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New Work from Dr. Aaron Baker
Interview with Dr. Aaron Baker focusing on his newest book of poetry American Experiment.
The Arts of Adaptation
The English department invites you to join us March 18th on the IC 4th Floor for "The Arts of Adaptation," a conference convened by Verna Foster and Paul Eggert. Click the link for details!
Versions, Versioning and Versionality: A Day Conference
Join the English Department on October 31 on the Information Commons 4th floor.
Dr. Reddon: Indigenous Literature and the joys of a good horror novel.
Associate Professor Dr. Madeleine Reddon is a member of the Métis Nation of Alberta and as such she has channeled her life experiences into the teaching of 20th and 21st century Indigenous literature. Dr. Reddon didn't start out with the goal of becoming an educator, it was something that seemed to come along naturally. "I was always interested in literature, since I was a kid. I did not have grand schemes to become a professor, I really just pursued graduate work because it brought me pleasure. I became interested in indigenous literature because it's so rich with politics and that allowed me to think differently about my life and my family's experiences."
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Nina Li Coomes, Creativity, and the True Power of Imagination
The English Department is excited to welcome Nina Coomes to our major. She is a Lecturer and Japanese/American writer who believes in helping each student protect the flame of creativity that lives inside of them. I was able to sit down with Nina to learn a little more about her history and what goals she has to her students and herself.
Dr. Priyanka Jacob Published with Oxford University Press
Priyanka Jacob, assistant professor in the Department of English, recently published a book, The Victorian Novel on File: Secrets, Hoards, and Information Storage, with Oxford University Press. “Through her scholarship and teaching, Dr. Jacob connects Victorian literature to broader cultural dynamics,” said Peter J. Schraeder, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, “Her expertise offers students and readers a fresh perspective on how stories of the past continue to shape the present.” Jacob’s area of study is primarily focused on the form and theory of the novel. Her book, The Victorian Novel on File, demonstrates how the capacious nineteenth-century novel was shaped by the period’s information explosion, gathering more data than it can use.
Dr. Frederick Staidum: Inciting Change Through Black History
Dr. Staidum, whose research is centered in American literature and culture of the 19th century, especially African American and African Diaspora literatures and cultures has been with the English Department for about seven years. His work interrogates the symbioses of modernity and coloniality, liberalism, and racial capitalism, especially as these developments were shaped by the Atlantic world of the late 18th and 19th centuries. He believes that by providing students with a foundational understanding of these themes in Black History, he can start to sow the seeds of movements toward change.
Dr. Melissa Bradshaw: What We Lose When We Erase Women from History
Dr. Melissa Bradshaw is a longstanding Loyola Senior Lecturer and Director of the Writing Program. Her research focuses on collective cultural memories that inform the public's understanding of powerful, public women. She argues that public discourse, at its superficial level minimizes women's accomplishments and downplays their ambitions. Recently, Dr. Bradshaw made Loyola headlines for securing a $300,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities in the Scholarly Editions and Translations category to support her continued leadership work on the Amy Lowell Letters Project.
Dr. Aqdas Aftab: Transgender Studies and Post-Colonial Literature
"I think of myself as an interdisciplinary scholar of transgender studies and post-colonial literary studies, but my method is extremely literary. I was really drawn to the University of Maryland because they are very strong in the African Diaspora. I wanted specifically to explore how Black Studies are talking about gender and sexuality. This exploration and questions of gender and sexuality I think I have been interested in because of my personal history as a queer and trans person. I think gender and sexuality just say so much about our power structures and the ways in which we are configured as human beings."
Nancy Caronia: Teaching Immigration with a Holistic Focus
I think it helps us to see immigration in a much more holistic way. Because, people like to conveniently forget this history that is contested, that they were discriminated and are now like, look at us, we just pulled ourselves up by our bootstraps and now we're all assimilated. I find that kind of false history really damaging, and it takes away from immigrants today who work really hard, who struggle in many of the same ways that Italian immigrants struggled in the late 19th, early 20th century
Meet the Winners of the 2025 Sharon Walsh Essay Contest!
Please join the English Department in congratulating this year’s winners of the Sharon Walsh Essay Contest!
