News & Events
News
Student Spotlight: Garland Rieman
Meet Garland Rieman, ECL senior and Jane Austen Summer Program intern!
Meet the Professor: Melissa Faliveno
Welcome, Melissa Faliveno! The Kenan Visiting Writer for 2020-2021, Faliveno joined the ECL Department this fall.
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.
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