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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...

Several faculty members hope to soon make Irish Studies an academic program that students can pursue at The University of New Mexico. They already offer sponsored opportunities to study abroad, and now the interdepartmental group is hosting an inaugural...

Two University of New Mexico professors are representing the institution at a national conference in New York City. Jesse Alemán and Danizete Martínez, of the English departments at the main campus and the UNM-Valencia branch campus, have been selected...

The faculty and doctoral students in the Department of American Literary Studies at the University of New Mexico are riding a wave of publications, with books and articles either recently published or immediately expected on the horizon. The list...