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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.

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.

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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Peering Into White House History

April 14, 2022 History, English, Classics

Emma O’Kane ’23, a double degree student in history and English, is currently a publications intern at the White House Historical Association.

English Major Geena Michaelides ’22 Testifies During Maryland General Assembly Internship

April 12, 2022 English

The English senior spent her final semester interning for Senator Melony G. Griffith.

Bonnie Thornton Dill, Longtime Dean of UMD’s College of Arts and Humanities, to Step Down this Spring

April 12, 2022 American Studies, Art, Art History and Archaeology, Classics, Communication, English, David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora, History, 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, Linguistics, Philosophy

The pioneering scholar of intersectionality helped usher in a more diverse faculty, power up collaboration and research and launch interdisciplinary, arts-tech centered programs.

Recent Publications from Benjamin Baker

April 11, 2022 English

Senior Lecturer Benjamin Baker has several new publications with American Jewish History, Vermont History, and Journal of Black Studies.

Seven English Majors Win 2022 Jiménez-Porter Literary Prize

April 07, 2022 English

Congratulations to our English majors and minors for being awarded.

Washington Post

Alum Reginald Dwayne Betts’s first-of-its kind Freedom Library now sits in the National Building Museum

March 17, 2022 English, College of Arts and Humanities

‘Freedom Libraries’ aim to transform prisons, 500 books at a time

New Publication and Keynote Address from Professor Brian Richardson

March 15, 2022 English

The article appears in the current issue of Conradiana.

Washington Post

How Speculating Doomsday Scenarios Can Provide Paradoxical Comfort

March 10, 2022 English, College of Arts and Humanities

English Professor Matthew Kirschenbaum wrote about the dark Cold War genre, war games, and how speculating doomsday scenarios can provide paradoxical comfort in The Washington Post.

Body Literature

Body Literature Interviews Professor Joshua Weiner on Translating "Flight in Metamorphosis"

March 02, 2022 English

Poet and translator Joshua Weiner's translations of Nobel-prize-winning German poet Nelly Sachs (1891–1970) published as Flight and Metamorphosis.

The Diamondback

UMD Students and Faculty Say They Want ‘Academic Freedom,’ Not Book Bans

February 28, 2022 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies, College of Arts and Humanities, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

First-year English graduate student Shannon Neal interviewed by the Diamondback.