College of Arts & Sciences

Olivia Padilla, an alumna of The University of New Mexico Class of 2018, is finishing a jampacked semester in Washington, D.C., as the first New Mexican to be a Global Leaders Fellow with the Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute (CHLI). CHLI gives...

An interdepartmental faculty group at The University of New Mexico is bringing the rich culture and history of Ireland to campus. They are planning several new events and programs about Ireland for the campus community and the public. Mary Power Lecture...

A pair of lectures, with Dr. Marianna Torgovnick, celebrating the English writer and poet D.H. Lawrence are slated for early-April. The first lecture of the 3rd annual D.H. Lawrence celebration, titled Friends and Lovers: Owning D.H. Lawrence, is set...

From a young age, Aleja Allen loved the idea of Ireland, and says something about the small, green island enchanted her. Jenni Scanlan says the country captured her attention when she travelled there with the UNM Irish Studies group and realized the...

On Thursday, Oct. 18, the UNM Department of English hosts the distinguished Héctor Armienta as the featured speaker for the ninth annual Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya Lecture on the Literature of the Southwest. The lecture, which is free and open to the...

It’s a common misconception that earning a Ph.D. will leave you with no alternative but to traverse the dusty halls of academia for the rest of your life. In the case of Professor Cristyn L. Elder with the Department of English Language and Literature at...

The developing Irish Studies initiative at the University of New Mexico was recently highlighted by the Consulate of Ireland for the U.S. Southwest. “Thank you to all of our communities for making this year’s Tourism Ireland’s Global Greening campaign a...

While teaching writer Denis Johnson’s stories to college students in Connecticut, author Leslie Jamison found a letter in his archives, sent to Johnson by a younger writer in 1996 who said, “It seems there are two kinds of American writers. Those who...

It is often said that the journey is more important than the destination, but sometimes the destination is hard-won. For author Mohsin Hamid, Bookworks and The University of New Mexico English department, that destination is coming in the form of an...

Georgia O-Keefe and Billy The Kid are icons frequently associated with the southwest – but not typically known for their connection to the Emerald Isle. Now the strong links between Irish Americans, their homeland, and the southwestern U.S. are the focus...