News & Announcements Archive

Graduate Student Alexandra Lossada Named Gender and Racial Justice Scholar

Graduate Student Alexandra Lossada Named Gender and  Racial Justice Scholar

The English Department is proud to announce graduate student Alexandra Lossada has been named one of this year’s Gender and Racial Justice Scholars.  The award is designed to support student […]

Jeanne-Marie Jackson named Andrew Carnegie Fellow

Jeanne-Marie Jackson named Andrew Carnegie Fellow

Associate Professor Jeanne-Marie Jackson has been named to the 2021 class of Andrew Carnegie Fellows. Each fellow receives $200,000 to fund significant research and writing in the social sciences and humanities that addresses important […]

Graduate Student Evan Loker Receives AGHI Graduate Research Fellowship

Graduate Student Evan Loker Receives AGHI Graduate Research Fellowship

The Department of English is proud to announce current graduate student Evan Loker has received an Alexander Grass Humanities Institute Graduate Research Fellowship for the Spring 2022 semester. This is […]

Professor Chris Nealon Named John Dewey Professor

Professor Chris Nealon Named John Dewey Professor

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 […]

Graduate Student Jarvis Young Selected as Speaker for Humanities For All Lecture Series

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 […]

Esteemed Literary Critic J. Hillis Miller Passes at Age 92

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 […]

Professor Chris Nealon’s Book Shortlisted for 2020 National Book Critics Circle Award

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 […]

The Enduring Value of an English Degree

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.

Professor Jeanne-Marie Jackson’s Book Named One of the Most Anticipated of 2021

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 […]

English Course by Prof. Jeanne-Marie Jackson Noted as “One of Best Courses at Hopkins”

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 […]