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Announcement

Kathryn Temple lectures at Flinders University (Australia) on Lisbon Earthquake in 1755

Professor Kathryn Temple was invited to Flinders University in Adelaide, S. Australia as a guest lecturer. Her abstract for the lecture today, Wednesday, September 21st (read…

September 21, 2016

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Libbie Rifkin & Disability Course Cluster feat. on Georgetown Home Page

The Disabilities Course Cluster is currently featured on the home page of the Georgetown University website, thanks to Professor Libbie Rifkin’s efforts along with various…

September 19, 2016

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David Gewanter to present 'flash fiction' piece at Hillyer Gallery

Professor David Gewanter will be presenting a flash fiction response to a work of visual art by Dove Bradshaw on Friday, September 9th. He will be joined by a myraid group of…

September 7, 2016

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Dan Shore featured for Six Degrees of Francis Bacon Project

Professor Daniel Shore, in collaboration with alumnus, Christopher Warren (G’03) and Jessica Otis at Carneige Mellon University, received a significant summer grant from…

September 2, 2016

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Nicole Rizzuto's "Insurgent Testimonies" shortlisted for 2016 MSA Book Prize

Professor Nicole Rizzuto’s book Insurgent Testimonies: Witnessing Colonial Trauma in Modern and Anglophone Literature was recently shortlisted for the 2016 Modernist…

August 11, 2016

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Caetlin Benson-Allott reflects on death of VCR in recent Slate Magazine interview

Professor Caetlin Benson-Allott was recently interviewed by fellow graduate school colleague, Jacob Brogan at Slate magazine for an article titled, “RIP to the VCR.&;  …

July 26, 2016

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Lena Orlin presents paper at IAUPE, "What We Know about Shakespeare 400 Years after his Death"

Professor Lena Orlin, Executive Director of the Shakespeare Association of America, will be presenting a paper next week at the International Association of University Professors…

July 22, 2016

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Ricardo Ortíz on Diane Rehm Show reviewed Junot Diaz "Drown"

Just this week, Professor Ricardo Ortíz, Chair and Associate Professor of US Latino literature and culture, was a featured panelist on the Diane Rehm Show.  He,…

July 1, 2016

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Daniel Marchalik publishes article in New York Times, "Reading Novels at Medical School"

Daniel Marchalik, MD, and now MA English alumni class of 2016, had an article published by the New York Times titled, “Reading Novels at Medical School.” This article…

June 29, 2016

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Jennifer Natalya Fink featured on Chalk & Table "Inspired Learning" Series

Professor Jennifer Natalya Fink was recently featured in the “Inspired Learning” series produced by Eastern University’s Chalk and Table Learning Collaborative.…

May 31, 2016