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Dr. David Chinitz's tenure as English Department Chair comes to an end (6/3/2024)
After six years, Professor David Chinitz will be stepping down from his position as Chair of the English Department. Dr. Chinitz sought the position of chair as a way of “paying forward” the generosity of his predecessors. “Several senior colleagues had served as chair during my time here so that I could accomplish what I wanted—publish my books and articles, teach the courses I wanted to develop, and do the service that appealed to me. The chairs gave up their time so that I could have my career. Eventually it felt like my turn to serve so that others could have their careers. Because that's fundamentally what the chair does: the chair makes it possible for all their colleagues to do the best work they can do. After six years I understand much better what the Jesuits mean when they talk about being a person for others, because as chair, you really have to put yourself aside and serve,” he says.
Dr. Suzanne Bost's first year as Graduate Programs Director (4/9/2024)
Dr. Suzanne Bost has been Graduate Programs Director in the English Department for almost a full academic year and says she is really happy to be holding the position. She has been at Loyola for 15 years and previously served as Graduate Programs Director in the Women’s Studies and Gender Studies Program, where she is an affiliate professor. As a tenured faculty member, Dr. Bost has the responsibility of taking on administrative roles and says that “working with grad students is the most interesting and pleasurable way for [her] to serve the department.” Her favorite aspect of the GPD position in English so far is that she gets to learn about what all the graduate students are interested in and what they are working on.
The Letters of Emily Dickinson Edited by Cristanne Miller and Domhnall Mitchell on April 17, 2023
Dr. Cristanne Miller, SUNY Distinguished Professor and Edward H. Butler Professor of English, University at Buffalo will discuss and read from her new edition of Emily Dickinson's letters (co-edited with Domhnall Mitchell), the most complete edition of the celebrated poet's letters ever assembled. Sponsored by the English Department, Writing Program, Svaglic Chair, and Bookends and Beginnings.
Dissertating students engage with ecocritical literature (3/14/2024)
Working on a dissertation takes years of research and writing to create a project that not only conveys a PhD student’s expertise but treats a topic that a candidate finds rich, interesting, and important. Three of the current English PhD candidates are working on dissertations that touch on ecocriticism, and although their research spans different periods, they have one thing in common: they explore how literature talks about our planet.
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From graduate student to lecturer: Dr. Ryan Peters (1/29/2024)
Dr. Ryan Peters’ journey at Loyola started in the spring of 2008, when became a PhD student in the English Department. And now, fifteen years later, he's a Lecturer in the Writing Program teaching students how to write and think critically about literature.
Dr. Michael Slager teaches students how to write from day one (12/5/2023)
Dr. Michael Slager began teaching at Loyola in 2014. His first role was as a second language instructor with the English Language Learners Program (ELLP). Since 2016, he has been teaching English 100: Developmental Writing and tutoring international students at Loyola’s Writing Center.
Dr. Nur Karatas and the healing nature of literature (11/2/2023)
Doctor Nur Karatas is starting her first year as a full-time lecturer at Loyola after teaching as a part-time instructor for the last two years. During her time in the Loyola classroom, she has taught students about the healing nature of literature.
Loyola creative writing alumni talk about their published books (10/2/2023)
Read how alumni Eliza Marley, Kehinde Winful, and Elia Newsom got their work published.
Alumna Dr. Tripthi Pillai brings pedagogy to the forefront of the classroom (9/1/2023)
Tripthi Pillai obtained her doctorate degree in English from Loyola in 2010 and dove headfirst into a professorship role. Recently promoted from Associate Professor to Professor at Coastal Carolina University and a year into an appointment as Assistant Dean of its College of Humanities and Fine Arts, Dr. Pillai has transformed Coastal’s English department’s pedagogical landscape and developed new courses and teaching practices for the curriculum.
Dr. Aqdas Aftab introduces students to decolonization and queer theory (3/16/2023)
Dr. Aqdas Aftab started teaching at Loyola in 2021 after getting their PhD from University of Maryland. Since then, they have brought a new literary perspective focused on anti-racism, decolonization, and queer and transgender theory to our evolving English Department.
Annette LePique Wins Rabkin Foundation Award (8/1/2023)
Annette LePique received the 2023 Rabkin Award for art journalism.
Loyola alumna Dr. Wallace featured on John Hopkins University Press (1/18/2023)
Dr. Cynthia Wallace, Loyola alumna from 2012, was recently featured on the John Hopkins University Press blog to talk about her role as editor of the special Autumn 2022 Adrienne Rich issue of the journal Arizona Quarterly.
Doctor Jaime Hovey teaches literature through pop culture (1/6/2023)
Dr. Hovey focuses on teaching popular culture and writing to help students recognize that they are surrounded by debates and issues present in everyday media.
Loyola's new professor of Indigenous Studies, Dr. Madeleine Reddon (12/5/2022)
Coming all the way from Vancouver, Dr. Madeleine Reddon is the English Department’s new professor of Indigenous literature. She took the post at Loyola because she feels like the university is well poised in the intellectual hub that is the city of Chicago and is a great place to be dialoguing with other universities around the city.
