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Wednesday, September 12

1:00 pm Work in Progress: Matt Kirschenbaum, "Track Changes: The Literary History of Word Processing"

Friday, September 14

4:00 pm Graduate Alumni Lecture

Friday, October 19

2:30 pm Local Americanists: Elizabeth Fenton, "Grafting, Pastiche, and Intertextuality in THE BOOK OF MORMON"

Thursday, October 25

4:00 pm Petrou Lecture: W. J. T. Mitchell

Friday, October 26

3:00 pm Petrou Critic in Residence: W. J. T. Mitchell

Thursday, November 8

4:00 pm Distinguished Scholar Teacher Lecture: Theresa Coletti

Friday, February 8

2:30 pm Local Americanists: Brian Norman, "Dead Women Talking"

Friday, April 26

4:00 pm Carla Mulford: "Benjamin Franklin and the Art of Science"
News and AnnouncementsMore
April 13, 2012
In Memoriam: Reed Whittemore, Former Poet Laureate
 Reed Whittemore passed away on Friday, April 6 at the age of 92. 
October 25, 2011
Rethinking World Literature/Other World Literature: November 3 & 4
This symposium promises to help participants redefine and rethink the ways they research, teach, discuss, and conceptualize categories surrounding “world literature" and promises to have wide-ranging impact across the humanities.
October 3, 2011
Debo and Vetter: TEACHING WORLD LITERATURE: APPROACHES TO TEACHING H.D.'S POETRY AND PROSE
Annette Debo (Ph.D. 1998) and Lara Vetter (Ph.D. 2003) collaborated to edit a forthcoming offering in the MLA series "Teaching World Literature."
October 3, 2011
Hackman essay appears in AETHLON
Timothy Hackman (MA 2006) published "A Blues Song for Fighters: The Legend of Sonny Liston," in Aethlon: The Journal of Sport Literature 27:2 (Spring/Summer 2010), 1-22.
September 19, 2011
Sarah Blake: Petrou Writer in Residence 2011-2012
The department welcomes Sarah Blake, author THE POSTMISTRESS (2010), as Petrou Writer in Residence for 2011-2012.
April 17, 2011
Jennifer Wellman Awarded Ann G. Wylie Fellowship
English Ph.D. candidate Jennifer Wellman has been awarded the Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowship from the Graduate School at the University of Maryland.
April 7, 2011
Matt Kirscenbaum Awarded a Guggenheim
Associate Professor Matthew Kirschenbaum has just been announced as a winner of the Guggenheim Fellowship for 2011. 
March 30, 2011
In Memoriam: Marshall Grossman
On March 29, 2011, the University of Maryland’s English department was deeply saddened with the news of the death of Professor Marshall Grossman, who died after a four-month battle with cancer. He was 63 years old.
March 2, 2011
Michael Olmert's Play Debuts at the Lincoln Theatre
Olmert's new play, "Moving the Chains: The Darryl Hill Story," appears as a rehearsed staged reading, a co-production of Theatre J and the Lincoln Theatre on Monday, March 21, 2011.
January 25, 2011
Plumly to Delivery Turnbull Lecture at Johns Hopkins University
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."
December 7, 2011
December 9: David H. Hall, "The Experience of Authority in Early New England"
Join the Department of History and the Miller Center for Historical Studies for its 2011-2012 Walter Rundell Lecture in American History.
September 1, 2011
September 15: Classics Faculty Seminar (Hallett & Donawerth)
On Thursday, September 15, 2011, from 4:00 to 6:00 pm, join the Classics Faculty Seminar as Judith Hallett presents a paper, "Autobiography in Fiction, Gender and Failure in Ancient Roman Love Elegiac Poetry." Jane Donawerth will give a response. Tawes 2115.
April 7, 2011
Romans in Washington
Distinguished classicist Mary Beard, Professor of Classics at Cambridge, will speak on campus Thursday, April 7, at 4:00 pm in Tydings 0117.
March 29, 2011
April 7: Hector Tobar, "Immmigration, the American City, and American Literature"
The US Latina/o Studies Program and the American Studies Department present "Immigration, the American City, and American Literature," Thursday, April 7, 2011, from 2 to 3:30 pm in the Benjamin Banneker Room in the Stamp Student Union. A reception follows the talk.
March 16, 2011
LGBT Studies Lecture
Selly Thiam will be presenting "None on Record: Stories of Queer Africa," 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm, 1121 Tawes, Ulrich Recital Hall
February 9, 2011
Feb. 15 Film Screening: City of Borders
You are invited to attend an exclusive screening of the award-winning film City of Borders, followed by a conversation with director Yun Suh, on Tuesday, February 15, 2011, from 7:30 to 10:30 pm in 0220 Benjamin.
February 9, 2011
February 14 Jewish Studies Lecture: Mathew Suriano
The Joseph and Rebecca Myerhoff Center for Jewish Studies announces "Sheol and the Tomb: The Social Process of Dying in Biblical Literature and Ancient Israel," a lecture by Mathew Suriano of Indiana University, Bloomington, on Monday, February 14, 2011, from 12:00 to 2:00 pm in 0142 Holzapfel Hall.
February 3, 2011
February 7 Jewish Studies Lecture: Tracy Lemos
The Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Center for Jewish Studies  announces a lecture:'Like the Eunuch Who Does Not Beget': Gender, Mutilation, and Negotiated Status in the Ancient Near EastTracy Lemos, Rhodes College Monday, February 7, 2011, Noon - 2:00 PM, 0142 Holzapfel Hall (JWST Seminar Room)
January 25, 2011
January 31 Lecture: What Type of Lamb does Isaiah 53 Describe?
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.This event is free and open to the publich. To RSVP for a complimentary lunch, or for more information, contact dakirsch@umd.edu.
December 9, 2010
Consolidated Fellowship Application and Process
Consolidated Fellowship Application and Process