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MFA Shanna Yetman Wins First Place in New Millennium Writing Competition

June 09, 2015 English

Shanna Yetman's (MFA '12) flash fiction "The Miracle Is to Walk this Earth" recently won first place in the New Millennium Writing Competition. Her fiction will be featured in the 2016 anthology and she will receive $1000.

Nabila Hijazi and Douglas Kern Present Research

June 09, 2015 English

Nabila Hijazi and Douglas Kern presented on the English Department’s Academic Writing Teaching Partners Program at the Lilly International Spring Conference on May 29, 2015.

Nabila Hijazi Featured Speaker

June 09, 2015 English

On June 3, 2015, Nabila Hijazi presented the Keynote talk, “Cultural and Linguistic Awareness,” for the Virginia Writing Center Association’s Writing Center Directors’ meeting.

Douglas Kern Presents Research and Serves as Academic Advisor

June 09, 2015 English

Douglas Kern is serving as the Academic Advisor for Amiri Baraka’s entries in the 2014 Contemporary Literary Criticism and Drama Criticism series, published by Gale.

Sixteen Arhu Students Win Summer 2015 Bright Futures Scholarships

June 05, 2015 American Studies, Art, College of Arts and Humanities, Communication, English, Linguistics, Philosophy, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, French, Spanish and Portuguese, School of Music, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Congratulations to the sixteen ARHU students who won the Summer 2015 Bright Futures Scholarships!

Emily Mitchell Publishes VIRAL

June 04, 2015 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Emily Mitchell's book of short stories Viral will be published on June 29th.

Michael Olmert Lectures to Students at St. Michael's

June 04, 2015 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

On May 18, 2015, Michael Olmert lectured to students from the St. Michael's, MD., middle school on the material culture of the 18th Century. Topics covered were architecture, brickwork, townscape planning, food, market-days, and tools.

Bob Levine Speaks at Vanderbilt and Tokyo, To Be Published

June 03, 2015 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Bob Levine spoke at Vanderbilt in May on “The Canon and the Survey: An Anthologist’s Perspective"

Joshua Weiner Interviewed by BBC Radio and Published

June 03, 2015 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Joshua Weiner's essay on Gottfried Benn appeared in the spring issue of Threepenny Review.

DeLisa Hawkes to Participate in National Endowment for the Humantities Summer Institute

June 03, 2015 English

DeLisa Hawkes, a doctoral student in the Department, will participate in the National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute for College Teachers on Paul Laurence Dunbar and American Literary History.