JHU Department of English

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[Hopkins Press @JHUPress]

In a forthcoming article from ELH, educator Richard Gabri leads his students to explore a burning theoretical question about The Great Gatsby: Is Jay Gatsby a Black man passing as white?

Gabri elaborates in a new interview with @KQEDArts

https://t.co/xBsWRtO3GM

[JHU Department of English @JhuEnglish]

JHU English's Graduate Program Ranked #8 by US News & World Report
https://t.co/j93jEOVHPV

[Bloomberg Distinguished Professors @JHU_BDPs]

Congratulations to BDP Chris Cannon and co-editor James Simpson on their impressive new publication, The Oxford Chaucer, consisting of two volumes that provide an updated perspective on Chaucer's complete works.

https://t.co/IK7Km1AOs9

[Johns Hopkins Arts & Sciences @JHUArtsSciences]

Ronald Paulson, renowned William Hogarth expert and 18th-century art scholar, passed away on Aug. 7 at 94. The William D. and Robin Mayer Professor Emeritus challenged assumptions about art’s role and cultural perceptions throughout his career. https://t.co/DClDtMm1os

[Alexander Grass Humanities Institute at JHU @JHUHumanities]

Humanities in the Village returns for the 2024-25 year with this first event featuring Joseph Plaster in conversation with Drew Daniel!

Date: August 26th, 2024 @ 06:30 pm

Click here for more details - https://t.co/xo4NKg8KNd

[JHU Department of English @JhuEnglish]

Please join us this Friday and Saturday [May 3-4] for the *Conscience and Complexity Symposium.*

[Bloomberg Distinguished Professors @JHU_BDPs]

Congratulations to BDP Lawrence Jackson who was recently recognized by the Senate of Maryland for his unwavering commitment to uplifting people of color and fostering positive change in Maryland.

https://t.co/f2nUSiVSDb

[DREW DANIEL @DDDrewDaniel]

had a delightful evening hearing a group of graduate students & undergraduates perform a staged reading of "the Moor Street Hamlet", a 1740 prompt book of the play adapted by the actor John Ward from a version of the text prepared by Sir William Davenant's Duke's Company in 1676

[Johns Hopkins University @JohnsHopkins]

Congratulations to everyone who has been accepted into this year's Krieger School Society of Fellows! Combining research with hands-on experience, this fellowship helps up-and-coming humanities scholars build upon their graduate training.

https://t.co/3Powt16QrP

[JHU Department of English @JhuEnglish]

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, for her second book The African Novel of Ideas (Princeton UP, 2021)

[Samanda Robinson @SamandaRobinson]

You can now call me Dr. Robinson! I successfully defended my dissertation, “Liberatory Fiction: Alternate Future Making of Black Women from Enslavement to #SayHerName.” Thank you to my advisor, my committee members, students, family & friends who’ve supported me on this journey!

[Johns Hopkins National Fellowships Program @jhfellowships]

Congratulations to Noa Vineberg (’23 BA, English & Classics)!! She has won a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship in Senegal, drawing on teaching skills honed through camp counseling, JHU Tutorial Project, and peer tutoring at the Writing Center. #Fulbright

[Johns Hopkins Arts & Sciences @JHUArtsSciences]

#FacultyFocus with associate professor @DDDrewDaniel, @JhuEnglish. (Q) Describe your primary research or scholarship, and tell us what is most exciting about your current project.

[JHU Department of English @JhuEnglish]

Final reminder for Thursday's event with Ian Lynch.

Please note it will be in *Shriver Hall Auditorium* (as opposed to the first location advertised).

[JHU Department of English @JhuEnglish]

We're excited to welcome Ian Lynch to JHU next Thursday.

Slight change from the original announcement: the presentation will now be in *Shriver Hall Auditorium*.

[JHU Department of English @JhuEnglish]

We're excited to welcome Ian Lynch to JHU next Thursday.

Slight change from the original announcement: the presentation will now be in *Shriver Hall Auditorium*.

[JHU Department of English @JhuEnglish]

Please join us on Thursday, October 6th for a multimedia presentation given by acclaimed practitioner and scholar of the Irish musical tradition (among other titles), Ian Lynch

[JHU Department of English @JhuEnglish]

Please join us on Thursday, October 6th for a multimedia presentation given by acclaimed practitioner and scholar of the Irish musical tradition (among other titles), Ian Lynch

[JHU Department of English @JhuEnglish]

The department has posted our events for the fall. Please check out the speakers we have coming this semester: https://t.co/JaEUxNrEKd

[DREW DANIEL @DDDrewDaniel]

Dear @JohnsHopkins undergrads! There are some spots left in my seminar on "Slavery in Early Modern Literature," and I encourage anyone who wants to read Aristotle, Plautus, More, Marlowe, Shakespeare, Behn, Hartman, Smallwood & others with me to sign up for this course. Thanks!

[JHU Department of English @JhuEnglish]

VLOG by PhD Candidate Samanda Robinson Featured by KSAS
https://t.co/5Mj3LTsZhN

[JHU Department of English @JhuEnglish]

https://t.co/hY1uM6PnVQ