Meet Loyola's new writing professor, Nami Mun (11/9/2022)
Newly appointed assistant professor Nami Mun joins our creative writing faculty from Northwestern University. What inspired her to make the move from Evanston to Rogers Park was the passion she saw in Loyola’s students during her campus interview, as well as the evident collegiality of the English Department faculty.
Get to know Dr. Katarzyna Lecky (10/5/2022)
Dr. Katarzyna Lecky is Loyola’s English Department's new Surtz Associate Professor and is bringing years of experience and expertise in Renaissance literature to campus.
Digitizing a Diva's Work: The Amy Lowell Letters Project (8/30/2022)
Dr. Melissa Bradshaw receives the Research Support Grant from the Office of Research Services to continue working on the “The Amy Lowell Letters Project.”
The 2021-2022 Edward Surtz Lecture in the Humanities: "Texts and the City: Literature and the Longue Durée"
This lecture will take place March 21, 2022, at 3:30 p.m., conducted via Zoom. Preregistration is required.
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Professor Emeritus Joyce Wexler publishes two new books on Joseph Conrad
Her monograph and edited collection are both available now from Palgrave Macmillan.
Announcing the winner of the 2021 Stanley Clayes Memorial Essay Competition
Join us for a presentation of the winning essay and reception on Wednesday, November 10.
Our own Wren Romero competes on Jeopardy!
Her episode airs Friday, October 29th at 3:30 p.m. on ABC.
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VIDEO: "Typographic Transcriptions: Representing Jorge Luis Borges’s Manuscripts"
A recording of the 2021 Svaglic Chair Fall Lecture, delivered by Daniel Balderston and Celeste Martin, is now available on Panopto with LUC credentials.
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Announcing the Svaglic Chair Fall 2021 Lecture
"Typographic Transcriptions: Representing Jorge Luis Borges’s Manuscripts" will be presented by Daniel Balderston (University of Pittsburgh) and María Celeste Martín (Emily Carr University of Art + Design).
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Graduate candidates and faculty hold “Meeting Grounds,” a critical workshop and symposium
The two-day event fostered dialogue among an international audience during a critical workshop on Friday, April 23, as well as a symposium on Saturday, April 24.
LEARN MOREMeeting Grounds: Mutual Ethics and Action in Animal Studies, Ecocriticism, and Posthumanism
Join us Saturday, April 24th for this virtual symposium, sponsored by the Svaglic Chair of Textual Studies and the Center for Textual Studies and Digital Humanities.
DETAILSMarta Werner discusses new book in interview with poet Peter Gizzi
Dr. Werner was invited by the Center for Humanistic Inquiry at Amherst College to discuss her latest book, Writing In Time: Emily Dickinson's Master Hours (2021).
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Lowell Wyse, PhD 2018, published by University of Iowa Press
"Ecospatiality: A Place-Based Approach to American Literature," praised as "a tour de force of literary cartography," is based on his dissertation written at Loyola.
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PhD candidate celebrated for turning trash into treasure
Lydia Craig has been awarded Best Paper in the Humanities at the 14th Annual GSAC Graduate Student Research Symposium for “Library Lane: Digitally Discovering A Lost American Impressionist Painting.” The paper and presentation document her investigation into the origins of a painting found on the curb using textual studies methods and digital resources.
READEGSA Virtual Research Symposium
On Wednesday, March 24, the English Graduate Student Association (EGSA) will host their annual Research Symposium. Please join the department virtually at 3:45 pm to support Abby Palmisano and Joe Hansen as they present their research and field questions from the audience.
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Long Le-Khac in The Economist on "hard words" and the possibilities of digital humanities
Dr. Le-Khac was interviewed in The Economist about his recent research on pervasive shifts from abstract to concrete language in 19th-century British novels. The piece contextualizes this research, an analysis of thousands of novels from this time period, as part of the rapid growth and significance of digital humanities as a field.
Loyola to co-sponsor Modernist Studies Association’s Annual Conference
MSA 2021 in Chicago, to be held November 4–7, aims to commemorate the Great Migration, which brought hundreds of thousands of African Americans to the city to escape racist violence in the Jim Crow South. Participants are invited to understand migration as a capacious term, enabling new conversations about the Great Migration, migration from abroad, the current global migration crisis, and the impact of these demographic movements on modernist innovation in literature, drama, music, art, architecture, and design in the twentieth- and twentieth-first centuries.
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45th Annual Edward L. Surtz S.J. Lecture in the Humanities: What is at Stake in the Study of Race in the Early Modern Period?
This talk explores in what ways we can advance the conversation about race in the early modern period at this moment both in the United States and the world at large. It will argue that the range of ideologies and practices about racial difference in the early modern world alert us against oversimplifying our understanding of racial ideologies and their complicated global histories.
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Congratulations to the winner of the 2020 Stanley Clayes Memorial Essay Competition!
A presentation of the winning essay and reception will be held on Wednesday, November 11 at 4 p.m.
