From First-Gen to Global Explorer: Leah’s Korean Journey English major and Korean language minor, Leah Comes, shares her journey studying abroad in Korea as a first-generation college student. arts-sciences.buffalo.edu/experiential...

HuffPost quoted David Schmid, associate professor in the #UBuffalo Department of English, in an article about the new season of South Park that has repeatedly skewered the Trump administration, provoking a large reaction from the White House. www.huffpost.com/entry/south-...

#UBuffalo Professor Emeritus Joseph Valente discusses the collection 𝘐𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘦: 𝘈 𝘓𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘙𝘦𝘤𝘬𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 he co-edited with Seán Kennedy for the 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘐𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘚𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴 podcast. open.spotify.com/episode/4ebr...

Renowned scholar and #UBuffalo Professor Emeritus Joseph Valente joins the 𝘜𝘭𝘺𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘐𝘯 80 podcast for a mind-opening dive into the James Joyce masterpiece. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...

Congratulations to Professor Bruce Jackson (@nicklecityjack.bsky.social) and Professor Diane Christian, whose latest book, 𝘍𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨: 𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴 & 𝘐𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘴, has just been published by BlazeVOX Books! www.blazevox.org/shop-1/p/flo...

"This event was the result of a collaborative, community-wide effort led by Berglund and co-organizer @wnhakala.bsky.social of the English Department at University at Buffalo (#UBuffalo)." (1/2) suny.buffalostate.edu/news/buffalo...

Congratulations to Professor Emeritus Joseph Valente, whose new publication, a special issue of 𝘙𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘤 𝘙𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸, is entitled "Joyce and the Romanic World!" Read more, including Prof. Valente's open access article "James Joyce’s Romanic Exile," by visiting read.dukeupress.edu/romanic-revi...

"Joyce and the Romanic World," a special issue of Romanic Review edited by Joseph Valente, is now available. View the table of contents and read the editors' introduction, freely available: buff.ly/Hg0RTxr Buy this issue: buff.ly/E7koTra

Congratulations to Professor Collie Fulford, whose 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘖𝘶𝘵𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘴: 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘚𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘞𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘯 𝘏𝘉𝘊𝘜 will be published this month by @rutgersupress.bsky.social ! Interested readers can use this 50% off code for June orders: RSUMMER50 www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/insiders-out... (1/2)

Congratulations to Prof Ruth Mack, whose book, 𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘵 𝘗𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘴: 𝘊𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘵, 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘒𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘌𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘩-𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘺 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯, will be published by @stanfordpress.bsky.social in June 2025! www.sup.org/books/litera...

Claire Kahane will be at Hallwalls TONIGHT (Wednesday), May 28, to discuss her tell-all memoir, 𝘕𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘓𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴: 𝘔𝘺 𝘙𝘪𝘴𝘬𝘺 𝘙𝘰𝘢𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘍𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘙𝘦𝘣𝘦𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘍𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘊𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤. The Department of English will sponsor a reception at 6:30pm. The talk begins at 7:30pm.

We can't wait to celebrate our class of 2025 graduates this Sunday!

Fiona Serrano (@reallyblxndes.bsky.social) is a senior majoring in English, global gender studies and history, with a minor in Jewish studies. She received a #CLS award to travel to Latvia to study Russian this summer. www.buffalo.edu/ubnow/storie...

Congratulations to #UBuffalo English PhD Dr. Jocelyn E. Marshall, who has accepted a tenure-track position as Assistant Professor Contemporary Art History at the University of South Florida!

Please join us for the 25th Biennial Dictionary Society of North America Conference. The event will be held at Buffalo State University, Thursday 29 May to Saturday 31 May 2025. We’ll be celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Society! (1/2) calendar.buffalo.edu/event/dictio...

