UMD English
@umdenglish.bsky.social
Department of English at the University of Maryland. We teach students how to think critically, communicate clearly and create fearlessly.
Literary & Cultural Studies | Language, Writing & Rhetoric | Creative Writing | Media Studies | english.umd.edu
Literary & Cultural Studies | Language, Writing & Rhetoric | Creative Writing | Media Studies | english.umd.edu
Congratulations to M.F.A. student Tega Oghenechovwen, who was awarded the Elizabeth George Foundation Grant earlier this spring! The grant will support him after graduation as he continues researching and writing his upcoming collection of short stories. Read more: english.umd.edu/news/tega-og...
May 7, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Congratulations to M.F.A. student Tega Oghenechovwen, who was awarded the Elizabeth George Foundation Grant earlier this spring! The grant will support him after graduation as he continues researching and writing his upcoming collection of short stories. Read more: english.umd.edu/news/tega-og...
Please join us this Wednesday, May 7, at 6 pm in Ulrich Recital Hall for a Writers Here and Now event featuring our graduating MFA students! This event is free and open to the public.
May 5, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Please join us this Wednesday, May 7, at 6 pm in Ulrich Recital Hall for a Writers Here and Now event featuring our graduating MFA students! This event is free and open to the public.
Distinguished University Professor of English @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social has emerged as a leading voice on AI. Read our Q&A to learn more about how AI is transforming the way we communicate, educate and govern: english.umd.edu/news/how-matthew-kirschenbaum-sees-ais-impact
May 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Distinguished University Professor of English @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social has emerged as a leading voice on AI. Read our Q&A to learn more about how AI is transforming the way we communicate, educate and govern: english.umd.edu/news/how-matthew-kirschenbaum-sees-ais-impact
English Professor Amanda Bailey argues that Shakespeare's plays help us confront today's urgent debates about race, gender and power—not by offering easy answers, but by asking hard questions. Read more in our Q&A: english.umd.edu/news/why-we-still-read-shakespeare
May 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM
English Professor Amanda Bailey argues that Shakespeare's plays help us confront today's urgent debates about race, gender and power—not by offering easy answers, but by asking hard questions. Read more in our Q&A: english.umd.edu/news/why-we-still-read-shakespeare
Please join us next Wednesday, April 30 to hear Professor Cecilia Shelton speak about her book in progress! This talk discusses a case study analysis from Shelton's forthcoming manuscript, "Act Like You Know: Black Feminist Methodology in Technical and Professional Communication."
April 25, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Please join us next Wednesday, April 30 to hear Professor Cecilia Shelton speak about her book in progress! This talk discusses a case study analysis from Shelton's forthcoming manuscript, "Act Like You Know: Black Feminist Methodology in Technical and Professional Communication."
Join UMD English at Maryland Day this Saturday, April 26 at Tawes Plaza! We're hosting an abundance of fun literary-themed activities this year, including a banned book giveaway, word blocks, friendship bracelets and temporary tattoos. See the full schedule: english.umd.edu/events/umd-e...
April 24, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Join UMD English at Maryland Day this Saturday, April 26 at Tawes Plaza! We're hosting an abundance of fun literary-themed activities this year, including a banned book giveaway, word blocks, friendship bracelets and temporary tattoos. See the full schedule: english.umd.edu/events/umd-e...
Coming up tomorrow! Please join the Creative Writing MFA Program and the Center for Literary and Comparative Studies for "The Lyric Essay as Poetic Praxis," a craft talk by Camonghne Felix.
April 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Coming up tomorrow! Please join the Creative Writing MFA Program and the Center for Literary and Comparative Studies for "The Lyric Essay as Poetic Praxis," a craft talk by Camonghne Felix.
Join us tomorrow for a Vambery Lecture featuring Mauro Resmini! Titled "Affect of the Frontier: Resentment in the Postwar Hollywood Western," the lecture will interrogate cinema to trace the genealogy of one of the most ubiquitous affects in our contemporary socio-political landscapes: resentment.
April 14, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Join us tomorrow for a Vambery Lecture featuring Mauro Resmini! Titled "Affect of the Frontier: Resentment in the Postwar Hollywood Western," the lecture will interrogate cinema to trace the genealogy of one of the most ubiquitous affects in our contemporary socio-political landscapes: resentment.
