News & Events
News
Celebrating Honors Thesis Class of 2022
Congratulations to all the ECL seniors who completed an Honors Thesis in the Department this year!
DOECL PhD Candidate Elected GSPG President
Ph.D. Candidate Theodore Nollert was recently elected president of the UNC Graduate and Professional Student Government.
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!
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