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English publishes 2022-23 annual report
Nov. 16, 2023
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Written by Sarah Malone, Department of English

2022-23 brought notable achievements, developments, and transitions at Princeton English, notes Simon Gikandi, the Class of 1943 University Professor of English and chair.

On Rearrangement: ‘You Belong Here: Place, People, and Purpose in Latinx Photography’
Nov. 3, 2023
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Written by Monica Huerta, Artforum; Department of English

The word cast arms open and outstretched, signaling recognition and an offer that does not presume the addressee is a hugger: You belong here.

Waiting for Barbie
Oct. 20, 2023
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Written by Anne Cheng, Los Angeles Review of Books; Department of English

A box arrived for me in the mail. It was filled with the most exquisite, luxurious collection of rainbow-colored miniature clothes.

John Durham Peters notes gibberish
Oct. 4, 2023
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Written by Sarah Malone, Department of English

"Gibberish is the language of the other," Peters said. "We typically attribute it to languages we don't know how to read."

Michael Goldman, scholar of Shakespeare and Ibsen, and ‘uniquely gifted person,’ dies at 87
Sept. 8, 2023
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Written by Jamie Saxon, Office of Communications

"A brilliant teacher, an original and inspired scholar/critic ... the most wittily congenial of colleagues,” said Joyce Carol Oates.

English goes major and minor in fall 2023
Aug. 8, 2023
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Written by Sarah Malone, Department of English

What’s in a name? A lot, according to Dean of the College Jill Dolan.

Summer Reads 2023: Gene Jarrett
June 30, 2023
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Written by Jamie Saxon, Office of Communications

 Gene Jarrett, dean of the faculty and the William S. Tod Professor of English, shares what’s on his summer reading list.

William Howarth, eminent Thoreau scholar, pioneer in the environmental humanities and ‘remarkable mentor,’ dies at 82
June 20, 2023
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Written by Jamie Saxon, Office of Communications

Howarth served on Princeton’s faculty for 51 years. He was among the cofounders of the Princeton Environmental Institute (now High Meadows Environmental Institute).

English celebrates Class Day 2023
June 6, 2023

On Monday, May 29, 2023 at 1:30 p.m., the Department of English celebrated the 31 graduates of the Class of 2023 who majored in English.