Dr. Kimberly Bain “The Weight of Breath: Sighing and Black Women’s Political Exhaustion”
Talk at 4:00 PM on Wednesday, January 22 in Donovan Lounge, Titled "The Weight of Breath: Sighing and Black Women's Political Exhaustion."
Talk at 4:00 PM on Wednesday, January 22 in Donovan Lounge, Titled "The Weight of Breath: Sighing and Black Women's Political Exhaustion."
Talk 4:00 p.m., Donovan Lounge, Thursday January 23rd : "Constituting Britons: Law, Medicine, and the Roots of White Supremacy in Anglo-American Culture."
Like English? Come learn more about Sigma Tau Delta and all it has to offer for everyone— including non-English/CompLit majors! Sigma Tau Delta is for people who would like to be recognized for their achievements in English, receive scholarships, land … Read more
Dr. Darius Bost, Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies in the School for Cultural and Social Transformation at the University of Utah, will be giving a talk entitled "Writing from the Shadows: Assotto Saint's Sacred Aesthetics."
Dr. Danielle Skeehan, Assistant Professor of English and Comparative American Studies at Oberlin College, will be giving a talk entitled "The Material Culture of Whiteness: Paper, Poetry, and Samuel Richardson's Pamela in Revolutionary North America."
Hey Everyone! Do you love books and have strong feelings about their adaptations? Whatever the case is, S.O.U.L., or the Student Organization of Undergraduate Literature (fancy name, but not a fancy club!) would like to invite you to our upcoming … Read more
Representing Migrations Humanities Lab Works-In-Progress Showcase Featuring presentations from Bass Connections Teams Linguistic Landscapes and Representing the Middle Passage, as well as from the 2019-2020 Lab Fellows. Including projects from UNC-CH graduate candidate Grant Glass. Duke University Friday, January 31, 2020, 9:30am - 4pm … Read more
https://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/for-ourselves-and-our-posterity-the-u-s-constitution-then-and-now/ National Humanities Center Fellows from the fields of African American studies, economics, history, law, literature, and philosophy will discuss how their work helps us better understand the creation and living legacy of the U.S. Constitution as we endeavor to … Read more
Talk title: Naturalizing the Novel Monday, February 4th, 4:00pm-5:30pm Donovan Lounge, Greenlaw 223 Description: Between 1685 and 1710 over 60,000 refugees from France and Germany sought settlement in England and its colonies. This wave of migration produced some of the first … Read more
About the Talk: If you were to visit the doctor, would you be considered a difficult patient? How do you know? What makes a patient “difficult”? In her presentation Yolonda Wilson will discuss the meaning of that label and how that label shapes interactions between patients and providers. She will argue that some patients are more susceptible to being labeled as difficult than others and consider possible alternative ways to frame encounters between patients and providers.