Prof. Lisa Goff wins All University Public Service Award!
This morning’s edition of UVAToday brings with the excellent news that our colleague Lisa Goff is the winner of an All University Public Service Award. See the story here.
This morning’s edition of UVAToday brings with the excellent news that our colleague Lisa Goff is the winner of an All University Public Service Award. See the story here.
Prof. Mary Kuhn has been named the winner of this year’s Alumni Board of Trustees Teaching Award. Today’s issue of UVa Today has the full story.
Jahan Ramazani is just the 10th UVA faculty member asked to become a member of the American Philosophical Society, the oldest academic society in the United States.
Full article in UVA Today here.
Thursday, March 21st
Rita Dove's "A Standing Witness" will be performed on Thursday, March 21 and Saturday, 23, 2024 at Old Cabell Hall, sung by the mezzo-soprano Susan Graham. There is also a colloquium with composer Richard Danielpour on Friday, 3/22.
Friday, March 22nd
INTIMACIESInterdisciplinary Graduate Symposium 2024Hosted by the Department of English at the University of VirginiaFriday, March 22nd, 2024 Program Schedule8:15 - 9:15: BreakfastBryan Hall 229A/Faculty Lounge 9:15 - 9:30: Opening RemarksLed by Mackenzie Daly, M.A. Candidate in EnglishBryan Hall 229A/Faculty Lounge 9:30 - 10:30: Faculty Panel: Intimacies [Bryan Hall 229A/Faculty Lounge]Moderator: Arselyne Chery, Ph.D. Candidate in EnglishPanelists: Susan Fraiman, Professor of EnglishLisa Marie Cacho, Associate Professor and Associate Chair of American StudiesLawrie Balfour, James Hart Professor of Politics and American Studies PAPER SESSIONS ONE & TWO : 11:00 - 12:00PS1: Literary Relations [Minor Hall 125]Chair: Steve Arata, Professor of English● Rachel Haines (English), “‘I see you've been altering the text!’: Revision, Intimacy, andCriticism in Henry James’s ‘The Middle Years’”● River Robins (English),“Three Lives Touching: Meanings and Morals of Physical Touchin Middlemarch”● Gabby Kiser (English), “‘The last shreds of reality’: Lovers and Caretakers inFitzgerald’s ‘Her Last Case’” PS2: Theological Intimacies and the Poetry of Prayer [Wilson 301]Chair: Elizabeth Fowler, Associate Professor of English and Medieval Studies● Molly Nichols (English), “A Moving Prayer: The Poetic and Theological Ductus of theRosary”● Sam Jacob (English), “Beyond Enchantment: Writing the Intimacies of MormonEco-Theology Through Family History”● Haseena Sahib (Religious Studies),“Stations of Intimacy on the Path to the Divine” PAPER SESSIONS THREE & FOUR: 12:15 - 1:15PS3: Readers, Viewers, and the Collaborative Text [Wilson 301]Chair: Joshua Miller, Associate Professor of English● Spencer Grayson (English), “Reading Annotations for Queer Intimacy in the 16th and18th Centuries”● Riley Reynolds (English),“Reading Gone With the Wind Intimately: How ReaderResponse and Relating Clouds Our Better Judgment”● Jiwon Park (Media Studies), “Korean and Korean American Audience Reception to Beef(2023)” PS4: Publicity and Privacy [Minor Hall 125]Chair: Paola Mendez-Garcia, Ph.D. Student in English● Emilia Ruzicka (Media Studies), “Uncovering Intimate Histories in the U.S. Census”● Samantha Cynn (Media Studies), “Are ‘Good Asians’ White and ‘Bad Asians’ Black?Broadcast Media Coverage of Interminority Race Relations During the 1992 Los AngelesRiots and Minority Press Response”● Alex Del Dago (Art History),“The Secrecies of the Stage and Masking Within The Workof George Tooker” 1:00 - 2:00: LunchMinor Hall Lobby 2:00 - 3:00: Tour of Scholars’ LabAlderman Library, 3rd Floor PAPER SESSIONS FIVE & SIX: 3:30 - 5:00PS5: Bodily Worlds [Minor Hall 125]Chair: Chris Krentz, Professor of English and American Sign Language Program● Molly Joyce (Music), “Exploring Artistry through Access Intimacy”● Niraj Raju (Religious