News & Events
News
Four ECL Majors to be Inducted into Phi Beta Kappa
Congratulations to Chelsea Tate Deitelzweig, Alexandra Catherine Mao, Jessica Maria Pereira, and Hannah Kaitlin Whittington!
Student Spotlight: Laura Crook
“I’ve honestly loved every single English class I’ve taken at Carolina.”
Susan Iron’s ENGL 304 Course Creates a Healthier Campus
Professor Susan Irons’ English 304 “Advanced Business Communication” course has helped create a healthier campus.
Poetry and Play in the Pandemic: English Gaming Courses in the Digital Classroom
Last semester, Professors Gabrielle Calvocoressi and Courtney Rivard’s courses found success in the digital classroom.
A Reading and Conversation with Rev William Barber II and Jaki Shelton Green
2021 Frank B. Hanes Writers-in-Residence events, a reading and a panel, featuring Rev William Barber II and Jaki Shelton Green.
MA Student Megan Swartzfager’s COVID-19 in U.S. Prisons ArcGIS Story Map Featured in Synapsis
Megan Swartzfager, current ECL MA student in Literature, Medicine, and Culture, created a ArcGIS StoryMap about COVID-19 in US Prisons that was featured on Synapsis.
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.
Events
Gram-O-Rama
November 29 @ 5:30 pm Center for Dramatic Art Rm 101Med-Ren Colloquium: Rory Sullivan, “Virtual Narratives of Late-Medieval Books of Hours”
December 1 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm Donovan Lounge, Greenlaw 233Kenan Visiting Writer Reading: Destiny Hemphill
February 9, 2023 @ 3:30 pm Donovan Lounge, Greenlaw 233