2023-2024 Annual Awards

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

March 2024 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

Traci Brimhall's poetry appears in NELLE, no. 7, 2024.  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 announcements? … Continue reading March 2024 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

We Do Not Have Middle Names

Cover to the Penguin Classics Edition of America Is in the Heart (Artwork by Sarah Gonzales) Today we share the final piece of public writing selected for publication from an assignment in ENGL 801 “Graduate Studies in English” — and the third selection from Section A of ENGL 801, taught this fall by Cameron Leader-Picone: … Continue reading We Do Not Have Middle Names

From the Archive: Write. Shoot. Edit. Roll film!

Since our blog debuted in 2017, we have published 450+ posts.  While some of you may have been with us from the start (thank you, loyal readers!), others may have joined us more recently. As a result, we're highlighting some of the posts that have garnered a lot of views or that address topics of … Continue reading From the Archive: Write. Shoot. Edit. Roll film!

February 2024 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

Cover for West Branch, no. 104, Winter 2024:Digital Issue, which includes an essay by Traci Brimhall.  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 … Continue reading February 2024 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

Cultural Studies Hosts Symposium on The Midwest

Dr. Monica Trieu, keynote speaker for the 33rd Annual Cultural Studies Symposium (23 Feb 2024) K-State’s 33rd Annual Cultural Studies Symposium culminated on Friday, February 23rd with a lecture by Dr. Monica Trieu, a professor of American Studies and Asian American Studies at Purdue University. Titled "Midwestern Asian Americans, Racialized Visibility, and Internalized Racism," the … Continue reading Cultural Studies Hosts Symposium on The Midwest

Winter 2023-2024 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

Cover for Blake: An Illustrated Quarterly, vol. 57, no. 3, Winter 2023-2024, which includes an article by Mark Crosby.  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 … Continue reading Winter 2023-2024 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

Maybe We’re All Bottoms!

Screenshot from the film Bottoms (2023) Today we share the fifth of six pieces of public writing selected for publication from an assignment in ENGL 801 “Graduate Studies in English” — and the second selection from Section A of ENGL 801, taught this fall by Cameron Leader-Picone: a piece of public scholarship (700-1,000 words) which … Continue reading Maybe We’re All Bottoms!

From the Archive: Fred Moten’s Anassignment Letters

Photograph of Fred Moten by Robert Adam Mayer for Harvard Magazine (Jan-Feb 2018) 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. As a result, we're highlighting some of the … Continue reading From the Archive: Fred Moten’s Anassignment Letters

From the Archive: The Prince of Egypt: The Exodus Story in (Re-)Translation

From The Prince of Egypt (1998) 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. As a result, we're highlighting some of the posts that have garnered a lot of … Continue reading From the Archive: The Prince of Egypt: The Exodus Story in (Re-)Translation