Studies), “Umwelt On Kensington Avenue-Attuned Care andHuman Suffering”● Fizza Fatima and Amna Tarar (Religious Studies), “Na't Recitation as Intimate Reading” PS6: Dangerous Liaisons [Bryan 229A/Faculty Lounge]Chair: Vicki Olwell, Associate Professor of English● Mackenzie Daly (English), “Fatal Affections: Charlotte Temple, The Coquette, and theMourning Reader”● Cameron Berry (English), “Shared Fantasies & Deviant Desires: Paratextual Intimaciesin Fanfiction”● Alexa Clark (Media Studies), “History, Time, and Crisis Hotlines: A Look at the SexualAssault Resource Agency and its Hotline from 1974 to 2000” 5:00-6:00 Celebrations! / ReceptionBryan Hall Faculty Lounge SponsorsWe want to thank the following groups for their generous support of this one-day symposium:● Department of English● Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality● Department of Media Studies● Department of Religious Studies● The Institute of the Humanities and Global CulturesOrganizersWe want to also thank the following individuals for their assistance in making this symposiumhappen:Arselyne Chery, Grad Symposium Co-ChairMackenzie Daly, Grad Symposium Co-ChairJasmine Adams Piescik, Budget TeamCameron Berry, Budget TeamSpencer Grayson, Abstracts TeamRachel Haines, Abstracts Team ChairSam Jacob, Abstracts TeamPaola Mendez-Garcia, Abstracts TeamGabby Kiser, Publicity TeamKarthik Shankar, Publicity TeamAllie Gish, Logistics TeamJess Gomez, Logistics TeamMrinalini Chakravorty, Associate Professor of English and Interim Director of Graduate StudiesSarah Arrington, Financial Assistant for the Department of English
The University of Virginia Department of Music presents a colloquium by Grammy-Award winning composer Richard Danielpour on Friday, March 22nd at 4:00pm in room 107 Old Cabell Hall. Danielpour is the composer of A Standing Witness.
Saturday, March 23rd
Rita Dove's "A Standing Witness" will be performed on Thursday, March 21 and Saturday, 23, 2024 at Old Cabell Hall, sung by the mezzo-soprano Susan Graham. There is also a colloquium with composer Richard Danielpour on Friday, 3/22.
Sunday, March 24th
UVA alumni read from their work, including Jeddie Sophronious, Kweku John, and Michael Dhyne. Held at Visible Records, this program will be followed by the Festival Finale, a networking event next door at Decipher Brewing. Join us for this free event and receive a drink ticket for our afterparty!
Wednesday, March 27th
The English Department’s Writing With Sound speaker series is a new project that focuses on the artistic medium of the podcast. By inviting to UVA several brilliant people working in the podcast/audio space, we hope to formalize and deepen a conversation that’s already happening across the University: the consideration of podcast production as a distinct writing medium and art form. Our first guest will visit UVA on Wednesday, March 27, and will give a public talk/performance at 5 p.m., followed by a Q&A. This event will take place in the Bryan Hall Faculty Lounge. (See attached poster.) Avery Trufelman is the writer and performer of the podcasts Articles of Interest (Radiotopia), Nice Try! (Curbed/Vox), and The Cut (New York Magazine), and a former staffer at 99% Invisible. Trufelman’s work in the podcast medium addresses such diverse topics as fashion, design, architecture, and utopian communities, and has received extensive international acclaim, including favorable coverage from the New Yorker, the New York Times, the BBC, the Irish Times, the Sydney Morning Herald, and Time Magazine. Her talk/performance, “Summon the Muse,” will explore the genesis of several stories from across her career, engaging with Anne Carson’s Eros the Bittersweet in advancing a theory of the podcast medium’s distinct formal capabilities.Please direct any questions to Piers Gelly (pgg3cw@virginia.edu).