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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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Undergraduate Excellence Awards

May 17, 2011 English

Check out our department's undergraduate award winners!

Undergraduate Excellence Awards

May 17, 2011 English

Check out our department's undergraduate award winners!

English Department Commencent Speaker, Spring 2011

May 16, 2011 English

The English Department's Student Address for Commencement on Friday, May 20th announced!

Umd Student Wins Esteemed Beinecke Scholarship

May 06, 2011 English

 ARHU English major awarded $34,000 scholarship towards graduate studies.Originally posted on the ARHU English Department website.

Awards for Graduate Student Teaching

May 05, 2011 English

The following have been recognized for their excellent work in the department classrooms!

MFA Program Awards Major Departmental Prizes!

April 28, 2011 English

Check out the 2011 Academy of American Poets Prize & Katherine Anne Porter Fiction Prize Winners!

2011-2012 Arhu Fulbright Recipients

April 21, 2011 English, History, Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center, French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese, School of Music, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

UPDATED: ARHU students are selected as prestigious 2011-2012 Fulbright award winners.

Jennifer Wellman Awarded Ann G. Wylie Fellowship

April 17, 2011 English

English Ph.D. candidate Jennifer Wellman has been awarded the Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowship from the Graduate School at the University of Maryland.

Maryland's First Beinecke Scholar: Weinfei Zhou

April 12, 2011 English

Wenfei Zhou, a junior English major, has just been named a 2011 Beinecke Scholar.

Memorial Service for Marshall Grossman on Tuesday, April 26, 4:00 p.m.

April 12, 2011 English

We will hold a memorial service for our esteemed colleague, Professor MarshallGrossman, on Tuesday, April 26, from 4-5 p.m. at the gallery of the David Driskell Center in the Cole Student Activities Building on the University of Maryland campus.