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  • January 30, 2010 - Minor American Poetry Series
    Rebecca Gibson, 2010/01/29 12:39:30

    Brian Evenson and Brian Howe
    Duke to weather, this event will be rescheduled. Stay tuned!  

  • December 03, 2009 - Cervantes' Marvelous Pagent
    Rebecca Gibson, 2009/11/23 11:48:23

    Thursday, Dec. 3rd at 7 pm
    Brody Theater
    Presented by Maureen Quilligan's class (free!)  

  • December 03, 2009 - Minor American Poetry Series
    Rebecca Gibson, 2009/11/30 13:39:50

    Keith and Rosmarie Waldrop
    8 pm in the East Duke Parlors (East Campus)
    Sponsored by the English Department's Poetry Reading Group, Romance Studies, Germanic Studies, and the Franklin Humanities Institute.
    New Announcement: Keith Waldrop's most recent book, Transcendental Studies, received the National Book Award for 2009.  

  • November 14, 2009 - Minor American Poetry Series
    Rebecca Gibson, 2009/09/09 13:33:53

    Lucy Corin and Guillermo Parra
    Readings will be held at The Space (715 Washington Street) at 8 pm. Sponsored by the English Department's Poetry Reading Group.  

  • October 01, 2009 - Jennifer Herdt: "Seminar on the Virtues"
    Rebecca Gibson, 2009/09/17 10:26:15

    Duke Medieval and Renaissance Studies Graduate Colloquium:
    Jennifer Herdt (University of Notre Dame)
    Breedlove Room, 3 - 5 pm  

  • October 15, 2009 - A. S. Byatt
    Rebecca Gibson, 2009/10/12 09:51:01

    Reading by A.S. Byatt
    Gothic Reading Room
    7:30

    Event is free and open to the public.
    Duke calendar listing  

  • October 19, 2009 - Why Read Sophocles?
    Rebecca Gibson, 2009/09/28 11:06:06

    Kathrin Rosenfield (University of 'Rio Grande do Sul', Brazil)
    4 pm in 217 Perkins  

  • October 24, 2009 - Minor American Poetry Series
    Rebecca Gibson, 2009/09/11 10:41:56

    Robert Gluck and Gail Scott
    Readings will be held at The Space (715 Washington Street) at 8 pm. Sponsored by the English Department's Poetry Reading Group.  

  • September 14, 2009 - Poetry Reading - Nathaniel Mackey
    Rebecca Gibson, 2009/09/09 09:51:53

    Breedlove Room
    6 pm  

  • October 29, 2009 - Americanist Speaker Series
    Rebecca Gibson, 2009/09/28 11:08:41

    Matt Taylor: Immunologics: Communicable Cultures in James Mooney's The Ghost Dance Religion and Zora Neale Hurston's Mules and Men
    7 pm at the home of Priscilla Wald
    For more information, email enf3@duke.edu  

  • November 03, 2009 - 'Divided by a Common Language?': British and American
    Rebecca Gibson, 2009/09/25 11:58:31

    Dr. David Grylls, Oxford scholar and on-site Director of summer Duke in Oxford
    12-1 pm, Perkins Library, Breedlove Room
    co-sponsored by the Global Education Office for Undergraduates, AB Duke Scholars, and Department of English  

  • November 05, 2009 - Americanist Speaker Series
    Rebecca Gibson, 2009/10/29 10:45:19

    Sarita See:'Five dollars per letter': Carlos Bulosan and the Wages of Epistolary Romance
    Time: 6 pm
    Location: The home of Priscilla Wald
    For more information, please email enf3@duke.edu  

  • December 01, 2009 - Americanist Speaker Series: Ryan Snyder Ananat
    Rebecca Gibson, 2009/11/05 11:45:04

    "Spectra of Singularity: Episodes of Improvisational Lyricism from Hip Hop to Pragmatism"
    7 pm at the home of Priscilla Wald
    For more information, email enf3@duke.edu  

  • Welcome back!
    Rocio D Lower, 2009/08/21 10:32:13

    We hope you all had a wonderful summer!

    Please welcome our new graduate students:
    Ainehi Edoro
    Clare Callahan
    Damien Marassa
    Dan Johnson
    Diana Koretsky
    Fran McDonald
    Jackie Cowan
    Lynne Feeley
    Kaila Brown
    Pete Moore
    Sean Ward
    Whitney Trettien

    Also, the department welcomes Len Tennenhouse in his new role as department Chair.  

  • Congratulations class of 2009!
    Rebecca Gibson, 2009/05/11 14:47:01

    Our best wishes for a wonderful summer and for the adventures ahead.  

  • April 25, 2009 - Minor American Reading Series
    Rebecca Gibson, 2009/04/15 12:01:29

    Tanya Olson & Fred Moten
    8pm
    More details here. (Scroll down.)  

