The Department of English and Linguistics is dedicated to undergraduate research and creativity–and to a collaborative sharing of our students’ work. Our strongest venue for this is the annual William Kemp Symposium (a name honoring a former department chair), which is scheduled each Spring semester and which showcases critical, creative, original work by the department’s students and classes.
The Kemp Symposium is open to the public.
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Spring 2024
Nineteenth Annual William Kemp Symposium
April 25-26, 2024
In order to make sure that everybody can participate (i.e., present some of your work and/or attend presentations by your fellow majors), all upper-level daytime English and Linguistics classes will be cancelled on these two days.
The 2024 symposium will take place in-person on April 25-26, Thursday and Friday.
For more information about this year’s event, contact Dr. Shumona Dasgupta (sdasgupt at umw.edu).
Event Schedule Program:
For a detailed schedule with events, times, and presentation times, see the program:
Kemp Symposium 2024
Emma Sanford, Aliya Claiborne, and Ellie Killian present their LING 470A1: Language and Culture research at the 2024 Kemp Symposium.
Sigma Tau Delta English Honor Society Induction
Friday, April 26, 4:00, Combs 237
Taddesse Adera Memorial Address: Why Literature Matters
Speaker: Dr. Antonio Barrenechea
Professor Antonio Barrenechea delivers the annual Taddesse Adera “Why Literature Matters” presentation as part of the 2024 Kemp Symposium.
Symposia of Yesteryear:
2023: Kemp Symposium Program 2023
2022: UMW Kemp Program, 2022
2021: UMW Kemp Program, 2021 FINAL
2020: UMW Virtual Creativity and Research Symposium Booklet and Department Presentations
2019:Kemp Program FINAL, 2019 and 2019 UMW Digital Showcase Program
2018: kemp-program-final-2018
2017: kemp-symposium-program-2017
2016: PROGRAM, Twelfth Annual William Kemp Symposium, April 21-22, 2016
2015: Kemp Symposium Schedule 2015
2014: The 10th Annual William Kemp Symposium for Majors in English
2013: Kemp Symposium Program 2013
2012: 2012 kemp symposium program
2011: 2011 Kemp Symposium UMW Blogs Site
2009: Kemp Symposium Program 2009
2008: 2008 Kemp Symposium Program
2007: 2007 Kemp Symposium Program
2006: 2006 ELS Department Kemp Symposium Program
Marc DiSipio presents at the 2015 Kemp Symposium in The Dickinson Hat