Professor Colin Rafferty was featured on “Getting to Know the Presidents”on the With Good Reason public radio show in January. The program explores America’s Commanders in Chief, and Rafferty drew on the expertise he's developed in his current writing project, which includes pieces in different genres on each president. The episode can be accessed here: http://www.withgoodreasonradio.org/episode/getting-to-know-the-presidents/ … [Read more...]
Rochelle has All the “Luck”
January 22, 2018 by
Dr. Warren Rochelle's short story “Luck,” which was published last summer in Fae Things and Hidden Wings, has also been accepted by Second Hand Stories for their podcast (http://www.secondhandpodcast.com.) … [Read more...]
Lee Presents at National Conference
January 22, 2018 by
Professor Janie Lee recently presented the paper “Isn’t He Really Korean Once the Mask Comes Off?: Circulation of Raciolinguistic Ideologies in South Korean Television” at the annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association in Washington, D.C. Her paper was part of a panel on language, race, and digital media. … [Read more...]
Pineda’s Novel Already Garnering Praise
January 22, 2018 by
Professor Jon Pineda's novel _Let's No One Get Hurt_ doesn't release until March 20 from FSG (https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374185244) but it's already receiving great reviews: a starred review from Booklist (https://www.booklistonline.com/Let-s-No-One-Get-Hurt-Jon-Pineda/pid=9198653 ) and a review in Publishers Weekly (https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780374185244?permamore). Congratulations! … [Read more...]
Lee Presents at Recent Conference
December 7, 2017 by
Dr. Janie Lee recently presented the paper 'Isn't He Really Korean Once the Mask Comes Off?: Circulation of Raciolinguistic Ideologies in South Korean Television' at the annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association in Washington, D.C. Her paper was part of a panel on language, race, and digital media. … [Read more...]
Foss Publishes on Wilde and Disability
December 7, 2017 by
Professor Chris Foss published an article titled “‘For the future let those who come to play with me have no hearts’: The Affect of Pity in Oscar Wilde’s ‘The Birthday of the Infanta’” in the Fall 2017 number of Journal of Narrative Theory, a special issue on Dis/Enabling Narratives. Foss argues that Wilde’s fairy tale about the death of a performing Dwarf at the Spanish court may appear mired in damaging stereotype, but it suggests more progressive emotionally-based possibilities for sympathy, acceptance, and even identification rather than paternalistic pity. … [Read more...]
Lorentzen Presents on Dickens
December 7, 2017 by
Dr. Eric Lorentzen recently presented a paper, "Oliver Twist's Recovery: Wordsworthian 'Abundant Recompense' or Freudian 'Primal Scene?'" at the annual Victorians Institute conference in Greenville, South Carolina. … [Read more...]
ELC Faculty Awarded UMW Grants
November 28, 2017 by
Faculty in Linguistics, Literature, Creative Writing, and Journalism recently secured major grants from the university for their professional work. Dr. Janie Lee was awarded a sabbatical and Dr. Kate Haffey, Professor Jon Pineda, and Professor Sushma Subramanian all received Jepson Fellowships. Congratulations to all four for this amazing sweep! … [Read more...]
McAllister Speaks on Travel Writing and Medicine
November 28, 2017 by
Dr. Marie McAllister recently delivered a paper entitled “Were Gentlemen Poxed Abroad? English Grand Tourists and the Rhetoric of Disease” as part of Encounters with Difference: A Conference on Travel Writing and Gender, held at Freie Universität Berlin. … [Read more...]
Foss Gone Wilde
November 28, 2017 by
Professor Chris Foss delivered a talk on Wilde's fairy tales entitled “The Gospel According to Oscar: Progressive Politics and Social Critique in Wilde's ‘The Young King’” as one of three speakers for an event sponsored by The LGBT Center of New York and The Church of the Village in conjunction with The Oscar Wilde Temple, a new public art installation by renowned artists David McDermott and Peter McGough in New York City. … [Read more...]