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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.
November 08, 2023 English, College of Arts and Humanities

UMD English Launches New Stanley Plumly Lecture Series in Creative Writing

The series honors the late Distinguished University Professor and state Poet Laureate.
October 25, 2023 English

New Faculty Spotlight: Rebecca N. Liu

Read our Q&A with our new assistant professor of English.
October 23, 2023 English, College of Arts and Humanities

Marveling at Mushrooms: UMD English Collaboration with Hyattsville Library Showcases Fungi-themed Books, Talks, Arts and Crafts for All Ages

The event took advantage of mushroom pop culture moment to engage community members.
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.
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.
Maryland Today January 30, 2024

A Peek Inside … English Professor Christina Walter’s Office

With collection of optical toys, seeing isn’t always believing.

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Cognitive Science Colloquium, "Strategic Morality," Thursday, September 18, 3:30 pm

September 09, 2014 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Robert Kurzban (Psychology, Penn)Bioscience Research Building 1103

Cognitive Science Colloquium, "Linguistic experience and speech-in-noise recognition," Thursday, October 9, 3:30 pm

September 09, 2014 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Ann Bradlow (Linguistics, Northwestern)Bioscience Research Building 1103

Cognitive Science Colloquium, Laura Schulz, Thursday, October 9, 3:30 pm

September 09, 2014 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Bioscience Research Building 1103

Cognitive Science Colloquium, "Rational approaches to learning and development," Thursday, October 23, 3:30 pm

September 09, 2014 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Celeste Kidd (Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Rochester)Bioscience Research Building 1103

Cognitive Science Colloquium, Joan Silk, Thursday, November 13, 3:30 pm

September 09, 2014 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Bioscience Research Building 1103

Cognitive Science Colloquium, Michael Platt, Thursday, December 4, 3:30 pm

September 09, 2014 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Michael Platt (Cognitive Neuroscience, Duke)Biology-Psychology (BPS) 1208

The Baggett Lectures, Elissa Newport, Wednesday, November 19

September 09, 2014 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

The Baggett Lectures Elissa Newport(Brain Plasticity and Development, Georgetown)

PhD Natasha Sajé Publishes Two Books

September 04, 2014 English

Natasha Sajé (Ph.D. 1995) has two books out this year, Vivarium (book of poems from Tupelo Press) and Windows and Doors: A Poet Reads Literary Theory (essays from U of Michigan Press).

"Living Spirit: Literature and Resurgence in Okinawa," Thursday, September 11, 4:00 pm

September 04, 2014 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Writer/editor Frank Stewart and scholar/translator Katsunori Yamazato will read from the MANOA special feature "Living Spirit: Literature and Resurgence in Okinawa" and participate in a moderated discussion with poet Brenda Shaughnessy.

Summer 2014 Bywords Available for Viewing

September 03, 2014 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

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