Ohio State English

Congratulations to Prof. Corinne Mitsuye Sugino, whose book, Making the Human: Race, Allegory, and Asian Americans was awarded the Cultural Studies Association's First Book Prize at the 2026 CSA conference. Read more about their book and award here: https://bit.ly/4fsMCSt

Come work for the Department of English! We're currently hiring English majors for our Front Desk/Department Ambassador team, and all majors for our Digital Media Project and Communications Teams! Applications for both teams are due by Monday, July 6 — for more information and application links: bit.ly/4xjF8rl

Celebrate the release of Prof. Marcus Jackson's new book, Love's Austere and Lonely Offices on June 18 from 7 - 9 pm at Urban Arts Space! Enjoy music and refreshments as well as the chance to purchase a copy and get it signed. For more information: https://bit.ly/4uWNNyl

Looking for a good read? Join our friends at Ohio State University Extension, Pickaway County for the Buckeye Bookworms book club! The first meeting (on Zoom) will be hosted is June 22, discussing “Death Among the Stitches” by Betty Hetchman. For more information and registration: https://bit.ly/3RU42xK

Happy Commencement Day to all of our Spring 2026 graduates. You will all be missed dearly, but we can't wait to see what your futures hold!

Join us in 150 Thompson Library on April 29th from 2:30-4:30 p.m. for a pop-up exhibit curated by the students in English 5611: History of the Book, featuring materials from the Rare Books and Manuscripts Library’s collection! For more information: https://bit.ly/3QqKVKQ

What happens when stories become aware of themselves, and how do they change as they move from page to screen?

Join Visiting Scholars Pedro Javier Pardo and Henning Hufnagel for a Project Narrative event exploring storytelling across media; from Tristram Shandy’s transformation into film to new perspectives on metalepsis and the boundaries of narrative.

April 28, 2026 | 11:00–12:30
Denney 253 + Zoom

For more information and the Zoom link, visit: https://bit.ly/4vT2zHw

The Department of English would like to congratulate Adrian Salgado for being awarded a 2025-2025 Graduate Student Teaching Award (GATA)!

The GATA is Ohio State’s highest recognition of the exceptional teaching provided by graduate students serving as Graduate Teaching Associates. Read more about Salgado and his accomplishment on our website: https://bit.ly/4cyNeCQ

Lord Denney's Players, the Department of English, and the OSU Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies are excited to announce the winners of the 2026 Lord Denney's Players Sonnet Contest:

1st Place: "A Tale of Salt" by Sam Morgan
2nd Place: "My Tongue Feels Like Sandpaper" by Rowan Fleming
Honorable Mention: "To Fetch or Not to Fetch" by Maheshwar Sai Ganesh

Interested in reading the winning sonnets? check out our website: https://bit.ly/3OMJK7W

LOCATION CHANGE: due to Denney Hall's HVAC woes, this launch has been moved to the Barnett Center's Collaboratory, 141 Sullivant Hall. (Many thanks to the Barnett Center for their help in relocating events!)

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Join us on April 20th from 3 - 4:30 in 311 Denney Hall to celebrate the launch of PhD student Sara Abou Rashed's debut poetry collection, Theories of Return! This event will feature readings from Prof. Allison Pitinii Davis and MFA student Misha Ponnuraju, followed by a Q&A moderated by Prof. Johanna Sellman (Near Eastern and South Asian Languages and Cultures at OSU).

For more information: https://bit.ly/41rxFIb