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UMBC’s English Department is a vibrant center for research, teaching, and learning. We offer an MA and two BA major tracks, Literature and Communication & Tech.

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Reminder: Applications due Wednesday, May 15 for a Fall 2024 start date
Attention English Majors! The English Honors Program is now accepting applications for our 2024-2025 cohort.

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New Edition of Bartleby! Release Event! Join us this Friday, 4/26, at 5 p.m. in PAHB 132 to hear authors read and artists describe their work on screen. We will have copies of the journal available, along with fabulous free food and raffle prizes. We hope to see you there!

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Attention English Majors! The English Honors Program is now accepting applications for our 2024-2025 cohort. 
Visit https://t.co/0kYDM9z8OY for more information on the program and profiles of current and past students. Contact Dr. Lindsay DiCuirci ([email protected]) today1

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Join Pam Petro, author of the memoir The Long Field, and English Prof. Sally Shivnan at The Ivy Bookshop Thurs. 4/11, 6 pm! Pam & Sally co-direct the Wales summer creative writing program for UMBC; The Long Field explores Pam’s long love affair with beautiful, astonishing Wales.

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Alumni Spotlight: Mark Benham, ‘21, is a former English major pursuing a career in archives and digital curation. Read more about his experience at UMBC and his journey to graduate school here: https://t.co/biPPMw4cOd

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New English Minors!

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English Honors Program Information Session: Friday, March 29 @ 10:00 a.m. on Webex: https://t.co/aFPPkeXIaB

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Attention Juniors and Seniors! Are you interested in developing a project of your own design? Please plan to attend the English Honors Information Session on Friday, November 17 at 10 a.m. on Webex. RSVP by emailing Dr. DiCuirci at [email protected]. Hope to see you there!

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English Department Scholarships! October Deadlines! Apply Here: https://t.co/DbsLpktvgz

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Alumni Spotlight: Marissa Bullis, 2018
Our featured alumna is Marissa Bullis, 2018, a former English major who is now completing a postgraduate degree at the University of Edinburgh. Read more about her experience here: https://t.co/biPPMw4cOd

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Reminder: Honors Information Session!
Thursday, April 13th, at noon on Webex
Please RSVP by emailing Dr. DiCuirci at [email protected].

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Juniors and Seniors! Are you interested in developing a project of your own design? Please attend the English Honors Information Session on Wednesday, March 29 at 12:00 p.m. in PAHB 428 (the seminar room) RSVP by March 27 by emailing Dr. DiCuirci at [email protected].

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SAVE THE DATE! Thurs. Dec. 8 from 5-6 p.m. in Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery. Please join us for a digital exhibition/panel discussion on "Digital Cruikshank: Etching & Sketching in Nineteenth-Century England," featuring famed illustrator George Cruikshank. Refreshments served!

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Reminder! Are you interested in developing a project of your own design? Please attend the English Honors Information Session on Wednesday, Nov. 16 at 12:00 pm on Webex. Please RSVP using this link: https://t.co/v6NcjxmNEB by November 14 or email [email protected].

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Juniors and Seniors! Are you interested in developing a project of your own design? Please attend the English Honors Information Session on Wednesday, Nov. 16 at 12:00 pm on Webex. Please RSVP using this link: https://t.co/v6NcjxmNEB by November 14 or email [email protected].

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Check out the Digital Cruikshank Project!
A UMBC Special Collections Exhibition

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Spring 2023 Course Notice: ENGL 386 Adult Literacy Tutoring
M 2:30 - 3:45 Prof. Lucille McCarthy

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Save The Date! The English Department Reading Series is proud to present its fall reader: fiction writer Ron Tanner. This event will take place on October 26th at 5:00 p.m. in the Skylight Room (located on the third floor of The Commons).

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The English Department Reading Series is proud to present its fall reader, fiction writer Ron Tanner. This event will take place on October 26th at 5:00 p.m. The location will be announced soon. For more information, contact: [email protected].

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"Baltimore Poetry and Politics," a poetry course taught by Dr. Keegan Finberg, was featured in the July education section of the Baltimore Sun. Read the feature on her course under the heading "Universities expand liberal arts studies" here: https://t.co/RGBR4Vnd4R