As 2025 comes to a close, we send warm wishes to students, colleagues, and alums with this photo from our recent Holiday Party -- a wonderful winter break to all, and we'll see you in 2026!
Happy Holidays
Why You Should Read the Comments of Paris Paloma’s “Labour”: Everyday Work, Capitalism, and Unrecognized Emotional Labor
(Image: "What is Emotional Labor and Why is it Important?") Today we share the second of six pieces of public writing selected for publication from an assignment in ENGL 801 “Graduate Studies in English”: a piece of public scholarship (700-1,000 words) which tailors an academic paper and its scholarly intervention of 10-12 pages for a … Continue reading Why You Should Read the Comments of Paris Paloma’s “Labour”: Everyday Work, Capitalism, and Unrecognized Emotional Labor
Localization: Some Local Nonpharmaceutical Interventions During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ghana
Community Health Officer Gertrude Doku washes her hands before attending to a patient. (Photo Credit: Emmanuel Attramah, PMI Impact Malaria) Today we share the second of six pieces of public writing selected for publication from an assignment in ENGL 801 “Graduate Studies in English”: a piece of public scholarship (700-1,000 words) which tailors an academic … Continue reading Localization: Some Local Nonpharmaceutical Interventions During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ghana
2025 Holiday Card
Students from Wendy Matlock's ENGL 698 Capstone (Spring 2025) on a field trip to KU's Spencer Research Library Each year, we assemble an end-of-year card for our donors and friends, seeking input from our faculty and students -- and, as of 2020, from you, our readers! Below are twelve images that have been popular on … Continue reading 2025 Holiday Card
Who is Writing?
(Image: "The Future of Work and Human Collaboration") In ENGL 801 "Graduate Studies in English," a required course for incoming M.A. students, we have always asked our graduate students to develop an original contribution to a current scholarly conversation about a literary or cultural text. Starting in 2020, we added a final writing assignment: we … Continue reading Who is Writing?
November 2025 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity
Phillip Marzluf's essay appears in Studies in Travel Writing (10 Oct. 2025) Each month during the academic year, we assemble a newsletter of the department's recent publications, presentations, announcements, and awards. We're happy to recognize the recent successes in research, scholarship, and creative activity outlined below. Want to catch up on past successes or to find future … Continue reading November 2025 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity
Found Object: Mock Caldecott Favorites 2019
Location: Department digital archivesObject: Photo from the Mock Caldecott held 7 Dec. 2019Observations: 1) This photo captures some of the undergraduate and graduate students who participated in the Mock Caldecott in December 2019, an annual event sponsored by the Department and one of our student organizations, the Children's and Adolescent Literature Community, with support from … Continue reading Found Object: Mock Caldecott Favorites 2019
From the Archive: Shakespeare and Fun
Professor Emeritus Don Hedrick shares highlights from his recently released book Shakespeare and Fun: The Birth of Entertainment Value (Bloomsbury, 2025) Since our blog debuted in 2017, we have published 500+ posts. While some of you may have been with us from the start (thank you, loyal readers!), others may have joined us more recently. … Continue reading From the Archive: Shakespeare and Fun
Found Object: Thanksgiving Break
Location: 2nd Floor, English Counseling Services BuildingObject: Whiteboard (November 2025)Observations: 1) Since 2023, the whiteboard on the 2nd floor of ECS has continued to pose questions, ask for opinions, and prompt stories. 2) For the past two weeks, it has been collecting suggestions for the Thanksgiving Break that can "genuinely restore" us to ourselves. 3) … Continue reading Found Object: Thanksgiving Break
2025 Mock Caldecott
Some of the 2025 picture books under consideration for this year's Mock Caldecott Now in its 18th year, the Mock Caldecott is a joint endeavor between the English Department and the Children's and Adolescent Literature Community (ChALC), one of our department-sponsored student organizations, with support from the Manhattan Public Library (MPL). In the pre-COVID times, … Continue reading 2025 Mock Caldecott
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