papazian and Caroline Eades served as editors of The Essay Film: Dialogue, Politics, Utopia published by Wallflower Press (2016), which features writing from several UMD faculty members.

Faculty Members Receive RASA Grants

November 29, 2016 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Please join us in congratulaing all of the RASA winners on the receipt of these awards. Read more about the faculty members who received RASA grants from the Graduate School for 2017-2018.

Share-A-Bear

November 22, 2016 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

That time of the year is here! Share-A-Bear (Or Any New Stuffed Animal)!

Jhumpa Lahiri Visits George Mason University in Arlington, VA

November 22, 2016 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Jhumpa Lahiri will  visit The Mercatus Center at George Mason University on Monday, December 5 at 6:00 PM in Founders Hall Auditorium.

Linda Reiss Freeman Updates

November 22, 2016 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

When retired lecturer Linda Freeman spent three weeks in London this past September, among other places she visited was the home of 19th-century writer and sage, Thomas Carlyle.

Literary Artist Opportunity for the Maryland Purple Line

November 18, 2016 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Deadline: December 1, 2016 - 8:00 PM, EDT. Qualifications only (not proposals).

#AllTheBestWords

November 16, 2016 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Bringing together words, phrases, poems, passages, and more...

Jamison Kantor Recent Publications

November 16, 2016 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Jamison Kantor, a lecturer in English, recently published a scholarly article in Nineteenth-Century Literature called "'Say What is Honor:' Wordsworth and the Value of Honor."

Elizabeth Arnold Publication Updates

November 16, 2016 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Elizabeth Arnold's fifth book of poems Skeleton Coast will appear in January 2017 from Flood Editions. A long sequence from the book, "Hell", will appear in Chicago Review in December.

2016-17 Scholarship Recipients

November 15, 2016 American Studies, Classics, College of Arts and Humanities, Communication, English, History, Linguistics, Philosophy, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Chinese, French, Romance Languages, Russian, Spanish and Portuguese, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

ARHU is pleased to announce the 2016-17 Senior Scholars, Scholarship Recipients and Freshmen Scholars.