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Alicia Schmidt Camacho: “Illegal People and the Imaginary of Lawful Violence”

February 11, 2011
Friday, February 11 at 4:00, LC 319.  The Americanist Colloquium presents: Alicia Schmidt Camacho, Associate Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity, Race, and...

Elizabeth Alexander is appointed the Donnelley Professor of African American Studies

February 11, 2011
Elizabeth Alexander, the newly named Thomas E. Donnelley Professor of African American Studies, is a noted poet, essayist, playwright and scholar of African-American poetry...

Poetry Reading by Christian Hawkey

February 10, 2011
Thursday, February 10 at 7:00, LC 317.  The Graduate Poets’ Reading Series presents:Christian Hawkey is the author of Petitions for an Alien Relative (a chapbook by hand...

Kathryn James: ‘Objects and Evidence’

February 9, 2011
Wednesday, February 9 at 5:30, Beinecke 38. The Medieval-Renaissance Colloquium presents Kathryn James, giving a talk on ‘Objects and Evidence’, the recent Beinecke...

Professor Langdon Hammer, named recipient of the 2011 Graduate Mentor Award in the Humanities.

February 3, 2011
Congratulations to Professor Langdon Hammer, who was recently named recipient of the 2011 Graduate Mentor Award in the Humanities.  This award recognizes teachers and...

Rita Felski: “’Context Stinks’”

January 24, 2011
Monday, January 24 at 4:00, LC 317. Presented by the Department Lecture Series, Rita Felski, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor at the University of Virginia, has longstanding...

CANCELLED: Margo Jefferson: Criticism Outside the Classroom–Reviewer talks about her work

January 22, 2011
This event will be re-scheduled at a later date. Originally scheduled for Thursday, January 27 at 5:00, LC 101.  Margo Jefferson, theater and book reviewer and winner of the...