Antonio Barrenechea, Professor of English, was awarded an M.C. Lang Fellowship in Book History, Bibliography, and Humanities Teaching with Historical Sources at the Rare Book School at the University of Virginia for 2023-2024. … [Read more...]
Sydney German ’22 to Attend Emerson for Graduate Studies
December 5, 2022 by
Congratulations to Sydney German, an English and Linguistics-Creative Writing major, who received multiple offers for graduate study! German, a December '22 graduate, has accepted the offer from Emerson College’s Master's Program in Publishing and Writing and will begin studies there in spring 2023. … [Read more...]
Richards Leads Discussion for 75th Anniversary of ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’
November 8, 2022 by
To mark the 75th anniversary of Tennessee Williams’s A Streetcar Named Desire, Gary Richards led the discussion of that play in the One Book, One Festival series at the Louisiana Book Festival on Saturday, October 29, 2022, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. This was his tenth time to participate in that series at the festival, having also led the programs on Robert Penn Warren’s All the King’s Men, John Kennedy Toole’s A Confederacy of Dunces, Harper Lee’s Go Set a Watchman, Truman Capote’s “A Christmas Memory,” and Ernest Gaines’s A Gathering of Old Men, among others. His appearance was made possible in part by a grant from the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities. … [Read more...]
Mathur Presents Paper at Shakespeare’s Globe
November 7, 2022 by
Maya Mathur presented the paper, "Strange Fish: Laughter and Race-Making in The Tempest" at the academic symposium, "Shakespeare and Race: Spoken Word(s)," which was held at Shakespeare's Globe, London, on November 4-5, 2022. The conference was organized by the Shakespeare Center, a collaboration between Shakespeare's Globe theater and King's College, London. … [Read more...]
Foss Presents Paper on Oscar Wilde
October 31, 2022 by
Professor of English Chris Foss recently presented a paper, "‘We are the zanies of sorrow’: Oscar Wilde's Post-Prison Relationship to Mental Disability,” on Sat. Oct. 15th at the Anniversaries and Auguries: The Victorians Institute’s Golden Jubilee Conference in Spartanburg, SC. … [Read more...]
Barrenechea Presents Conference Paper
October 24, 2022 by
Antonio Barrenechea, Professor of English, recently presented "Alucard and Alucarda: From Universal to Hemispheric Horrors” at the Literature/Film Association Conference in New Orleans, October 20-22, 2022. … [Read more...]
Sayth ’09 Working as PA & Researcher for New CW Series Walker: Independence!
October 13, 2022 by
Alumna Natalie Sayth ('09 English / Music) is a writer’s assistant and researcher for the new CW series Walker: Independence! For more information, including episodes available for streaming, check The CW website. … [Read more...]
Barrenechea Presents Comparative Literature Paper
August 27, 2022 by
Antonio Barrenechea, Professor of English, presented “‘Una América Total’: New World Encyclopedism in the 1970s” at the American Comparative Literature Association conference, held online June 15-18, 2022. … [Read more...]
Fallon Publishes Review
August 26, 2022 by
Associate Professor Paul D. Fallon of the Department of English and Linguistics was invited to review The Oxford Handbook of African Languages, edited by Rainer Vossen & Gerrit Dimmendaal, and published by Oxford University Press in 2020. His review appears online in The Linguistic List vol. 33, number 2209. The Linguist List is a major online linguistic resource and listserv with thousands of subscribers worldwide. … [Read more...]
Mathur Receives Simpson Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching
August 24, 2022 by
The University of Mary Washington presented the Grellet C. Simpson Award for excellence in undergraduate teaching to Professor of English Maya Mathur at the general faculty meeting on August 16. This award, for which all full-time continuing faculty members are eligible. Simpson, UMW’s fourth president, is celebrated for his emphasis on academics and belief in the liberal arts tradition. Dr. Kyle Schultz, chair of the University Sabbaticals, Fellowships & Faculty Awards Committee, announced the award, noting: During the six years since earning associate professor rank, Dr. Mathur has created six new courses, including two popular First Year Seminars (FSEMs), tailored to the interests of 21st century students. Her courses, including Shakespeare and Popular Culture and From Cinderella to Harry Potter: Fairy Tales and Fantasy Literature, blend canon with modern topics and bring intellectual rigor by challenging students to examine issues of class, race, gender and power within … [Read more...]