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DeLisa D. Hawkes Wins 2019 ALSCW Dissertation Fellowship

March 06, 2019 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

DeLisa D. Hawkes is the winner of the 2019 ALSCW Dissertation Fellowship. 

Remembering Virginia Beauchamp

March 06, 2019 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Virginia Beauchamp, Professor Emerita and dear friend to many passed away on February 10, 2019. Professor Beauchamp enjoyed a long career in our department and was instrumental in starting Women's Studies at UMD.  

Sangeeta Ray: Updates and Forthcoming Publications

March 05, 2019 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Sangeeta Ray will be running a seminar at the ACLA (of which she is Second Vice President) on "Properties of the Global Novel: Comparative and Otherwise," March 7-10th at Georgetown University.

Maud Casey's Award and Forthcoming Publication

March 05, 2019 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Maud Casey's nonfiction book The Art of Mystery: The Search for Questions (Graywolf Press) was named one of Spirituality & Practice's Best Spiritual Books of 2018, along with, among others, books by Pope Francis and Nadya Tolokonnikova.

Stephanie Allen's New Publication

March 05, 2019 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Stephanie Allen's novel, Tonic and Balm, was published in February of this year.

David Y. Todd Named MVP ("Most Valuable Professor")

March 05, 2019 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

David Y. Todd was among teachers receiving an MVP ("Most Valuable Professor") award from the UMD Women's Basketball Team on February 21.

Sarah Lind Presents at Symposium

March 05, 2019 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Sarah Lind presented "Marking the Music: Transformations of the Line in Early Modern England" at the Early Modern Songscapes Symposium at University of Toronto on February 8, 2019. 

The Times Literary Supplement

Times Literary Supplement: Tita Chico Book Review

March 05, 2019 English

Associate Professor Tita Chico's book "The Experimental Imagination" is reviewed in TheTLS.

Jonathan Rick Delivers Workshops

March 01, 2019 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Jonathan Rick delivered three workshops in recent months:

Howard Norman's Forthcoming Novel

March 01, 2019 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Howard Norman's new novel, The Ghost Clause, is published in July, and will have Spanish, French, Italian, Swedish, Norwegian, Hebrew, Urdu and Japanese editions.