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  • Jamie L Jones
    Jamie L. Jones book earns spot on MLA's shortlist of outstanding titles
    2024-12-17 - The Modern Language Association (MLA) has named English professor Jamie L. Jones’ book Rendered Obsolete: Energy Culture and the Afterlife of US Whaling to its shortlist for outstanding books. Her book, published by the University of North Carolina Press, was one of five titles chosen by the MLA. The book examines the...
  • Skeuomorph Press & BookLab Photo
    Slowing down in the digital age
    2024-10-11 - "Friend, you stand on sacred ground. This is a printing office." These words from Beatrice Ward are displayed in Skeuomorph Press & BookLab, where the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign community can create their own prints using a variety of historical presses and physical media. Ryan Cordell, professor of English and information...
  • English student Frankie Ward
    English student earns Voyager Scholarship
    2024-09-16 - Frankie Ward, a junior majoring in English (secondary education) was awarded a Voyager Scholarship, the Obama-Chesky Scholarship for Public Service. Ward, a Chicago native, wants to explore educational inequity and the effects it has on the development of teens of color as they navigate secondary education and their post-secondary endeavors. Ward was among three students from the...
  • Susan Koshy
    Research, scholarship, and an "infinity of traces"
    2024-08-06 - Susan Koshy, a professor of English and Asian American studies, relies upon a unique perspective to study and write about colonialism, capitalism, race, gender, and sexuality....
  • Professor Jamie L. Jones
    Jamie Jones receives named scholar position from the College of LAS
    2024-08-05 - English professor Jamie L. Jones was among 15 professors honored by the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences with a named scholar or professorship position. These positions recognize contributions to research and education at the University of Illinois. Jones received the title of Helen Corley Petit Scholar, which...
  • Dusty Bacon
    Dusty Bacon receives Campus Award for Excellence in Public Engagement
    2024-07-03 - Dusty Bacon, an English graduate student with a concentration in writing studies, has earned a Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Public Engagement. Bacon was one of six faculty and staff members, students, or community members to receive Campus Awards for Excellence in Public Engagement, which recognize those who engage...
  • Lino Brocka
    Professor helps bring a nearly lost film back to life
    2024-06-25 - English professor José B. Capino spent the summer of 2017 researching in European archives and interviewing people for his book on the late Lino Brocka, an influential Filipino filmmaker. He did not expect that his work would get two of Brocka’s most accomplished films—“Jaguar” and “Bona”—restored. Both films achieved one of the greatest honors that a film can receive:...
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    Three English professors receive named scholar positions
    2024-06-17 -  The College of Liberal Arts & Sciences has honored English professors Ángel García, Irvin Hunt, and Justine Murison with named scholar positions in recognition of their contributions to research and education at the University of Illinois. Ángel García was named a Lincoln Excellence for Assistant Professors (...
  • Victoria Martinez
    English student Victoria Martinez selected as Humanities in Action Scholar
    2024-06-12 -   English student Victoria Martinez has been named a Humanities in Action scholar by We CU and the Humanities Research Institute, who recently announced the 2024–2025 cohort. The Humanities in Action program ...
  • Janice Harrington and Curtis Perry
    College of LAS names Harrington, Perry as Kirkpatrick Professors
    2024-06-11 - Janice Harrington and Curtis Perry, professors in the Department of English, have been appointed as Clayton and Thelma Kirkpatrick Professors by the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences at the University of Illinois. The 5-year appointments provide $15,000 in annual discretionary funding.  Harrington, who teaches in the Creative Writing Program, is an accomplished poet and children’s book...
  • Van Landingham and the cover of her new book of poetry, "Reader, I"
    Corey Van Landingham’s new book of poetry reflects on marriage, its constraints and its hopefulness
    2024-05-30 -  English professor Corey Van Landingham’s new book of poems, “Reader, I,” looks at marriage, the tension between being an individual and part of a couple, and how to operate within the constraints of marriage for the better.
  • Andrea Stevens
    Andrea Stevens earns Oxford Visiting Fellow position
    2024-03-15 - English professor Andrea Stevens will be a Visiting Fellow of St. Catherine’s College, Oxford, for the 2024 Michaelmas term from Oct. 13 to Dec. 7. As a fellow, she will be working on her monograph “After Othello: Race, Disguise, and the Limits of the Stageable 1600-1800,” which explores the topics of race, representation,...
  • Ben Lerner
    Greenfield Lynch Endowed Lecture series continues to highlight Jewish American literature
    2024-03-12 - Deborah Lynch (BA, ’70, English) has always considered her time at the University of Illinois to be the foundation of her career. That’s why she has sponsored the Greenfield Lynch Endowed Lecture series to highlight Jewish American literature and literary studies....
  • Rhetoric Program team members receiving award
    Rhetoric Program wins Student Success Champion award.
    2024-03-01 - The Undergraduate Rhetoric Program was presented with the Student Success Champion team award at this year's Student Success Symposium held in February. The Office of the Provost's Student Success @ Illinois initiative presents this award each year to individuals and teams who have exhibited exemplary dedication to undergraduate student success at the university. As one of the largest general...
  • English building in the fall
    Two English professors named Conrad Humanities Scholars
    2024-02-12 - English professors John Levi Barnard and John Gallagher have been named 2024 Conrad Humanities Scholars by the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. The two were honored with the appointment alongside Maryam Kashani (gender and women’s studies, ...

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