At our annual Prospectus Showcase, graduate students in the English Department will present short talks on their developing dissertation projects. Please join us to hear them share about their ongoing research projects, ask questions, and celebrate their work so far.

Panel 1, 11:05am - 11:50am
A Boom in Minor Key: Charting the Sri Lankan Anglophone Boom Through the Institution of the Literary Prize - Nathan Omprasadham (Language & Literature)
Within and Without: Teaching While Disabled in School Cultures of Inclusion and Exclusion - Alaina Perez (English & Education)
"Teaching and Learning, Oceti Sakowin Literature, and Oceti Sakowin Essential Understandings: A Transformative Constellation for Teachers" - Jody Rust (English & Education)

Panel 2, 12:05pm - 12:50pm
Title Forthcoming - Darrell Hughson (Language & Literature)
Im(possible) Things: How Objects Weave Hi(stories) of the Americas in 21st-Century Fiction - Madeline Hennessey (Language & Literature)
Forms of Belief in Victorian Fiction - Alexa Kelly (Language & Literature)

Panel 3, 1:05pm - 1:50pm
Forms of Enclosure: Allegorizing Affect in Medieval English Devotional Literature - Madeline Fox (Language & Literature)
“‘Sharing voices’: A poetics of impositionality” - James Kiselik (Language & Literature)
Poetry in the Fold: Scrying Language in the 21st Century - Renee Wehrle (Language & Literature)

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Each session of Critical Conversations, a monthly luncheon series organized by the English Department Associate Chair’s Office, features flash talks from faculty members and graduate students about their current work as related to a rotating theme. The goal of these sessions is to share and learn about each other's work and serve as an important hub for timely conversations with relevance across the humanities.

UPCOMING
Thursday, October 23, 12–2pm: Novels
Wednesday, November 19, 1–3pm: Method(ologies)