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Transcultural Studies Information Session

Transcultural Studies is an interdisciplinary master's degree program designed for LSA undergraduate students. The program is...

Critical Conversations: Sports

Walter Cohen (Chair)| Hannah Ensor| Taraz Lee| Doo Jae Park| Ruby Tapia

"Critical Conversations" is a monthly lunch series organized by the English Department for 2022-23. In each session, a panel of...

Winter 2023 MEMS Lecture. Blood, Fat, and Fear in Seventeenth-Century Travelogues

Gitanjali Shahani, San Francisco State University

Why do travelers, past and present, dwell on scenes of disgusting food preparation and consumption? Modern audiences might be familiar with...

Presentation and Q&A: When Your Book Goes on Submission

Agent Stephanie Delman, Trellis Literary

This event is virtual-only (via Zoom) and is open to Helen Zell Writers' Program MFA students, Zell Fellows, and alumni, as well as U-M...

Reading and Q&A with Alberto Rios

Zell Visiting Writers Series

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The Sociology of Possibility

A Craft Lecture by Alberto Rios, Zell Visiting Writers Series

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Alumni Skillshare: Obstacles and Challenges on The Path to Publication

Danielle Lazarin, Mairead Small Stead, Mary-Alice Daniel, and Dur e Aziz Amna

This event is virtual-only (via Zoom) and is open to Helen Zell Writers' Program MFA students, Zell Fellows, and alumni, as well as U-M...

Reading and Q&A with Rumaan Alam

Zell Visiting Writers Series

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Pleasure: A Craft Lecture

Rumaan Alam, Zell Visiting Writers Series

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English Department Meeting

Topics from the Clements Library, the Ginsberg Center, and the Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Virtual all department meeting

Critical Conversations: Dissertation Showcase

John Whittier-Ferguson (Chair)| Tamar Ashdot| Arro Mandel | Deven Philbrick| Lauren Rudewicz| Surabhi Balachander| Maia Elsner| A Shaikh| Rachel Wilson| Andrew Moos| Leila Braun| Crystal Zanders| Amanda Hayes | monét cooper

Critical Conversations is a monthly lunchtime series organized by the English Department Associate Chair’s Office. Each Critical...

Presentation and Q&A: The Author/Agent Relationship

Author Xochitz Gonzalez and Agent Mollie Glick, Creative Arts Agency

This event is hybrid (both in person and live-streamed via Zoom) and is open to Helen Zell Writers' Program MFA students, Zell Fellows,...

Presentation and Q&A: Care and Safety in Your Writing Process

Editor Nicole Counts, One World

This event is hybrid (both in person and live-streamed via Zoom) and is open to Helen Zell Writers' Program MFA students, Zell Fellows,...

Reading and Q&A with Wendy S. Walters

Zell Visiting Writers Series

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Be Useful: On Writing And Design

A Craft Lecture by Wendy S. Walters, Zell Visiting Writers Series

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Presentation and Q&A: General Advice on Finding a Literary Agent

Agent Alexa Stark, Writers House

This event is virtual-only (via Zoom) and is open to Helen Zell Writers' Program MFA students, Zell Fellows, and alumni, as well as U-M...

2023 Lamstein Lecture - The Worlds that Erupt from Books: Latinx Youth Literature in these Times

Jesus Montano, Hope College

The Worlds that Erupt from Books: Latinx Youth Literature in these Times...

Hear, Here: Humanities Up Close

“The Problem of the Refugee Writer” with Hadji Bakara

With the “Hear, Here” series, we aim to facilitate conversations around new research in the humanities. Faculty fellows at the Institute...

English Governing Faculty Meeting: Bylaws

Meeting of English tenure track faculty to discuss revisions to the bylaws.

Critical Conversations: Intimacies

Petra Kuppers (Chair)| Victor Mendoza| Stephanie Moody| Aisha Sabatini Sloan

Critical Conversations is a monthly lunchtime series organized by the English Department Associate Chair’s Office. Each Critical...

PROFESSOR SARA BLAIR, THE PATRICIA S. YAEGER COLLEGIATE PROFESSORSHIP IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE, INAUGURAL LECTURE

An in-person lecture and reception. Additional details coming soon....

Hopwood Reading: Alison Bechdel

Alison Bechdel

Acclaimed cartoonist and graphic memoirist Alison Bechdel will give a presentation/talk followed by a Q&A. Books by Ms. Bechdel will be...

2023 Hopwood Awards Ceremony

Alison Bechdel, Hopwood Lecturer

Presentation of the 2023 Hopwood Writing Awards with a lecture presentation by renowned graphic memoirist, Alison Bechdel. Books by Ms....

Reading and Q&A with Katie Kitamura

Zell Visiting Writers Series

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Play and Performance: A Craft Lecture

Katie Kitamura, Zell Visiting Writers Series

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2023 English Honors Symposium

Class of 2023 English Honors Students and Creative Writing Sub-concentrators will read excerpts from their theses.

2023 Undergraduate English Commencement

Celebrating the Class of 2023!...

2023 Heberle Lecture

Caleb Smith, Yale University

Please join the English Department for the 2023 Annual Lora Hutchins Heberle Lecture with distinguished lecturer Prof. Caleb Smith,...