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Faculty Achievements

Farah Jasmine Griffin Named University Professor

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Eleanor Johnson Awarded 2025 Mark Van Doren Award for Teaching

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Colm Tóibín to be Awarded Honorary Degree from Oxford University on June 25, 2025

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Professor Brent Edwards Awarded the 2024 ASCAP Foundation Deems Taylor/ Virgil Tomson Award and the 2024 PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Award

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Professor Jim Shapiro Awarded the 2024 New Deal Book Award

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Professor Nicholas Dames Receives Society of Columbia Graduates Great Teacher Award

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The Department of English and Comparative Literature Mourns the Loss of Professor Michael Seidel

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Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak Named 2025 Holberg Prize Laureate

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Professor Shana Redmond Nominated for a Grammy for Best Historical Album

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Faculty Achievements

Professor Colm Toíbín Publishes a New Book of Essays, "On James Baldwin"

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Faculty Achievements

Professor Shana L. Redmond Receives The 2024 Constance M. Rourke Award

Branka Arsić,Charles and Lynn Zhang Professor of English and Comparative Literature
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Professor Branka Arsić Receives Ralph Waldo Emerson Society’s 2024 Distinguished Achievement Award