Meet New Faculty Member: Dr. Spencer Tricker
Dr. Spencer Tricker is one of three new hires that the English Department has welcomed this year. Hailing from Florida with an M.A. in Literary, Cultural, and Textual Studies, from the University of Central Florida and a Ph.D. in English, from the University of Miami, Dr. Tricker brings a focus in comparative ethnic American literature with emphases on Asian American and Pacific Islander writings of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
The Amy Lowell Letters Project Awarded NEH Grant
The Center for Textual Studies and Digital Humanities is thrilled to announce that the Amy Lowell Letters Project (directed by Dr. Melissa Bradshaw, English) has been awarded a $300,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities in the Scholarly Editions and Translations category. Over the next 36 months, this grant will support the creation an open-access, digital edition of the letters of American poet, editor, and critic Amy Lowell (1874–1925).
Dr. Harrison Graves: Exploring Black Masculinity, Tradition, and Gender Roles in African American Literature
Dr. Graves received his PhD in English Literature, coupled with certifications in Critical Theory and African American Studies, with research centered around 20th and 21st century African American Lit. "I specifically study discourses on black masculinity post 1965, after the Moynihan Report, a famous report titled 'The Negro Family, the Case for National Action', which states that the impediment to black people's progress in the US is the lack of the family unit; it pathologizes the family unit by saying that black people don't live up to proper gender roles as it relates to post enslavement."
Dr. Anuska Sen: Teaching Through Transformation
Though transformation is often considered magical or supernatural, Dr. Sen aims to integrate the idea of transformation through adaptation. How to enact the idea of metamorphosis within writing itself. How to write a response to a piece of work in a different style and how to reflect on those changes.
Dr. David Chinitz's tenure as English Department Chair comes to an end (6/3/2024)
After six years, Professor David Chinitz will be stepping down from his position as Chair of the English Department. Dr. Chinitz sought the position of chair as a way of “paying forward” the generosity of his predecessors. “Several senior colleagues had served as chair during my time here so that I could accomplish what I wanted—publish my books and articles, teach the courses I wanted to develop, and do the service that appealed to me. The chairs gave up their time so that I could have my career. Eventually it felt like my turn to serve so that others could have their careers. Because that's fundamentally what the chair does: the chair makes it possible for all their colleagues to do the best work they can do. After six years I understand much better what the Jesuits mean when they talk about being a person for others, because as chair, you really have to put yourself aside and serve,” he says.
Dr. Suzanne Bost's first year as Graduate Programs Director (4/9/2024)
Dr. Suzanne Bost has been Graduate Programs Director in the English Department for almost a full academic year and says she is really happy to be holding the position. She has been at Loyola for 15 years and previously served as Graduate Programs Director in the Women’s Studies and Gender Studies Program, where she is an affiliate professor. As a tenured faculty member, Dr. Bost has the responsibility of taking on administrative roles and says that “working with grad students is the most interesting and pleasurable way for [her] to serve the department.” Her favorite aspect of the GPD position in English so far is that she gets to learn about what all the graduate students are interested in and what they are working on.
The Letters of Emily Dickinson Edited by Cristanne Miller and Domhnall Mitchell on April 17, 2023
Dr. Cristanne Miller, SUNY Distinguished Professor and Edward H. Butler Professor of English, University at Buffalo will discuss and read from her new edition of Emily Dickinson's letters (co-edited with Domhnall Mitchell), the most complete edition of the celebrated poet's letters ever assembled. Sponsored by the English Department, Writing Program, Svaglic Chair, and Bookends and Beginnings.
Dissertating students engage with ecocritical literature (3/14/2024)
Working on a dissertation takes years of research and writing to create a project that not only conveys a PhD student’s expertise but treats a topic that a candidate finds rich, interesting, and important. Three of the current English PhD candidates are working on dissertations that touch on ecocriticism, and although their research spans different periods, they have one thing in common: they explore how literature talks about our planet.
