News & Events
News
Critical Speaker Series: Alexander Weheliye
Alexander G. Weheliye, Professor of African American Studies at Northwestern University, joins the Critical Speaker Series.
Graduate Student Spotlight: Marcy Pedzwater
Meet Marcy Pedzwater! Marcy is an ECL PhD student researching contemporary Latin American and LatinX writers’ depictions of dictatorship.
Undergraduate Film Journal “Aspect” Launches
The Department of English & Comparative Literature is home to a new undergraduate journal! “Aspect: Journal of Film & Screen Media” launched this fall.
Celebrating Honors Thesis Students
While we still cannot celebrate in person, we want to congratulate the ECL’s honors thesis students graduating this December!
2020-21 PAGE Fellow Trisha Remetir
Congratulations to ECL graduate student Trisha Remetir on being awarded the PAGE Fellowship!
Katherine Stein Awarded Adams Fellowship
Congratulations ECL graduate student Katherine Stein on being awarded the Adams Fellowship!
Professor Florence Dore Creates Community Through Music in ENGL 408 Songwriting Class
Professor Florence Dore is navigating distance learning and making musical community in her ENG 408 songwriting class: “Collaboration: Composers and Lyricists”!
Meet the Professor: Liz Gualtieri-Reed
Get to know Professor Gualtieri-Reed! Professor Gualtieri-Reed has been with ECL since 2000.
Graduate Student Spotlight: Krysten Voelkner
Meet Krysten Voelkner, ECL PhD student researching Latinx environmentalisms and the environmental humanities.
Events
The UNC Latina/o Studies Program: Past Present and Future. 22 Years of Culture and Exploration at UNC Chapel Hill with Conversation/Charla
September 23 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Zoom“Spellbinding: The Cinematic Virtuosity of Barry Jenkins” Discussion of The Underground Railroad episodes + Discussion with Joi McMillon (editor), James Laxton (cinematographer), and Onnalee Blank (supervising sound editor)
October 5 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm ZoomWhat does it mean to be an E(nglish) and C(omparative) L(iterature) major today?
October 7 @ 6:00 pm ZoomBack to the Classroom!
October 14 @ 6:00 pm ZoomTrudier Harris, “Are We Literate Yet? Adventures in Education, Politics, and Culture”
October 27 @ 6:00 pm ZoomThomas Wolfe Lecture, Frank Bruni
October 28 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm ZoomJill McCorkle, “Ambiguity”
October 29 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm ZoomRecording of Tift Merritt & Joseph Terrell, followed by live Q&A
October 29 @ 7:30 pm Zoom