Calendar
The Anne & William Axton Festival of Film & Verse2009 -- Thurs, April 9, 7:30 pm, Bingham Poetry Room; Friday, April 10, 3:30 pm, Bingham Humanities Room 300; Friday, April 10, 7:30 pm, Floyd Theatre; Saturday, April 1, 6:00 & 8:00 pm, Floyd Theatre; Tuesday, April 21, 7:00 & 9:00 pm, 21C Museum Hotel, 700 W. Main St.
Reading (Kiki Petrosino)
Author Kiki Petrosino will provide a reading from her book of poems, Fort Red Border.
Q & A re: Sarabande Books
Free pizza and conversation with Sarah Gorham, editor-of-chief of Sarabande Books. Sarabande Books is the publisher of Kiki Petrosino's latest collection of poems, Fort Red Border. (English majors and minors invited.)
Wittreich Lectures Presents Carla Mazzio
Wittreich Endowment presents Renaissance literature expert, Carla Mazzio from the University of Buffalo.
Barker Lecture- Ed Comentale "I Did Not Like My Home"
Comentale will lecture from his current book: I Did Not Like My Home (Death, Detachment, and the Modernity of Early Country Music)
Irvin Peckham Discussion: Teaching Working Class Students
Irvin Peckham will focus the discussion on the differences in student responses to a critical pedagogy agenda according to their social class origins.
Morton Lectures: Tonya Krouse
Professor Tonya Krouse will speak on personal and political trauma in Doris Lessing's 'The Good Terrorist' (A work dealing with Performative Domesticity, Abjection, and Everyday Practices of Violence.
Morton Lectures: Morris Beja
Professor Morris Beja will deliver a lecture on Anthony Burgess and Kubrick's work: 'Clockwork Orange'. He will speak on Cultural Trauma.
4Cs Proposal Writing Workshop 1
Proposal Writing Workshop for the 2012 Conference on College Composition and Communication
Creative Writing Luncheon
The year-end Creative Writing Luncheon for creative writing students will be Thursday, April 21, at noon in Humanities 300.
Jerome Rothenberg Poetry Reading
Poet Jerome Rothenberg will read from his various selections including Poems for the Game of Silence.
Jerome Rothenberg Poetry Talk
"The Anthology as Collage and Manifesto" ...a conversation with Jerome Rothenberg
Undergraduate English Major/Minor E.O.Y. Party
The end of the year party for our English majors and minors will be Thursday, April 21st, 4:30PM, in Humanities 300.
A & S Distinguished Service Award- Professor Dennis Hall
The College of Arts and Sciences will be honoring some of our very accomplished A & S faculty in the Shumaker Research Building Seminar Room (Rm. 139) at 2:30 p.m. or immediately following the conclusion of the 2:00 p.m. Faculty Assembly.
Book-in-Common/Composition Luncheon
The Composition Program, in conjunction with the book-in-common program, will be hosting a luncheon this Friday, April 22, 1:00-2:00 p.m., in Ekstrom 210.
Conversation with Garrison Keillor
Garrison Keillor, host and writer of A Prairie Home Companion and The Writer's Almanac, will participate in a open campus community discussion.
Sarabande Reading Series- Minor, Morales and Skinner
The fourth installment of the 2011 Sarabande Reading Series will feature Kyle Minor, Aaron Michael Morales, and musical guest Cheryl Lynne Skinner.
Graduate Program Luncheon
The Annual Graduate Program Luncheon will be held on Friday April 29 at noon in HM 300.
2011 Sarabande Reading Series
Poets , Carolyn Guinzio and Davis McCombs, will provide public a public reading.
Axton Reading Series- Reading, Adam McOmber
Author Adam McOmber will provide a public reading at the Bingham Poetry Room, Ekstrom Library.
Axton Series- Adam McOmber conducts Master Class
Author Adam McOmber will facilitate a master class at Bingham Humanities, Room 300.
Axton Series- Reading, Derek Mong
Poet, Derek Mong will provide a public reading in the Bingham Poetry Room of the Ekstrom Library.
Axton Series- Derek Mong conducts Master Class
Poet Derek Mong conducts master class in Bingham Poetry Room of Ekstrom Library
Watson Symposium
A symposium of papers by leading scholars in writing studies on how to articulate the relations between diverse notions of 'economy' and 'writing' for U. S. rhetoric and composition.
Watson Symposium-Day 2
A symposium of papers by leading scholars in writing studies on how to articulate the relations between diverse notions of 'economy' and 'writing' for U. S. rhetoric and composition.
Distinguished Watson Professor (Lecture) Suresh Canagarajah
Suresh Canagarajah, Pennsylvania State University, will provide a public lecture on behalf of the upcoming 2012 Watson Conference-Economies of Writing.
Distinguished Watson Professor (Lecture) Brian Street
Brian Street, King's College, London, will provide a public lecture on behalf of the upcoming 2012 Watson Conference-Economies of Writing.
Informational Meeting: PhD Programs in Lit and/or Rhet Comp
On Friday September 30 at 3pm in Bingham Humanities 208, the English Department's Placement and Professionalization Committee will host an information meeting on applying to PhD programs in Literature and/or Rhetoric and Composition.
Informational Meeting: Applying to MFA programs
On Friday 9/23 at 4PM in Bingham Humanities 205, the English Dept. will host an informational session for all interested MA and BA students on applying to MFA (Creative Writing graduate) programs.