Dissertating students engage with ecocritical literature (3/14/2024)
Working on a dissertation takes years of research and writing to create a project that not only conveys a PhD student’s expertise but treats a topic that a candidate finds rich, interesting, and important. Three of the current English PhD candidates are working on dissertations that touch on ecocriticism, and although their research spans different periods, they have one thing in common: they explore how literature talks about our planet.
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From graduate student to lecturer: Dr. Ryan Peters (1/29/2024)
Dr. Ryan Peters’ journey at Loyola started in the spring of 2008, when became a PhD student in the English Department. And now, fifteen years later, he's a Lecturer in the Writing Program teaching students how to write and think critically about literature.
Dr. Michael Slager teaches students how to write from day one (12/5/2023)
Dr. Michael Slager began teaching at Loyola in 2014. His first role was as a second language instructor with the English Language Learners Program (ELLP). Since 2016, he has been teaching English 100: Developmental Writing and tutoring international students at Loyola’s Writing Center.
Dr. Nur Karatas and the healing nature of literature (11/2/2023)
Doctor Nur Karatas is starting her first year as a full-time lecturer at Loyola after teaching as a part-time instructor for the last two years. During her time in the Loyola classroom, she has taught students about the healing nature of literature.
Loyola creative writing alumni talk about their published books (10/2/2023)
Read how alumni Eliza Marley, Kehinde Winful, and Elia Newsom got their work published.
Alumna Dr. Tripthi Pillai brings pedagogy to the forefront of the classroom (9/1/2023)
Tripthi Pillai obtained her doctorate degree in English from Loyola in 2010 and dove headfirst into a professorship role. Recently promoted from Associate Professor to Professor at Coastal Carolina University and a year into an appointment as Assistant Dean of its College of Humanities and Fine Arts, Dr. Pillai has transformed Coastal’s English department’s pedagogical landscape and developed new courses and teaching practices for the curriculum.
Annette LePique Wins Rabkin Foundation Award (8/1/2023)
Annette LePique received the 2023 Rabkin Award for art journalism.
Dr. Aqdas Aftab introduces students to decolonization and queer theory (3/16/2023)
Dr. Aqdas Aftab started teaching at Loyola in 2021 after getting their PhD from University of Maryland. Since then, they have brought a new literary perspective focused on anti-racism, decolonization, and queer and transgender theory to our evolving English Department.
Doctor Jaime Hovey teaches literature through pop culture (1/6/2023)
Dr. Hovey focuses on teaching popular culture and writing to help students recognize that they are surrounded by debates and issues present in everyday media.
Loyola alumna Dr. Wallace featured on John Hopkins University Press (1/18/2023)
Dr. Cynthia Wallace, Loyola alumna from 2012, was recently featured on the John Hopkins University Press blog to talk about her role as editor of the special Autumn 2022 Adrienne Rich issue of the journal Arizona Quarterly.
Loyola's new professor of Indigenous Studies, Dr. Madeleine Reddon (12/5/2022)
Coming all the way from Vancouver, Dr. Madeleine Reddon is the English Department’s new professor of Indigenous literature. She took the post at Loyola because she feels like the university is well poised in the intellectual hub that is the city of Chicago and is a great place to be dialoguing with other universities around the city.
Meet Loyola's new writing professor, Nami Mun (11/9/2022)
Newly appointed assistant professor Nami Mun joins our creative writing faculty from Northwestern University. What inspired her to make the move from Evanston to Rogers Park was the passion she saw in Loyola’s students during her campus interview, as well as the evident collegiality of the English Department faculty.
Digitizing a Diva's Work: The Amy Lowell Letters Project (8/30/2022)
Dr. Melissa Bradshaw receives the Research Support Grant from the Office of Research Services to continue working on the “The Amy Lowell Letters Project.”
Get to know Dr. Katarzyna Lecky (10/5/2022)
Dr. Katarzyna Lecky is Loyola’s English Department's new Surtz Associate Professor and is bringing years of experience and expertise in Renaissance literature to campus.
The 2021-2022 Edward Surtz Lecture in the Humanities: "Texts and the City: Literature and the Longue Durée"
This lecture will take place March 21, 2022, at 3:30 p.m., conducted via Zoom. Preregistration is required.
