Department News | English at Illinois

11/07/2022 - From Anustup Basu, Hindutva as Political Monotheism...

Susan Koshy appointed as Faculty Fellow, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation (OVCRI) and Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Institute (IHSI)

10/03/2022 - Susan Koshy (Asian American Studies/English), has been named Faculty Fellow (Humanities, Arts, and Related Fields) in the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation (OVCRI) and the...

Irvin Hunt named 2022-33 Helen Corley Petit Scholar for an extraordinary record of scholarship and teaching.

09/22/2022 - Each year LAS selects up to seven recipients across the entire college. Mrs. Helen Corley Petit, a deceased alumna of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, provided an endowment for the...

Professor Alex Shakar receives Dean's Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching in LAS

02/23/2022 - Alex Shakar is professor in the Department of English. He’s an invaluable member of the Creative Writing Program and has appeared...

Genaro Rincon Cruz Jr. wins Kevin T. Early Memorial Scholarship

02/08/2022 - Genaro Rincon Cruz Jr. is the the 2021-2022 recipient of the Kevin T. Early Memorial Scholarship. This scholarship is made possible from an endowment by William and Donna Early in memory of their...

A screen grab of the Zoom meeting where members of the Sigma Tau Delta presented their work, "Written on the Body: Horror Perverts Female Change"

Sigma Tau Delta English Honor Society students present at international convention

11/04/2021 - In March, the local Alpha Upsilon Pi chapter of the Sigma Tau Delta English Honor Society presented at the virtual Sigma Tau Delta International Convention. The theme for the convention was “...

Joanne Lee Molinaro, a.k.a. the Korean Vegan, prepares dishes from her new cookbook at her home in Chicago. (Lucy Hewett for The Washington Post)

"The Korean Vegan" Alumna Featured in The Washington Post

10/06/2021 - Joanne Lee Molinaro, better known as the Korean Vegan has recently been featured in The Washington Post...

Rhetoric Student Essay Contest Winners

09/27/2021 - The Rhetoric Program is delighted to announce the Spring 2021 Student Essay Contest winners. With nearly 180 submissions, the Spring 2021 cycle saw the most submissions the program has had to date....

Michael VanCalbergh's poem, "My Father As Ulysses", published in autofocus

09/13/2021 - Michael VanCalbergh's poem,"My Father As Ulysses", was published in autofocus literary magazine on August 27, 2021. To read "My Father As Ulysses", see...

Graduate Students Hollis Druhet and Helen Makhdoumian win Peer Essay Prize

05/25/2021 - The Graduate Awards Committee is pleased to announced the winners of the program's Peer Essay Prizes for 2021...

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Professor Gillen D’Arcy Wood wins 2021 Carnegie Fellowship

04/29/2021 - Professor Gillen D’Arcy Wood has been awarded a 2021 Carnegie Fellowship...

Laura Coby wears round, dark glasses and a black top.

PhD Student Laura Coby wins HRI Prize for Research in the Humanities

04/01/2021 - English PhD Student Laura Coby wins the HRI...

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Dr. Kristi McDuffie wins Chancellor's Academic Professional Excellence Award

03/22/2021 - Dr. Kristi McDuffie, the Interim Director of Rhetoric, has won the ...

Christopher Freeburg smiles in front of bookshelves. Freeburg is wearing a navy blazer with a white turtle neck underneath.

Professor Christopher Freeburg named John A. and Grace. W. Nicholson Professor

03/11/2021 - Professor Christopher Freeburg has been appointed as...

English Faculty and Graduate Students Receive HRI Fellowship Awards

03/05/2021 - The department celebrates the achievements of six English faculty members and graduate students who have received fellowship awards from the...