Join us for a panel discussion and musical performance to explore the Celtic traditions and folklore surrounding Halloween. Dr. Tiber Falzett —Inaugural Visiting Lecturer in Scottish Gaelic Studies—and Dr. Michael Newton—Ph.D. in Celtic Studies—for food, drink, and lively discussion! Moderator: … Read more
Thinking of applying to Graduate School in English or Comp Lit? In the midst of preparing your applications for this year’s deadlines? The Department of English and Comparative Literature is hosting an information session with our own Taylor Cowdery for … Read more
Distinguished author Ana Castillo will read from her poetry and prose collections tracing her writing as acts of resistance.
Dr. Marion Quirici will discuss her experiences designing writing assignments that get students involved in campus and community disability activism.
Join the Latino Studies Program for a film screening! Shot in black and white, Alonso Ruizpalacios’s debut, Güeros (2014), follows the travels and travails of two brothers—Santos & Sombra—as they wander through the streets of Mexico City in search of a dying … Read more
David Davis' talk focuses on WWI novels that inspired Faulkner's career-long artistic vision and imaginings of WWI.
What does Research in the Humanities Look Like and How Can Undergraduates Get Involved? *** Are you interested in writing an Honors Thesis, applying for a $3000 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship or just wanting to learn more about Undergraduate Research Opportunities in the Dept. of English and Comparative Literature? *** If … Read more
"Vitalizing the Bildungsroman" When: November 14th, 2019 3:30 PM Where: Toy Lounge, Dey Hall Abstract: The novelistic Bildungsroman is most often understood to narrate an individual's initiation into social life, but this talk, instead, recovers the form's roots in eighteenth-century … Read more
With Catherine Barnett and Donna Masini Catherine Barnett is the author of three collections, Human Hours (winner of the 2018 Believer Book Award in Poetry, a New York Times “Best Poetry of 2018” selection, and a finalist for the … Read more
This event will feature a 2015 ECL alum who was one of the first UNC graduates to be selected as the Lenovo Accelerated Sales Rotation Program and is currently an enterprise account executive at Nutanix (a software company in RTP) who will … Read more