What Computers Can't Read: Computational Graphology and Literary Manuscripts
Dr. Seth Perlow will be speaking on computerized methods for literary handwriting analysis Wednesday, September 23rd, in a talk co-sponsored by the Svaglic Chair in Textual Studies and the Center for Textual Studies and Digital Humanities, to be delivered via Zoom.
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As Dickens wrote, "Don't believe everything you see on the internet": English PhD student fact-checks famous "quotes"
Lydia Craig's interest in Facebook memes made from spurious Dickens quotes inspired her article, "What Charles Dickens Never Said: Verifying Internet 'Quotes' and Accessing the Works with Online Resources," published in the latest Dickens Quarterly.
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Congratulations to our 2020 PhDs on their faculty appointments!
Drs. Casey Jergenson, Mary Lutze, Erica Chu, and Justin Hastings (not pictured) have accepted positions at universities across the country.
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Amanda Krcic accepted to the Johns Hopkins National Undergraduate Humanities Research Symposium
A rising sophomore in the English Department, Krcic has been recognized for her short film, "Unnoticeable: A Letter To My Younger Self."
Phoebe Stein (PhD 1998) named president of the Federation of State Humanities Councils
Dr. Stein has served as an advocate for the humanities for over 20 years.
Join us for the launch of the Lili Elbe Digital Archive!
Students, faculty, and members of the public are invited to a screening of "The Danish Girl" on February 6th and a Launch Symposium on February 7th.
The Svaglic Chair Spring 2020 Lecture: Experiments with Jorge Luis Borges
Join us Thursday, April 2nd for this collaborative presentation by Daniel Balderston (University of Pittsburgh) and María Celeste Martín (Emily Carr University of Art + Design).
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The 29th McElroy Shakespeare Celebration: "Figures of Disability in Shakespearean Drama"
Join us Thursday, February 13th, for a talk by Dr. Genevieve Love with accompanying performances.
Tom Purcell (BA '85) on his path from the Loyola English Department to late night comedy
The "Late Show with Stephen Colbert" executive producer spoke with Loyola Magazine on how his English education informs his comedy (and vice versa!).
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44th Annual Edward L. Surtz, S.J. Lecture in the Humanities, "The Challenge of Translating the Bible"
Professor Robert Alter will be lecturing on his landmark translation of the Hebrew bible on February 26th.
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Martin J. Svaglic Fall Lecture, “Textual Studies & the Nonhuman Turn"
Join us Thursday, November 21st at 4:30 PM on the Information Commons 4th floor.
Congratulations to the winners of the 2019 Stanley Clayes Memorial Essay Competition!
A reception will be held this Wednesday, November 6, at 3:30 p.m. in McCormick Lounge, Coffey Hall.
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Thomas Dow, PhD 2006, receives 2019 Dale P. Parnell Distinguished Faculty Recognition from the American Association of Community Colleges
Dr. Dow has been repeatedly recognized for his work at Moraine Valley Community College in Palos Hills, Illinois.
Brett Beasley, PhD 2018, published in The Washington Post, Los Angeles Review of Books
Congratulations to Dr. Beasley on the recent publication of several articles! Read them here.
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Welcome to Anna Rubenstein, our new administrative assistant!
Welcome to Anna Rubenstein, our new administrative assistant!
Grace Pregent, PhD Candidate, has accepted the position of Associate Director of MSU's Writing Center
Grace Pregent, PhD Candidate, has accepted the position of Associate Director of MSU's Writing Center
LUC’s Department of English is delighted to welcome three new professors to the faculty this fall.
LUC’s Department of English is delighted to welcome three new professors to the faculty this fall.
Mark Owen, PhD 2016, has accepted a full-time position as Instructor of English
Mark Owen, PhD 2016, has accepted a full-time position as Instructor of English
Naomi Gades, PhD 2019, has accepted a position as lecturer in English composition
Naomi Gades, PhD 2019, has accepted a position as lecturer in English composition
Anna Ullmann, PhD 2018, has accepted a tenure-track position as Assistant Professor of English
Anna Ullmann, PhD 2018, has accepted a tenure-track position as Assistant Professor of English at Bradley University in Peoria, IL, beginning in Fall 2019. Congratulations, Anna!
From Work to Tech: Digital Archives and Queer Narratives
Congratulations to Dr. Pamela Caughie on the publication of her co-authored article. Click the link to read it!
Congratulations to Naomi Gades on winning the Fathman Young Scholar Prize!
Naomi, an English PhD student at Loyola, won the prize at the T.S. Eliot Society Annual Meeting in Atlanta.
Congratulations to Jake Hinkson for winning the Grand Prix de Litterature Policiere for his mystery novel, No Tomorrow!
Jake Hinkson will be heading to France this fall for a book tour, and to attend literary festivals.
The 43rd annual Edward Surtz, S.J. Lecture in the Humanities
The 43rd annual Edward Surtz Lecture in the Humanities will be delivered by Robin Fleming (Boston College), who will speak on migration, cultural identity, and the lives of women and non-elites in a formative period of British history.
Congratulations to our newest PhDs!
Congratulations to Dr. Stephanie Kucsera, Dr. Anna Ullmann, Dr. Brandiann Molby, and Dr. Brett Beasley (not pictured).
