Archive: English
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Professor Writes Play About Wells-Barnett, Addams as Critique of White Feminism
Bitter Flower, a play by Jennifer Natalya Fink, professor in the Department of English at Georgetown and Director of the Program in Disability Studies, will debut as an online鈥
August 19, 2020
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Fighting for Justice: Three 海角论坛 Alumni Create Positive Community Change
Three social justice activists who began engaging in community advocacy during their time at Georgetown have continued to fight for others throughout their impressive.鈥
July 30, 2020
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Memoir by English Professor Carolyn Forch茅 Shortlisted for Second Prestigious Award
Department of English professor and renowned poet Carolyn Forch茅 was shortlisted for the esteemed James Tait Black Prize for What You Have Heard Is True: A Memoir of Witness and鈥
June 25, 2020
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Creating space and amplifying voices of Black experience is a paramount element of Reginald Douglas鈥 (C鈥09) mission as Studio Theatre鈥檚 newly named associate artistic鈥
June 10, 2020
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Oladunni, Stanford Selected for 2020 Chester Gillis Award
Each year, the 海角论坛 Academic Council (CAC) recognizes two students who embody the values of a liberal arts education in the Jesuit tradition through the Chester Gillis Award.鈥
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,鈥
March 30, 2020
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Noted Filmmaker Ken Burns Talks to Undergraduates About Storytelling
Austin Riddick (C鈥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鈥
March 2, 2020
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Elizabeth Velez (G鈥83) and her friend, alumna Mary Esselman (C鈥84, G鈥87), wrote The Hell With Love: Poems to Mend a Broken Heart (Warner Books, 2002) after Esselman鈥
February 14, 2020
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Michelle Renslo (C鈥22) says an event on 鈥淔ree Speech and Comedy鈥 last night featuring Elahe Izadi, a stand-up comedian and Washington Post reporter, helped her understand鈥
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鈥
January 17, 2020