DEPARTMENT NEWS

Students: Apply for English Department Scholarships!

Did you know about our department's scholarships for English majors? The English department sponsors four scholarships, each with its own application requirements and award amount. You can find...

Posted: October 7, 2024, 6:23 PM

Earl Brooks Publishes Book On Rhetoric and Black Music

Watch an interview with Brooks on WBALTV

Celebrate Earl's book publication with a "paw" or comment on myUMBC! Earl Brooks, Assistant Professor of English, has published On Rhetoric and Black Music, a book that connects his research...

Posted: October 4, 2024, 11:45 AM

Margie Burns Announces New Book on Jane Austen

Explores the History of the Phrase "Pride and Prejudice"

Margie Burns, English department faculty member, has announced a new book, Jane Austen, Abolitionist: The Loaded History of the Phrase "Pride and Prejudice." Burns takes up literary studies along...

Posted: October 1, 2024, 5:12 PM

Reminder: Honors Applications due Wednesday, May 15

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.  What can...

Posted: May 8, 2024, 12:52 PM

2024 Braly Creative Writing Awards

Award for Fiction: “Poppy” by Lukas Pitkevits Lukas Pitkevits is a senior at UMBC, currently studying for a degree in Biological Sciences. Although he is pursuing a career in the STEM...

Posted: April 24, 2024, 7:53 PM

The English Honors Program is now accepting applications!

Attention English Majors! The English Honors Program is now accepting applications for our 2024-2025 cohort.  What can you do in the program? ● Write an original creative work of fiction,...

Posted: April 15, 2024, 9:40 PM

English Presenters at URCAD!

Wednesday, April 10, 2024: All Are Welcome!

Polina Kassir | Reading the Library: An Ethnography of Place in One Baltimore City Library | Lucille McCarthy 11:00 a.m. UC 312 Grace Morris | Family Abolition and Mythologized Motherhood in...

Posted: April 9, 2024, 6:41 PM