Transformative Digital Humanities Conference: Feminist Interventions in Structure, Representation, and Practice
The English Department invites you to join us on March 23, 9:00am - 5:30pm on the Information Commons 4th Floor.
The 42nd annual Edward Surtz Lecture in the Humanities
“Translating the Odyssey: How and Why” Emily Wilson, Professor of Classical Studies, University of Pennsylvania Piper Hall. Tuesday, April 10th 2018, 4pm - 5:30pm. Reception to follow.
Join us for "Richard Wright's 'Shame of Chicago,'" a talk by Liesl Olson
Wednesday, February 14 on the Information Commons 4th Floor at 3:30pm. Click the link for more details!
Congratulations to Instructor Nadine Kenney-Johnstone on winning the Chicago Writers' Association Book of the Year Award!
Nadine Kenney-Johnstone's book, Of This Much I'm Sure, was published last April and won in the category of Indie Nonfiction.
LUC’s Department of English is delighted to welcome a new professor to the faculty this spring
LUC’s Department of English is delighted to welcome a new professor to the faculty this spring
Congratulations to the winners of the 2017 Stanley Clayes Memorial Essay Competition!
Mary Lutze (pictured) won 1st place for her essay "Advancing Accessibility: The 'Radical Deaf Theatre' of Aaron Sawyer's The Vineyard."
The Complete Prose of T.S. Eliot: The Critical Edition Volume 6
Edited by Loyola Professor David Chinitz, The War Years: 1940–1946 reveals Eliot’s response to the extraordinary pressures of total war. Click the link to read the precis!
Modernism and Its Texts
Join us for this conference on September 28th and 29th on the Information Commons 4th Floor. Click the link for detailed information!
Congratulations to Aaron Baker!
Aaron Baker, Assistant Professor of English, is the winner of the 2017 Barry Spacks Poetry Prize.
LUC’s Department of English is delighted to welcome a new professor to the faculty this fall
LUC’s Department of English is delighted to welcome a new professor to the faculty this fall
New Book by Professor Ian Cornelius
Ian Cornelius, Edward Surtz, S.J., Associate Professor of Medieval Literature and Culture, has published a new book, Reconstructing Alliterative Verse: The Pursuit of a Medieval Meter. Click the story for more details.
Edwin T. and Vivijeane F. Sujack Teaching Award
Congratulations to Dr. Badia Ahad, who was named a Master Teacher by the 2017 Sujack Awards committee.
Howard Axelrod’s memoir illustrates the healing power of solitude
Axelrod shares how his years of solitude after a tragic accident turned into his memoir and an incomparable learning opportunity for his creative writing students.
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Dr. William Spurlin's Workshop and Lecture, Coming to Loyola this March
Join us for Dr. Spurlin's Workshop on March 15th and his lecture on the 22nd! Click the link for more details on both events.
The Arts of Adaptation
The English department invites you to join us March 18th on the IC 4th Floor for "The Arts of Adaptation," a conference convened by Verna Foster and Paul Eggert. Click the link for details!
Congratulations to PhD student Grace Stevens on being awarded the William and Mary Burgan Prize!
The Midwest Victorian Studies Association has awarded Grace Stevens the prize for the Outstanding Presentation by a Graduate Student at the MVSA conference!
Congratulations to PhD student Lydia Craig on being awarded the MMLA 2016 Graduate Student Paper Prize!
The Midwest Modern Language Association has awarded Lydia Craig the 2016 Graduate Student Paper prize for her paper "The Juvenile and the Erudite: A Study of the Marginalia in Newberry Case Y 12.T219." Click the link to read a summary of her paper.
Past and Present: New Directions in Victorian Studies Day Conference
Please join us on Saturday October 29th, from 8:00 to 5:15 in the 4th Floor of the Information Commons building! Click the story link for more information.
Instant History, The Postwar Digital Humanities and Their Legacies: A Day Conference
Join the English Department on September 24th on the Information Commons 4th Floor! Click the link for more information.
Congratulations to our new PhDs!
The English Department would like to congratulate our new PhDs: Mark Owen, Richard Obenauf, and Vicki Bolf (Not pictured: Sarah Eilefson and Nathan Jung).
Congratulations to Johanna Doreson on winning an Outstanding Loyola Undergraduate Research Award!
Johanna, an English and Secondary Ed double major won the award at the Weekend of Excellence. Working with Dr. Jeffrey Glover, she developed a project titled "The Sons of Africa." Click the link to read a summary of her project!
The Humanities, Civic Education and the Problem of the Political, a lecture by Danielle Allen Sponsored by the Loyola English Department
Please join us on Wednesday, April 27th at 3:00 P.M. in the Sr. Jean Dolores Schmidt Hall
Man Into Woman: A Comparative Scholarly Digital Edition with Dr. Pamela Caughie
Join us on Saturday, April 9th from 1 to 6pm at Woman Made Gallery for Dr. Caughie's latest project. Click the story link for more details!
