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Grad Studies: The Everyday Carnival

Major Spotlight: Katt Lee

Seitu Jones Picked for Pillsbury Hall Public Art

Grad Studies: To England Seeking Brontë

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Katherine Scheil on Shakespeare in Civic Life

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December 9, 2019

English Works in Progress: Ut Pictura Poesis

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Join the Department of English for the inaugural event in a new series featuring English faculty works in progress. Professors Peter Campion and Michael Hancher will present work, which...

April 15, 2020

Beating About the Bush: English Idioms and Other Wild and Woolly, Tongue-in-Cheek...

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Beating About the Bush: English Idioms and Other Wild and Woolly, Tongue-in-Cheek Phrases One-session seminar, April 15, 2020 Our mastery of everything is limited, and just as no one has...

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Welcome to New Faculty Member Rachel Trocchio

Major Spotlight: Katt Lee

Katherine Scheil on Shakespeare in Civic Life

Faculty Books: Translating the Dakota

Seitu Jones Picked for Pillsbury Hall Public Art

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Grad Studies: The Everyday Carnival

Major Spotlight: Katt Lee

Seitu Jones Picked for Pillsbury Hall Public Art

Grad Studies: To England Seeking Brontë

Undercover Girls

Katherine Scheil on Shakespeare in Civic Life

Upcoming Events

English Works in Progress: Ut Pictura Poesis

Beating About the Bush: English Idioms and Other Wild and Woolly, Tongue-in-Cheek...