All undergraduate students are invited to join Professors Elizabeth Allen, Rebecca Davis, Jayne Lewis, Laura O’Connor and Hugh Roberts to read and discuss some short poems on the subject of “beginnings.” You can download the poems at this link, but the poems are short and everyone will be able to participate fully whether or not they’ve read the material beforehand. Lunch will be provided. Feel free to bring friends. Alumni and recent admits welcome!
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“POETRY ON POETRY”: Friday, February 24th, 11AM-1PM, HIB 341
All undergraduate students are invited to join Professors Rebecca Davis, Jayne Lewis, Laura O’Connor and Hugh Roberts to read and discuss some short poems on the subject of food and eating. You can download the poems at this link, but the poems are short and everyone will be able to participate fully whether or not they’ve read the material beforehand. Lunch will be provided. Feel free to bring friends. Alumni and recent admits welcome!
“Eat/Write”: Wednesday, November 16th, 12:30PM-2:30PM, HG1010
All undergraduate students are invited to join Professors Elizabeth Allen, Rebecca Davis, Jayne Lewis, Laura O’Connor and Hugh Roberts to read and discuss some short poems on the subject of food and eating. You can download the poems at this link , but the poems are short and everyone will be able to participate fully whether or not they’ve read the material beforehand. Lunch will be provided. Feel free to bring friends. Alumni and recent admits welcome!
Faculty Research Presentation: Tuesday, May 24, 2-4pm HG1002
All English and Literary Journalism undergraduate students are invited to join Professor Brook Thomas in a discussion about the nature of academic research in English with particular reference to his research for his upcoming book on the literature of Reconstruction. Tuesday, 2:00-4:00pm , May 24th in HG 1002.
The Poetry of Protest: Friday, April 29th from 12-2 in HIB 341
All undergraduate students are invited to join Professors Elizabeth Allen, Rebecca Davis, Jayne Lewis, Laura O’Connor and Hugh Roberts to read and discuss some short poems and songs of protest and defiance. You can download the poems at this link , but the poems are short and everyone will be able to participate fully whether or not they’ve read the material beforehand. Lunch will be provided. Feel free to bring friends. Alumni and recent admits welcome!
“What We Talk About When We Talk About The Weather: Poems for an El Niño Year” Friday, Feb 12th 12:00-2:00pm in HIB 341.
All undergraduate students are invited to join Professors Elizabeth Allen, Rebecca Davis, Jayne Lewis, Laura O’Connor and Hugh Roberts to read and discuss some short poems about weather and weather-related matters. You can download the poems at this link (coming soon!), but the poems are short and everyone will be able to participate fully whether or not they’ve read the material beforehand. Lunch will be provided. Feel free to bring friends. Alumni welcome!
You can download the poems we’ll be discussing at this link.
“Dolled Up, Undone” Event: 12-2pm Friday, October 30th, HIB 341 (lunch provided)
All undergraduate students are invited to join Professors Elizabeth Allen, Rebecca Davis, Jayne Lewis and Hugh Roberts to read and discuss some short poems on the theme of costume, appearance and identity in preparation for Halloween. You can download the poems at this link, but everyone is welcome to participate whether or not they’ve read the material beforehand. Lunch will be provided. Feel free to bring friends. Alumni welcome!
Faculty Research Presentation 2:00-4:00pm Wednesday, October 21 in HG 1010
All English and Literary Journalism undergraduate students are invited to join Professor Elizabeth Allen in a discussion about the nature of academic research in English with particular reference to her research for her upcoming book on the idea of sanctuary in Medieval literature. 2:00-4:00pm Wednesday, October 21 in HG 1010.
“The Talking Dead” Event: Wednesday, May 20th 1-3pm, HG1010
Please join Professors Elizabeth Allen, Rebecca Davis, Jayne Lewis and Hugh Roberts on Wednesday May 20th at 1:00pm to read and discuss six poems written to or for the dear departed. Click here for a copy of the poems that you can print out and bring along.
Lunch will be served. You are welcome to come late and/or leave early if you need to.
Graduate School Advising Panel, 3-5pm, Wednesday May 13th, HG1010
Update: Recordings of the session (in three parts) are available. The quality is not great, so be prepared to adjust your volume control as needed.
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