News & Events
News
Exciting English Summer Course Offerings

Check out the variety of undergraduate English courses being offered for Summer 2022!
UNC Students Excel in Long Story Short Awards

UNC students won at least one award in every category!
Critical Gaming Event: Talk with Tara Fickle

Dr. Fickle will give a talk titled “New Yellow Peril: Asia/America at Play.”
PIT Journal Hosts Undergraduate Conference

The People, Ideas, and Things (PIT) Journal is hosting its newly revived Undergraduate Research Conference on March 24th.
Critical Speaker Series Welcomes Anna Kornbluh

Join Anna Kornbluh for a lecture and workshop on immediacy in literature and in the university.
DOECL Alumnus Brandy Varner Awarded Teacher of the Year

Varner teaches at Chatham Grove Elementary in nearby Pittsboro.
Critical Speaker Series Welcomes Christine Hong

Join Christine Hong for a virtual talk and seminar on race and militarism.
DOECL PhD alumnus Allison Bigelow Wins MLA First Book Award

Congratulations to Allison Bigelow, an alumnus of the department’s PhD program, on this prestigious award!
Readings and Conversations with Lorrie Moore

Join the 2022 Frank B. Hanes Writer-in-Residence Lorrie Moore for panels and a reading.
Critical Speaker Series Welcomes Kevin Quashie

Join Kevin Quashie for a virtual talk and seminar on Black literary criticism.
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