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.
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CLCS Announces Grants for Winter 2013
January 06, 2016For the winter 2013 grant cycle, CLCS awarded funding to support 9 proposals for lecture series, conferences, reading groups, and more.
Gladys-Marie Fry, Folklorist Of Black History, Dies At 84
January 05, 2016The Maryland professor wrote books and museum catalogues and was curator for exhibitions nationally.
UMD at MLA Austin 2016
January 05, 2016The Modern Language Association's Annual Convention is being held in Austin, Texas from January 7th through the 10th. Those presenting from the Department include faculty members and graduate students.
Martha Nell Smith Gives Lecture at National Postal Museum, Among Other News
December 17, 2015In November and October, Martha Nell Smith gave an invited public lecture, moderated a digital humanities plenary, gave a paper and lead a digital humanities mentoring session. Keep reading to learn more.
Sangeeta Ray Gives Three Talks
December 17, 2015Sangeeta Ray gave three talks this semester: "Realisms: Postcolonial and Otherwise," " Black Diaspora and Minority Literatures," and "Ecological intimacies in Postcolonial Environmental Fiction."
Department Holds Sucessful Share A Bear Drive
December 17, 2015This year, the Department collected 48 stuffed animals that will be distributed to non-profit organizations working with children in need and in crisis. The drive ran from November 1st to December 16th. Keep reading to see photos from the drive.
Fall News from PWP
December 16, 2015Nabila Hijazi and Douglas Kern, presented Bridging Relationships: Creating Connections Among Diverse Communities for the 2015 Capital Area Peer Tutoring Association (CAPTA) Conference at George Mason University in October.
Kseniya Melnik Reading, Thurs. Jan. 21, 7:00 pm, Hill Center
December 16, 2015Kseniya Melnik is the author of the linked story collection Snow in May, which was short-listed for the International Dylan Thomas Prize and long-listed for the Frank O’Connor.
Ph.D Student Presents at Feminisms and Rhetorics Conference
December 16, 2015Ph.D Student Danielle Griffin recently presented on October 30, 2015 at the Feminisms and Rhetorics Conference in Tempe, AZ. The title of Danielle's talk was "'The rendring of Conversation agreeable': Madeleine de Scudéry, Gender, and Genre."
Ph.D Candidate Presents at Meeting of the Classical Association of the Atlantic States
December 16, 2015Stephen Rojcewicz, a PhD candidate in Comparative Literature, presented a paper, “Our Tears: Lacrimae Rerum and Thornton Wilder,” at the Fall 2015 Meeting of the Classical Association of the Atlantic States, Wilmington, DE, October 10, 2015.