Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. Graduate English PhD Orientation (Virtual) (August 27, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/75376 75376-19448155@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, August 27, 2020 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

Incoming PhD Students Orientation Virtual Event Via Zoom

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 29 Jul 2020 09:15:25 -0400 2020-08-27T09:00:00-04:00 2020-08-27T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of English Language and Literature Livestream / Virtual
Department of English Fall Welcome Reception (Virtual) (September 2, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66711 66711-16770298@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 2, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

The Department of English Fall Reception welcomes faculty, graduate students and staff back to campus for the new academic year.

NOTE: The 2020 End-of-Year Celebration (originally scheduled for April 29, 2020) will be held in conjunction with the 2020 Fall Virtual Welcome Reception on September 2, 2020 from 4-4:30 PM

Email englishevents@umich.edu for meeting link.

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Reception / Open House Tue, 04 Aug 2020 10:38:44 -0400 2020-09-02T16:00:00-04:00 2020-09-02T16:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of English Language and Literature Reception / Open House zoom
Critical Conversations: #Politics (October 14, 2020 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76730 76730-19741036@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 12:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

"Critical Conversations" is a monthly lunch series organized by the English Department for 2020-21. In each session, a panel of four faculty members give flash talks about their current research as related to a broad theme. Presentations are followed by lively, cross-disciplinary conversation with the audience.

This semester's series will be entirely online -- please RSVP to receive the Zoom link (see "Related Links" for RSVP form).

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 21 Sep 2020 15:37:52 -0400 2020-10-14T12:30:00-04:00 2020-10-14T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of English Language and Literature Lecture / Discussion
The Play in the System: The Art of Parasitical Resistance (October 28, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76628 76628-19733024@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 28, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

Dr. Fisher will present on her 2020 book, The Play in the System: The Art of Parasitical Resistance. Her talk will be followed by open discussion. Attendees must RSVP to receive the Zoom link. Please email emaloul@umich.edu to do so.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 26 Oct 2020 23:12:08 -0400 2020-10-28T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-28T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of English Language and Literature Lecture / Discussion Image displays one image of book cover and one of book's author
“I Will Use this Medium to Speak to You”: Maya Angelou, Black Independent Film, and the Radical Possibilities of the Moving Image (January 29, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81034 81034-20838692@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 29, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

For Zoom log in please contact Hayley O'Malley: hayley.omalley@northwestern.edu.

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Presentation Thu, 21 Jan 2021 10:31:12 -0500 2021-01-29T16:00:00-05:00 2021-01-29T17:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of English Language and Literature Presentation
"Cultural Mediation as Humor in Selected African Fiction" (May 5, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83935 83935-21619167@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 5, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Dr. Adwoa Opoku-Agyemang received her PhD from the University of Toronto’s Centre for Comparative Literature. Her research currently centres on humour and laughter in African literatures. She finds primary material in many traditional sources, and has started exploring less-conventional ones. Adwoa also works for the Cambridge Journal of Postcolonial Literary Inquiry. She is interested in translation studies and has taught classes in French and in English.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 30 Apr 2021 14:27:20 -0400 2021-05-05T12:00:00-04:00 2021-05-05T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Lecture / Discussion