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POSTPONED: Visiting Scholar Professor Pilar Martinez-Benedi presents: “Sapore di Mare” Pavese’s “Fluid” Translation of Moby-Dick
This talk has been postponed from December 2 to a date in January 2022 to be announced. Please check back here for further details.
Professor Emeritus Joyce Wexler publishes two new books on Joseph Conrad
Her monograph and edited collection are both available now from Palgrave Macmillan.
Announcing the winner of the 2021 Stanley Clayes Memorial Essay Competition
Join us for a presentation of the winning essay and reception on Wednesday, November 10.
Our own Wren Romero competes on Jeopardy!
Her episode airs Friday, October 29th at 3:30 p.m. on ABC.
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VIDEO: "Typographic Transcriptions: Representing Jorge Luis Borges’s Manuscripts"
A recording of the 2021 Svaglic Chair Fall Lecture, delivered by Daniel Balderston and Celeste Martin, is now available on Panopto with LUC credentials.
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Announcing the Svaglic Chair Fall 2021 Lecture
"Typographic Transcriptions: Representing Jorge Luis Borges’s Manuscripts" will be presented by Daniel Balderston (University of Pittsburgh) and María Celeste Martín (Emily Carr University of Art + Design).
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Lowell Wyse, PhD 2018, published by University of Iowa Press
"Ecospatiality: A Place-Based Approach to American Literature," praised as "a tour de force of literary cartography," is based on his dissertation written at Loyola.
DETAILSMarta Werner discusses new book in interview with poet Peter Gizzi
Dr. Werner was invited by the Center for Humanistic Inquiry at Amherst College to discuss her latest book, Writing In Time: Emily Dickinson's Master Hours (2021).
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Announcing "Journal of a Plague Year"
All members of the English Department community are invited to share their experience of the present moment in this new blog series.
PhD candidate celebrated for turning trash into treasure
Lydia Craig has been awarded Best Paper in the Humanities at the 14th Annual GSAC Graduate Student Research Symposium for “Library Lane: Digitally Discovering A Lost American Impressionist Painting.” The paper and presentation document her investigation into the origins of a painting found on the curb using textual studies methods and digital resources.
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Loyola to co-sponsor Modernist Studies Association’s Annual Conference
MSA 2021 in Chicago, to be held November 4–7, aims to commemorate the Great Migration, which brought hundreds of thousands of African Americans to the city to escape racist violence in the Jim Crow South. Participants are invited to understand migration as a capacious term, enabling new conversations about the Great Migration, migration from abroad, the current global migration crisis, and the impact of these demographic movements on modernist innovation in literature, drama, music, art, architecture, and design in the twentieth- and twentieth-first centuries.
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45th Annual Edward L. Surtz S.J. Lecture in the Humanities: What is at Stake in the Study of Race in the Early Modern Period?
This talk explores in what ways we can advance the conversation about race in the early modern period at this moment both in the United States and the world at large. It will argue that the range of ideologies and practices about racial difference in the early modern world alert us against oversimplifying our understanding of racial ideologies and their complicated global histories.
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Long Le-Khac in The Economist on "hard words" and the possibilities of digital humanities
Dr. Le-Khac was interviewed in The Economist about his recent research on pervasive shifts from abstract to concrete language in 19th-century British novels. The piece contextualizes this research, an analysis of thousands of novels from this time period, as part of the rapid growth and significance of digital humanities as a field.
Congratulations to the winner of the 2020 Stanley Clayes Memorial Essay Competition!
A presentation of the winning essay and reception will be held on Wednesday, November 11 at 4 p.m.
Congratulations to the winner of the 2020 Stanley Clayes Memorial Essay Competition!
A presentation of the winning essay and reception will be held on Wednesday, November 11 at 4 p.m.
Surviving the Black Death: The Digital Reconstruction of a Medieval Merchant’s Diary
How did the Black Death impact people’s daily lives? From 1340-1380, Pepo Albizi kept a ledger and memorial book, recording business affairs, accounts of events, personal and family matters, including details of his three weddings, a list of his legitimate and illegitimate children, and a register of family members who died in the black death of 1348. The diary provides an unprecedented glimpse into the life of a medieval merchant during the time of a pandemic and tells us a story of survival and of overcoming a tragic personal and public event. This talk, by Isabella Magni, will present the initial stages of building a digital edition of the Albizi Memorial book. Click to register and receive the Zoom event link. Date: Wednesday, October 28, 2020, 2pm - 3pm CST.
