Wednesday, November 25, 2009
University-wide furlough
In order to save the University money at a time of financial crisis, staff and faculty at the University of Georgia (including the English department) will be on furlough (mandatory unpaid leave) today. Happy Thanksgiving!
Wednesday, December 02, 2009
Advisory Committee Meeting
The Advisory Committee to the Head will meet at 12.05 pm in Room 261.
Monday , December 07, 2009
Undergraduate Committee Meeting
The Undergrad Committee will meet in Park 261. Agenda items include voting on proposed directed reading and thesis courses and discussing and reviewing proposed topics courses in the Undergrad curriculum.
Wednesday, December 09, 2009
Faculty Meeting
The faculty of the English department will meet at 12.05 pm in Room 144.
Thursday , December 24, 2009
University-wide furlough
In order to save money at a time of financial crisis, staff and faculty at the University of Georgia (including the English department) will be on furlough (mandatory unpaid leave) today. Happy Holidays!
Thursday , January 21, 2010
Poetry reading: Bill Berkson
On Thursday, January 21, at 7:00 p.m. at Ciné, poet and critic BILL BERKSON will read from recent work. Sponsored by the Creative Writing Program. Free and open to the public. Please direct any questions to Andrew Zawacki (zawacki@uga.edu).
Tuesday , January 26, 2010
VOX Reading: Orlando White and Sonya Huber
On January 26, Poet Orlando White and Essayist Sonya Huber will read at CINE at 8 PM as part of this year's VOX Reading Series.
Thursday , January 28, 2010
Georgia Colloquium in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Literature
Please join us for a talk by Dr. Tony Jarrells on Thursday, January 28th at 4:30pm in Park Hall 261.
Dr. Jarrells, Associate Professor of English at the University of South Carolina and author of Britain's Bloodless Revolutions: 1688 and the Romantic Reform of Literature, will discuss "The Time of the Tale: Romanticism, Genre, and the ‘Intermixing’ of Enlightenment."
According to recent publishing figures, use of the word “tale” grew steadily in popularity from the 1790s through the first decades of the nineteenth century. As Peter Garside notes, by 1820 it surpassed both “novel” and “romance” to become the most popular classification for prose fiction in the UK, accounting for over 34% of fiction titles published in that decade. From Maria Edgeworth’s Tales of Fashionable Life (1809) and Walter Scott’s Tales of my Landlord (1816), to Washington Irving’s Tales of a Traveller (1824) and John Howison’s Tales of the Colonies (1830), the genre proved durable, if promiscuous, across the English-speaking world. You would not guess this, however, by looking at recent literary histories of the period, which usually regard the tale – when it is regarded at all – as either an incomplete version of the novel or a rough approximation of what would become the short story. The aim of this presentation is to provide a clearer sense of what the tale was in and to the Romantic period - first, by foregrounding it as a form distinct from the novel, and second, by showing how the tale’s unique mix of features enabled it to mediate regional and national anxieties on both sides of the Atlantic.
Reception to follow. This event is funded by the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts.
Tuesday , February 02, 2010
Reading - Sian Griffiths & Matt Forsythe
Sian Griffiths & Matt Forsythe will be reading from their work in Park Hall 265 at 4 PM on Tuesday, February 2, as part of a series - The Education of the Writer - sponsored by Judith Ortiz Cofer. A reception in the Park Hall Library will follow the event.
Tuesday , February 16, 2010
VOX Reading - Gillian Conoley
On February 16, poet Gillian Conoley will be reading at CINE at 8 PM as part of the VOX Reading Series.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Georgia Colloquium in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Literature: Dr. John Richetti
Please join us for a talk by Dr. John Richetti on Wednesday, February 17 at 4:30pm in Park Hall 265. A reception will follow in the Park Hall Library.
This event is funded by the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts and by the English Department. Free and open to the public.
Thursday , February 25, 2010
Susan Howe & David Grubbs
Poet Susan Howe and musician David Grubbs, who have collaborated on the recordings "Thiefth" (Blue Chopsticks, 2005) and "Souls of the Labadie Tract" (Blue Chopsticks, 2007), will perform together. Sponsored by the Lanier Chair, the Willson Center, and Verse. Free and open to the public. Venue to be announced.
Tuesday , March 16, 2010
VOX Reading: G.C. Waldrep
On March 16, poet G.C. Waldrep will be reading at CINE at 8 PM as part of the VOX Reading Series.
Wednesday, April 07, 2010
VOX Reading: Kristin Naca
On April 7, poet Kristin Naca will be reading at CINE at 8 PM as part of the VOX Reading Series.
Thursday , April 15, 2010
Georgia Colloquium in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Literature
The Colloquium will welcome Dr. Charlotte Sussman, Associate Professor of English at Duke University, at 4:30 pm in Park Hall 261. Her talk will address Malthus and human mobility (title TBA). Dr. Sussman is the author of Consuming Anxieties: Consumer Protest, Gender, and British Slavery, 1713-1833 and the co-editor of Recognizing the Romantic Novel: New Histories of British Literature. Her current book project is titled "Imagining the British Population: British Literature in an Age of Mass Migration 1660-1838."
Reception to follow. This event is funded by the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts.
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
VOX Reading: Don Pollock and Erica Dawson
On April 21, novelist Don Pollock and poet Erica Dawson will be reading at CINE at 8 PM as part of the VOX Reading Series.