Tag: Department of English

Scholar in Celtic history and Welsh law to speak on UGA campus

Robin Chapman Stacey, the Howard and Frances Keller Endowed Professor of History and adjunct professor…
Bard borrowers

A bit more than half a century ago, a musical called West Side Story opened…
Internationally acclaimed dress scholar to speak at UGA

Joanne Eicher, considered by many to be the leading researcher in the field of dress…
Jackson Brandon

Junior J.D. Brandon has a zest for living. This is abundantly clear in decisions he…
Southeastern Renaissance Conference to be held on UGA campus

The University of Georgia will host the 64th annual meeting of the Southeastern Renaissance Conference…
Top folklore expert to speak on UGA campus on “Rumors, Race, and Hurricane Katrina”

Patricia A. Turner, a national expert on rumors and race in America, will address issues…
Ondra Dismukes

Ondra Krouse Dismukes came to UGA with a background in the business world, as the…
Noted University of Georgia writer Judith Ortiz Cofer awarded honorary doctorate by Lehman College

Lehman College, a unit of the City University of New York, has awarded an honorary…
UGA creative writing professor invited to audience with Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II

Andrew Zawacki, assistant professor of English and creative writing at the University of Georgia, has…
UGA English professor featured in public radio series “Shakespeare in American Life” airing on WUGA

In celebration of its 75th anniversary in 2007, the Folger Shakespeare Library has produced “Shakespeare…
Poet and screenwriter James Ragan to read on UGA campus on April 4

Poet and screenwriter James Ragan will read from his work on Wednesday, April 4, at…
Artist and researcher Jondi Keane to speak as part of UGA’s Lanier Speaker Series

Jondi Keane, artist and researcher, will present two talks on the University of Georgia campus…
Verse Poetry Festival on UGA campus March 29-30

The international journal Verse, in conjunction with the University of Georgia’s department of English, Creative…
The Georgia Poetry Circuit and The Georgia Review Present: Scott Cairns in Athens

Award-winning poet Scott Cairns will read from his work at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April…
Authors Ed Pavlic, Reginald McKnight and Binyavanga Wainaina to give reading

Authors Ed Pavlic, Reginald McKnight, and Binyavanga Wainaina will read from their work on Thursday,…
Symposium will celebrate 10th anniversary of multi-ethnic literature studies

The English department, in partnership with other UGA units, will celebrate the 10th anniversary of…
New Voices in American Literature: A Multicultural Symposium celebrates tenth anniversary

The English Department at the University of Georgia, in partnership with other UGA units, celebrates…
Baine Lecture Series presents “Meeting the Monarch: Johnson, Boswell, and the Anatomy of a Genre”

The University of Georgia’s Rodney M. Baine Lecture Series in the English Department presents internationally…
Help students write to learn and learn to write

Students can learn about new subjects by writing about them. Faculty, as well as students,…
UGA VOX Reading Series presents: The Pan-Campus Love Fest

Four University of Georgia writers will share original poetry, fiction and non-fiction at Hot Corner…
Alicia Higginbotham

Alicia Higginbotham is an undergraduate researcher with initiative. After completing a paper in Thomas Cerbu’s…
Leading Thomas Hardy scholar will deliver BISP lecture

Simon Gatrell, UGA professor of English and a leading scholar of the work of the…
Seeing the forest through the book leaves

Was Tolkien a tree-hugger? Does political tyranny wreak environmental havoc? Does the restoration of the…
The write skills

Many first-year students arriving at UGA might say the reason to write is simple: to…