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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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Bob Levine Forthcoming Book

June 21, 2017 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Bob Levine is leading a seminar on Melville's Israel Potter at the late-June international Melville conference in London, and he's speaking on Douglass at the National Archives on July 3rd.

Danuta Hinc Publications

June 21, 2017 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Danuta Hinc published an essay, Dictator at the podium: The first 100 days takes me back 25 years, in Literary Hub.

Kellie Robertson Gives Talks on Recent Book 'Nature Speaks'

June 21, 2017 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Kellie Robertson gave two talks this spring related to her recently published book, Nature Speaks: Medieval Literature and Aristotelian Philosophy. She was also honored to receive the Outstanding Faculty Service Award from UMD’s GEO.

Amanda Bailey Recent Publication

June 21, 2017 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Amanda Bailey's new book, Affect Theory and Early Modern Texts: Politics, Ecologies, and Form, co-edited with Mario DiGangi came out last month

Brian Richardson Publications & More

June 21, 2017 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Brian Richardson's review of Writing the Reader by Dorothee Birke appears in the current issue of Poetics Today.

Joshua Weiner Recent Publications

June 21, 2017 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

 Joshua Weiner read in a protest event this spring at the Queens Museum in Flushing that also launched the anthology, Resist Much/Obey Little, noted in a front page New York Times article about poetry and protest in the age of Trump.   

Lyra Hilliard Awarded Provost’S Ptk Award

June 08, 2017 College of Arts and Humanities, English

Senior lecturer acknowledged for contributions toward teaching excellence.

2017-18 Capaa And Rasa Award Recipients

June 05, 2017 College of Arts and Humanities, Communication, English, History, Linguistics, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

ARHU extends congratulations to 24 faculty awardees.

2017-18 Flagship Fellowships

May 18, 2017 American Studies, Art History and Archaeology, Communication, English, History, Linguistics, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Nine ARHU graduate students receive 2017-18 Flagship Fellowships.

Graduate School Announces 2017 Summer Research Fellowships

May 18, 2017 American Studies, Art History and Archaeology, Communication, English, History, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Thirteen ARHU students were awarded 2017 Summer Research Fellowships from the UMD Graduate School.