Archive: English

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Memoir by English Professor Carolyn Forché Shortlisted for Second Prestigious Award

Department of English professor and renowned poet Carolyn Forché was shortlisted for the esteemed James Tait Black Prize for What You Have Heard Is True: A Memoir of Witness and…

June 25, 2020

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College Alumnus Hopes to Amplify Stories of Black Life in New Role at Theater

Creating space and amplifying voices of Black experience is a paramount element of Reginald Douglas’ (C’09) mission as Studio Theatre’s newly named associate artistic…

June 10, 2020

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Oladunni, Stanford Selected for 2020 Chester Gillis Award

Each year, the College Academic Council (CAC) recognizes two students who embody the values of a liberal arts education in the Jesuit tradition through the Chester Gillis Award.…

April 20, 2020

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Faculty Member and Alumnus Receive 2020 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Nonfiction and Poetry

Charles King, professor and chair of the Department of Government, was awarded the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Nonfiction for his latest book Gods of the Upper Air. This award,…

March 30, 2020

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Noted Filmmaker Ken Burns Talks to Undergraduates About Storytelling

Austin Riddick (C’20), who is working on a documentary to help garner support for a person he believes is wrongly convicted, got the chance to ask questions about storytelling…

March 2, 2020

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Facing Heartache on Valentine’s Day? Read a Poem

Elizabeth Velez (G’83) and her friend, alumna Mary Esselman (C’84, G’87), wrote The Hell With Love: Poems to Mend a Broken Heart (Warner Books, 2002) after Esselman…

February 14, 2020

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Serious Talk About Comedy: Free Speech Project Hosts Pop Culture Reporter

Michelle Renslo (C’22) says an event on “Free Speech and Comedy” last night featuring Elahe Izadi, a stand-up comedian and Washington Post reporter, helped her understand…

January 17, 2020

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Wu Receives Prestigious Distinguished Scholar Award by the Keats-Shelley Association of America

Department of English professor Duncan Wu was awarded the Distinguished Scholar Award by the Keats-Shelley Association of America at the Modern Language Association convention in…

January 17, 2020

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Three College Professors Honored at Faculty Convocation & Dean’s Excellence in Teaching Awards

Nathan Hensley (Department of English), Catherine Keesling (Department of Classics), and Manus Patten (Department of Biology) will receive the prestigious Dean’s Excellence in…

January 13, 2020

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Georgetown Student Starts First-of-Its Kind Political Comedy Show

Alexandra Bowman (C’22), a passionate viewer of political late-night TV shows and the television offerings of Monty Python, decided to start her own political satire…

December 9, 2019