What Computers Can't Read: Computational Graphology and Literary Manuscripts
Dr. Seth Perlow will be speaking on computerized methods for literary handwriting analysis Wednesday, September 23rd, in a talk co-sponsored by the Svaglic Chair in Textual Studies and the Center for Textual Studies and Digital Humanities, to be delivered via Zoom.
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What Computers Can't Read: Computational Graphology and Literary Manuscripts
Dr. Seth Perlow will be speaking on computerized methods for literary handwriting analysis Wednesday, September 23rd, in a talk co-sponsored by the Svaglic Chair in Textual Studies and the Center for Textual Studies and Digital Humanities, to be delivered via Zoom.
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As Dickens wrote, "Don't believe everything you see on the internet": English PhD student fact-checks famous "quotes"
Lydia Craig's interest in Facebook memes made from spurious Dickens quotes inspired her article, "What Charles Dickens Never Said: Verifying Internet 'Quotes' and Accessing the Works with Online Resources," published in the latest Dickens Quarterly.
READ MOREAs Dickens wrote, "Don't believe everything you see on the internet": English PhD student fact-checks famous "quotes"
Lydia Craig's interest in Facebook memes made from spurious Dickens quotes inspired her article, "What Charles Dickens Never Said: Verifying Internet 'Quotes' and Accessing the Works with Online Resources," published in the latest Dickens Quarterly.
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Congratulations to our 2020 PhDs on their faculty appointments!
Drs. Casey Jergenson, Mary Lutze, Erica Chu, and Justin Hastings (not pictured) have accepted positions at universities across the country.
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Congratulations to our 2020 PhDs on their faculty appointments!
Drs. Casey Jergenson, Mary Lutze, Erica Chu, and Justin Hastings (not pictured) have accepted positions at universities across the country.
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Amanda Krcic accepted to the Johns Hopkins National Undergraduate Humanities Research Symposium
A rising sophomore in the English Department, Krcic has been recognized for her short film, "Unnoticeable: A Letter To My Younger Self."
LEARN MOREAmanda Krcic accepted to the Johns Hopkins National Undergraduate Humanities Research Symposium
A rising sophomore in the English Department, Krcic has been recognized for her short film, "Unnoticeable: A Letter To My Younger Self."
Coronavirus information and University updates
Information for the entire Loyola community is continually being updated. Thank you for your patience during this difficult time.
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POSTPONED: The Svaglic Chair Spring 2020 Lecture: Experiments with Jorge Luis Borges
This event has been rescheduled for Fall 2020.
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Phoebe Stein (PhD 1998) named president of the Federation of State Humanities Councils
Dr. Stein has served as an advocate for the humanities for over 20 years.
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Phoebe Stein (PhD 1998) named president of the Federation of State Humanities Councils
Dr. Stein has served as an advocate for the humanities for over 20 years.
The Svaglic Chair Spring 2020 Lecture: Experiments with Jorge Luis Borges
Join us Thursday, April 2nd for this collaborative presentation by Daniel Balderston (University of Pittsburgh) and María Celeste Martín (Emily Carr University of Art + Design).
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The 29th McElroy Shakespeare Celebration: "Figures of Disability in Shakespearean Drama"
Join us Thursday, February 13th, for a talk by Dr. Genevieve Love with accompanying performances.
DETAILSThe 29th McElroy Shakespeare Celebration: "Figures of Disability in Shakespearean Drama"
Join us Thursday, February 13th, for a talk by Dr. Genevieve Love with accompanying performances.
Tom Purcell (BA '85) on his path from the Loyola English Department to late night comedy
The "Late Show with Stephen Colbert" executive producer spoke with Loyola Magazine on how his English education informs his comedy (and vice versa!).
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Tom Purcell (BA '85) on his path from the Loyola English Department to late night comedy
The "Late Show with Stephen Colbert" executive producer spoke with Loyola Magazine on how his English education informs his comedy (and vice versa!).
