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This year the English Department welcomes eight new faculty members.
News
June 13, 2013
City of New York Honors Damion Clark for Teaching
Clark, a PhD candidate, received a "Big Apple Award: Recognizing Teacher Excellence in New York City," for his work with eleventh and twelfth graders.
June 4, 2013
Olmert's Students' London Journals, Summer 2013 Editions
For the fifth summer, undergraduates immerse themselves in British culture under the guidance of Michael Olmert.
June 3, 2013
Robert Levine Named Distinguished University Professor
It is the department's great privilege to announce that Professor Robert Levine has been named Distinguished University Professor.
May 23, 2013
Lindemann wins Kirwan Award
Congratulations to Professor Marilee Lindemann, who has been awarded the Kirwan Undergraduate Education Award for 2013.
May 22, 2013
Department Commencement Speaker Featured in Washington POST
Jamie Lee's remarks concerning the value of her English major are here:
May 22, 2013
Tenure and Promotion Announcements
It is with great pleasure that the Department of English announces the following tenure and promotion news.
May 17, 2013
Placement News
The English Department is delighted to announce the following placements of recent PhDs in 2013.
May 15, 2013
Graduate English Organization Faculty Awards
Congratulations to Christina Walter and Vessela Valiavitcharska, winners of this year's GEO Faculty Awards.
May 9, 2013
Graduate Student Fellowships and Awards
It is with great pleasure that the Department announces the recipients of the various graduate fellowships and awards for the next academic year.
May 8, 2013
Academy of American Poets Poetry Prize & Katherine Anne Porter Fiction Prize
The MFA Program in Creative Writing is pleased to announce the winners of the 2013 Academy of American Poets Poetry Prize and the Katherine Anne Porter Fiction Prize.
Upcoming Events
Wednesday, September 11
4:00 pm
Script-in-Hand: THE REPORTER (2007)
Thursday, September 12
4:00 pm
Panel: Domina Illustris
Monday, September 16
6:00 pm
British Film Series: THE LAWLESS HEART (2001)
Friday, September 20
4:00 pm
Lecture: Julia Reinhard Lupton
Monday, September 23
6:00 pm
British Film Series: KES (1969)
Wednesday, September 25
7:00 pm
Writers Here & Now: Sally Keith (poetry)
Friday, September 27
11:00 am
Meet the Editor: Peter Potter, Cornell University Press
Wednesday, October 2
12:00 am
Script-in-Hand: IPHIGENIA IN AULIS (ca. 408 BCE)
Friday, October 4
3:30 pm
Local Americanists: "Symposium on Print Culture and Community Identity"
Monday, October 7
6:00 pm
British Film Series: LOCAL HERO (1983)
Thursday, October 10
3:30 pm
Local Americanists: Celeste-Marie Bernier, "Imaging Slavery, Imagining Freedom: The Body, Memory, and Representation in African American and Black Diasporic Visual Cultures"
Wednesday, October 16
4:00 pm
Script-in-Hand: REVENGER'S TRAGEDY (1607)
Friday, October 18
1:00 pm
CMLT Colloquium
Monday, October 21
4:00 pm
British Film Series: KIPPERBANG (1983)
Wednesday, October 30
7:00 pm
Writers Here & Now: Tania James (fiction) & Tim Seibles (poetry)
Friday, November 1
1:00 pm
CMLT Colloquium
Wednesday, November 6
4:00 pm
Script-in-Hand: ROCK & ROLL (2006)
Friday, November 8
1:00 pm
CMLT Colloquium
Friday, November 15
3:30 pm
Local Americanists: Annette Debo, "Violence, Social Justice, and the Civil Rights Years: The Poetry of Gwendolyn Brooks, Sonia Sanchez, and Natasha Trehtewey"
Friday, November 22
1:00 pm
CMLT Colloquium
Wednesday, December 4
4:00 pm
Script-in-Hand: GITTING (2013)
7:00 pm
Writers Here & Now: Faculty/Alumni reading by Joshua Weiner, Katy Didden & Shara Lessley
Friday, December 6
9:00 am
Engendering Rhetorical Power
Friday, February 21
3:30 pm
Local Americanists: Samantha Pinto
Wednesday, February 26
7:00 pm
Writers Here & Now: Devin Johnston (poetry) & Laura van den Berg (fiction)
Sunday, March 2
9:00 am
Absorbing Encounters: Constructing American Jewry in the Post-Holocaust Decades
Wednesday, March 26
7:00 pm
Writers Here & Now: Tracy K. Smith (poetry) & Paul Yoon (fiction)
Thursday, March 27
9:00 am
Soundings Conference
Friday, April 11
3:30 pm
Local Americanists: Michael Gorra, "Gettysburg, at Not Yet Two: William Faulkner's Civil War"
Wednesday, April 30
7:00 pm
Writers Here & Now: Student Prize Reading