Ellen Herbert’s short story, “The Bad Thing that Happens to Good People,” is the featured weekly story at Fiction Weekly; join us in congratulating her!
Archive for September, 2008
“The Bad Thing that Happens to Good People”
Posted in Faculty, Publications & Projects on September 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Medieval Lecture Series
Posted in Events on September 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In conjunction with three paired courses focusing on medieval literature, history, and art, the School of Arts & Sciences will present the first in a series of medieval lectures on Thursday, October 16th. Dr. Martha Easton of Bryn Mawr University will deliver a presentation on “The Meaning of Nudity in Medieval Art.” The lecture [...]
Works in Progress
Posted in Events, Faculty, Publications & Projects on September 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Ready to take a break from the classroom? Come join the department next week for a Works-in-Progress presentation. Dr. Marguerite Rippy will deliver this fall’s presentation on Wednesday, Sept. 24, at 5:30 in the Reinsch Reception Room. The title of her talk will be “‘Truthiness’ in the Media: The Aftermath of Orson Welles’ ‘War of [...]
Read Ellen Herbert’s Novel Online
Posted in Faculty, Publications & Projects on September 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Adjunct professor Ellen Herbert’s work-in-progress novel, Fresh Off the Boat, is posted on Harper Collins writers’ website, Authonomy. Go to the Harper Collins website to check it out and add your comments.
International Conference on the Book
Posted in Events on September 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
An upcoming conference in the D.C. area may be of interest to many of us. Catholic University is hosting the Sixth International Conference on the Book from October 25th to the 27th. The interdisciplinary conference will examine the future of the book in an information society and welcomes papers from authors, publishers, editors, academics, IT [...]
Upcoming Conferences
Posted in Faculty, Publications & Projects on September 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
At the November meeting of ECASECS, held in Georgetown, Dr. Howe will be presenting a paper entitled “Seeing the Trees in the Forest: Data Visualization, Electronic Texts, and the Survey Course.” For full schedule information, visit the conference website. We’ll see you there!
Summer’s Over, Semester Begins
Posted in Faculty, Students on September 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Dr. K writing in Bulgaria and Breadloaf, Dr. Valdez-Pagliaro experiencing multiculturalism up close in Nigeria, seniors Carlos Benavides studying in Oxford and Briana Castro studying in China: these are a few of the summer adventures that are behind us as we start a new semester.
A number of changes mark the start of the fall [...]
