November 2023 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

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Cover for the special issue of Unsettling Global Midwests, a special issue of American Studies with American Studies International, vol. 62, no. 3, 2023, co-edited by Tom Sarmiento.  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 … Continue reading November 2023 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

Undergrad Student Spotlight: Ainsley Trunkhill

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Ainsley Trunkhill (BS '25, English Secondary Education) I submitted my college applications in a Harvard University sweatshirt, with stacks of ACT prep books lined up against my walls and hopes of achieving Rory Gilmore-esque academic prestige. As an intellectually-driven student who grew up surrounded by marketed images of what success looks like for women in … Continue reading Undergrad Student Spotlight: Ainsley Trunkhill

October 2023 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

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Traci Brimhall's poem "Arts & Sciences" appeared in The New Yorker   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 … Continue reading October 2023 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

From the Archive: Halloween Horror: The Tell-Tale Heart

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Image Credit: Goodreads Since our blog debuted in 2017, we have published 400+ 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 garnered a lot of views or that address … Continue reading From the Archive: Halloween Horror: The Tell-Tale Heart

Fall Undergraduate Open House 2023

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Lillianna Lamagna (BA '25) and Abi Whitney (BA '24) at the Fall Undergraduate Open House (5 Oct 2023) The change to cooler weather ushered in the English Department’s annual Fall Undergraduate Open House, held on October 5. English Majors and Minors and Film Studies and Linguistics Certificate Earners treated themselves to salty and sweet snacks, … Continue reading Fall Undergraduate Open House 2023

Kansas State Indigenous Peoples Day

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Keynote speakers Arigon Starr and Dustin Tahmahkera pose with Willie the Wildcat during the 2023 Indigenous Peoples Day Conference (9 October 2023) Kansas State’s 2023 Indigenous Peoples Day, which took place on Monday, October 9th was a celebration of the creative arts. The program, “Writing, Singing, and Shaping the Future,” included talks by Kickapoo writer, … Continue reading Kansas State Indigenous Peoples Day

Recognizing Banned Books Week 2023 at K-State

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Banned Books Week 2023 (Artwork courtesy of the American Library Association) Every time I find myself reading The Hunger Games I can’t help but feel inspired by the bravery and poise of Katniss Everdeen. I mean she staged an entire rebellion as a teenager. However, I didn’t know that just by reading that novel, I … Continue reading Recognizing Banned Books Week 2023 at K-State

“Unite all that is possibly Mexican in Kansas City”: Researching the First Midwestern Spanish-Language Newspaper El Cosmopolita

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Liberty Belote (BA '24) Talking about Midwestern history, the conversation often turns as flat as many perceive the Great Plains to be. History buffs may know Bleeding Kansas or Brown v. Board of Education, both significant moments in the fight for African American civil rights. However, frequently overlooked in both academic and public awareness are … Continue reading “Unite all that is possibly Mexican in Kansas City”: Researching the First Midwestern Spanish-Language Newspaper El Cosmopolita

Summer 2023 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

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Cover for the issue of Kansas History: A Journal of the Central Plains (2023), where the essay by Lisa Tatonetti, Mary Kohn, Haley Reiners (BA ’22), Kinsley Searles (BA ’22, MA ’24), and co-authors Tai S. Edwards and Chester Hubbard appears. Each month during the academic year, we assemble a newsletter of the department's recent … Continue reading Summer 2023 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

Found Object: University Honors Program Projects, 2011-2012

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Location: Main office archives, ECS 108. Object: Book of abstracts of undergraduate projects completed for the University Honors Program, 2011-2012 academic year. Observations: 1) In the spring of 2012, the University Honors Program produced a book of abstracts representing the work that undergraduate Honors students completed during that academic year. Led at that time by … Continue reading Found Object: University Honors Program Projects, 2011-2012