Coming up this Wednesday: a Writers Here and Now event featuring alumni! Join us for a book launch, taking place at 4:30 p.m. in 2115 Tawes Hall, and a reading, at 6 p.m. in Ulrich Recital Hall. This event is free and open to the public.
April 7, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Coming up this Wednesday: a Writers Here and Now event featuring alumni! Join us for a book launch, taking place at 4:30 p.m. in 2115 Tawes Hall, and a reading, at 6 p.m. in Ulrich Recital Hall. This event is free and open to the public.
Join us on Thursday, April 10, for an invited talk by Robin D. G. Kelley, Distinguished Professor and Gary B. Nahs Endowed Chair in U.S. History at UCLA, titled “‘Freedom is a Place’: On War, Displacement, and Genocide in the 21st Century.” english.umd.edu/events/robin...
April 3, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Join us on Thursday, April 10, for an invited talk by Robin D. G. Kelley, Distinguished Professor and Gary B. Nahs Endowed Chair in U.S. History at UCLA, titled “‘Freedom is a Place’: On War, Displacement, and Genocide in the 21st Century.” english.umd.edu/events/robin...
This Friday, a Local Americanists Works-in-Progress event featuring Professor Jennifer James (George Washington University), who will discuss her paper "Swamp Fever: W.E.B. Du Bois, Afro-optimism, Abolitionist Ecology and the Black Commons." More info: english.umd.edu/events/local...
March 26, 2025 at 5:05 PM
This Friday, a Local Americanists Works-in-Progress event featuring Professor Jennifer James (George Washington University), who will discuss her paper "Swamp Fever: W.E.B. Du Bois, Afro-optimism, Abolitionist Ecology and the Black Commons." More info: english.umd.edu/events/local...
Rescheduled from February! Please join us this Thursday for "Blackout in Gaza," a talk by Professor Nadia Yaqub of UNC Chapel Hill. This talk is co-sponsored by @wgss-umd.bsky.social, Persian Studies and Arabic Studies. More info: english.umd.edu/events/blackout-gaza
March 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Rescheduled from February! Please join us this Thursday for "Blackout in Gaza," a talk by Professor Nadia Yaqub of UNC Chapel Hill. This talk is co-sponsored by @wgss-umd.bsky.social, Persian Studies and Arabic Studies. More info: english.umd.edu/events/blackout-gaza
Please join us on Zoom this Wednesday, March 26, for "Apocalyptic Ecologies: Medieval Literature at the End of the World" by Professor Shannon Gayk of the University of Indiana. More info: english.umd.edu/events/marsh...
March 24, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Please join us on Zoom this Wednesday, March 26, for "Apocalyptic Ecologies: Medieval Literature at the End of the World" by Professor Shannon Gayk of the University of Indiana. More info: english.umd.edu/events/marsh...
Today is UMD Giving Day! The Department of English has four great funds to support this year:
March 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Today is UMD Giving Day! The Department of English has four great funds to support this year:
Coming up next Friday: the 18th annual GEO Conference! The conference will be held in person in Tawes Hall from 9 am to 6 pm. More info: english.umd.edu/events/geo-c...
📷: The Processional, Romare Bearden (1983). Courtesy of The Driskell Center, University of Maryland.
📷: The Processional, Romare Bearden (1983). Courtesy of The Driskell Center, University of Maryland.
February 28, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Coming up next Friday: the 18th annual GEO Conference! The conference will be held in person in Tawes Hall from 9 am to 6 pm. More info: english.umd.edu/events/geo-c...
📷: The Processional, Romare Bearden (1983). Courtesy of The Driskell Center, University of Maryland.
📷: The Processional, Romare Bearden (1983). Courtesy of The Driskell Center, University of Maryland.
Please join us next Thursday at 5 pm for a lecture by Professor Ulka Anjaria of Brandeis University titled "Language as Violence or Possibility: Caste and Gender in the Writings of Urmila Pawar." This event is part of the Bebe Koch Petrou Lecture Series. More info: english.umd.edu/events/langu...
February 27, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Please join us next Thursday at 5 pm for a lecture by Professor Ulka Anjaria of Brandeis University titled "Language as Violence or Possibility: Caste and Gender in the Writings of Urmila Pawar." This event is part of the Bebe Koch Petrou Lecture Series. More info: english.umd.edu/events/langu...
