Archive: Announcement

• Lena Orlin to Participate in Bamberg Conference

  The University of Bamberg's Department of British Culture will be hosting a conference in Bamberg, Germany later this month entitled Early Modern Debts: Obligation and Cancellation in European Cultur

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• Windham Campbell 2017 Festival Honors Carolyn Forché

  This past weekend, the eight prize recipients of the Windham-Campbell Prize were honored at a three-day literary festival that took place at Yale University. The festival began with University Presid

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• Lena Orlin Joins The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Board Of Trustees

  Formed in 1847, The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust cares for Shakespeare heritage sites in Stratford-upon-Avon. In 1961, the Shakespeare Birthplace Act reaffirmed the organization's registered charity s

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• John Hirsh Publishes Article on Middle English Devotional in International Journal 'Traditio'

  Published by Fordham University in their international journal Traditio, The Twenty-five Joys of Our Lady, An English Marian Rosary of the Fifteenth Century from Bodleian Library MS Don. d. 85 explor

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• Brian Hochman Awarded 2017 NEH Grant

  The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has announced its final grant for the fiscal year, which totals $39.3 million and supports 245 humanities projects across the United States. Twenty-eig

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• English M.A. Student Queenie Sukhadia Publishes A City of Sungazers

  Queenie Sukhadia, an English M.A. student, recently had her collection of short stories, A City of Sungazers, published by Bombaykala Press. A City of Sungazers explores Mumbai, India through the

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• Cóilín Parsons' 'The Ordnance Survey and Modern Irish Literature' Shortlisted for First Book Prize

  Each year, the Modernist Studies Association seeks nominations for its First Book Prize, awarded to a book published in the previous year. A panel of judges determines which book has made the most sig

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• Caetlin Benson-Allott Writes About Director George A. Romero for Slate Magazine

  Hollywood and horror genre fans alike are in mourning following the passing of George A. Romero, director of the infamous Night of the Living Dead. In a new article for Slate Magazine, Caetlin Benson

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• John Pfordresher's New Book Released: 'The Secret History of Jane Eyre: How Charlotte Bronte Wrote Her Masterpiece'

  John Pfordresher's new book The Secret History of Jane Eyre: How Charlotte Brontë Wrote Her Masterpiece explores the autobiographical elements included in Charlotte Brontë's classic novel Jane Eyre, s

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• Anna K. Sagal (MA '09) Awarded Long-Term Fellowship by Newberry Library

  Former M.A. student Anna K. Sagal (MA '09) has been awarded a long-term fellowship by The Newberry, an independent research library in Chicago. In an effort to support scholarship in the humanities,

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