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44th Annual Edward L. Surtz, S.J. Lecture in the Humanities, "The Challenge of Translating the Bible"
Professor Robert Alter will be lecturing on his landmark translation of the Hebrew bible on February 26th.
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44th Annual Edward L. Surtz, S.J. Lecture in the Humanities, "The Challenge of Translating the Bible"
Professor Robert Alter will be lecturing on his translation of the Hebrew bible on February 26th.
Anna Ullmann, PhD 2018, has accepted a tenure-track position as Assistant Professor of English
Anna Ullmann, PhD 2018, has accepted a tenure-track position as Assistant Professor of English at Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois, beginning in Fall 2019. Congratulations, Anna!
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Anna Ullmann, PhD 2018, has accepted a tenure-track position as Assistant Professor of English at Bradley University in Peoria, IL, beginning in Fall 2019. Congratulations, Anna!
Mark Owen, PhD 2016, has accepted a full-time position as Instructor of English
Mark Owen, PhD 2016, has accepted a full-time position as Instructor of English
Mark Owen, PhD 2016, has accepted a full-time position
Mark Owen, PhD 2016, has accepted a full-time position as Instructor of English at Macomb Community College in Warren, (southeast) Michigan. Congratulations to Dr. Owen!
Naomi Gades, PhD 2019, has accepted a position as lecturer in English composition
Naomi Gades, PhD 2019, has accepted a position as lecturer in English composition at Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, West Virginia, starting Fall 2019. Congratulations to Dr. Gades!
Naomi Gades, PhD 2019, has accepted a position as lecturer in English composition
Naomi Gades, PhD 2019, has accepted a position as lecturer in English composition
Welcome to Anna Rubenstein, our new administrative assistant!
Welcome to Anna Rubenstein, our new administrative assistant!
Welcome to Anna Rubenstein, our new administrative assistant!
Welcome to Anna Rubenstein, our new administrative assistant!
Join us for the launch of the Lili Elbe Digital Archive!
Students, faculty, and members of the public are invited to a screening of "The Danish Girl" on February 6th and a Launch Symposium on February 7th.
Join us for the launch of the Lili Elbe Digital Archive!
Students, faculty, and members of the public are invited to a screening of "The Danish Girl" on February 6th and a Launch Symposium on February 7th.
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Martin J. Svaglic Fall Lecture, “Textual Studies & the Nonhuman Turn"
Join us Thursday, November 21st at 4:30 PM on the Information Commons 4th floor.
DETAILSMartin J. Svaglic Fall Lecture, “Textual Studies & the Nonhuman Turn"
Join us Thursday, November 21st at 4:30 PM on the Information Commons 4th floor.
Congratulations to the winners of the 2019 Stanley Clayes Memorial Essay Competition!
A reception will be held this Wednesday, November 6, at 3:30 p.m. in McCormick Lounge, Coffey Hall.
Congratulations to the winners of the 2019 Stanley Clayes Memorial Essay Competition!
A reception will be held this Wednesday, November 6, at 3:30 p.m. in McCormick Lounge, Coffey Hall.
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Brett Beasley, PhD 2018, published in The Washington Post, Los Angeles Review of Books
Congratulations to Dr. Beasley on the recent publication of several articles!
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Thomas Dow, PhD 2006, receives 2019 Dale P. Parnell Distinguished Faculty Recognition from the American Association of Community Colleges
Dr. Dow has been repeatedly recognized for his work at Moraine Valley Community College in Palos Hills, Illinois.
Thomas Dow, PhD 2006, receives 2019 Dale P. Parnell Distinguished Faculty Recognition from the American Association of Community Colleges
Dr. Dow has been repeatedly recognized for his work at Moraine Valley Community College in Palos Hills, Illinois.
READ MOREBrett Beasley, PhD 2018, published in The Washington Post, Los Angeles Review of Books
Congratulations to Dr. Beasley on the recent publication of several articles! Read them here.