Book in Common Reading: Brian Leung, Take Me Home
On Wednesday, October 19th at 3pm in the Chao Auditorium, the English Department will sponsor a reading from this year's Book in Common, Brian Leung's novel 'Take Me Home'.
Wittreich Lecture-Shawn Michelle Smith
The Department of English's Wittreich Endowment hosts guest speaker, Shawn Michelle Smith from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Axton Reading: Brian Christian
Axton Fellowship on behalf of the Department of English will host a reading by author, Brian Christian.
Axton Series, Master Class with Brian Christian
Author Brian Christian will facilitate a master class lecture for the Department of English.
Axton Series, Master Class by Tobias Wolff
Author Tobias Wolff will facilitate a master class for the Dept. of English.
Faculty Research Forum presents Simona Bertacco
The Faculty Research Forum on behalf of the U of L's Commonwealth Center for the Humanities and Society is presenting a talk by Professor Bertacco titled- Exiles Must Make Their Own Maps: Postcolonial Texts and the Explosion of Cartography.
Senate Bill 1 Common Core Standards Workshop
The Provost presents Senate Bill 1 Common Core Standards Workshop for faculty.
Wittreich Symposium
Freibert & Wittreich Endowments present Hester Blum and Jonathan Eburne, both of Penn State.
Wittreich Symposium-Graduate Workshop on Archival Research
Freibert & Wittreich Endowments present a Graduate Workshop on Archival Research conducted by Hester Blum and Jonathan Eburne, both of Penn State.
InKY Reading Series: Cutter Wood
U of L's Visiting Scholar in Creative Nonfiction, Cutter Wood will provide a prose reading at The Bard's Town at 7:30PM.
Faculty Research Forum presents ‘The Lady Gaga Knock-down Drag Out’
Where are we at with Gaga pheminism?
Axton Series Discussion- Martha Rhodes
Publishing Comes Writing, Editing and Shaping a Book by Martha Rhodes.
Digital Media Candidate Presentation-Carolyn Guertin
"‘Productive Mistranslation’: Chinese Subjects and the Digital Media Revolution" by Carolyn Guertin.
Wittreich Lecture and Reading by Charles Bernstein
Charles Bernstein will provide a reading/lecture "Attack of the Difficult Poems".
PBK Lecture: Eugene Robinson
The PBK Faculty of the University of Louisville are pleased to host Eugene Robinson, Pulitzer prize-winning columnist from the Washington Post, who will deliver the UofL PBK Lecture on February 7, 2012. Mr. Robinson's talk will take place at 6:00 p.m. in Comstock Hall in the UofL School of Music.
Faculty Research Forums presents Masolo
Faculty Research Forum presents Dismas Masolo, Philosophy Department, "Reading Shaaban Robert"
Faculty Research Forum- Anne Braden Awards
Faculty Research Forum presents the 2010 recipients of the Anne Braden Institute Faculty Research Fund Awards.
Bingham Lecture
Dr. Steven Kruger, Visiting Bingham Professor from the CUNY Graduate Center, will be delivering the 2012 Bingham Lecture on Monday, March 26th at 3:30 in the Chao Auditorium.
Lecture: Shirley Brice Heath
The Endowed Chair in Rhetoric and Composition and the English Department Wittreich Fund will sponsor guest speaker, Shirley Brice Heath, Professor at Large from Brown University's departments of Anthropology and Education.
Professors vs. Zombies, Day One
A number of our esteemed English department colleagues are presenting as well as several U of L faculty members from other departments…. Please let Aaron Jaffe, aaron.jaffe@louisville.edu, know if you’re interested in attending some or all of it.
Professors vs. Zombies, Day Two
A number of our esteemed English department colleagues are presenting as well as several U of L faculty members from other departments…. Please let Aaron Jaffe, aaron.jaffe@louisville.edu, know if you’re interested in attending some or all of it.
Graduate Program Luncheon
We will hold the annual end of year Graduate Program Luncheon on Friday, April 27th 11:45am-1:45pm in Room 300. All graduate students, instructors, faculty and staff are welcome and encouraged to attend. We will eat, drink, review the year, and announce program awards and placement news. Please rsvp if you will attend so that we can plan catering.
Creative Writing Luncheon
Creative Writers: You are invited to attend our annual Pizza Luncheon to celebrate you and your writing. We’ll supply the slices and drinks. In addition, we’ll announce the winners of the Creative Writing Scholarships and Awards. We need a head count, so please rsvp to the Director of Creative Writing, Brian Leung, at brian.leung@louisville.edu. Friday, April 20th from 12:05 to 1pm.
Poetry Reading: Lee Pennington
Poet Lee Pennington will provide a reading to celebrate Poetry Month Monday, April 16, 2012 3:00 pm Bingham Poetry Room, Ekstrom Library, University of Louisville. Reception following the reading.
Book in Common- The Other Wes Moore (A Workshop)
Fall 2012 composition instructors who may be interested in teaching The Other Wes Moore, the University’s Book in Common next year, might want to attend the upcoming workshop on Wednesday, April 18 from 12:00-1:30.
Annual Faculty Planning Meeting
The first department meeting of Academic Year 2012-2013 will be in Shumaker Research Building 139, 10-12 (tenure track) and 1-3 (everyone). More information will follow closer to the date.
Axton Reading Series- Maureen Morehead
Axton Reading Series will present Maureen Morehead in the Chao Auditorium
Axton Master Class- Maureen Morehead
Axton Reading Series will provide a Master Class with poet author, Maureen Morehead in the Humanities 300
For faculty subject to promotion and tenure during the calendar year
