News & Events
News
Susan Iron’s ENGL 304 Course Creates a Healthier Campus

Professor Susan Irons’ English 304 “Advanced Business Communication” course has helped create a healthier campus.
Poetry and Play in the Pandemic: English Gaming Courses in the Digital Classroom

Last semester, Professors Gabrielle Calvocoressi and Courtney Rivard’s courses found success in the digital classroom.
A Reading and Conversation with Rev William Barber II and Jaki Shelton Green

2021 Frank B. Hanes Writers-in-Residence events, a reading and a panel, featuring Rev William Barber II and Jaki Shelton Green.
MA Student Megan Swartzfager’s COVID-19 in U.S. Prisons ArcGIS Story Map Featured in Synapsis

Megan Swartzfager, current ECL MA student in Literature, Medicine, and Culture, created a ArcGIS StoryMap about COVID-19 in US Prisons that was featured on Synapsis.
Critical Speaker Series: Alexander Weheliye

Alexander G. Weheliye, Professor of African American Studies at Northwestern University, joins the Critical Speaker Series.
Graduate Student Spotlight: Marcy Pedzwater

Meet Marcy Pedzwater! Marcy is an ECL PhD student researching contemporary Latin American and LatinX writers’ depictions of dictatorship.
Undergraduate Film Journal “Aspect” Launches

The Department of English & Comparative Literature is home to a new undergraduate journal! “Aspect: Journal of Film & Screen Media” launched this fall.
Celebrating Honors Thesis Students

While we still cannot celebrate in person, we want to congratulate the ECL’s honors thesis students graduating this December!
2020-21 PAGE Fellow Trisha Remetir

Congratulations to ECL graduate student Trisha Remetir on being awarded the PAGE Fellowship!
Events
Triangle Film Salon: Philana E. Payton
March 8 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm Register here:Triangle Film Salon: Victor Fan
March 9 @ 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm Zoom EventIntimacy in the Digital Archive: A Conversation with Allison Parrish and Everest Pipkin
March 11 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm ZoomAntoine Traisnel Seminar: “Capture: American Pursuits and the Making of a New Animal Condition”
March 11 @ 3:30 pm - 5:15 pm Zoom Lecture (registration required)Antoine Traisnel Lecture: “Plant Theory and Thoreau’s Garden Politics”
March 12 @ 3:30 pm - 5:15 pm Zoom Lecture (registration required)Triangle Film Salon: Jasmine Nadua Trice
March 29 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm Zoom EventTriangle Film Salon: Elena Gorfinkel
April 8 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm Zoom EventTriangle Film Salon Panel: Cinemagoing in the Streaming Era
April 26 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm Zoom Event