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Samuel Hynes, ‘highly respected scholar-critic’ of British literature and World War II veteran, dies at 95
Oct. 23, 2019

Samuel Hynes, the Woodrow Wilson Professor of Literature, Emeritus, and professor of English, emeritus, died at home in Princeton on Oct. 10. He was 95.

Maxine Hong Kingston Delivers Althea Ward Clark W’21 Reading
Sept. 27, 2019

On Wednesday, Sep. 25th, Maxine Hong Kingston, delivered a reading from her new work-in-progress in celebration of the 80th anniversary of the Program in Creative Writing at Princeton.

Jeffrey Alan Miller '06 named 2019 MacArthur Fellow
Sept. 25, 2019

Jeffrey Alan Miller received an AB (2006) from Princeton University and an MSt (2007) and DPhil (2012) from the University of Oxford. He joined the faculty of Montclair State University in 2012 and is currently an associate professor in the Department of English. Miller’s work has appeared in such publications as the Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies, Milton Quarterly, and Milton Studies.

‘Juliet and Romeo’: Newly unearthed text suggests how Milton might have edited Shakespeare
Sept. 17, 2019

Professor Rhodri Lewis states in a recent Washington Post article, that “We now have firsthand evidence — literally, firsthand evidence — of arguably the second-greatest 17th-century writer reading the first,” said Rhodri Lewis, an English professor at Princeton…

Toni Morrison, Nobel-winning author and emeritus Princeton faculty member, dies at 88
Aug. 9, 2019

World-renowned writer and Nobel laureate Toni Morrison, the Robert F. Goheen Professor in the Humanities, Emeritus, at Princeton University, died Monday, Aug. 5. She was 88.

Course news: Interdisciplinary art history: Studying paintings from different perspectives
July 9, 2019

This year, Bridget Alsdorf, associate professor of art and archaeology, taught two courses on 19th-century French painting: “Painting and Literature in 19th-Century France and England,” co-taught with Deborah Nord, the Woodrow Wilson Professor of Literature, and “Self and Society in 19th-Century French Painting.”

2019 Hooding Ceremony
June 27, 2019

Congratulations to our 2019 graduating PhDs!!

Congratulations to Lucina Schwartz on her Fulbright ETA Program Award
June 18, 2019

Congratulations to newly graduated senior, Lucina Schwartz on her Fulbright ETA Program Award.