News Archive
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January 18, 2022
Professor Regis Fox will be reading her chapter from the forthcoming anthology Trauma, Tresses, and Truth on Wednesday, January 19th at 12:30pm on Zoom.
![Toni Jensen](/artsandletters/english/news/toni-jensen-reading/toni-jensen-thumb.jpg)
January 17, 2022
Florida Atlantic University’s Off the Page: Events for Readers and Writers is pleased to present a reading by author Toni Jensen on March 17, at 7pm.
![Lascaux Prize](/artsandletters/english/news/mfa-student-wilson-sims-wins-lascaux-review-prize-in-creative-nonfiction/medallions-combined-thumb.png)
January 14, 2022
Congratulations to MFA student Wilson Sims for winning the 2021 Lascaux Review Prize in Creative Nonfiction for his essay, "Towel Racks."
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January 13, 2022
Congratulations to Kimberly Bain, Doctoral student in FAU’s Comparative Studies Program and GTA for English, on receiving a 2022 Scholars for the Dream Travel Award!
![The History of The Graphic Memoir](/artsandletters/english/news/eric-berlatsky-presents-the-history-of-the-graphic-memoir/history-graphic-memoir-thumb.png)
January 12, 2022
On Wednesday, January 19th from 5:30pm–7:00pm, Professor Eric Berlatsky will present "The History of the Graphic Memoir (Online): Thi Bui's The Best We Could Do."
![Carrie Shanafelt Lecture](/artsandletters/english/news/lecture-jeremy-bentham-pleasures-of-the-bed/shanafelt-lecture-thumb.png)
January 11, 2022
Dr. Carrie Shanafelt's lecture, “Jeremy Bentham and the ‘Pleasures of the Bed,’” will reexamine the legacy of Jeremy Bentham through his extensive private manuscripts on liberty for sexual minorities, in the context...
![Rion Amilcar Scott](/artsandletters/english/news/off-the-page-rion-amilcar-scott-readings/rion-scott-thumb.jpg)
January 10, 2022
Florida Atlantic University’s Off the Page: Events for Readers and Writers, with support from Florida Humanities, are pleased to offer two opportunities to hear award-winning fiction writer Rion Amilcar Scott.
![Sciuto Lecture](/artsandletters/english/news/jenna-sciuto-lecture-contextualizing-state-sponsored-violence-in-contemporary-haitian-american-and-dominican-american-literature/sciuto-thumb.jpg)
January 07, 2022
On Tues, 1/11, Prof. Jenna Sciuto will present "Contextualizing State-Sponsored Violence in Contemporary Haitian American & Dominican American Literature" in PA 101 & on Zoom.
![Race Before Race symposium cover](/artsandletters/english/news/carla-maria-thomas-embodying-antiracist-white-latinidad-in-medieval-studies/race-before-race-thumb.jpg)
January 06, 2022
Congratulations to Prof. Carla María Thomas on publishing "Embodying Antiracist White Latinidad in Medieval Studies" in Literature Compass.