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Remembering Randall Kenan

We lost an incredible friend, colleague, mentor, professor and literary giant. Our collective hearts are aching with grief at the loss of Professor Randall Kenan.
Dr. Rebecka Rutledge Fisher and Dr. Courtney Rivard Named IAH 2020-21 Faculty Fellows

The Institute for the Arts and Humanities named two ECL professors, Dr. Rebecka Rutledge Fisher and Dr. Courtney Rivard, 2020-2021 Faculty Fellows.
Remembering Daphne Athas

Beloved teacher and author, Daphne Athas, died in the early hours of July 28th.
Remembering Sally Sasz

The Department of English and Comparative Literature was deeply saddened to learn of the loss of Sally Sasz ’21 last month.
Kenan Visiting Writer, Melissa Faliveno, releases new book

This year’s Kenan Visiting Writer, Melissa Faliveno, has a new book, TOMBOYLAND, coming out August 4th from Topple Books.
ECL’s Statement of Support of the Black Lives Matter Movement

It is with a heart of renewed commitment that the Department of English and Comparative Literature issues a statement of solidarity with the Black Lives Matter Movement.
Dr. María DeGuzmán named the Eugene H. Falk Distinguished Professor

Dr. María DeGuzmán has been appointed the Eugene H. Falk Distinguished Professor, an endowed professorship bestowed by the college.
Dr. Candace Epps-Robertson named the first Jonathan M. Hess Term Professor.

Epps-Robertson is the Associate Director of the Writing Program, Director of Writing in the Disciplines, and studies rhetoric, composition, and literacy studies.
Student Spotlight: Keely Hendricks

Meet Keely Hendricks, an ECL and French and Francophone Studies double major (class of 2020) who will be teaching English in Senegal thanks to an English Teaching Assistantship through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program.
Nora Augustine and Jane McGrail awarded Humanities Professional Pathways Award

UNC’s Humanities for the Public Good Initiative has awarded the Humanities Professional Pathways Award to two ECL PhD students: Nora Augustine and Jane McGrail.
Events
Erica Fretwell Seminar: “Sensory Experiments in 19th-Century America” (American Literature and Sciences Series)
January 25 @ 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm ZoomErica Fretwell Lecture: “Towards a Craft Epistemology” (American Literature and Sciences Series)
January 26 @ 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm ZoomCritical Speakers Series: Lecture Alexander Weheliye
February 1 @ 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm ZoomCritical Speakers Series: Seminar Alexander Weheliye
February 2 @ 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm ZoomHow to Succeed in Business with an English Major
February 4 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm ZoomA Reading, Conversation, and Q&A with Rev William Barber II and Jaki Shelton Green, with Gene Nichol moderating
February 22 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pmA Panel on Environmental Justice with Rev William Barber II, Jaki Shelton Green, and N.C. Attorney Josh Stein, with WUNC’s Leoneda Inge moderating
February 25 @ 3:30 pm - 4:45 pm Zoom