READ MOREGrace Pregent, PhD Candidate, has accepted the position of Associate Director of MSU's Writing Center
Grace Pregent, PhD Candidate, has accepted the position of Associate Director of Michigan State University's Writing Center in East Lansing, Michigan, starting Fall 2019. Congratulations!
Grace Pregent, PhD Candidate, has accepted the position of Associate Director of MSU's Writing Center
Grace Pregent, PhD Candidate, has accepted the position of Associate Director of MSU's Writing Center
Congratulations to Rick Rodriguez, one of 5 Loyola Ph.D.s in English to receive a tenure-track job this year!
Congratulations to Rick Rodriguez, one of 5 Loyola Ph.D.s in English to receive a tenure-track job this year! Rick, Ph.D. 2008, has accepted a tenure-track assistant professorship in American literature at Baruch College in New York, beginning Fall 2013.
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Liz Hanson wins dissertation award
Elizabeth Hanson (Ph.D. 2013) won this year's Graduate School Dissertation Award in the field of Humanities for her dissertation "'Making Something Out of Nothing': Asexuality and Narrative" (Director, Dr. Pamela Caughie). Congratulations to Liz on this award!
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Roger McNamara, PhD 2010, has accepted a tenure-track position as Assistant Professor at Texas Tech University
Roger McNamara, PhD 2010, has accepted a tenure-track position as Assistant Professor at Texas Tech University
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New book by Professor Jack Cragwall
Jasper Cragwall's new book, Lake Methodism: Polite Literature and Popular Religion in England, 1780–1830, reveals the traffic between Romanticism’s rhetorics of privilege and the most socially toxic religious forms of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
New Book by Professor Jeffrey Glover
Dr. Jeffrey Glover, an Assistant Professor in Loyola's English Department, has recently published a new book: Paper Sovereigns. Click the story for more details.
Distinguished Scholar Award presented to Professor Steve Jones
During the January 2014 MLA meeting in Chicago, Steve Jones was presented with the Keats-Shelley Association's Distinguished Scholar Award.
The Humanities "Crisis" and the Future of Literary Studies
Dr. Paul Jay, a Professor in Loyola's English Department, has recently published a new book: The Humanities "Crisis" and the Future of Literary Studies. Click the story for more details.
Congratulations to our PhD graduates!
Congratulations to our PhD Graduates: (left to right) Michael O'Connell, Elizabeth Hanson, Sean Labbe and Gillian Bauer. Not pictured: Julia Bninski and Catherine Ramsden.
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Congratulations to Kimberly Jack, our 6th PhD graduate to receive a tenure-track job this year!
Kimberly Jack, PhD 2008, has accepted a tenure-track position in the Department of English and Drama at Athens State University starting this August. Congratulations to Kimberly!
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Join us for an event: "Modernism's Legacies: (Post)Postmodernism"
We invite you to come out and join us on Saturday, April 11th! Click the link for more information.
Steven Pinker is coming to Loyola University to discuss his new book on writing, The Sense of Style.
Join us in the Crown Center auditorium on Thursday October 9th at 7:00 to hear Steven Pinker discuss The Sense of Style. Free and open to the public.
6th Annual EGSA Symposium
Please join us at the 6th Annual English Graduate Student Association Symposium on Wednesday, April 9th. Click the link for more details.
Aleksandar Hemon Fiction Reading
Acclaimed Chicago writer and essayist Aleksandar Hemon will read from his work on Thursday, April 10th. Click for more details!
Textual Conditions day conference on March 29th
Loyola welcomes you to the day conference on Textual Conditions: Lawrence, Conrad and Woolf on March 29th. Click the link for more details.
Come see critically acclaimed author Brock Clarke give a reading from his new novel, "The Happiest People in the World."
Loyola is proud to host critically acclaimed bestselling author Brock Clarke on Thursday, November 13th at 5:15 in Regis Hall, 1st Floor Seminar Room (132-133). For the event flyer, please click the link.
Possibilities and Provocations: Best Practices for Teaching Literature
Professor Michael Bérubé was the keynote speaker at our day-conference on "Possibilities and Provocations: Best Practices for Teaching Literature."
