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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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“Wild” Woman

April 12, 2019 English

New film based on professor’s work re-envisions Emily Dickinson’s life.

USLT presents Semana de la Latina

April 10, 2019 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

The U.S. Latina/o Studies Program at the University of Maryland is hosting Semana de la Latina during the week of April 15th.

From the BBC: Major in Humanities!

April 09, 2019 English

Why a 'Worthless' Humanities Degree May Set You Up For Life

Maryland Today

Behind the State House Scenes

April 08, 2019 English

Writing internship puts students in the General Assembly mix.

Professor Gerard Passannante has been chosen as a 2019 American Council of Learned Societies Fellow.

April 04, 2019 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

The awardees were selected for their potential to make original and significant contributions to knowledge in Humanistic Studies.

Mike Olmert To Give Talk

April 03, 2019 English

Mike Olmert will be giving an illustrated talk on the History of Slave Infirmaries, to the Annual Meeting of the St. Michael's Museum, Talbot County, MD.

The Talbot Spy

St Michaels Museum’s Annual Meeting April 7

April 01, 2019 English

University of Maryland professor Michael Olmert will discuss how slave hospitals were once prominent on the plantations of the South.

Karen Lewis Appointed Regional Division Representative

March 27, 2019 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Karen Lewis has been appointed to the leadership position of Regional Division Representative within NACADA: The Global Community for Academic Advising.

Orrin Wang featured on Keats-Shelley Association "What Are You Reading?"

March 22, 2019 English

The blog highlights new and recent scholarship in the field of Romanticism.

Crystal Parikh Wins Award

March 14, 2019 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Crystal Parikh's book entitled Writing Human Rights: The Political Imaginaries of Writers of Color has won the 2019 Association for Asian American Studies Award for Outstanding Achievement in Humanities and Cultural Studies: Literature.