Department of English

2023 Homecoming English Alumni Event

Join the UNCG Department of English as we welcome our returning alumni, renew our connections, and celebrate our achievements! Register here.

The Last Lecture Series with Dr. Denise Baker

The English department, in partnership with the Office of Alumni Engagement, is proud to announce

THE LAST LECTURE

featuring

DR. DENISE BAKER

The Last lecture is an opportunity for retiring professors to reflect on a career in higher education and what they have learned over their years in the classroom.

These events are made more meaningful by including former students as well as family, friends, and colleagues – a visual representation of the lives impacted within the professors’s sphere of influence.

Date: OCTOBER 4, 2023
Time: 4:30 PM
Location: MHRA 1215

RSVP Here

The lecture and follow-up Q&A will last approximately 45 minutes,
with a reception to follow in the Humanities Lounge (MHRA 3501).

Dr. Denise Baker

The MHRA Building location:

1111 Spring Garden Street

English Department Recognition Ceremony

UNCG Auditorium, 408 Tate Street.

“From Application to Career: Teaching English in Community Colleges”

English Department Open House

Fall 2022 Open House

English Majors Fair

Come meet your professors! Drop by for snacks, giveaways, and conversations!

MFA Thesis Reading Livestream: Sophie Nunberg & Michael Springer

Loose Lips

A Thesis Reading of Fiction & Poetry by Sophie Nunberg & Michael Springer

Friday, February 26 at 7 p.m.

Link to livestream: shorturl.at/hsJQR

For more details: https://www.facebook.com/events/130748468830758

MFA Thesis Reading Livestream: Joe Dunne, Megan Gower, and Chris Swensen

Escape to Nowhere

A Thesis reading of Fiction & Poetry by Joe Dunne, Megan Gower, and Chris Swensen

Friday, February 19 at 7 p.m.

Link to livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?fbclid=IwAR0yZpTPBDVJFSNNsnVNx5AEau9Lcy5K9M-CRDcPWI1T4FLNaXANFK8_5Vs&v=wYmdNooEEL8&feature=youtu.be

For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/805439707054211

MFA Thesis Reading Livestream: Brianna Azua & Ashlee Shefer

2nd Annual Douglass Day Event – Zoom

Douglass Day is a nationwide event presented by the Colored Conventions Project where students, faculty, and community members from across the country will collaborate to transcribe previously unpublished writings from Black historical figures with the goal of creating archives that will help make these important documents more accessible to researchers, teachers, students, and communities.

This year, Douglass Day participants will be transcribing the papers of the feminist and antiracist activist Mary Church Terrell, whose incredibly career spans nearly a century. Please encourage your students to come by and please come by yourselves–you don’t have to stay the whole time and you’re welcome to come and go as you can!

You can register for the event at http://go.uncg.edu/douglassday.

For questions, please contact RJ Boutelle at rjboutel@uncg.edu

MFA Thesis Reading Livestream: Cortney Esco and Aaron Graham

New MFA Faculty Member, Derek Palacio, Virtual Read

Youtube link for live stream

Facebook Event Announcement

Southeastern Medieval Association Annual Conference

The mission of the Southeastern Medieval Association (SEMA) is to promote the study and enjoyment of the Middle Ages by students at every level of expertise. Professional and independent scholars from various branches of medieval studies–history, arts, science, philosophy, archaeology, paleography, theology, language, and literatures–make the Association’s annual meeting a forum for scholarly and pedagogical growth within those disciplines as well as a platform for interdisciplinary exchange and collaboration. Members publish their research in the Association’s refereed journal, Medieval Perspectives. The SEMA Executive Council is comprised of representatives from various fields of medieval studies and from the ranks of graduate students members.

SEMA Webpage

Undergraduate English Majors Open House

Are you an English major or minor—or thinking about becoming one?

Please join us at the English Department Open House on Wednesday, September 18th from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm in the Humanities Faculty and Staff lounge (MHRA 3501). Meet other students who share your interests and members of the faculty who will be on hand to discuss our various programs.

Enjoy refreshments, and take home departmental swag!

Graduate Student Welcome Reception

The English Department will hold its annual Graduate Student Welcome Reception on Friday September 6th in MHRA 3501, the Humanities Faculty and Staff Lounge.