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Modernist Networks receives NEH Start-up Grant in digital humanities
A workshop on metadata issues was held at Loyola on August 17, 2013 with sixteen scholars and technicians from as far as Belgium, Nova Scotia, and Australia.
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Douglas Guerra, PhD 2012, has accepted a tenure-track position as Assistant Professor of Literature and Technology
Douglas Guerra, PhD 2011, has accepted a tenure-track position as Assistant Professor of Literature and Technology
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Congratulations to Dr. Jeff Glover on being named a Master Teacher by the Sujack Awards Committee
Congratulations to Dr. Jeff Glover on being named a Master Teacher by the Sujack Awards Committee
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Congratulations to Michael O'Connell!
Michael O'Connell (Ph.D. 2013) has been hired as an Assistant Professor of Humanities at Siena Heights University in southeast Michigan.
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Julia Barrett Daniel, PhD 2012, has accepted a tenure-track position as Assistant Professor of Modern American Poetry
Julia Barrett Daniel, PhD 2012, has accepted a tenure-track position as Assistant Professor of Modern American Poetry
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Cynthia Wallace, a recent Loyola PhD grad. won the Lionel Basney Award!
Cynthia Wallace (PhD 2012), now assistant professor at St. Thomas Moore College in Saskatoon, Canada, won the Lionel Basney Award given annually to the most outstanding article of the year in the journal Christianity and Literature. The article is "Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Purple Hibiscus and the Paradoxes of Postcolonial Redemption," Christianity and Literature 61.3 (2012): 465-83. Congratulations to Cindy!
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English Major Publishes Nonfiction Essay
Senior English major Sophie Kruger has published a creative nonfiction essay in "Bright Wall/Dark Room," a national online literary magazine. The essay, which considers a personal relationship through analysis of the 1973 movie "The Way We Were," is an example of the hybrid form students learn in ENG 392, Advanced Creative Nonfiction.
From Work to Tech: Digital Archives and Queer Narratives
Congratulations to Dr. Pamela Caughie on the publication of her co-authored article. Click the link to read it!
From Work to Tech: Digital Archives and Queer Narratives
Congratulations to Dr. Pamela Caughie on the publication of her co-authored article. Click the link to read it!
Congratulations to Naomi Gades on winning the Fathman Young Scholar Prize!
Naomi, an English PhD student at Loyola, won the prize at the T.S. Eliot Society Annual Meeting in Atlanta.
Congratulations to Naomi Gades on winning the Fathman Young Scholar Prize!
Naomi, an English PhD student at Loyola, won the prize at the T.S. Eliot Society Annual Meeting in Atlanta.
The 43rd annual Edward Surtz, S.J. Lecture in the Humanities
The 43rd annual Edward Surtz Lecture in the Humanities will be delivered by Robin Fleming (Boston College), who will speak on migration, cultural identity, and the lives of women and non-elites in a formative period of British history.
Poetry reading with David Roderick
Join us on the IC 4th Floor on February 19th at 7PM for a poetry reading from David Roderick
The 43rd annual Edward Surtz, S.J. Lecture in the Humanities
The 43rd annual Edward Surtz Lecture in the Humanities will be delivered by Robin Fleming (Boston College), who will speak on migration, cultural identity, and the lives of women and non-elites in a formative period of British history.
New Article from the Man Into Woman Project Team
Congratulations to Prof. Pamela Caughie, Emily Datskou, and Rebecca Parker for the publication of “Storm Clouds on the Horizon: Feminist Ontologies and the Problem of Gender.”
Congratulations to our newest PhDs!
Congratulations to Dr. Stephanie Kucsera, Dr. Anna Ullmann, Dr. Brandiann Molby, and Dr. Brett Beasley (not pictured).
Congratulations to our newest PhDs!
Congratulations to Dr. Stephanie Kucsera, Dr. Anna Ullmann, Dr. Brandiann Molby, and Dr. Brett Beasley (not pictured).
The 42nd annual Edward Surtz Lecture in the Humanities
“Translating the Odyssey: How and Why” Emily Wilson, Professor of Classical Studies, University of Pennsylvania Piper Hall. Tuesday, April 10th 2018, 4pm - 5:30pm. Reception to follow.