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‘Juliet and Romeo’: Newly unearthed text suggests how Milton might have edited Shakespeare Posted September 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 University who has studied Milton and Shakespeare. “That’s an absolutely extraordinary thing.”

The New Colossus
Esther Schor pens New York Times op-ed Posted August 15, 2019

"What the Trump Administration Gets Wrong About the Statue of Liberty"

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Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison, Nobel-winning author and emeritus Princeton faculty member, dies at 88 Posted August 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.

Deborah Nord
Course news: Interdisciplinary art history: Studying paintings from different perspectives Posted 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 English Department graduating PhDs
2019 Hooding Ceremony Posted June 27, 2019

Congratulations to our 2019 graduating PhDs!!

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

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

Jack Lohmann: Nauru
Featured Thesis: English Major Jack Lohmann explores Nauru, where the environmental future is now Posted May 21, 2019

Jack Lohmann, a Princeton English major and environmental studies certificate student, spent a month on the Pacific island of Nauru for his senior thesis documenting life and politics in a destroyed environment. Strip mining for phosphate during the 20th century reduced the 8-square-mile nation to a narrow ring of coastal plain surrounding a moonscape of towering limestone spires and deep chasms (shown). Today, roughly 80% of the island is uninhabitable. With few economic opportunities, Nauru is now home to a controversial immigrant detention center funded by Australia.

Princeton Communicates
Connect: Harnessing the Power of Words Posted May 15, 2019

University communicators gathered last week for a Princeton Writes symposium titled “Connect: Harnessing the Power of Words.” The English department's acting chair, Jeff Dolven, led a master class called “Writing with Styles.”

‘Reading’ Toni Morrison: Students explore Princeton’s literary icon from archive to page Posted May 10, 2019

This semester, two courses are immersing students in the works of writer Toni Morrison, the Robert F. Goheen Professor in the Humanities, Emeritus, and a Nobel laureate.

Congratulations to Mara Isaacs on her Tony-nominated musical, HADESTOWN Posted May 6, 2019

Mara Isaacs, who is currently co-teaching ENG/THR 382: International Theatre: Plays and Politics with Professor Tamsen Wolff, is the lead producer of the musical HADESTOWN, which received 14 Tony Award nominations this week, more than any other musical in the running.

Cook off 1
ENG395-AMS384: Literature, Food, and the American Racial Diet Cook-off Posted May 2, 2019

Students from ENG 395/AMS 384/GSS 301 developed recipes and cooked dishes based on their research into the relationship that food culture (broadly conceived as  including kinds of food, ideas of taste, rituals surrounding food, aspects of American foodways, environmentalism, history of food, and more) bears to American racial dynamics then and now. The goal is to combine practice with research, to encounter food as material and as a critical site for racial reflection.

English Majors Colloquium Considers “(Re)Visionary Writing” Posted May 1, 2019

On the evening of April 30, department faculty and senior English majors gathered in McCormick Hall for the annual English Majors Colloquium. Every year, the English majors of the senior class ask three professors to deliver brief talks on a theme; this year, Professors Anne Cheng, Diana Fuss, and Russ Leo addressed the theme of “(Re)Visionary Writing.”

Matthew Ritger
Ritger examines role of literature in the birth of modern punishment Posted April 26, 2019

Whether and how to incorporate rehabilitation into incarceration is an issue that society has grappled with for centuries and still struggles with today. In his dissertation, graduate student Matthew Ritger is looking at an unexpected source to study the period when the concept first began to emerge.

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Matthew Ritger
Ritger examines role of literature in the birth of modern punishment Posted April 26, 2019

Whether and how to incorporate rehabilitation into incarceration is an issue that society has grappled with for centuries and still struggles with today. In his dissertation, graduate student Matthew Ritger is looking at an unexpected source to study the period when the concept first began to emerge.

Click here to read more.

Joshua Kotin
Joshua Kotin awarded Dean for Research funding Posted April 26, 2019

The translation into English of a major work of African literature and an exploration into the lives of writers and artists through their book-borrowing habits in 1920-30s Paris have been chosen to receive support from the Dean for Research Innovation Funds.

Indigenous/Settler Conference Posted April 16, 2019

The “Indigenous/Settler” conference held April 4-6 at Princeton brought together Indigenous scholars and activists with Princeton students and faculty.

Max West baseball team
Military service prepared West for leadership on baseball team Posted April 15, 2019

Senior Max West talks about how his military service prepared him as a collegiate athlete.

Tiger Chef Challenge
Tiger Chef Challenge Posted April 10, 2019

Congratulations to Team Bloomburgers with Fries from Butler College, and mentor chef Christeen Griffiths, for taking home the Tiger Chef Cup in last week’s fourth annual Tiger Chef Challenge. Dream Team, mentored by Whitman College chef James Park, was the runner up.

The Challenge is a highly visible example of our Vision in action, supporting our community to be its healthy best on and off campus.

Sophomore sign-in
Sign-in Information for the Class of 2021 Posted March 13, 2019 Sophomores please click here to read sign-in instructions.
Victoria Davidjohn
Congratulations to senior Victoria Davidjohn Posted March 13, 2019

Princeton senior Victoria Davidjohn has received a Martin A. Dale ’53 Fellowship to spend a year after she graduates to pursue a project of special interest to her.

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