Join us for a Writers Here and Now event featuring Karen Solie and LaToya Watkins next Wednesday, February 26! The reading will take place at 6 p.m. This event is free and open to the public. More info: english.umd.edu/events/writers-here-and-now-karen-solie-latoya-watkins
February 19, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Join us for a Writers Here and Now event featuring Karen Solie and LaToya Watkins next Wednesday, February 26! The reading will take place at 6 p.m. This event is free and open to the public. More info: english.umd.edu/events/writers-here-and-now-karen-solie-latoya-watkins
John Ernest, the Judge Hugh Morris Professor of English and Chair of the Department of English at the University of Delaware, will deliver the Stringer lecture next Tuesday! More info: english.umd.edu/events/john-ernest-art-impossible-african-american-and-american-literary-studies-threatening-times
February 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
John Ernest, the Judge Hugh Morris Professor of English and Chair of the Department of English at the University of Delaware, will deliver the Stringer lecture next Tuesday! More info: english.umd.edu/events/john-ernest-art-impossible-african-american-and-american-literary-studies-threatening-times
Banned Book Madness 2025 has begun! Visit our Instagram Stories @umdenglish and vote for your favorite banned books. More info: english.umd.edu/banned-book-madness-2025
February 17, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Banned Book Madness 2025 has begun! Visit our Instagram Stories @umdenglish and vote for your favorite banned books. More info: english.umd.edu/banned-book-madness-2025
Made possible by a 2024 Teaching Innovation Grant, NarraSpace at the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities is a new immersive storytelling lab redefining scholarship with VR, spatial audio, gaming and more.
english.umd.edu/news/step-na...
english.umd.edu/news/step-na...
February 3, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Made possible by a 2024 Teaching Innovation Grant, NarraSpace at the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities is a new immersive storytelling lab redefining scholarship with VR, spatial audio, gaming and more.
english.umd.edu/news/step-na...
english.umd.edu/news/step-na...
Happy first day of classes! We're ready to kick off a great spring semester! 📚
January 27, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Happy first day of classes! We're ready to kick off a great spring semester! 📚
Congratulations to English Ph.D. student Lisa Osei, who was selected to receive the Edward Guiliano Global Fellowship by the Modern Language Association! Osei's project is titled “Sankofa’s Cosmic Adansikro: Mapping out Afrofuturist Worlds through Interactive Web Game Design.”
January 13, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Congratulations to English Ph.D. student Lisa Osei, who was selected to receive the Edward Guiliano Global Fellowship by the Modern Language Association! Osei's project is titled “Sankofa’s Cosmic Adansikro: Mapping out Afrofuturist Worlds through Interactive Web Game Design.”
Congratulations to English Ph.D. students Alice Bi and Oluwafunmilola Fadairo and creative writing M.F.A. student Somto Ihezue, who are among the recipients of the Fall 2024 UMD Arts for All ArtsAMP Graduate Student Research Grants and Collaborative Student MicroGrants!
arts.umd.edu/articles/fal...
arts.umd.edu/articles/fal...
December 19, 2024 at 6:00 PM
Congratulations to English Ph.D. students Alice Bi and Oluwafunmilola Fadairo and creative writing M.F.A. student Somto Ihezue, who are among the recipients of the Fall 2024 UMD Arts for All ArtsAMP Graduate Student Research Grants and Collaborative Student MicroGrants!
arts.umd.edu/articles/fal...
arts.umd.edu/articles/fal...
Please join us in person or virtually for an exciting student conference on Friday, December 6! The conference features keynote speaker Prof. Jennifer Greeson (UVA) and undergraduate student research. More info & RSVP: english.umd.edu/events/rites-discovery-science-law-and-literature-1492-1992
December 2, 2024 at 7:32 PM
Please join us in person or virtually for an exciting student conference on Friday, December 6! The conference features keynote speaker Prof. Jennifer Greeson (UVA) and undergraduate student research. More info & RSVP: english.umd.edu/events/rites-discovery-science-law-and-literature-1492-1992
The Disability Resource and Technology Hub has launched! Housed in the Department of English and funded by a Teaching Innovation Grant, the Hub provides tools and support specifically for writing-intensive courses.
english.umd.edu/news/anti-ab...
english.umd.edu/news/anti-ab...
December 2, 2024 at 5:03 PM
The Disability Resource and Technology Hub has launched! Housed in the Department of English and funded by a Teaching Innovation Grant, the Hub provides tools and support specifically for writing-intensive courses.
english.umd.edu/news/anti-ab...
english.umd.edu/news/anti-ab...