Please join us for a talk by Travis Alexander, PhD candidate in English and Comparative Literature.
Jeannine Marie DeLombard is Associate Professor in the English Department at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where she maintains an Affiliation with the History Department. She specializes in African American and pre-1900 American literature, with a particular interest in … Read more
In celebration of their latest collections, we invite you to a conversation between poets Alan Shapiro and Jonathan Farmer. We often ask ourselves what gets lost in translation—not just between languages, but in the everyday trade-offs between what we … Read more
Frances Dolan (University of California-Davis) “Weaving Hedge/rows”
Speaker David Daley will discuss how Republicans reinvented and weaponized the gerrymander during the 2010 election, then took advantage of big data and sophisticated mapping technology to draw themselves nearly unbeatable district lines for congress and state legislatures nationwide. Using … Read more
Come witness the poetry event of the year! Watch as UNC Wordsmiths, Appstate Lyric Spoken Word, Aggie Love Poetry Society, and UNC Cupsi Team face off in this epic slam face-off. Who will bring home the bragging rights and the title of College Clash Champion?
For the Spring colloquium, three faculty members in DOECL—Jessica Wolfe, Gabrielle Calvocoressi, and John McGowan—will discuss current scholarship, as well as conversations and provocations, in their respective areas, or fields. As the newly appointed articles editor of Renaissance Quarterly, the … Read more
Cherríe Moraga, “Native Country of the Heart: If We Forget Ourselves, Who Will Be Left to Remember Us?”
Jack Davis Ronald Harris Alex Reinhart Mariah Lindsey Sean Beatty Carter Hodge
Snacks will be provided! Laurel Foote-Hudson is a PhD Candidate in Comparative Literature at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her dissertation, to be defended this month, utilizes a comparative approach to explore the myriad relationships between … Read more
Wan-Chuan Kao (Washington and Lee University) “The Recognition Politics of White Prosopagnosia”
We are pleased to announce that the Health Humanities Journal is hosting our Spring 2019 Exhibition Night on Friday, April 12 at 6:30 pm in Donovan Lounge on the second floor of Greenlaw. It is a night of health humanities conversation, food, community, and celebrating the … Read more
Aisling Henihan Eric Brown Victoria Young Taylor Brunson Bethany Garrison
An Original Musical written & performed by The Students of ENGL 306: Playwriting and ENGL: 490 Musical Writing ONE SHOW ONLY!!
Tiana Clark & Emilia Phillips Join us for Poetry on the Porch with Tiana Clark and Emilia Phillips, two recently featured poets. We'll also celebrate the launch of our new poetry chapbook, Bounty Everlasting, which includes work by Clark and … Read more
Maya Chari Bryant Chappell Christian Hand Kailey Morgan Hayley Sigmon
Rebecca Rush (University of Virginia) “‘Let me but name her whom I do love’: Names, Pronouns, and Universality in Renaissance Lyric”
Spring is upon us! It's National Poetry Month! The Regulator Bookshop welcomes poets Gabrielle Calvocoressi and Alan Shapiro for an evening of poetry as part of its Poetry Series. Calcocoressi and Shapiro will be joined by two emerging poets (and UNC Alums!) … Read more
The last day of classes is coming, & your home department wants to feed you and celebrate! Join your fellow ECL students to celebrate LDOC and bond--or just to grab lunch and go... Get the sustenance you need to endure … Read more
Please join us in the warmest recognition of Honors and Awards in English, Comparative Literature, and Creative Writing Graduating Seniors! Announcement of James Lawrence Whitfield Prize for Best Thesis will close the ceremony. When: Friday, April 26 Where: Pleasants Room, … Read more
You are invited to a two-part event on April 27, 2019. The first part of the event is an open-to-the-public discussion, where four 1990s/GWOT vets will discuss how American popular culture has influenced the civilian-military divide in their personal experience. … Read more
