Martin C. Battestin

The English Department mourns the loss of Martin C. Battestin, William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of English (Emeritus), a dear colleague, dear friend, eminent eighteenth-century scholar, and Henry Fielding specialist, who died Friday, May 15, 2015, at age 85. A service was held on Wednesday, May 20th at St. Paul's, Ivy. He is survived by his wife and research collaborator Ruthe Battestin.

His full obituary can be found at the Daily Progress.

Congratulations to our English majors

The English Department has awarded its annual departmental scholarships to the following excellent undergraduate majors:

Michael Wagenheim Memorial Scholarship: Elizabeth Ballou, Kelsey Becker, Vanessa Braganza, Daniel Calem, Caelainn Carney, Zoey Dorman, Alexa Hazel, Claudia Heath, Andrea Mendoza Perez, and Alex Scheinman.

Peter and Phyllis Pruden Scholarship: Emily Blase, Hillary Hylton, Charlie Micah Jones, Christine Kim, and Tanner Pruitt.

William and Charlotte Savage Scholarship: Erik Moyer, Christina Paek, and Melanie Schmidt.

Professor Stephen Cushman receives 2015 Outstanding Faculty Award

English Professor Stephen Cushman has received the state's highest honor for professors, the Outstanding Faculty Award, given by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia and Dominion Resources. The award recognizes superior accomplishments in teaching, research and public service. Cushman joins UVA biology professor Sarah Kucenas among 13 faculty members selected this year from a pool of 88 nominees from institutions statewide. Cushman received his award on February 19 in Richmond.

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Publications

Jane Alison
Kiki Petrosino
Kevin Moffett
Kevin Moffett
Micheline Aharonian Marcom
Lisa Russ Spaar
Bruce Holsinger
Jahan Ramazani
Micheline Aharonian Marcom
Brian Teare
Brian Teare
Brian Teare
Brian Teare
Kiki Petrosino
Kiki Petrosino
Writing Communities
Stephen Parks
The Brick House
Micheline Aharonian Marcom
A Brief History of Yes
Micheline Aharonian Marcom
The Mirror in the Well
Micheline Aharonian Marcom
Draining the Sea
Micheline Aharonian Marcom
The Daydreaming Boy
Micheline Aharonian Marcom
Three Apples Fell From Heaven
Micheline Aharonian Marcom
Hothead: A Poem
Stephen Cushman
Stauffer
Andrew Stauffer
Petronius’ Satyrica
J. Daniel Kinney
Cellar
Lisa Russ Spaar
Selected Poems
Rita Dove
The Craft of Argument
Jon D'Errico
Blue Pajamas
Stephen Cushman
Cussing Lesson
Stephen Cushman
Riffraff
Stephen Cushman
American Smooth
Rita Dove
The Rape of the Lock
Cynthia Wall
Best New Poets 2010
James (Jeb) Livingood
The Poet's World
Rita Dove
Museum
Rita Dove
Book icon
Lisa Russ Spaar
Robert Browning's Poetry
Andrew Stauffer
Blue Venus
Lisa Russ Spaar
Glass Town
Lisa Russ Spaar
Rethinking Tragedy
Rita Felski
Sonata Mulattica
Rita Dove
Fifth Sunday
Rita Dove
Thomas and Beulah
Rita Dove
Mother Love
Rita Dove
Satin Cash
Lisa Russ Spaar
A Transnational Poetics
Jahan Ramazani
Modernism
Michael Levenson
Vanitas, Rough
Lisa Russ Spaar
Grace Notes
Rita Dove
Why Read?
Mark Edmundson
Heart Island
Stephen Cushman
Torn Sky
Debra Nystrom
Bad River Road
Debra Nystrom
A Burnable Book
Bruce Holsinger
The Invention of Fire
Bruce Holsinger
The Red List
Stephen Cushman
Orexia: Poems
Lisa Russ Spaar
This Thing Called the World
Debjani Ganguly
Uses of Literature
Rita Felski
Nine Island
Jane Alison
A Quarter Turn
Debra Nystrom

Events

Tomorrow

  1. Molly Nichols Dissertation Presentation
    • Where: Bryan Hall Faculty Lounge
    • Start time: 12:00pm
    • End time: 01:00pm
  2. 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
    • 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

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. Camille Dungy Reading & Kapnick Writers Gala
    • Where: Newcomb Hall Ballroom
    • Start time: 06:00pm
    • End time: 08:00pm