The Department of English would like to extend a congratulations to our own Professor Mary Favret on being named the inaugural Allen Grossman Professor of English!
News & Announcements Archive
JHU English’s Graduate Program Ranked #8 by US News & World Report
The updated rankings for graduate programs in the US from US News & World Report dropped this week and the Johns Hopkins Department of English sees its ranking jump from […]
Professor Sharon Achinstein honored by the Milton Society of America
The Milton Society of America Honored Scholar 2024 is Sharon Achinstein, Sir William Osler Professor of English at Johns Hopkins University. Warmest congratulations to Sharon Achinstein, who joins all the past MSA Honored […]
In Memoriam: Emeritus Professor Larzer Ziff
Larzer Ziff, a globally renowned scholar of American literary culture and intellectual history and an inspirational mentor, died Nov. 25. Ziff, a professor emeritus and research professor in the Department […]
In Memoriam: Emeritus Professor Ronald Paulson
William D. and Robin Mayer Professor Emeritus Ronald Paulson passed away at his home in Baltimore on August 7, 2024. You can read his full obituary here. To read about his […]
“A long thread of Black church history loops back to Baltimore”
A recent Dan Rodricks column in The Baltimore Sun featured Professor Larry Jackson
Professor Nadia Nurhussein Featured in The Atlantic
Professor and Mary Elizabeth Garrett Chair in Arts and Sciences Nadia Nurhussein has been mentioned in an article in The Atlantic. Her book, Black Land: Imperial Ethiopianism and African America, […]
Associate Professor Jeanne-Marie Jackson wins award
Associate Professor of English and ELH Senior Editor Jeanne-Marie Jackson has been awarded Honorable Mention for this year’s Book of the Year – Scholarship Prize from the African Literature Association, […]
Undergraduate Sabrina Li wins Senior Essay Prize
It is the English department’s pleasure to announce Sabrina Li has won the 2023 Senior Essay prize for her essay “Unstable Bodies, Unstable Texts.” Made possible by a generous gift […]
In Memoriam: Professor Jonathan Goldberg
The English Department at Johns Hopkins mourns the passing last month of Jonathan Goldberg, who was Sir William Osler Professor of English Literature at Hopkins before moving to Emory university […]