Textual Databases And Textual Computing: The Example of Bichitra, by Sukanta Chaudhuri
Join us on Wednesday, April 6, 2016 from 3:00 to 5:00 in the Institute for Environmental Sustainability, Room 123 for this presentation, presented by the Martin J. Svaglic Endowed Chair in Textual Studies and the Center for Textual Studies and Digital Humanities.
Join us for the 2015-2016 Annual Edward L. Surtz Lecture!
Wednesday, March 16, in the Coffey Hall McCormick Lounge from 3:30 to 5:00 P.M. Reception to follow. Click the link for more information!
Announcing the Launch of ModNets
Drs. Pamela Caughie and David Chinitz are pleased to announce the launch of Modernist Networks, a federation of digital projects in the field of modernist literary and cultural studies.
The Present, the Past, and the Material Object: the Svaglic Chair's Inaugural Lecture
Please join the English department on October 14 for Dr. Paul Eggert's Inaugural Lecture in the Damen Student Center MPR North.
PhD student Lydia Craig awarded the Anthony Ellis Prize
Congratulations to Lydia Craig for receiving the Anthony Ellis Prize for best paper by a graduate student at the Comparative Drama Conference 2015.
Versions, Versioning and Versionality: A Day Conference
Join the English Department on October 31 on the Information Commons 4th floor.
You are invited to Dr. Frank Fennell's retirement party!
Come join us on April 13 in the Palm Court, 4th floor of the Mundelein Center, from 5 to 7 p.m. to celebrate Frank Fennell's 47 years of service to Loyola students.
You are invited to a lecture by Peter Robinson
Come see Peter Robinson's lecture on Wednesday, March 25 in Cudahy Science Hall 313 from 3 to 5 p.m. Click the link for more details.
Cynthia Wallace, a recent Loyola PhD grad. won the Lionel Basney Award!
Cynthia Wallace (PhD 2012), now assistant professor at St. Thomas Moore College in Saskatoon, Canada, won the Lionel Basney Award given annually to the most outstanding article of the year in the journal Christianity and Literature. The article is "Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Purple Hibiscus and the Paradoxes of Postcolonial Redemption," Christianity and Literature 61.3 (2012): 465-83. Congratulations to Cindy!
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The CTSDH is hosting the Society for Textual Scholarship Conference
The Center for Textual Studies and Digital Humanities is hosting the 17th Biennial Society for Textual Scholarship International Interdisciplinary Conference on March 6-8. For more info on the STS, click here: http://textualsociety.org/about/
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English Department faculty member Melissa Bradshaw, wins MLA Book Prize
Congratulations to Melissa Bradshaw for receiving the prestigious Modern Language Association Book Prize for Independent Scholars for her book Amy Lowell, Diva Poet (Ashgate Publications, 2011).
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Julia Barrett Daniel, PhD 2012, has accepted a tenure-track position as Assistant Professor of Modern American Poetry
Julia Barrett Daniel, PhD 2012, has accepted a tenure-track position as Assistant Professor of Modern American Poetry
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Douglas Guerra, PhD 2012, has accepted a tenure-track position as Assistant Professor of Literature and Technology
Douglas Guerra, PhD 2011, has accepted a tenure-track position as Assistant Professor of Literature and Technology
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NEH Digital Humanities Startup Grant
Congratulations to Drs. Pamela Caughie and David Chinitz, who have been awarded a Digital Humanities Startup Grant for over $27,000 from the NEH. The grant will sponsor a workshop, hosted by the CTSDH, for the technical development of Modernist Networks, which will take place at Loyola in August.
Congratulations to Dr. Allen Frantzen on receiving the Medieval Academy of America's Teaching Excellence Award for 2013.
Congratulations to Dr. Allen Frantzen on receiving the Medieval Academy of America's Teaching Excellence Award for 2013.
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Roger McNamara, PhD 2010, has accepted a tenure-track position as Assistant Professor at Texas Tech University
Roger McNamara, PhD 2010, has accepted a tenure-track position as Assistant Professor at Texas Tech University
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Congratulations to Rick Rodriguez, one of 5 Loyola Ph.D.s in English to receive a tenure-track job this year!
Congratulations to Rick Rodriguez, one of 5 Loyola Ph.D.s in English to receive a tenure-track job this year! Rick, Ph.D. 2008, has accepted a tenure-track assistant professorship in American literature at Baruch College in New York, beginning Fall 2013.
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Liz Hanson wins dissertation award
Elizabeth Hanson (Ph.D. 2013) won this year's Graduate School Dissertation Award in the field of Humanities for her dissertation "'Making Something Out of Nothing': Asexuality and Narrative" (Director, Dr. Pamela Caughie). Congratulations to Liz on this award!
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Congratulations to our PhD graduates!
Congratulations to our PhD Graduates: (left to right) Michael O'Connell, Elizabeth Hanson, Sean Labbe and Gillian Bauer. Not pictured: Julia Bninski and Catherine Ramsden.
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Congratulations to Kimberly Jack, our 6th PhD graduate to receive a tenure-track job this year!
Kimberly Jack, PhD 2008, has accepted a tenure-track position in the Department of English and Drama at Athens State University starting this August. Congratulations to Kimberly!
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Congratulations to Michael O'Connell!
