It gives us great pleasure to announce that the Board of Trustees has approved the President’s recommendation, at the behest of Chris Celenza, that Chris Nealon be named the John Dewey […]
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Graduate Student Jarvis Young Selected as Speaker for Humanities For All Lecture Series
The Community College of Baltimore County has named Jarvis Young as one of their speakers for their ongoing Humanities For All Lecture Series. Each semester, the Mellon Scholars Lectures Series […]
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Esteemed Literary Critic J. Hillis Miller Passes at Age 92
The English Department mourns the passing of J. Hillis Miller, Jr., a major literary critic and theorist who taught at Johns Hopkins from 1953 to 1972, and served as senior member […]
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Professor Chris Nealon’s Book Shortlisted for 2020 National Book Critics Circle Award
The English Department is proud to announce Professor Chris Nealon’s book, “The Shore,” has been named as a finalist in the 2020 National Book Critics Circle Award for their poetry […]
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The Enduring Value of an English Degree
Despite a struggling labor market and emerging technologies that emphasize the importance of STEM fields, an English degree is as useful as ever, says Professor Mark Christian Thompson.
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Professor Jeanne-Marie Jackson’s Book Named One of the Most Anticipated of 2021
The African Novel of Ideas by Professor Jeanne-Marie Jackson has been selected as one of fifty-five most anticipated books of 2021, by Brittle Paper. The African Novel of Ideas focuses […]
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English Course by Prof. Jeanne-Marie Jackson Noted as “One of Best Courses at Hopkins”
According to an article published in the Johns Hopkins Student News-Letter, Professor Jeanne-Marie Jackson’s undergraduate course, Advanced Introduction to African Literature, has been named as one of the best undergraduate […]
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New Publications from Professor Douglas Mao
Professor Douglas Mao has released his latest monograph, Inventions of Nemesis: Utopia, Indignation, and Justice, which has been published by the Princeton University Press. Professor Mao has also edited a […]
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Graduate Student Atesede Makonnen Awarded Fellowship
The Department of English is proud to announce Atesede Makonnen has been awarded the American Trust for the British Library Fellowship at Houghton Library. The fellowship, funded by the ATBL […]
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Professor Nadia Nurhussein’s Book Named MSA Book Prize
The Department of English is proud to announce Prof. Nadia’s recent book, Black Land: Imperial Ethiopianism and African America, has been named this year’s Modernist Studies Association’s Book Prize Winner. […]