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25
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Prof. Cutter and Prof. Williams Present at Joint Book Talk
On February 14, Professors of Africana Studies and English Martha Cutter and Erika Williams spoke at a joint book talk about their recent publications. They summarized their findings and arguments to a crowd of curious minds packed into the Philip E. Austin Building’s Stern Lounge. Evelyn Simien, Interim Director of the Africana Studies Institute and […]
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Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor Patrick Hogan has written extensively on various research interests, but he is most proud of his novel, “A People Without Shame.” In conversation with an English Department student worker, he said, “This is by far my favorite.” Published in May of this year, the first draft of the novel was […]
[Read More]Upcoming Events
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Mar
27
The 58th Wallace Stevens Poetry Program with Terrance Hayes 6:00pm
The 58th Wallace Stevens Poetry Program with Terrance Hayes
Wednesday, March 27th, 2024
06:00 PM
The Dodd Center for Human Rights
6 p.m. Reception | 7 p.m. Reading
Free and open to the public.MacArthur “Genius” and National Book Award-winning poet Terrance Hayes will visit UConn on Wednesday, March 27 as the 58th Wallace Stevens Poet. One of the most compelling voices in American poetry, Hayes is the author of seven poetry collections, including American Sonnets for My Past And Future Assassin, a finalist for the National Book Award, National Book Critics Circle Award, and T.S, Eliot Prize; Lighthead, winner of the 2010 National Book Award for poetry; Muscular Music, recipient of the Kate Tufts Discovery Award; and Hip Logic, winner of the 2001 National Poetry Series. His prose collection, To Float In The Space Between: Drawings and Essays in Conversation with Etheridge Knight, was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and winner of the Pegasus Award for Poetry Criticism. Hayes has received fellowships from the MacArthur Foundation, Guggenheim Foundation, and Whiting Foundation, and is a professor of English at New York University.
Hayes’s visit is organized by the Wallace Stevens Poetry Program Committee in UConn’s Department of English in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Funding is provided by the Nellie Mae Education Foundation, the UConn Humanities Institute, UConn’s African American Cultural Center, the English Department Speaker’s Fund, the Irish Studies Speaker’s Fund, and private individuals who donated generously through the 2023 UConn Gives Campaign.
Contact Information:
For questions or if you require an accommodation to participate, please contact Professor V. Penelope Pelizzon at penelope.pelizzon@uconn.edu.
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Apr
17
A Site of Conscience: The ‘Haunting’ Legacy at the Mansfield Training School (UConn’s Depot Campus) 3:30pm
A Site of Conscience: The ‘Haunting’ Legacy at the Mansfield Training School (UConn’s Depot Campus)
Wednesday, April 17th, 2024
03:30 PM - 05:00 PM
Homer Babbidge Library
Presentation by Dr. Brenda Brueggemann (English, UConn), Jess Gallagher (M.A. in Human Rights Studies, Columbia University) and the Mansfield Training School undergraduate research group:
Madison Bigelow, English
Collin Lamontagne, Political Science
Ally LeMaster, English & Journalism
Paula Mock, Sociology & WGSS
Ashten Vassar, Human Rights, Psychology, American StudiesThe presentation will be followed by a light reception and feature a poster exhibit on “Disability Institutionalization in the U.S.” by students in AMST / ENGL 2274W, “Disability in American Literature and Culture.”