Department of English

Friday, October 18th

1. Tarushi Sonthalia Dissertation Presentation
   • Where: Bryan Hall Faculty Lounge
   • Start time: 12:00pm
   • End time: 01:00pm
2. Eleni Stecopoulos: Dreaming in the Fault Zone – in Conversation with Brian Teare
   • Where: New Dominion Bookshop: New Books & Gifts, 404 E Main St, Charlottesville, VA 22902, USA
   • Start time: 07:00pm
   • End time: 08:00pm
3. Eleni Stecopoulos: Dreaming in the Fault Zone – in Conversation with Brian Teare
   • Where: New Dominion Bookshop: New Books & Gifts, 404 E Main St, Charlottesville, VA 22902, USA
   • Start time: 07:00pm
   • End time: 08:00pm

   • Eleni Stecopoulos: Dreaming in the Fault Zone – in Conversation with Brian Teare,7:00pm, New Dominion Bookshophttps://ndbookshop.com/events/eleni-stecopoulos-dreaming-in-the-fault-zone-in-conversation-with-brian-teare/

Tuesday, October 22nd

1. Anne Spencer: I Am Here! Exhibition opening celebration
   • Where: Harrison-Small Library
   • Start time: 05:30pm
   • End time: 07:00pm

   • Come hear brief talks by Camille Dungy, Shaun Spencer-Hester, Director of the Spencer House and Garden Museum, and Alison Booth. Holly Robertson, Krystal Appiah, Jacquelyn Kim, and English major Tessa Berman, as well as Shaun and Alison collaborated on this exhibit about the Lynchburg poet and salonière, librarian, activist, gardener, 1882-1975, widely anthologized in the Harlem Renaissance journals and anthologies.  The exhibit will remain through spring semester.

Thursday, October 24th

1. “Digital/Analog Reading: A Symposium”
   • Where: IHGC (Wilson Hall Ground Floor)

   • Times TBD.  “Digital/Analog Reading: A Symposium,” co-organized by Alison Booth, Rennie Mapp, and Jack Chen. IHGC, ground floor of Wilson Hall. Speakers: Anatoly Detwyler (Wisconsin), Nicholas Frankel (VCU), Christina Lupton (Warwick / Copenhagen), Bonnie Mak (Illinois), Allen Riddell (Indiana), and Inge van de Ven (Tilburg). The format will be the same as past reading symposia — short papers and plenty of time for conversation.  Anyone is welcome to join the Reading Lab of IHGC, which has other events to discuss readings.  Contact Jack Chen jwv8v@virginia.edu

Friday, October 25th

1. Jeddie Sophronius, reading from Love & Sambal
   • Where: New Dominion Bookshop: New Books & Gifts, 404 E Main St, Charlottesville, VA 22902, USA
   • Start time: 07:00pm
   • End time: 08:00pm
2. Jeddie Sophronius, reading from Love & Sambal
   • Where: New Dominion Bookshop: New Books & Gifts, 404 E Main St, Charlottesville, VA 22902, USA
   • Start time: 07:00pm
   • End time: 08:00pm

   •  Jeddie Sophronius, reading from Love & Sambal, 7:00pm, New Dominion Bookshophttps://ndbookshop.com/events/jeddie-sophronius-love-sambal/

Tuesday, October 29th

1. Sumita Chakraborty Reading
   • Where: Monroe Hill House 252 McCormick Rd, Charlottesville, VA 22903, United States
   • Start time: 05:30pm
   • End time: 06:30pm