Joyce and the Subject of History
"The Changing Same": Black Women's Literature, Criticism, and Theory
The Essential Wayne Booth
Writing Deafness
Literary Character
Michael Levenson, English Professor's Book Takes Fresh Look at Modernism
"Make it new!" exhorted Ezra Pound, the expatriate American poet and key figure in the Modernist movement of the early 20th century.
Rita Dove Wins Hurston/Wright Legacy Award
Dove was recognized for her 2009 book, "Sonata Mulattica," the story of African-Polish violinist George Polgreen Bridgetower.
Professor Jahan Ramazani honored with the Thomas Jefferson Award
The Thomas Jefferson Award is the highest honor the University community bestows upon its faculty.
Professor Jennifer Greeson's Award-Winning Book Looks at the South in American Identity
"You can't imagine the U.S. without including the South," said Jennifer Greeson, author of "Our South: Geographic Fantasy and the Rise of National Literature," published by Harvard University Press last fall.
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News & Announcements
December 6, 2023
Publications
Events
Tomorrow
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Molly Nichols Dissertation Presentation
- Where: Bryan Hall Faculty Lounge
- Start time: 12:00pm
- End time: 01:00pm
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Jahan Ramazani, Faculty Lecture Series, "A Poetics of Postmourning: Elegy and the Caribbean"
- Where: Bryan Hall Faculty Lounge
- Start time: 02:00pm
- End time: 03:00pm
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Whereas the historical trauma of the Middle Passage and enslavement has been a prominent subject of Caribbeanist scholarship, there is surprisingly little sustained consideration of how imaginative works mourn this violent past. Building on the concept of 'postmemory' for the transgenerational aftereffects of trauma, this talk develops an overlapping concept of postmourning for the grief transferred to later generations and enacted in their creative work. It argues that elegies, though largely neglected as a genre of Caribbean writing, constitute a prominent literary site in which postmourning and remourning are undertaken.
Saturday, November 2nd
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Sofia Samatar, Opacities – in Conversation with Emily Ogden
- Where: New Dominion Bookshop: New Books & Gifts, 404 E Main St, Charlottesville, VA 22902, USA
- Start time: 07:00pm
- End time: 08:00pm
Thursday, November 7th
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Laleh Khadivi Fiction Reading
- Where: Monroe Hill House 252 McCormick Rd, Charlottesville, VA 22903, United States
- Start time: 05:00pm
- End time: 06:00pm
Monday, November 11th
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Lillian-Yvonne Bertram & Nick Montfort AI Talk
- Where: English Faculty Lounge, Bryan Hall, Second Floor, 229A
- Start time: 05:00pm
- End time: 06:00pm
Tuesday, November 19th
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Camille Dungy Reading & Kapnick Writers Gala
- Where: Newcomb Hall Ballroom
- Start time: 06:00pm
- End time: 08:00pm