Join us from December 7 to December 14 at Charles Library for our Crunch Time Café, a series of events during study days and final exams that includes free food, activities, and therapy … Continue reading Crunch Time Cafe →

The December Weekend Writing & Research Retreat is a virtual retreat offered by the Student Success Center. During the Weekend Writing & Research Retreat, you'll set a writing goal and commit to focused working time. You'll work independently … Continue reading December Weekend Writing & Research Retreat →

CHAT will provide a FREE COPY of Putting the Humanities PhD to Work by Katina Rogers to the first 20 registrants to support engagement in our active discussion! Graduate students … Continue reading CHAT Reading Group: Putting the Humanities PhD to Work →

Mary Gordon is the author of nine novels, including Final Payments, The Love of My Youth, Pearl, There Your Heart Lies, and Payback; seven works of nonfiction, including the memoirs … Continue reading Poets & Writers Series – Mary Gordon (Fiction) in Conversation with Kiley Reid →

For too long, colleagues have taught side by side but avoided conversations about what we know in common or can learn from each other about writing and writers. We have let administrative and historical boundaries stand in the way of companionship and mutual support in the difficult task of teaching students and investigating discourses, genres, … Continue reading Eli Goldblatt, “Can We Talk? What Creative Writing, Literary Criticism and Composition/Rhetoric Can Learn From Each Other About Writing” →

All graduate students and faculty are encouraged to attend Carla Anderson's doctoral defense on Tuesday, 3/8 at 2 PM. Zoom Link: https://temple.zoom.us/j/99303107420  Title: Reading Trauma in Contemporary Northern Irish & Irish Poetry Abstract: This dissertation will examine the works of five contemporary Northern Irish poets who lived through the Troubles, a period of intense sectarian conflict in … Continue reading Carla Anderson Doctoral Defense →

You are invited to join us for the first semester of the Queer Theory Reading Group. The first meeting will be Thursday March 17, 2022.  Our intention is to gain familiarity with Queer Theory by reading foundational texts of the movement. Through our discussions we will attempt to answer questions like What is Queer Theory? … Continue reading Queer Theory Reading Group →