News & Events
News
UNC ECL Faculty Awarded Junior Faculty Development Awards for Groundbreaking Research

The Department is pleased to announce that Dr. Courtney Rivard and Dr. Shinjini Chattopadhyay have been awarded UNC’s Junior Faculty Development Award
2025 Frank B. Hanes Writer-in-Residence Alexander Chee

Alexander Chee, our 2025 Frank B. Hanes Writer-in-Residence, will visit campus the week of March 17. He will give a free reading on Tuesday, March 18 in Moeser Auditorium open to the public.
Student Spotlight: Violeta Gonzalez Toro

Drawn initially by her love of history and war literature, Violeta Gonzalez Toro was surprised to find herself in a classroom with students who were civilians, veterans, and ROTC cadets.
Student Spotlight: Eliza Benbow

Meet Eliza Benbow, a senior majoring in journalism with a minor in creative nonfiction writing. She spent three weeks of her summer at Brown University, using a SURF grant to delve into the archives of Alan Brilliant and his iconic Unicorn Press.
Alumnus Spotlight: Anthony King

ECL alumnus Anthony King (‘97), a Tony and Emmy-nominated writer, producer, and performer, has been honored with the 2024 John L. Haber Award by the New York Carolina Club in recognition of his exceptional contributions to the arts.
Prof. Florence Dore receives 2024 Award for Excellence in Teaching

Earlier this spring, Professor Florence Dore was honored with the 2024 UNC Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Teaching.
Brennan Jones Awarded Maynard-Adams Fellowship to Launch LANDMARKS

Earlier this fall, ECL PhD student Brennan Jones joined forces with fellow Duke PhD student Spencer George, co-creator of Good Folk, to launch LANDMARKS, a new live folk music series!
Faculty Spotlight: Ben Bolling

The Department of English and Comparative Literature is excited to welcome Professor Ben Bolling back to UNC! After some time working outside of academia after completing his PhD here, Prof. Bolling is returningto teaching, where he finds his true calling.
Meet the Faculty: Carlina Duan

Poet, educator, and scholar, Carlina Duan is the newest addition to the creative writing program here in the English and Comparative Literature department!
Student Spotlight: Maisie Ruddy

Meet double major in English and Peace, War, and Defense (PWAD), Maisie Ruddy, who interned with the Office of Presidential Correspondence!
Events
Armfield Poetry Reading with Dana Levin
February 27 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Epilogue BooksCSS Lecture: Rethinking Points of Symmetry: Early American and Appalachian Studies
March 3 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm Donovan Lounge, Greenlaw 223A Reading with Alexander Chee: Hanes Writer in Residence
March 18 @ 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm Hill Hall, Moeser AuditoriumA Reading with Jared Lemus: Kenan Visiting Writer
April 3 @ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Donovan Lounge, Greenlaw 223Premodern Literature and Culture Colloquium: Dr. Markus Cruse
February 13 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Donovan Lounge, Greenlaw 223