News
2005
December
Writing Contest Results (Dec 19)
The English Department is pleased to congratulate the winners of our writing contest.
November
The English Department Congratulates Wanalee Romero (Nov 18)
Recepient of an Undergraduate Research Fellowship
The 2006 Oxford Summer Program Still Accepting Applications (Nov 09)
The 2006 Program will be housed in historic Brasenose College in the heart of Oxford University
The English Department Congratulates Daniel Harris and Jessica Krakoski (Nov 04)
2005 Recepients of the Rapoport-King Scholarship
October
Shakespeare at Winedale Receives Grant from Texas Commission on the Arts (Oct 26)
Jocelyn Harris to Deliver Lecture this Friday (Oct 19)
''Domestic Virtues and National Importance''
The English Department Welcomes Richard McCann (Oct 03)
Presenting a Reading this Thursday
September
Peter LaSalle Honored by Antioch Review (Sep 23)
Receives 2005 Award for Distinguished Prose in recognition of his fiction writing
The English Department Welcomes Guest Lecturer Stephen Greenblatt (Sep 21)
Delivering a Talk on ''Shakespeare and the Ethics of Authority''
July
Actors from the London Stage present: Twelfth Night (Jul 28)
Shakespeare's Classic at the B. Iden Payne and Winedale Theaters
Professor Adam Z. Newton releases 'The Elsewhere' (Jul 12)
A new book published by the University of Wisconsin Press
Janine Barchas honored by Phi Beta Kappa (Jul 11)
Receives the 2005 Alpha of Texas Award for Distinction in Teaching
June
Ian Hancock Honored by Texas House (Jun 27)
Named Harold C. and Alice T. Nowlin Regents Professor in Liberal Arts
May
20,000 teachers around the world read articles on teaching by UT graduate students! (May 11)
The Heath Anthology of American Literature has devoted its entire Spring 2005 newsletter to articles by English department graduate students and faculty members.
April
Summer and Fall 2005 Course Descriptions are now online (Apr 01)
Course descriptions for the English department may be found online
March
Visiting writer Hayan Charara will teach in Fall 2005 (Mar 29)
Poet and author of the The Alchemist's Diary
All Spring 2005 Writing Contest Deadlines have been extended (Mar 16)
Deadline is now Wednesday, April 13. Entries are due to Parlin 114 by 5 PM
February
Women, Gender and Literature Interest Group has a new website (Feb 16)
Read about WGL news, student profiles, research resources and more
Fourth Annual Sequels Symposium features published works of UT alumni (Feb 11)
The Symposium will be held from March 31-April 1, and is organized by current graduate students in the Ethnic and Third World Literature specialization.
Poet A. Van Jordan to perform public reading (Feb 11)
Jordan will read from his newest collection on Tuesday, February 15th at 4PM in the Chicano Culture Room of the Student Union.