Please join us for the launch party of the spring 2025 issue of NAME Magazine, the Department of English undergraduate literary journal. WHEN: Friday May 9 TIME: 2:00-4:00pm WHERE: 1032 Clemens

Congrats to @ubhonors.bsky.social and mathematics actuarial undergrad Jenna Itwaru, who has published an op-ed in 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘳! It draws on research carried out through Prof. Allison Siehnel's “Writing Citizen Science and Community” Experiential Learning Network project. bit.ly/4iRyT5F

The accomplishments of Fiona Serrano (@reallyblxndes.bsky.social), who was selected by three departments for of the CAS Outstanding Senior Award, were celebrated at a ceremony this afternoon. Congratulations, Fiona! (1/2) arts-sciences.buffalo.edu/news-and-eve...

Fiona Serrano (History, English, & Global Gender and Sexuality Studies) presented her History honors thesis, “Beneath the Hammer and Sickle: Women, Revolution, and Socialism” at #UBuffalo's Celebration of Academic Excellence, winning the UB Excellence in Creativity, Scholarship, & Research Award.

Please join us Wednesday, May 14, at 10 am for the final MA Colloquium meeting of the spring 2025 semester. The group will meet in 318 Clemens to discuss Victoria Davion's article "Anthropocentrism, Artificial Intelligence, and Social Network Theory: An Ecofeminist Perspective."

#UBuffalo Environmental sustainability and design senior Dyllan Amato will present her experiential research on raising community awareness of balancing growth and green spaces at TODAY's 2025 Celebration of Academic Excellence Student Showcase. (1/2) www.buffalo.edu/celebration-...

The 2025 #UBuffalo English Club Conference is happening today! Please join us in 212 O'Brian for a full day of fascinating undergraduate student presentations!

Congratulations to Fiona Serrano, recipient of the 2025 #UBuffalo College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Senior award for the Departments of English, Global Gender and Sexuality Studies, AND History! (1/4) arts-sciences.buffalo.edu/news-and-eve...

#UBuffalo environmental studies senior Annika Rauschelbach will present her experiential research on the global significance of the Niagara River Corridor for migrating birds at the 2025 Celebration of Academic Excellence Student Showcase. www.buffalo.edu/celebration-... (1/2)

Exhibit X Fiction Presents Novelist and Short Story Writer Julia Elliott Tuesday April 22, 7pm FREE Transportation: 4:45pm (Returns 8pm), Stampede shuttle, CFA circle Salon Conversation: 5:30 (Hallwalls Gallery) Reading: 7:00pm (Hallwalls Cinema) Free and open to the public.

#UBuffalo undergrad Jenna Itwaru will present research on the value of the National Parks Service carried out for Prof. Allison Siehnel’s “Writing Citizen Science and Community” ELN project at the 2025 Celebration of Academic Excellence Student Showcase. www.buffalo.edu/celebration-...

**NOTE new date and time + virtual option** Congratulations to UB Distinguished Professor Emeritus Joseph Valente, who co-edited 𝘐𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘦: 𝘈 𝘓𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘙𝘦𝘤𝘬𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 (Edinburgh Univ Press)! edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-irish-s... (1/2)

Please join us TODAY, Thursday April 10, from 2:30-4pm at the University Club for the Humanities Institute’s latest event in our “Humanities to the Rescue” programming: “Get the Word Out: Writing and Publishing for Public Audiences.” arts-sciences.buffalo.edu/humanities-i... (1/2)

A recent essay (“A Manner of Squeaking: Translating the Emotional Lives of Rats”) by #UBuffalo Department of English Visiting Assistant Professor Laura Marris appears in 𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘱𝘦𝘳’𝘴. Congratulations!

Join @buffalolibrary.bsky.social for the opening of an exhibition, "What Does It All Mean? Exploring the Dictionary," in its Rare Book Room from 5:30-7:30 pm on Thurs, Apr 17. Explore how English dictionaries have helped us define our shared world! www.facebook.com/events/53201... (1/4)

The #UBuffalo Department of English was recently ranked 40th nationwide, 21st among public universities nationwide, and No. 1 within SUNY! www.buffalo.edu/ubnow/storie...

