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
The Latino Continuum and the Nineteenth-Century Americas: Literature, Translation and Historiography
Carmen Lamas
Stephen Parks
Stephen Parks
T. Kenny Fountain
Debjani Ganguly
Alison Booth
Clare Kinney
Caroline Rody
David Vander Meulen
Anna Brickhouse
Cynthia Wall
Stephen Cushman
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David Vander Meulen
John O'Brien
Events
Today
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Invisible Movement: Nuyorican Poetry from the Sixties to Slam (2014) by Prof. T. Urayoán Noel (New York University)
- Start time: 05:30pm
- End time: 06:30pm
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Invisible Movement: Nuyorican Poetry from the Sixties to Slam (2014) by T. Urayoán Noel (Professor Noel will be joining us via zoom in the Faculty Lounge at 5:30 pm). Please email Carmen Lamas at cel5x@virginia.edu for the excerpted reading.
Friday, October 11th
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Annie Persons Dissertation Presentation
- Where: Bryan Hall Faculty Lounge
- Start time: 12:00pm
- End time: 01:00pm
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JJJJJerome Ellis Poetry Reading
- Where: University Chapel
- Start time: 04:00pm
- End time: 05:00pm
Friday, October 18th
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Tarushi Sonthalia Dissertation Presentation
- Where: Bryan Hall Faculty Lounge
- Start time: 12:00pm
- End time: 01:00pm
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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
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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
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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
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Anne Spencer: I Am Here! Exhibition opening celebration
- Where: Harrison-Small Library
- Start time: 05:30pm
- End time: 07:00pm
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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
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“Digital/Analog Reading: A Symposium”
- Where: IHGC (Wilson Hall Ground Floor)
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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