News & Events
News
The Homebound Project

With the theatres dark, ECL alumna Catya McMullen is turning her creative energy in a new direction, an online charity helping those affected by COVID-19.
Celebrating Honors Thesis Students

With all that has been happening this semester, we wanted to make sure that we took a moment to give credit to ECL’s amazing honors thesis students.
Christopher Armitage Recalls J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis

In a recent interview with The Well, ECL Professor Christopher Armitage discussed his time at Oxford with J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis.
Geovani Ramírez Receives Two University-Wide Honors

ECL PhD candidate Geovani Ramírez has won a Diversity Award and been selected for induction into the Frank Porter Graham Honor Society.
John McGowan Receives Thomas Jefferson Award

The university-wide award honors the member of the faculty who “has best exemplified the ideals and objectives of Thomas Jefferson.”
Jennifer Larson Interviewed on Serving as Remote Teaching Peer Mentor

In an interview with The Well, ECL Teaching Associate Professor Jennifer Larson discusses her work as a peer mentor helping faculty transition to online teaching.
Bland Simpson Inducted into North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame

On the basis of a remarkable body of fiction and creative nonfiction, Professor Bland Simpson has been inducted into the North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame.
Student Spotlight: Elliot Melfi

Meet Elliot Melfi, the Game Studies Specialist Intern for Digital Literacy as part of the new Greenlaw Gameroom Initiative!
David Zucchino Visits Campus, Delivers Lecture

Creative writing students had the opportunity to hear Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times correspondent David Zucchino discuss his new book.
English and Comparative Literature University Teaching Award Winners

Four ECL instructors among 25 recipients of University Teaching Awards.
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