Congratulations to #UBuffalo Department of English PhD candidates Shantam Goyal and Joey Sechrist, who are both recipients of this year's Excellence in Teaching Award for Graduate Teaching Assistants! www.buffalo.edu/grad/intrane... (1/3)

Please join us for a powerful panel discussion featuring formerly incarcerated authors alongside editors & scholars. Monday April 7 5-6:30 pm "Writing Behind Bars: A Conversation with Authors on Prison Literature."   Silverman Library Room 305.

We hope to see you at our next Juxtapositions lecture on April 17 at 3:30 pm!! Samuele F.S. Pardini (Elon University) "Prolegomena to An End to Innocence, and Beyond: Leslie Fiedler's WWII Letters Home"

The #UBuffalo Poetics Program is co-sponsoring a reading with Squeaky Wheel featuring Carolina Ebeid and Joe Hall this coming Saturday, April 5, at 7pm. The reading will take place at Squeaky Wheel (2495 Main St, Suite 310). You can sign up for free tickets here: squeaky.org/event/caroli...

Join us Wednesday, April 2, at 11 am for the next event in the Juxtapositions Lecture Series: Ayelet Ben-Yishai (University of Haifa) will present "Against Inevitability: Rethinking Crisis and Its Genres" in 306 Clemens Hall.

April 4 | 4 p.m. | Scholars@Hallwalls: Rachel Ablow "Belief as Culture: Flora Annie Steel’s Imperialist Postsecularism" Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center (341 Delaware Ave., Buffalo, NY 14202) arts-sciences.buffalo.edu/humanities-i...

Come out and support #UBuffalo English PhD Candidate Isaac Kolding TOMORROW (Friday, March 7th) for the Three-Minute Thesis Final. It will be held in the CFA Screening Room at 3pm, and there is a “people’s award” for in-person attendees. www.buffalo.edu/three-minute...

Have you made plans for the summer? Consider enrolling in a summer 2025 course offered by the UB Department of English! www.buffalo.edu/content/dam/...

The Masters Colloquium will be holding its second meeting of the spring semester on Wednesday, March 12 from 10-11 a.m. The group will meet in the Oscar Silverman Reading Room (Clemens 318), and brunch will be provided. Grad and undergrad students, interested readers, & faculty are welcome! [1/2]

Hear author and professor David Alff discuss the inner tension of rail transport in the U.S.: that it is expected to make a profit while providing an essential public service. solutionaryrail.substack.com/p/rail-bite-... (photo credit: @ubenglish.bsky.social)

The Associated Press has recently posted a gallery of Bruce Jackson’s southern prison plantation photos. Prof. Jackson is the #UBuffalo James Agee Professor of American Culture in the Department of English. apnews.com/article/pris...

The University of Vermont's Center for Community News has awarded Journalism Certificate Program instructor Andrew Galarneau (@buffalofood.bsky.social) a faculty champion grant to support his work teaching long-form journalism to #UBuffalo students. Congratulations! www.uvm.edu/ccn/profile/...

Please join the Poetics Program and the UB Poetry Collection for a talk with Andrew Rippeon. "Print in Practice | Print as Practice" Friday, March 14, 2025 3:30 - 5 pm Special Collections | 420 Capen Hall Reception to follow the talk.

Susan Weeber's essay in 𝘔𝘌𝘓𝘜𝘚, "Black Radicalism after the Haitian Revolution: Langston Hughes’s Emperor of Haiti," received an honorable mention for the American Literature Association's “The 1921 Prize in American Literature” in the Contingent/Non-TT category for 2024. Congrats! bit.ly/4i9lOEQ

Congratulations to Prof. Tanya Shilina-Conte, whose 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘚𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘴, 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴: 𝘎𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘋𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘶𝘻𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘪𝘭𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦 is now available from Oxford University Press: global.oup.com/academic/pro... A free chapter is available to read here (until March 6, 2025): academic.oup.com/book/58900/c...

Congratulations to UB Department of English Associate Professor Dr. Collie Fulford, whose book 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘖𝘶𝘵𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘴: 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘚𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘞𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘯 𝘏𝘉𝘊𝘜 will be published by Rutgers University Press in June 2025! www.buffalo.edu/ubnow/storie...