Speakers

The department sponsors regular lectures by scholars and artists from North Carolina and across the globe. Regular events include:

• The Thomas Wolfe Prize and Lecture, which takes place each fall around the time of Wolfe's October 3 birthday.
• The Morgan Writer-In-Residence Program, which sponsors lectures, readings, and symposia.
• The Blanche Armfield Poetry Series, which brings prominent American poets to the university for readings.
• The Critical Speakers Program, sponsors lecture by national and Department scholars throughout the year.
• The Lilian R. Furst Forum in Comparative Literature, a lecture series featuring four speakers each semester.
• CoLEAGS, the association of graduate students in English and Comparative literature, sponsors colloquia and lectures throughout the academic year.
• The Latina/o Studies Speakers Series is dedicated to exploring Latina/o Studies as a transdisciplinary endeavor.

For additional events and scholarly speakers, please see the departmental calendar on the Events page.