News & Announcements Archive

Professors Jeanne-Marie Jackson and Mark Christian Thompson’s Books are Discussed in New Podcast

Professors Jeanne-Marie Jackson and Mark Christian Thompson’s Books are Discussed in New Podcast

Professors Jeanne-Marie Jackson and Mark Christian Thompson have each had their latest books featured on the new podcast “Conversations in Atlantic Theory,” in conversation with John Drabinski at the University […]

Phenomenal Blackness: Black Power, Philosophy, and Theory

Phenomenal Blackness: Black Power, Philosophy, and Theory

Professor Mark Christian Thompson’s new book is now available. This unorthodox account of 1960s Black thought rigorously details the field’s debts to German critical theory and explores a forgotten tradition […]

These Novels Are Asking You to Read More, and Read Better

These Novels Are Asking You to Read More, and Read Better

Professor Jeanne-Marie Jackson reviews 2021’s big year for African fiction in the New York Times. The full article can be found, here.

The Enduring Value of an English Degree

The Enduring Value of an English Degree

In the face of a growing focus on STEM fields, Professor Mark Christian Thompson talks candidly about the enduring value of an English degree. Including why study in the humanities is more valuable than ever. (Spoiler alert: English majors do, in fact, find jobs.)

Professor Nadia Nurhussein Promoted to Full Professor

Professor Nadia Nurhussein Promoted to Full Professor

The Department of English is proud to announce Nadia Nurhussein has been promoted the rank of to Full Professor, effective January 1st, 2022. Prof. Nurhussein joined the Department in 2017. […]

Professor Christopher Nealon to Give George Oppen Memorial Lecture

Professor Christopher Nealon to Give George Oppen Memorial Lecture

Professor Christopher Nealon will be presenting “George Oppen and The Future”: The George Oppen Memorial Lecture, held at the San Francisco State University Poetry Center and American Poetry Archives. The […]

New Publication from Graduate Student Alex Lewis

New Publication from Graduate Student Alex Lewis

Please join us in congratulating current graduate student Alex Lewis on his most recent publication in Milton Studies. The publication is called “Comus in Canaan: Milton’s Masque and the Rape […]

Professor Christopher Nealon to Release Two Books

Professor Christopher Nealon to Release Two Books

Professor Christopher Nealon will be releasing two new books for publication in 2022: a collection of poetics essays from Brill Publishers called “Infinity for Marxists: Essays on Poetry and Capital,” […]

Graduate Student Alexandra Lossada Featured in PHutures PhD Spotlight

Graduate Student Alexandra Lossada Featured in PHutures PhD Spotlight

Current graduate student Alexandra Lossada has been interviewed for the PhD Spotlight, presented by PHutures. In the article, Ms. Lossada articulates her story of becoming a PhD candidate and what […]

Professor Mark Christian Thompson appointed to Krieger-Eisenhower Professorship

Professor Mark Christian Thompson appointed to Krieger-Eisenhower Professorship

The Department is thrilled to announce that Professor Mark Christian Thompson has been named a Krieger-Eisenhower Professor. This major honor recognizes, among other achievements, his exceptional record of scholarship, which […]