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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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"The Dialogue" Documentary, Wednesday, September 17, 4:00 pm

September 16, 2014 English

Global Communities is partnering with Language House, Maryland English Institute, and the Honors College to debut “The Dialogue,” a documentary which follows four American and four Chinese university students as they travel together in China

Ralph Bauer "The 'America of Nature': Francis Bacon and the Archaeology of a Paradigm," Friday, September 19, 4:00 pm

September 16, 2014 English

Ralph Bauer "The 'America of Nature': Francis Bacon and the Archaeology of a Paradigm," Friday, September 19, 4:00 pm

The Life of a Poet: Mary Szybist, Wednesday, September 17, 7:00 pm

September 11, 2014 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

National Book Award winner Mary Szybist will discuss her poetry with Ron Charles, editor of the Washington Post's Book World.

Cognitive Science Colloquium "What Freud got right about speech errors," Thursday, September 11, 3:30 pm

September 09, 2014 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Gary Dell (Psychology & Linguistics, University of Illinois)Bioscience Research Building 1103

Cognitive Science Colloquium, "Strategic Morality," Thursday, September 18, 3:30 pm

September 09, 2014 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Robert Kurzban (Psychology, Penn)Bioscience Research Building 1103

Cognitive Science Colloquium, "Linguistic experience and speech-in-noise recognition," Thursday, October 9, 3:30 pm

September 09, 2014 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Ann Bradlow (Linguistics, Northwestern)Bioscience Research Building 1103

Cognitive Science Colloquium, Laura Schulz, Thursday, October 9, 3:30 pm

September 09, 2014 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Bioscience Research Building 1103

Cognitive Science Colloquium, "Rational approaches to learning and development," Thursday, October 23, 3:30 pm

September 09, 2014 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Celeste Kidd (Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Rochester)Bioscience Research Building 1103

Cognitive Science Colloquium, Joan Silk, Thursday, November 13, 3:30 pm

September 09, 2014 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Bioscience Research Building 1103

Cognitive Science Colloquium, Michael Platt, Thursday, December 4, 3:30 pm

September 09, 2014 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Michael Platt (Cognitive Neuroscience, Duke)Biology-Psychology (BPS) 1208