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Creative writing news
Creative Writing Professor Beth Nguyen’s essay “Apparent,” first published in The Paris Review, was selected for inclusion in The Best American Essays 2021, edited by Kathryn Schulz, out this week. The National Book Foundation has recognized Assistant Professor Dantiel Moniz and …
October 21, 2021Graduate students engaging in public humanities
Composition and Rhetoric graduate student Kassia Shaw’s work for the HEX program was featured in the Center for the Humanities’ newsletter. For her HEX project, Shaw is sharing the stories that inspired a Ho-Chunk ceramic …
October 20, 2021Professor Dharwadker wins NEH fellowship
Professor Dharwadker, a professor of English and interdisciplinary theatre studies, has won a National Endowment Fellowship to support her latest book project, “Contested Modernities and the Modernization of Urban Theatre in India.” The book traces …
October 20, 2021Alt-Ac Webinar
Please join us on September 22 from 10:00am – 11:30 for a webinar on alt-ac careers. Lesley Curtis of Sagely* will be sharing her experience finding enriching work outside traditional academic paths. It promises to be …
September 7, 2021Professor Aparna Dharwadker wins Callaway Prize
Professor Aparna Dharwadker has won the Callaway Prize for A Poetics of Modernity: Indian Theater Theory, 1850 to the Present. The Callaway Prize is awarded every two years by NYU’s Department of English, for the best …
July 12, 2021