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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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Peter Mallios Selected for Arcan Semester Research Award for Spring 2019

October 23, 2018 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

This semester leave from teaching and administrative responsibilities supports faculy as they complete the major project required for promotion to full professor.

FrankenTerps Community Print at BookLab

October 18, 2018 English

Stop by BookLab in 3248 Tawes Hall to print quotes from Mary Shelley's 1818 edition of Frankenstein in ghoulish green and other spooky colors!

Lindsay Bernal to Read at Area Bookstores

October 18, 2018 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Lindsay Bernal will read from What It Doesn't Have to Do With on October 21 in DC and October 22 in Baltimore.

2018 National Book Award Finalist: Elizabeth Acevedo

October 11, 2018 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Elizabeth Acevedo's novel, The Poet X, has been announced as a finalist for the 2018 National Book Award for Young People's Literature.

Courtney Connolly (MA 2011) Featured in CHRONICLE OF HIGHER ED

October 04, 2018 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

The article and video, "Create a ‘Personal Brand,’ and Other Tips Learned During a Day With a Recruiter," highlight Connolly's experience as a recruiter.

University Libraries: Fall Open House

October 02, 2018 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Join the University Libraries on Monday, October 15 for the Fall 2018 Open House.

Merle Collins Awarded Global Classrooms Initiative Grant

October 01, 2018 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

The $10,000 award will support Professor Collins's course, "Caribbean Literature: Literature and Ideas in the Caribbean," which will be held in collaboration with students and faculty at the University of the West Indies.

ARHU Faculty Earn Promotion and Tenure

September 25, 2018 American Studies, Art, Classics, Communication, English, History, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies, Philosophy, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Music, Second Language Acquisition, Linguistics

22 faculty members from the College of Arts and Humanities have received promotion and/or tenure.

Robin Earnest and Patrick Nelson to Present at 2019 4Cs Convention

September 20, 2018 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Robin Earnest and Patrick Nelson will be presenting at the 2019 Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) Annual Convention in Pittsburgh this coming March.

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