Michael O'Connell (Ph.D. 2013) has been hired as an Assistant Professor of Humanities at Siena Heights University in southeast Michigan.
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MAGS Excellence in Teaching Award
Congratulations to Justin Hastings, PhD candidate in English, who won the 2016 Midwestern Association of Graduate School’s Graduate Student Excellence in Teaching award.
Come see critically acclaimed author Brock Clarke give a reading from his new novel, "The Happiest People in the World."
Loyola is proud to host critically acclaimed bestselling author Brock Clarke on Thursday, November 13th at 5:15 in Regis Hall, 1st Floor Seminar Room (132-133). For the event flyer, please click the link.
Join us for an event: "Modernism's Legacies: (Post)Postmodernism"
We invite you to come out and join us on Saturday, April 11th! Click the link for more information.
A lifetime achievement award for Dr. Frank Fennell
Dr. Frank Fennell, long-time faculty member in the Department of English and Dean of CAS from 2008-2012, was the recipient of the Newbridge Silver Literary Award this past summer for lifetime contributions to scholarship on the poet Gerard Manley Hopkins.
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New Book by Professor Steve Jones
In The Emergence of the Digital Humanities, Steve Jones, Professor of English and Co-Director of the Center for Textual Studies and Digital Humanities, examines the shift in our relationship to digital technology and the ways that it has affected humanities scholarship and the academy more broadly.
New book by Professor Jack Cragwall
Jasper Cragwall's new book, Lake Methodism: Polite Literature and Popular Religion in England, 1780–1830, reveals the traffic between Romanticism’s rhetorics of privilege and the most socially toxic religious forms of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
New Book by Professor Jeffrey Glover
Dr. Jeffrey Glover, an Assistant Professor in Loyola's English Department, has recently published a new book: Paper Sovereigns. Click the story for more details.
Distinguished Scholar Award presented to Professor Steve Jones
During the January 2014 MLA meeting in Chicago, Steve Jones was presented with the Keats-Shelley Association's Distinguished Scholar Award.
24th Annual Conference on Virginia Woolf: Call for Papers
The 24th Annual International Conference on Virginia Woolf, co-sponsored by Loyola University Chicago and Northern Illinois University, will take place in Chicago, 5 – 8 June 2014.
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The English Department Welcomes Paul Eggert, the New Martin J. Svaglic Endowed Chair in Textual Studies
For more information on Dr. Eggert, click the link!
Poetry reading with David Roderick
Join us on the IC 4th Floor on February 19th at 7PM for a poetry reading from David Roderick
The Humanities "Crisis" and the Future of Literary Studies
Dr. Paul Jay, a Professor in Loyola's English Department, has recently published a new book: The Humanities "Crisis" and the Future of Literary Studies. Click the story for more details.
The English Department's 2014 Holiday Party
Click to see a few photos from this year's department holiday party!
2014 Annual Edward L. Surtz Lecture presents: Katherine Hayles
Please join us on Wednesday, October 15th, 2014 in the Coffey Hall McCormick Lounge from 3 to 4:30, for Katherine Hayles' lecture: "Digital Humanities: A Vibrant New Role For The Humanities." Reception to follow.
Steven Pinker is coming to Loyola University to discuss his new book on writing, The Sense of Style.
Join us in the Crown Center auditorium on Thursday October 9th at 7:00 to hear Steven Pinker discuss The Sense of Style. Free and open to the public.
IHC supports International Conference on Virginia Woolf with grant
A grant from the Illinois Humanities Council will support the International Conference on Virginia Woolf, to be held at the Mundelein Center, Loyola University Chicago, June 5-8, 2014.
6th Annual EGSA Symposium
Please join us at the 6th Annual English Graduate Student Association Symposium on Wednesday, April 9th. Click the link for more details.
Aleksandar Hemon Fiction Reading
Acclaimed Chicago writer and essayist Aleksandar Hemon will read from his work on Thursday, April 10th. Click for more details!
Textual Conditions day conference on March 29th
Loyola welcomes you to the day conference on Textual Conditions: Lawrence, Conrad and Woolf on March 29th. Click the link for more details.
Center for Core Literature and Writing has a new home
Come visit us in our new space! You'll find the Center for Core Literature and Writing on the second and third floors of Loyola Hall. Click the link for a map.
Possibilities and Provocations: Best Practices for Teaching Literature
Professor Michael Bérubé was the keynote speaker at our day-conference on "Possibilities and Provocations: Best Practices for Teaching Literature."
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Modernist Networks receives NEH Start-up Grant in digital humanities
A workshop on metadata issues was held at Loyola on August 17, 2013 with sixteen scholars and technicians from as far as Belgium, Nova Scotia, and Australia.
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Congratulations to Dr. Jeff Glover on being named a Master Teacher by the Sujack Awards Committee
Congratulations to Dr. Jeff Glover on being named a Master Teacher by the Sujack Awards Committee
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Announcing "Journal of a Plague Year"
All members of the English Department community are invited to share their experience of the present moment in this new blog series.
Congratulations to the winner of the 2020 Stanley Clayes Memorial Essay Competition!
