News & Events
News
Dr. Inger Brodey Receives NEH Grant for “Jane Austen’s Desk”

Congratulations to Professor Inger Brodey and her team of dedicated collaborators for being awarded their second grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities!
Prof. María DeGuzmán Featured by UNC Research Publication “Rooted”

Read more about the interview and The Latina/o Studies Program’s contributions to UNC Chapel Hill.
Omari Akil Presents “Inclusive Design Practices in Tabletop Gaming”

This February, Durham-based game designer Omari Akil visited the Greenlaw Gameroom to discuss the story and successes of their game design studio and publishing company, Colorway Game Labs.
Alumnus Spotlight: Gavin Whitehead

Meet DOECL Alumnus Gavin Whitehead! Gavin is the host of the podcast The Art of Crime.
Prof. Michael McFee Publishes His Twelfth Collection of Poetry

“A Long Time to Be Gone” was published by Carnegie Mellon University Press.
Professor Philip Gura Publishes “Liberty or Justice for All?”

This February, DOECL Professor Philip Gura published a new book titled Liberty or Justice for All?: A Conversation across the American Centuries through the University of Georgia Press.
Dr. Søren George Palmer Recieves 2023 Chapman Family Teaching Award

Congratulations to DOECL Professor Søren George Palmer for receiving the 2023 Chapman Family Teaching Award!
DOECL Faculty Black History Month Recommendations

Check out what the DOECL faculty recommend for reading, listening, and watching this Black History Month!
Meet the Faculty: Destiny Hemphill

Meet Professor Destiny Hemphill, the 2022-23 Kenan Visiting Writer in the Creative Writing Program.
Events
Reading and Book Signing by Tim Z Hernandez, “They Call You Back”
February 12 @ 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm Donovan Lounge, Greenlaw 223Armfield Poetry Reading with Dana Levin
February 27 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Epilogue BooksCSS Lecture: Rethinking Points of Symmetry: Early American and Appalachian Studies
March 3 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm Donovan Lounge, Greenlaw 223A Reading with Alexander Chee: Hanes Writer in Residence
March 18 @ 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm Hill Hall, Moeser AuditoriumA Reading with Jared Lemus: Kenan Visiting Writer
April 3 @ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Donovan Lounge, Greenlaw 223Premodern Literature and Culture Colloquium: Dr. Markus Cruse
February 13 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Donovan Lounge, Greenlaw 223