Book of the Month
"A novel of ideas examining two 'tribal' societies: the colonized island of New Ulster in Papua New Guinea and Laird’s native Northern Ireland."
Nick Laird was the Gerson Irish Reader on April 9.
—Mary Burke, Professor of English; Honors Program Director;
Irish Concentration Coordinator
Why Study English?
"Heads up, business majors: Employers are newly hot on the trail of hires with liberal arts and humanities degrees.
Class of 2015 graduates from those disciplines are employed at higher rates than their cohorts in the class of 2014, and starting salaries rose significantly, according to the National Association of Colleges and Employers' annual first-destination survey of recent graduates in the workforce."
Read the rest of this article and see more arguments for studying English.
Upcoming Events
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Sep
5
UConn Winter in London Info Session3:30pm
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Sep
25
Humanities Fellow Research Talk: Daniel Cohen4:00pm
Humanities Fellow Research Talk: Daniel Cohen
Wednesday, September 25th, 2019
04:00 PM - 05:30 PM
Storrs Campus Humanities Institute Seminar Room, Babbidge Library 4th Floor
Our UCHI Fellow will be presenting their research talk on “Burning the Charlestown Convent: Private Lives, Public Outrage, and Contested Memories in America’s Civil War Generation” followed by a light reception. For more information, please visit https://humanities.uconn.edu/fellowships/current-and-previous-fellows/. If you require accommodation for this event, please contact uchi@uconn.edu at least one week prior to the event. -
Sep
27
Conference for Secondary School Writing Centers8:30am
Conference for Secondary School Writing Centers
Friday, September 27th, 2019
08:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Storrs Campus Student Union Theater
Our conference is designed for middle and high school teachers and students who are interested in starting or maintaining peer-based writing centers in their schools. We will feature presentations by schools that have successfully developed peer writing centers and interactive workshops for students and teachers. We encourage participation at all stages of the writing center process, from newly interested to veteran schools. Go to: http://writingcenter.uconn.edu/high-school-outreach/ for more information. -
Oct
16
Humanities Fellow Research Talk: Kornel Chang4:00pm
Humanities Fellow Research Talk: Kornel Chang
Wednesday, October 16th, 2019
04:00 PM - 05:30 PM
Storrs Campus Humanities Institute Seminar Room, Babbidge Library 4th Floor
Our UCHI Fellow will be presenting their research talk on “The Lost Dreams of Liberation: A Story of Decolonization in U.S.-Occupied Korea, 1945-1948” followed by a light reception. For more information, please visit https://humanities.uconn.edu/fellowships/current-and-previous-fellows/. If you require accommodation for this event, please contact uchi@uconn.edu at least one week prior to the event. -
Oct
23
Humanities Fellow Research Talk: Joseph Ulatowski4:00pm
Humanities Fellow Research Talk: Joseph Ulatowski
Wednesday, October 23rd, 2019
04:00 PM - 05:30 PM
Storrs Campus Humanities Institute Seminar Room, Babbidge Library 4th Floor
Our UCHI Fellow will be presenting their research talk on “Why Facts Matter: Pluralism about Facts in
the Age of Fake News” followed by a light reception. For more information, please visit https://humanities.uconn.edu/fellowships/current-and-previous-fellows/. If you require accommodation for this event, please contact uchi@uconn.edu at least one week prior to the event. -
Nov
6
Humanities Fellow Research Talk: Nathan Braccio4:00pm
Humanities Fellow Research Talk: Nathan Braccio
Wednesday, November 6th, 2019
04:00 PM - 05:30 PM
Storrs Campus Humanities Institute Seminar Room, Babbidge Library 4th Floor
Our UCHI Fellow will be presenting their research talk on “Parallel Landscapes: Algonquian and English Spatial Understandings of New England, 1500-1700” followed by a light reception. For more information, please visit https://humanities.uconn.edu/fellowships/current-and-previous-fellows/. If you require accommodation for this event, please contact uchi@uconn.edu at least one week prior to the event. -
Nov
13
Humanities Fellow Research Talk: Hayley Stefan4:00pm
Humanities Fellow Research Talk: Hayley Stefan
Wednesday, November 13th, 2019
04:00 PM - 05:30 PM
Storrs Campus, Storrs Campus Humanities Institute Seminar Room, Babbidge Library 4th Floor
Our UCHI Fellow will be presenting their research talk on “Writing National Tragedies: Race and Disability in Contemporary U.S. Literature and Culture” followed by a light reception. For more information, please visit https://humanities.uconn.edu/fellowships/current-and-previous-fellows/. If you require accommodation for this event, please contact uchi@uconn.edu at least one week prior to the event.
Letters About Literature
The English Department, Connecticut Writing Project, and Neag School of Education are the CT sponsors for this Library of Congress writing competition for grades 4-12.
Professors are People Too
Ali Oshinskie ('17) interviews professors for a podcast series, "Professors are People Too." Read the transcripts to her introduction and interviews, and listen to the podcast on WHUS.