News & Events
News
Student Spotlight: Joi Dunston

Can the world of video games connect to the world of ECL? As Joi Dunston’s story demonstrates, a humanistic perspective can contribute quite a lot to the world of video games and eSports.
Professor James Coleman Dies at 73

Coleman joined the ECL faculty in 1990. The department has set up a memorial page where his students and colleagues can share tributes.
Short Story Vending Machines Installed on Campus Connect UNC Writers and Readers

This updated article includes a video, narrated by Professor Daniel Wallace, showing the machines in action.
Elizabeth Spencer, Author and Former UNC Visiting Writer, Dies at 98

Spencer served as a visiting writer in UNC’s creative writing department from 1986 to 1992. A funeral service will be held on February 1.
ECL Statement on Silent Sam Decision

The Department of English & Comparative Literature fully endorses the statement composed by the council of chairs of the College of Arts and Sciences of UNC Chapel Hill.
ECL Professor and Undergraduate Coedit Chapbook

Professor Gabrielle Calvocoressi and undergraduate Marina Greenfeld worked together to create the chapbook “Bounty Everlasting.”
Student Spotlight: Sophia Purut

Meet Sophia Purut, this week’s undergraduate student spotlight! Sophia interned for W. W. Norton over the summer.
Astronaut Candidate and ECL Alumna Zena Cardman Visits Campus

NASA astronaut candidate Zena Cardman discusses her time with ECL and how creative writing and science have worked together in her career.
English 105i Digital Humanities Students Present Work at Conferences

Students in two sections of ECL’s new ENGL 105i course, Writing in the Digital Humanities, presented their work at academic conferences.
Martin L. Johnson Named Finalist for Richard Wall Award

ECL Professor of Film Martin L. Johnson has been listed as a finalist for the Richard Wall Memorial Award for his 2018 book “Main Street Movies.”
Events
Monique Truong, 2023 Frank B. Hanes Writer-in-Residence, Reading
March 28 @ 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm Hill Hall, Moeser AuditoriumUNC Med-Ren Colloquium: Carmen Hsu (UNC)
March 30 @ 5:15 pm - 7:00 pm Donovan Lounge, Greenlaw 233Critical World-Building with Tabletop Games
March 30 @ 5:30 pm Greenlaw Gameroom, Room 316UNC Med-Ren Colloquium: Emma Maggie Solberg (Bowdoin)
April 6 @ 5:15 pm - 7:00 pm Donovan Lounge, Greenlaw 233Douglas Luman on Learning from Digital Debris
April 7 @ 1:00 pm - 5:00 pmPotrait of a Woman in Silk: London Designer Anna Maria Garthwaite with Zara Anishanslin
April 18 @ 5:00 pmSenior Honors Creative Nonfiction Readings
April 19 @ 6:30 pm Graham MemorialUNC Med-Ren Colloquium: Jessica Brantley (Yale)
April 20 @ 5:15 pm - 7:00 pm Donovan Lounge, Greenlaw 233Department of English and Comparative Literature Commencement
May 13 @ 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Paul Green Theatre