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Writing Center Hosts 40th Anniversary Celebration and Conference

April 21, 2015 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

On Thursday, April 16th, the Department held the Writing Center's 40th Anniversary Celebration and Conference in Tawes Hall.

Cameron Mozafari and Elise Auvil Recipients of James A. Robinson Awards for Teaching Excellence

April 21, 2015 English

Graduate students Cameron Mozafari and Elise Auvil are the winners of this year's James A. Robinson awards for excellence in teaching by graduate students. Congratulations, Cameron and Elise! 

S Street Rising Author Ruben Castaneda, Sun. April 26, 8:00 pm

April 15, 2015 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Reading, Signing, and Q&A with Ruben Castaneda, former Washington Post crime reporter and author of S Street Rising, a work of nonfiction and memoir that chronicles the scope and violence of DC's crack epidemic.

Umd Creative Writing Professor Maud Casey Named 2015 Guggenheim Fellow

April 15, 2015 College of Arts and Humanities, English

Casey will spend her fellowship time working on a collection of stories about patients found in 19th century medical reference books at a famous Parisian hospital.

Rob Wakeman Awarded Graduate Dean's Dissertation Fellowship

April 10, 2015 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Wakeman has been awarded a Graduate Dean's Dissertation Fellowship for 2015-16 -- one of only ten across the campus. Congratulations, Rob!

Michael Olmert Inducted into Eta Sigma Phi

April 09, 2015 English

In April, Michael Olmert was inducted as an honorary member into the national classical-studies honor society, Eta Sigma Phi.

Maud Casey is a 2015 Recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship

April 09, 2015 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Professor Maud Casey is a 2015 recipient of a fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.

Orrin Wang Participates at Symposium at Cornell University

April 08, 2015 English

Orrin Wang traveled up to Cornell University on March 13th to participate in The Senses of Romanticism Symposium.  The title of his talk was "Play Time: Austen, Byron, and Mary Shelley."

Three Arhu Faculty Among 2015-16 Advance Seed Grantees

April 08, 2015 College of Arts and Humanities, English, History, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Faculty members are either direct recipients of the prestigious awards or co-investigators.

Sangeeta Ray Featured Speaker

April 07, 2015 English

Sangeeta Ray gave the inaugural talk for Black History month at Salisbury State University in February. On April 10th she will be the keynote speaker for the Annual Comparative Literature conference at Texas Tech University at Lubbock, Texas.