  • May 21, 2009 - NASSR Conference: Romanticism & Modernity
    Rebecca Gibson, 2009/04/22 14:46:03

    Duke is proud to welcome NASSR members back to Durham for the 17th annual meeting of the North American Society for the Study of Romanticism.
    May 21-24 at the Washington Duke Inn
    More details here. [more]  

  • March 14, 2009 - Minor American Reading Series
    Rebecca Gibson, 2009/03/05 15:23:42

    Laynie Brown and Joe Donahue - poetry reading
    for more details: kathrynlpringle@gmail.com
    Poetry Working Group  

  • April 02, 2009 - The State and the Problem of the Political
    Rebecca Gibson, 2009/03/27 11:13:11

    Political Theory Working Group: This year's Spring Symposium will be held in the Breedlove Room at Perkins Library on April 2 and 3, 2009.  

  • April 07, 2009 - Archive Literary Festival: Joe Ashby Porter
    Rebecca Gibson, 2009/03/17 12:45:35

    7 pm in the Rare Book Room  

  • April 08, 2009 - Reynolds Price reading from Three Gospels
    Rebecca Gibson, 2009/03/20 11:56:19

    7pm, Rare Book Room
    Sponsored by the Duke University Libraries. More information from ilene.nelson@duke.edu  

  • April 14, 2009 - Elizabeth Alexander
    Rebecca Gibson, 2009/03/30 13:03:56

    Elizabeth Alexander, Inaugural Poet
    Intro. by Pres. Brodhead
    5:30 pm at the Nasher  

  • February 26, 2009 - Infection in the Sentence: A Festival of Poetry
    Rebecca Gibson, 2009/02/22 13:24:05

    More details here. Thurs. Feb 26 - Sat. Feb 28: Rachel Blau DuPlessis, Kamau Brathwaite, Christian Bok, Brent Edwards, Renee Gladman, Susan Howe, Myung Mi Kim, Tracie Morris, Eileen Myles, Jed Rasula, Cecil Taylor, and Cecilia Vicuna.
    Student workshops Friday!  

  • February 27, 2009 - Graduate Recruitment Weekend
    Rebecca Gibson, 2009/02/24 10:20:07

    Welcome visiting prospective students Friday and Saturday! Questions about grad recruitment events: rocio.lower@duke.edu  

  • February 13, 2009 - Chaucer's Parliament of Fowls
    Rebecca Gibson, 2009/02/12 13:29:40

    Undergrad performance of Chaucer's Parliament of Fowls in Middle English (special guest appearances) Facing page translation provided. Breedlove Room; 4 - 5 pm  

  • February 06, 2009 - Lisa Bonnici
    Rebecca Gibson, 2009/01/28 16:26:15

    Public displays of language and ideologies of English in postcolonial Malta's 'English-speaking' communities
    4:30 - 6 pm
    LINK classroom 2 (downstairs in Perkins Library)  

  • February 10, 2009 - Dominika Baran - Linguistics talk
    Rebecca Gibson, 2009/02/09 18:40:12

    Language ideologies and identity: A case study of Taiwan --- 2:45 - 4 pm in LINK classroom 2 (downstairs in Perkins Library)

    Shakespeare Read-aloud
    A fun, informal group - all are welcome! Tues., 7:30 pm in 328 Allen; Julius Caesar

     

  • January 28, 2009 - Americanist Speaker Series presents: Bruce Barnhart
    Rebecca Gibson, 2009/01/09 11:30:05

    "Kamau Brathwaite and Coleman Hawkins: Re-Versioning American Temporality"
    Time: 7 pm
    Location: The home of Priscilla Wald
    For more information, email enf3@duke.edu  

  • Happy New Year!
    Rebecca Gibson, 2009/01/05 13:03:02

    Best wishes for the start of the new year and the new semester.  

  • January 10, 2009 - Minor American Reading Series
    Rebecca Gibson, 2009/01/05 13:02:09

    Adeena Karasick and Rachel Blau duPlessis
    For details/directions see the Community section  

  • February 16, 2009 - CD Wright - Poetry Reading
    Rebecca Gibson, 2009/02/09 18:34:43

    6 pm in the Breedlove Room (Perkins Library)  

  • February 19, 2009 - Howard Norman: Blackburn Visiting Fiction Writer
    Rebecca Gibson, 2009/01/07 16:39:41

    Howard Norman will be the Blackburn Visiting Fiction Writer during the week of Feb. 15-21. He will give a reading at 7 pm, Thurs. Feb. 19 in the Rare Book Room at Perkins library (reception to follow).  

  • February 18, 2009 - DukeReads: Sam Wells, The Towers of Trebizond by Rose Macaulay
    Rebecca Gibson, 2008/10/22 11:42:14

    DukeReads is an interactive online book club hosted by NPR's Frank Stasio. Log on just before 7 pm to participate in the discussion!  


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