- Newsworthy: Isabelle Thompson Named Alumni Professor
- Professorial Faculty Meeting - October 12 - 3 pm
- "Not Just Desserts" Series - Sally O'Driscoll - October 12 - Noon
- EGO Meeting - October 13 - 5 pm
- Call for Graduate Student Essay Submissions - October 15
- Department Faculty Meeting - October 19 - 3 pm
- English Symposium Series - Thomas Lux - October 20 - 3 pm
- MTPC Portfolio Presentation - Elizabeth Childs - October 26 - 3:30 pm
- World Literature Lecture Series - October 27 - 2 pm
- Poetry Reading - Bei Dao - November 3 - 7 pm
- World Literature Seminar - Sheldon Pollock - November 7 - 2 pm
- World Literature Lecture - Sheldon Pollock - November 7 - 7:30 pm
- World Literature Seminar - Sheldon Pollock - November 8 - 12:30 pm
- Publication Announcement - Jim Ryan
Newsworthy: Isabelle Thompson Named Alumni Professor!
Isabelle Thompson, Professor and Coordinator of the English Center, has been awarded an Alumni Professorship, 2005-10.
Thompson was among five professors this year who were awarded the five-year Alumni Professorships sponsored by the Auburn Alumni Association, with funds endowed from Auburn Annual Giving. The awards are presented on the basis of research, publishing, and teaching. You can read about Thompson's research and teaching on the Department's web page.
In addition to the Alumni Professorship, the Alumni Association also honors professors with a Teaching Excellence Award. Nominations for the 2006 award are currently being accepted. For more information, visit the Alumni Association web site.
October 12 - Professorial Faculty Meeting - 3 pm - HC 3104
A professorial faculty meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, October 12 at 3 pm in HC 3104. Dean Anne Gramberg will meet with the faculty.
October 12 - "Not Just Desserts" series presents Sally O'Driscoll - Noon - RBD Auditorium
"Word on the Street:18th-Century Pamphlets and the Language of Gender," a talk by Sally O'Driscoll of Fairfield University will be given as part of the "Not Just Desserts" series at noon, October 12, in the RBD library auditorium. The visit is sponsored by the Center for Diversity and Race Relations, the RBD Library, Women's Studies, the Stevens Fund, and the Gay and Lesbian Caucus.
October 13 - EGO Meeting - 5 pm - HC 8009
The next meeting of the English Graduate Organization will be Thursday, October 13 at 5 pm in HC 8009. All graduate students are encouraged to attend.
October 15 - Call for Graduate Student Essay Submissions
Blackwell Publisher's new online journal and reference resource, Literature Compass, invites submissions for the graduate essay prize. Prizes will be awarded to essays in each of nine literature sections. Each section winner will receive $200 of free Blackwell books and have their article published on Literature Compass.
The deadline for submissions is October 15. For details about the contest and the kinds of essays they are seeking, visit their website.
October 19 - Department Faculty Meeting - 3 pm - HC 3104
A Department faculty meeting is scheduled for October 19 at 3 pm in HC 3104.
The topic of the meeting is a workshop on the Americans with Disabilities Act and Sexual Harassment. All new faculty and GTAs are expected to attend.
Attendance is strongly recommended for all faculty and GTAs who have not attended the workshop in the last two years. It is especially important to be familiar with policies regarding the ADA and Sexual Harassment and to be aware of changes in these policies.
October 20 - English Symposium Series - 3 pm - JCS Museum
Poet Thomas Lux will read from his poems—including poems in The Cradle Place, The Street of Clocks, and New and Selected Poems, 1975-1995—at the next English Symposium Series. The event will be October 20 at 3 pm at the Jule Collins Smith Museum.
October 26 - MTPC Portfolio Presentation - 3:30 pm - HC 3104
MTPC student Elizabeth Childs will present her portfolio Wednesday, October 26 at 3:30 pm in HC 3104.
October 27 - World Literature Lecture Series - 2 pm - HC 2312
Constance C. Relihan's World Literature Faculty Seminar on "Teaching Early Modern Texts in World Literature Courses" will be Thursday, October 27 from 2 to 4 pm in HC 2312.
November 3 - Poetry Reading - 7 pm - Biggin Art Gallery
Chinese poet Bei Dao will read from his recently published book Midnight's Gate on November 3 at 7 pm in the Biggin Art Gallery. A reception will follow.
November 7- World Literature Seminar - 2 pm - HC 3046
Sheldon Pollock, William B. Ransford Professor of Sanskrit and South Asian Studies Columbia University, will present "Teaching Classical Indian Works in World Literature Classes" November 7 at 2 pm in HC 3046.
November 7 - World Literature Lecture - 7:30 pm - RBD Library Auditorium
Sheldon Pollock, William B. Ransford Professor of Sanskrit and South Asian Studies Columbia University, will present "Comparative Literature as Comparative Politics: Indian Literary Histories and Some Utopian Possibilities" November 7 at 7:30 pm in the RBD Library Auditorium.
November 8 - World Literature Seminar - 12:30 pm - HC 3228
Sheldon Pollock, William B. Ransford Professor of Sanskrit and South Asian Studies Columbia University, will present "Teaching Medieval Indian Works in World Literature Classes" November 8 at 12:30 pm in HC 3228.
Publication Announcement - Jim Ryan
The recently published Encyclopedia of New England (Yale University Press, 2005) includes several entries by Jim Ryan. For that volume, he has contributed a short essay on "Unitarianism in New England," along with brief entries on James Augustine Healy (1830-1900), the first African-American bishop in the American Catholic church, and Perry Miller (1905-1963), the renowned scholar of early New England religion.
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Last updated October 12, 2005