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Professor, two graduate students earn HRI fellowships
Two graduate students and one professor in the Department of English have been awarded Humanities Research Institute fellowships. The three were among fourteen selected for this year’s fellowship under the theme of “Story and Place.” Amy Hassinger, professor of English in the Creative Writing...
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Three English students win HRI research prizes
Three students in the Department of English have been awarded prestigious research prizes from the Humanities Research Institute. The HRI Prizes for Research in the Humanities celebrate excellence in humanities scholarship, with awards given at the undergraduate, graduate, and faculty levels. ...
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Three English professors receive named positions
Three English professors were recently honored at the Clayton and Thelma Kirkpatrick and Robert Schaefer investiture ceremony at the Alice Campbell Alumni Center. A crowd of almost 80 people showed up to celebrate the professors’ accomplishments and presence on campus.Janice H. Harrington and...
Financial support for prospective students
The Department of English at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign provides several forms of financial support for graduate students.
PhD Dissertations: 2024-2025 Academic Year
August 2024
Coby, Laura M.
SPECTRAL FUTURITY: THE PERFORMATIVE AFTERLIVES OF MOURNING
Committee: Robinson (Chair); Davis, Somerville, Burch
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Corey Van Landingham wins Guggenheim fellowship
Corey Van Landingham, professor of English in the Creative Writing Program, has been awarded a 2025 Guggenheim Fellowship. Van Landingham is one of two U of I fellowship recipients, along with history professor Kristin Hoganson.The two are among 198...
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Poetry book looks at how people create a sense of place for themselves
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign English professor Janice Harrington examines the natural world, the histories of Black residents in the Midwest and how people create a sense of place for themselves in...
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Janice Harrington inducted into the Alabama Writers HOF
Janice Harrington, professor of English in the Creative Writing Program, has been inducted into the Alabama Writers Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame, a partnership between the Alabama Writers’ Forum and the Alabama Center for the Book at the University of Alabama,...
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Waïl Hassan elected second vice president of MLA
Waïl S. Hassan, professor and head of the Department of Comparative & World Literature and professor of English, has been...
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"Blob" and a coming of age
An LAS alumna has published her first novel that explores the idea of being able to literally shape your ideal partner from scratch.
Maggie Su (BA, ’13, creative writing/English) is the assistant director for the University Writing Center at the University of Notre Dame. Her book was recently...