In coordination with his Thursday lecture "Big Fiction: How Conglomeration Changed the Book Industry and American Literature," Daniel Sinykin will lead a Graduate Student Seminar.

Marta Caminero-Santangelo is University Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of English at the University of Kansas. Professor Caminero-Santangelo has authored three books and dozens of journal articles and book chapters. Currently the editor of the journal Latino Studies, … Read more

The first of our Graduate Lecture Series presentations for the 2023-2024 cycle. “In his tale “Hop-Frog,” Edgar Allan Poe presents a thoughtless, repressive, and violent court as an allegory for contemporary American politicians and literary elites. The story depicts the … Read more

This talk will describe some of the conclusions drawn through the creation of a research and development project that seeks to bring "chorographies" (also known as "city views") into digital mapping environments that acknowledge the pseudo-perspectival nature of these early … Read more

The second Graduate Lecture Series event of the year! "After the titular hero of Aphra Behn’s Oroonoko kills the second of two tigers, he cuts the heart from its breast to find “Seven Bullets of Lead in it” (46). Given … Read more

In celebration of Dr. María DeGuzmán's 20th anniversary as Founder and Director of the Latina/o Studies Program and the 25th Anniversary of the Latina/o Cultures Speaker Series, the LSP has re-invited the very first speaker in the Speaker Series,: Dr. … Read more

2024 Frank B. Hanes Writer-in-Residence, Terrance Hayes, will give a reading on Tuesday, February 27, 2024 in Moeser Auditorium in Hill Hall. The reading is free and open to the public.

Please join the Digital Literacy Communications Lab (DLC) in collaboration with the Writing Program and the Media and Design Center (MDC) to learn about podcasting projects created by ECL faculty and students. The event will be held in the Digital … Read more

Ernesto Eduardo Escobar, Executive Director of the program in Game Design, Development, and Innovation at Duke University’s Institute of Enterprise Engineering will join us to discuss the challenges that critical design projects face within the gaming industry. Critical design considerations … Read more

Come and hear about exciting research happening in Medieval and Early Modern Studies at UNC! Graduate students from departments including English and Comparative Literature, History, Romance Studies, Religious Studies, and Classics will share lightning talks on their current research projects. … Read more