A presentation of the winning essay and reception will be held on Wednesday, November 11 at 4 p.m.
Surviving the Black Death: The Digital Reconstruction of a Medieval Merchant’s Diary
How did the Black Death impact people’s daily lives? From 1340-1380, Pepo Albizi kept a ledger and memorial book, recording business affairs, accounts of events, personal and family matters, including details of his three weddings, a list of his legitimate and illegitimate children, and a register of family members who died in the black death of 1348. The diary provides an unprecedented glimpse into the life of a medieval merchant during the time of a pandemic and tells us a story of survival and of overcoming a tragic personal and public event. This talk, by Isabella Magni, will present the initial stages of building a digital edition of the Albizi Memorial book. Click to register and receive the Zoom event link. Date: Wednesday, October 28, 2020, 2pm - 3pm CST.
As Dickens wrote, "Don't believe everything you see on the internet": English PhD student fact-checks famous "quotes"
Lydia Craig's interest in Facebook memes made from spurious Dickens quotes inspired her article, "What Charles Dickens Never Said: Verifying Internet 'Quotes' and Accessing the Works with Online Resources," published in the latest Dickens Quarterly.
READ MOREWhat Computers Can't Read: Computational Graphology and Literary Manuscripts
Dr. Seth Perlow will be speaking on computerized methods for literary handwriting analysis Wednesday, September 23rd, in a talk co-sponsored by the Svaglic Chair in Textual Studies and the Center for Textual Studies and Digital Humanities, to be delivered via Zoom.
REGISTERCongratulations to our 2020 PhDs on their faculty appointments!
Drs. Casey Jergenson, Mary Lutze, Erica Chu, and Justin Hastings (not pictured) have accepted positions at universities across the country.
MOREAmanda Krcic accepted to the Johns Hopkins National Undergraduate Humanities Research Symposium
A rising sophomore in the English Department, Krcic has been recognized for her short film, "Unnoticeable: A Letter To My Younger Self."
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Coronavirus information and University updates
Information for the entire Loyola community is continually being updated. Thank you for your patience during this difficult time.
LEARN MOREPOSTPONED: The Svaglic Chair Spring 2020 Lecture: Experiments with Jorge Luis Borges
This event has been rescheduled for Fall 2020.
LEARN MOREPhoebe Stein (PhD 1998) named president of the Federation of State Humanities Councils
Dr. Stein has served as an advocate for the humanities for over 20 years.
MORE44th Annual Edward L. Surtz, S.J. Lecture in the Humanities, "The Challenge of Translating the Bible"
Professor Robert Alter will be lecturing on his translation of the Hebrew bible on February 26th.
The 29th McElroy Shakespeare Celebration: "Figures of Disability in Shakespearean Drama"
Join us Thursday, February 13th, for a talk by Dr. Genevieve Love with accompanying performances.
DETAILSJoin us for the launch of the Lili Elbe Digital Archive!
Students, faculty, and members of the public are invited to a screening of "The Danish Girl" on February 6th and a Launch Symposium on February 7th.
DETAILSTom Purcell (BA '85) on his path from the Loyola English Department to late night comedy
The "Late Show with Stephen Colbert" executive producer spoke with Loyola Magazine on how his English education informs his comedy (and vice versa!).
READ MOREMartin J. Svaglic Fall Lecture, “Textual Studies & the Nonhuman Turn"
Join us Thursday, November 21st at 4:30 PM on the Information Commons 4th floor.
DETAILSCongratulations to the winners of the 2019 Stanley Clayes Memorial Essay Competition!
A reception will be held this Wednesday, November 6, at 3:30 p.m. in McCormick Lounge, Coffey Hall.
Thomas Dow, PhD 2006, receives 2019 Dale P. Parnell Distinguished Faculty Recognition from the American Association of Community Colleges
Dr. Dow has been repeatedly recognized for his work at Moraine Valley Community College in Palos Hills, Illinois.
READ MOREBrett Beasley, PhD 2018, published in The Washington Post, Los Angeles Review of Books
Congratulations to Dr. Beasley on the recent publication of several articles!
READWelcome to Anna Rubenstein, our new administrative assistant!
Welcome to Anna Rubenstein, our new administrative assistant!
Grace Pregent, PhD Candidate, has accepted the position of Associate Director of MSU's Writing Center
Grace Pregent, PhD Candidate, has accepted the position of Associate Director of Michigan State University's Writing Center in East Lansing, Michigan, starting Fall 2019. Congratulations!
LUC’s Department of English is delighted to welcome three new professors to the faculty this fall.
Read more about Dr. Marta L. Werner, Dr. Long Le-Khac, and Dr. Jayme Stayer
READ MOREMark Owen, PhD 2016, has accepted a full-time position
Mark Owen, PhD 2016, has accepted a full-time position as Instructor of English at Macomb Community College in Warren, (southeast) Michigan. Congratulations to Dr. Owen!
Naomi Gades, PhD 2019, has accepted a position as lecturer in English composition
Naomi Gades, PhD 2019, has accepted a position as lecturer in English composition at Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, West Virginia, starting Fall 2019. Congratulations to Dr. Gades!
