Location: ECS BuildingObject: White board on GTA office doorObservations: 1) During the year, this white board (a companion to the one on the 2nd floor) has been gathering responses from graduate students who have offices in ECS. Its most recent question: "What are your summer plans?" 2) Answers range from enjoying media in various forms … Continue reading Found Object: Summer Plans 2024
Location: Social media.Object: Project Titles, graduating M.A. students.Observations: 1) Each spring, for many years, we displayed the M.A. Project and Thesis titles of our graduating M.A. students at our annual spring Awards Banquet. 2) Last year and this year, even as we've resumed an in-person awards celebration, we're continuing our newer (Covid-inspired) tradition: with the … Continue reading Found Object: 2024 M.A. Projects
Location: Department digital archivesObject: Photo of graduating English MA students, Class of 2015Observations: 1) Tomorrow (Friday May 10) brings the Spring 2024 commencement ceremony for the Graduate School, an event which will include a number of our current graduate students. 2) In honor of that occasion, we're flashing back nine years to May 2015 and … Continue reading Found Object: Grad School Commencement, May 2015
Cover for Mark Croby's William Blake's Manuscripts: Praxis, Puzzles, and Palimpsests (Palgrave MacMillan, 2024), co-edited with Josephine McQuail. 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 … Continue reading April 2024 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity
Program for the 2023-2024 Annual Awards Celebration Earlier this evening we gathered at the Alumni Center and online to celebrate the success of students and faculty. Like last year, we exchanged the sit-down banquet from the pre-COVID days for a less formal reception which allowed for more conversation -- and an earlier evening. We're grateful … Continue reading 2023-2024 Annual Awards
Roger Friedmann receives a standing ovation from colleagues at the final department meeting of the academic year (1 May 2024) On Wednesday May 1, before turning to our agenda for the last department meeting of the academic year, we celebrated the contributions of Roger Friedmann who retires this May after 37 years of service to … Continue reading Our Thanks to Roger Friedmann
Margot Robbie as Sharon Tate in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood 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. So, we're highlighting periodically some of the posts that … Continue reading From the Archive: Resting in Peace: Why Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Keeps Sharon Tate Away from the Action
Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) 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. So, we're highlighting … Continue reading From the Archive: Really, It’s in Your Best Interest to Join Captain Jack in a Life of Piracy
Enjoying "An Evening of Resilience: Nurturing Queer and Trans Joy" (photo courtesy of SAGA) On Wednesday, April 17, 2024, members of the Kansas State community came together for an afternoon of community, joy, and support for the LGBTQIA2S+ community. The K-State English Department came out to this event in full force! Together, we attended … Continue reading Resilience and Joy
Ahmed Adly, “Human Skull in Black — Proud of Death” (2019) 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. So, we're highlighting periodically some of the posts that have … Continue reading From the Archive: Death and the Afterlife in Ecclesiastes and Hamlet
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