Newsworthy: Faculty Members Announce Publication and Conference Presentation
Ryan Publishes Essay on Moby-Dick
Jim Ryan has just published an essay entitled “Ishmael's Recovery: Injury, Illness, and Convalescence in Moby-Dick.” It appears in a new special issue on disability edited by Samuel Otter and David T. Mitchell in Leviathan: A Journal of Melville Studies, Volume 8 (2006): 17-34.
Brumbaugh Presents at National Conference
Barbara Brumbaugh presented her paper "Eramus in Arcadia" at the national conference of the Society for Renaissance Studies in Edinburgh, Scotland, which was held July 6-8, 2006.
Faculty Meeting Scheduled
A department faculty meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, September 6, at 3:00 PM in HC 3104.
Southern Humanities Review's Summer Issue Available
The editors are pleased to announce that the summer issue of the Southern Humanities Review has arrived. Please help yourself to the extra copies in the main office or stop by the SHR office (9088) to pick up a copy.
Annual Department Picnic a Success
The English Department's annual picnic held at Chewacla Park on Saturday, August 19, was a success. Below is a slideshow of the event.
Calendar for 2006-07 Academic Year
Here are the important dates for the fall 2006 and spring 2007 semesters.
- Mid-semester, October 6
- Thanksgiving Break, November 20-25
- Last Class Day, December 6
- Commencement, December 15
- Lead-Teacher/Co-Teacher Workshop, January 5
- First Day of Class, January 8
- Spring Break, March 26-31
- Last Class Day, April 30
- Commencement, May 10
Here is information about Departmental events for academic year 2006-07.
- English Symposium Series, Gregory Orr (October 26-27); Robert Clem (November 6); and Trudier Harris (March 15)
- Professor Melvyn New - "Trends in Criticism as Revealed by Thirty Years of Reviewing," October 17
- William Bartram Symposium, October 27-28
- Walter Benn Michael's visit sponsored by Phi Beta Kappa, March 1-2
- World Literature Lecture: Aiola Irele, Professor of African Studies and French, Harvard University, January 18, 2007 (afternoon- faculty seminar; evening- World Literature lecture)
- Graduate Student Colloquium, March 10
- Department Awards Ceremony (April 2007)
Here are dates for departmental faculty meetings.
Faculty Meetings
- September 6
- September 13
- September 27
- October 4 (ADA Workshop)
- October 25
- November 8
- January 31
- February 7
- February 14
- April 4
- April 18
For more information on these events and more, visit the Department's Calendar page.
Dr. Murray Pittock to Present Lecture "Scottish Identity"
The History and English Departments,
and the College of Liberal Arts and the Office of the Provost are delighted
to announce they will be sponsoring a public lecture entitled, “Scottish
Identity,” by Dr Murray Pittock, Professor of Scottish and Romantic
Literature at the University of Manchester in England.
Professor Pittock was British
Academy Chatterton Lecturer in Poetry in 2002, and his topic, “Robert
Burns and British Poetry,” now forms part of a project on Robert Burns
and Global Culture for 2009, the 250th anniversary of the poet's death.
His many publications in Scottish and Irish Studies include
most recently a research edition of James Hogg's The Jacobite Relics
of Scotland in two volumes (2002-3), A New History of Scotland
(2003), Scottish Nationality (2001), and Celtic Identity and the British
Image (1999).
The lecture be on Thursday 31 August and will take place in the Foy Union building, room 203, from 4:00 till 6:00. All are welcome!
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Last updated August 30, 2006