Book of the Month
Ernest J. Gaines died November 5 at the age of 86.
Veronica Makowsky recommends A Lesson Before Dying: "it is a beautiful, moving, devastating novel that, although set decades ago, speaks to current issues of race and incarceration, as well as dignity, responsibility, and love."
Gaines also wrote The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman and A Gathering of Old Men. Born into a sharecropping family, he split his early years between school and working in the fields.
Why Study English?
"Perhaps the most powerful argument for why students (and their parents) might want to think twice about abandoning humanities is the data. The National Center for Education Statistics also keeps track of pay and unemployment rates by major.
There’s no denying that the typical computer science major makes more money shortly after graduation than the typical English major.
Contrary to popular belief, English majors ages 25 to 29 had a lower unemployment rate in 2017 than math and computer science majors."
Read the rest of this article and see more arguments for studying English.
Upcoming Events
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Feb
22
Teacher-as-Writer Workshop10:00am
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Feb
22
Encounters: The Census10:00am
Encounters: The Census
Saturday, February 22nd, 2020
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Other Hartford History Center at the Hartford Public Library
The 2020 Census is upon us! But what is the Census? When did it begin and what role does it play in our democracy and our communities? Why is it seen as so important to some people, and so controversial to others? Please join us for a discussion about the history, purpose, and importance of the U.S. Census and conversations around the challenges in counting and including all residents. Small group discussions will be followed by a Q&A session with Census professionals and experts.
** Please read selections found on https://democracyanddialogues.thedoddcenter.uconn.edu/encounters-series/ **
Lunch will be provided, free, upon registration. Please RSVP to jeagosto@hplct.org -
Feb
25
Jenny Spinner: "It's a Woman Speaking"4:00pm
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Feb
26
Penelope Pelizzon: "Animals and Instruments"12:00pm
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Feb
26
Humanities Fellow Research Talk: Andrea Celli4:00pm
Humanities Fellow Research Talk: Andrea Celli
Wednesday, February 26th, 2020
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 “Hagar the Outcast: Reappraisals of a Biblical Theme in the Context of Post-Tridentine 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. -
Feb
27
Writers Who Edit, Editors Who Write Series6:00pm
Writers Who Edit, Editors Who Write Series
Thursday, February 27th, 2020
06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Storrs Campus UConn Bookstore
Writers Who Edit, Editors Who Write Series with Jennifer N. Baker. February 27th at the UConn Bookstore in Storrs Center. 6:00 pm reading. Readings are free and open to the public.
Jennifer N. Baker is a long-time publishing professional, creator and host of the Minorities in Publishing podcast, and contributing editor to Electric Literature. In 2017, she received a NYSCA/NYFA Fellowship and a Queens Council on the Arts New Work Grant for Nonfiction Literature. Her essay “What We Aren’t (or the Ongoing Divide)” was listed as a Notable Essay in The Best American Essays 2018. She is also the editor of the BIPoC short story anthology Everyday People: The Color of Life (2018). Her fiction, nonfiction, interviews and criticism have appeared in various print and online publications. -
Feb
28
Critical Looking: A Gallery Dialogue12:15am
Critical Looking: A Gallery Dialogue
Friday, February 28th, 2020
12:15 AM - 12:45 AM
Storrs Campus The William Benton Museum of Art
Learn to look with a critical eye
Friday, February 28th
12:15–12:45pm
Tap your powers of observation and
investigate a single work of art through
close looking and discussion with
Amanda Douberley, Assistant Curator/
Academic Liaison.
The focus of this month's subject is a sculpture "Mother and Child" (1945) by.Isabel Case Borgatta (American, 1921-2017), from the museum's collection.
Develop your critical thinking skills by learning to look at objects in detail. This skill is useful in navigating everyday life, your job or studies.
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.
Letters About Literature
The English Department, Connecticut Writing Project, and Neag School of Education are the CT sponsors for this writing competition for grades 4-12. Connecticut Writing Project and Neag School of Education also sponsor the Connecticut Scholastic Writing Awards for grades 7-12.
