Current seventh year graduate student Sungmey Lee has recently had two articles published: “George Eliot’s Home-Scene: Folk Nationalism and the Politics of Nature in The Mill on the Floss” in Feminist Studies in English Literature, and “Voicing Oolboon: The Work of Feminist Rage in a Climate of Sexual Misconduct.” in Feedback.

The Department of English is proud to announce that Professor Mary Favret was presented the Keats-Shelley Distinguished Scholar Award at this year’s Modern Language Association conference in Seattle, in recognition of her “career-long excellence in scholarship” of the Romantic period. Previous recipients include Frances Ferguson, Jerome McGann, Helen Vendler, Marjorie Levenson, M.H. Abrams, and Walter […]

The Department of English is proud to announce fourth year student Alex Streim has been highlighted for his work on his Intersession course, “Poetry and Climate Change.” “Climate change affects a wide range of people, and those who speak out and write from positions of power are not the only ones we should be listening […]

The English Department is proud to announce Bloomberg Distinguished Professor Lawrence Jackson is the 2019 recipient of the Johns Hopkins Discovery Award. More than ever, the answers to the most challenging questions cannot be accomplished entirely within one academic discipline, or even one division. The Johns Hopkins Discovery Awards provide grant awards to cross-divisional teams […]

On May 22nd the Department of English hosted a reception honoring the achievements of twenty-three graduating senior majors and seven graduating senior minors. The Department is proud to congratulate our class of 2019!

The English Department hosted its second annual Graduate Student Showcase on May 3, 2019. A new fixture of Hopkins English, the Showcase provides students with an opportunity to present current research to peers and faculty members. Split into two sessions, this year’s Showcase featured six students presenting or pre-circulating work from forthcoming conferences, journal articles, […]

The Department of English is proud to announce Professor Lawrence Jackson has been named along with Professor Matthew Porterfield 2019 Guggenheim Fellows, a prestigious distinction that recognizes achievements and exceptional promise. They are among a group of 168 scholars, artists, and writers selected from nearly 3,000 applicants. Since its founding, the Guggenheim Foundation has granted […]