“Then I stumbled on a more complicated story.” With this simple segue in her 2015 HBO documentary film: Southern Rites, Gillian Laub (BA ’97) shifts focus from her ongoing photographic chronicle of segregated proms in …
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English Department TA Awards 2019
The English department celebrated its award-winning TAs this year at the April 30th department meeting. See below for the names of all award winners and for pictures from the event. In other big news, English …
Undergraduate English Major Awards 2019
On April 28, 2019, the English Department celebrated its award-winning majors in a ceremony at the Pyle Center. Pictures for the event below. For a full list of award winners, see the program here.
My Odyssey: Conversations with Romare Bearden
This year, Ron Harris’s students in English 155 “Myth and Modern Literature” produced more visual projects than might be typically expected in an English class. Students reimagined the work of Romare Bearden who reimagined Homer’s The …
Literati 2019: Contemplations
MUSE, the Madison Undergraduate Society for English, held its annual conference on Sunday, April 7th this year. Take a look at the program here, and look below for some pictures from the event.
A Dreadful Fairy Book with UW-English Alumnus Jon Etter
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 …
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 …