Archive: English
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Medical Humanities Director Lakshmi Krishnan Named a Harvard Radcliffe Institute Fellow
Krishnan will spend the upcoming academic year completing her book, The Doctor and the Detective, about how modern medical diagnosis was forged as much through the literary…
June 1, 2026
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7,000 Miles From Home, Korean Fulbright Recipient Built Community at Georgetown
Coffee chats, a ministry group and supportive mentors made Georgetown feel like home for international master’s student Seyoung Kim (G).…
May 7, 2026
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English Professor Sarah McNamer Awarded the 2026 Guggenheim Fellowship
McNamer, an expert in medieval literature and the history of emotion, is one of 223 fellows in this year’s cohort of awardees. Each year since 1925, the John Simon Guggenheim…
April 17, 2026
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4 Alumni with Majors That Led Them in Unexpected and Successful Directions
A beauty director whose classical studies minor sets her apart. A medical student whose English degree is his superpower. Meet alumni whose liberal arts degrees expanded their…
April 14, 2026
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6 Questions I Had Before Committing to Georgetown
Mara Goldstein (C’27) is a Georgetown Storyteller and a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences from Pearl City, Hawai’i, studying justice & peace studies and.…
April 9, 2026
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New Series Highlights the Value of an English Degree in a Changing World
In today’s unpredictable world and job market, “The English Major in the World” event series aims to show students that it’s an advantage to have an English.…
March 18, 2026
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Georgetown Visiting Professor Rabih Alameddine Wins National Book Award in Fiction
Alameddine, the Lannan Foundation Visiting Chair, received the prestigious award for his novel The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His).…
December 4, 2025
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Remembering Ricardo Ortiz: Educator, Friend and Hoya for Others
Ortiz, a beloved faculty member in the College of Arts & Sciences and celebrated scholar of Latinx literature, queer theory and gender studies, died Aug. 18 in.…
September 22, 2025
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Incoming Master of Arts in English Student Spotlight: Christina Riddle
Born in Calhoun, Georgia and raised in Ijuí, Brazil, Army Capt. Christina Riddle (G’27) is joining Georgetown’s Master of Arts in English program in the College of Arts &…
August 25, 2025
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Celebrate a Century of The Great Gatsby With a Professor Who’s Read It 100 Times
Georgetown professor Maureen Corrigan recommends rereading the classic novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald that she says is "both timeless and time.”…
May 30, 2025