What are our UW-English alumni up to? This one—Jon Etter, who graduated UW with an MA in English Literature—is writing and teaching. We caught up with Jon for an interview last semester when he was …
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MadLit: Annual Graduate Conference
Join the UW-Madison English Department for its annual conference for graduate students: MadLit. The event opens up on Friday the 22nd at 4:00pm with a Keynote Address (Queer Affect in Crip Landscapes: Disability, Desire, Devastation) from Professor …
NEW: English 100 Blog
Want to know more about UW’s English 100 program? Check out its blog! Expect posts weekly on Thursdays.
Literati Call For Papers (MUSE)
The Madison Undergraduate Society for English (MUSE) has put out the Call for Papers and submission information for our annual Literati Undergraduate Writing Conference. Conference Date: April 7th, 2019 Submission Deadline: March 3rd, 2019 Contemplation. …
Helen C. White Award: Interview with Susan Maloney
The Helen C. White Award is presented to women majoring in the Humanities who exemplify the sterling character of its namesake. Students across the UW campus recognize the name “Helen C. White”—it adorns the building …
Writing Rivers with Professor Caroline Gottschalk Druschke
In the spring of 2018, a group of twelve undergrads extended their usual commute by about 90 miles. They were on a field trip to the Kickapoo Valley Reserve in LaFarge, Wisconsin for their class, …
New English Professors and Global Black Literatures at UW
UW’s English Department is excited to welcome four new professors for the 2018-19 school year. Professor Laila Amine is coming to us from the University of North Texas. She completed her Ph.D. at Indiana University, …
English Department TA Awards 2018
Here are this year’s award winning TAs in the English Department: Thatcher Spero: English as a Second Language TA Teaching Award Neil Simpkins: L&S Teaching Fellow Award AND Professor Joyce Steward Writing Center TA Teaching Award Tori Thompson Peters: Professor …
English Department Graduation Spring 2018
On May 11th, senior English majors, their friends, and families gathered in Elvehjem Hall to celebrate this year’s graduating class. In order to accommodate all of our majors, this year’s ceremony was split into two …
English Majors Awards Ceremony
On April 29th, family, friends, faculty, and other members of the English department community celebrated the achievements of our wonderful undergraduate students. Highlights included numerous awards for student writing on topics ranging from the Modernist …