Join feminist/disability activist Harilyn Rousso for a reading of her new memoir, Don't Call Me Inspirational: A Disabled Feminist Talks Back (Temple University Press). Rousso, a renowned feminist and disability … Continue reading Harilyn Rousso’s Don’t Call Me Inspirational: A Disabled Feminist Talks Back
Join the Graduate Creative Writing program for the next installment of their Spring 2013 Poets & Writers Series, featuring renowned poet Norma Cole. Norma Cole’s most recent book of poetry, Win These Posters and Other Unrelated Prizes Inside, has just appeared from Omnidawn Publishing. Other books of poetry include Natural Light, Where Shadows Will: Selected Poems … Continue reading Temple University Poets & Writers Series: Norma Cole
Graduate English Research Symposium Flier (pdf)
Lecture by Dennis Britton, Assistant Professor, UNH Professor Britton teaches at the University of New Hampshire and is currently a NEH Fellow at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington D.C. This paper comes from his current project, “Becoming Christian: Race, Reformation, and Early Modern English Romance.” This project is the first to explore the role of … Continue reading Reproducing Christians: Sex, Race, and Theology on the Early Modern English Stage
Beginning Wednesday, October 2, the GEA will be hosting monthly open meetings with graduate students and faculty to discuss professional development and job market preparation. We will use the first meeting to plan future workshops, brainstorming topics and issues we would like to discuss with each other and with faculty. In past semesters, the GEA has … Continue reading Professionalization Workshop
Temple's Graduate English program welcomes Charles Altieri as the keynote speaker for the upcoming Phenomenology of Reading conference on Friday, October 11 and Saturday, October 12. On Thursday, October 10, Professor Altieri will be joining the department's Student-Faculty Theory Reading group to discuss his work and current issues in the field. At 2:30pm, the theory reading … Continue reading Theory Reading Group and Open Forum with Charles Altieri
Sponsored by the Temple University Creative Writing Program's Poets & Writers Series
The Phenomenology of Reading: Experiencing Literature Today is a two-day conference bringing together scholars from diverse disciplinary and topical fields to explore how and why we read in the humanities today. Speakers will engage diverse authors, media, and methodologies to interrogate the relationship between theories of reading and past, present, and future directions for … Continue reading Phenomenology of Reading Conference