Department of English

MLA's William Sanders Scarborough Prize awarded to PhD alum, Joshua Bennett The Modern Language Association of America today announced it is awarding its twentieth annual William Sanders Scarborough Prize to Joshua Bennett, department alum and professor of English and creative writing at Dartmouth College, for his book Being Property Once Myself: Blackness and the End of Man, published by Harvard University Press.
Assistant Professor Paul Nadal awarded the 1921 Prize for Best Essay in American Literature from the American Literature Society The Advisory Council of the American Literature Society has awarded the 1921 Prize to Professor Paul Nadal for his essay, "Cold War Remittance Economy: US Creative Writing and the Importation of New Criticism into the Philippines,” in American Quarterly. The 1921 Prize is awarded annually for "the best article in any field of American literature."
Department publishes 2020-2021 Annual Report The department has published its 2020 - 2021 Annual Report. Click the link to read the online publication: Department of English Annual Report 2020 - 2021
Hester Blum '95 competes on upcoming Jeopardy Professors Tournament English Department alum and Professor at Penn State University, Hester Blum '95, will compete on the upcoming Jeopardy Tournament of Professors, Monday, December 6, 2021.
Indigenous Studies: A Conversation with Robbie Richardson Robbie Richardson, a member of Pabineau First Nation (Mi’kmaw) in New Brunswick, Canada, and an assistant professor of English at Princeton University, specializes in 18th-century British and transatlantic literature and culture.
Journalist and English Major, Maria Ressa '86, Awarded Nobel Peace Prize The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov, for their longstanding efforts to safeguard freedom of expression in the Philippines and Russia.

Upcoming Events

Jan 25

Intersections Working Group: Race, Difference and Social Justice Lecture Series presents Prof. Malik Gaines

virtual - requires registration 4: 30 PM

Jan 26

Final Public Oral Exam--Scott Bartley

Zoom information: https://princeton.zoom.us/j/97381756527; Meeting ID# 973 8175 6527 1: 00 PM

Jan 27

Final Public Oral Exam--Nathan Ashe

Zoom information: https://princeton.zoom.us/j/99615325636; Meeting ID# 996 1532 5636 1: 00 PM

Feb 03

Works in Progress--Michael Harrington

Zoom information: https://princeton.zoom.us/j/92762937532; meeting ID--927 6293 7532 12: 00 PM

Feb 09

Personal Limits: a conversation series by Magical Habits, Labyrinth Books, and Princeton Publc Library, convened by Prof. Monica Huerta

virtual 6: 00 PM

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