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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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Gilman International Scholarship

January 26, 2011 English

Learnabout the Gilman International Scholarship, which provides up to $5,000 for Pell Grant recipients to study abroad for a semester or more.
The Diamondback

Upcoming Exhibit Fuses Multiple Artistic Elements To Create Unique Style

January 26, 2011 Art, English, History, University of Maryland Art Gallery

Exhibition Poetic.Aesthetic. at UMD's The Art Gallery blends poetry with visual art.By Julie Baughman, Diamondback

Michael Dirda Appointed 2011 Petrou Reader-In-Residence

January 26, 2011 College of Arts and Humanities, English

Washington Post columnist joins UMD English Department as spring Petrou Reader-in-Residence.

Historians Against (Today'S) Slavery

January 26, 2011 English, History

UMD's Vincent Carretta, professor of English and 2009 Guggenhiem Fellow, joins the new organization "Historians Againist Slavery."
The Diamondback

Upcoming Exhibit Fuses Multiple Artistic Elements To Create Unique Style

January 26, 2011 Art, University of Maryland Art Gallery, English

Exhibition Poetic.Aesthetic. at UMD's The Art Gallery blends poetry with visual art.By Julie Baughman, Diamondback
Diamondback

Upcoming Exhibit Fuses Multiple Artistic Elements To Create Unique Style

January 26, 2011 Art, University of Maryland Art Gallery, English

Exhibition Poetic.Aesthetic. at UMD's The Art Gallery blends poetry with visual art.By Julie Baughman, Diamondback

Plumly to Delivery Turnbull Lecture at Johns Hopkins University

January 25, 2011 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Stanley Plumly, Professor and Director of Creative Writing, will deliver the 2011 Turnbull Lecture at Johns Hopkins University on Tuesday, February 15. His talk is titled "My Keats."

January 31 Lecture: What Type of Lamb does Isaiah 53 Describe?

January 25, 2011 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

The Jospeh and Rebecca Meyerhoff Center for Jewish Studies announces a lecture, "What Type of Lamb does Isaiah 53 Describe?" by Jeremy Schipper, on Monday, January 31, 2011, from 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm in 0142 Holzapfel Hall.

Poetic. Aesthetic. An Exploration of Creativity in Poetry and Visual Art

January 24, 2011 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Poetic. Aesthetic. is a multimedia exhibition that partners Maryland poets with national and international artists to collaborate on original, interdisciplinary works.

Apply for ODK (Omicron Delta Kappa) Leadership Society

January 24, 2011 English

Omicron Delta Kappa – one of the most prestigious national societies to recognize leadership – is now accepting applications for the Spring 2011 semester.