Anna Ullmann, PhD 2018, has accepted a tenure-track position as Assistant Professor of English
Anna Ullmann, PhD 2018, has accepted a tenure-track position as Assistant Professor of English at Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois, beginning in Fall 2019. Congratulations, Anna!
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English Major Publishes Nonfiction Essay
Senior English major Sophie Kruger has published a creative nonfiction essay in "Bright Wall/Dark Room," a national online literary magazine. The essay, which considers a personal relationship through analysis of the 1973 movie "The Way We Were," is an example of the hybrid form students learn in ENG 392, Advanced Creative Nonfiction.
From Work to Tech: Digital Archives and Queer Narratives
Congratulations to Dr. Pamela Caughie on the publication of her co-authored article. Click the link to read it!
Congratulations to Naomi Gades on winning the Fathman Young Scholar Prize!
Naomi, an English PhD student at Loyola, won the prize at the T.S. Eliot Society Annual Meeting in Atlanta.
Congratulations to Jake Hinkson for winning the Grand Prix de Litterature Policiere for his mystery novel, No Tomorrow!
Jake Hinkson will be heading to France this fall for a book tour, and to attend literary festivals.
The 43rd annual Edward Surtz, S.J. Lecture in the Humanities
The 43rd annual Edward Surtz Lecture in the Humanities will be delivered by Robin Fleming (Boston College), who will speak on migration, cultural identity, and the lives of women and non-elites in a formative period of British history.
New Article from the Man Into Woman Project Team
Congratulations to Prof. Pamela Caughie, Emily Datskou, and Rebecca Parker for the publication of “Storm Clouds on the Horizon: Feminist Ontologies and the Problem of Gender.”
Congratulations to our newest PhDs!
Congratulations to Dr. Stephanie Kucsera, Dr. Anna Ullmann, Dr. Brandiann Molby, and Dr. Brett Beasley (not pictured).
Transformative Digital Humanities Conference: Feminist Interventions in Structure, Representation, and Practice
The English Department invites you to join us on March 23, 9:00am - 5:30pm on the Information Commons 4th Floor.
The 42nd annual Edward Surtz Lecture in the Humanities
“Translating the Odyssey: How and Why” Emily Wilson, Professor of Classical Studies, University of Pennsylvania Piper Hall. Tuesday, April 10th 2018, 4pm - 5:30pm. Reception to follow.
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Textual Communities and the Canterbury Tales
Join Peter Robinson from the University of Saskatchewan as he introduces the new Textual Communities system for collaborative editing on Monday, February 19 at 6 pm.
Join us for "Richard Wright's 'Shame of Chicago,'" a talk by Liesl Olson
Wednesday, February 14 on the Information Commons 4th Floor at 3:30pm. Click the link for more details!
Congratulations to Instructor Nadine Kenney-Johnstone on winning the Chicago Writers' Association Book of the Year Award!
Nadine Kenney-Johnstone's book, Of This Much I'm Sure, was published last April and won in the category of Indie Nonfiction.
Congratulations to the winners of the 2017 Stanley Clayes Memorial Essay Competition!
Mary Lutze (pictured) won 1st place for her essay "Advancing Accessibility: The 'Radical Deaf Theatre' of Aaron Sawyer's The Vineyard."
The Complete Prose of T.S. Eliot: The Critical Edition Volume 6
Edited by Loyola Professor David Chinitz, The War Years: 1940–1946 reveals Eliot’s response to the extraordinary pressures of total war. Click the link to view the precis.
Congratulations to Aaron Baker!
Aaron Baker, Assistant Professor of English, is the winner of the 2017 Barry Spacks Poetry Prize.
New Book by Professor Ian Cornelius
Ian Cornelius, Edward Surtz, S.J., Associate Professor of Medieval Literature and Culture, has published a new book, Reconstructing Alliterative Verse: The Pursuit of a Medieval Meter. Click the story for more details.
Wall Street Journal report: employers seek humanities majors.
"Employment and starting salaries rise sharply for humanities grads." For the full text of the article by Nikki Waller, click the link!
Modernism and its Texts
Join us for this conference on September 28th and 29th on the Information Commons 4th Floor. Click the link for detailed information!
Edwin T. and Vivijeane F. Sujack Teaching Award
Congratulations to Dr. Badia Ahad, who was named a Master Teacher by the 2017 Sujack Awards committee.
Seeing Outside the Disability Box
Howard Axelrod, a member of our creative writing faculty, recently published this piece in the New York Times.
POSTPONED: Visiting Scholar Professor Pilar Martinez-Benedi presents: “Sapore di Mare” Pavese’s “Fluid” Translation of Moby-Dick
This talk has been postponed from December 2 to a date in January 2022 to be announced. Please check back here for further details.
Dissertating students engage with ecocritical literature (3/14/2024)
Working on a dissertation takes years of research and writing to create a project that not only conveys a PhD student’s expertise but treats a topic that a candidate finds rich, interesting, and important. Three of the current English PhD candidates are working on dissertations that touch on ecocriticism, and although their research spans different periods, they have one thing in common: they explore how literature talks about our planet.