Students from ENGL 698 "Capstone: Performing the Middle Ages" pose with a medieval manuscript and modern memory devices in a Spencer Library classroom at the University of Kansas. My version of the capstone course for advanced English majors, “Performing the Middle Ages,” always features an experiential component. For example, when the Actors from the London … Continue reading Performing the Middle Ages via Experiential Learning
Cover for Barnaby, Vol. 5 (Fantographics, 2025), edited by Phil Nel. 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 … Continue reading February 2025 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity
Cover for Songs of Innocence by William Blake (Bodleian Library Publishing, 2024, distributed by University of Chicago Press), with an introduction 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 … Continue reading Winter 2024-2025 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity
Some of the ENGL 310 student presenters (left to right): Cindric White (BA ‘28, Secondary Education), Kaylee Bravo (BA ’26, English), Harrison Jones (BA ’28, English), and Beck Woodard (BA ‘27, Secondary Education) pictured with faculty instructor Dr. Wendy Matlock following the symposium. Last November 22, the two 2024 fall sections of English 310 “Introduction … Continue reading Literary Studies in the Digital Age: An Undergraduate Literature Symposium
Spring flowers in Manhattan, KS (2024) Welcome to the spring semester! We hope that you are keeping warm and safe as 2025 gets underway. Here are some of the events that we're looking forward to in the months ahead. Please join us for community, creativity, and conversation! All are free but online access requires advance … Continue reading Spring Preview
Cover for Philip Nel's new book How to Draw the World: Harold and the Purple Crayon and the Making of a Children's Classic (Oxford UP, 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, … Continue reading November 2024 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity
Frankenstein+AI (FuturePrint) Today we share the third 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 general-interest audience. Read more about the assignment and … Continue reading It’s Alive
“An astronaut in a space suit writing in his journal on Mars” (Adobe Express) 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 … Continue reading Journaling on Mars: The Pen is Mightier Than the Planet
"Dracula + Jonathan Harker" by ofbeautsandbeasts 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 asked our … Continue reading Men, Monsters, and Maidens: Gender in Dracula
Mark Crosby's archival discovery of poet and artist William Blake's earliest engravings was featured in a number of international news venues, including The Times of London. 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, … Continue reading October 2024 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity
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