Africa Forum on Friday Nov 15 at LIU!

The English, Philosophy, and Languages Department, along with the Department of Social Sciences presents Africa Forum. The topic The Chinese in Africa: A 21st Century Phenomenon. Students can take this course for 1 credit.

English Professor Michael Bokor will be presenting along with Professor Yusuf M. Juwayeyi. All pertinent details can be found on the flier. If you have any questions, please contact Professor Juwayeyi at yusuf.juwayeyi@liu.edu or 718-488-1168.

Jake Matkov reading for Same Page

Jake Matkov, current Academic Advisor for the English, Philosophy, and Modern Languages department, will be reading poetry at the Same Page Reading Series on November 13 at KGB Bar.

Please see the flier below for more information!

Screening of new Esther Hyneman Documentary

Professor Emerita Barbara Henning will be hosting an on-campus screening of Professor Emerita Esther Hyneman's documentary From the Afghan People for Americans. The screening will take place on campus in HC-222 (located in the Media Arts department) on November 13 at 3 PM. 

Both Professors Emerita Henning and Hyneman were long time faculty members in the English department.

Please see the flier for more information and bring friends!

Undergraduate Courses: Spring 2020

English Majors & Minors Mixer on October 10!

Join us on Thursday October 10 for a department mixer! If you are an English major or minor, or interested in majoring / minoring in English, please come attend! You will have the opportunity to snack on light refreshments, meet faculty, and mingle with your classmates. 

All information is on the flier below. Please contact Jacob Matkov (jacob.matkov@liu.edu) if you have any questions.

Flier by: Patrina Gourdet

Join us for a Reading & Talk with Harry Garuba!

Flier by: Patrina Gourdet

New book from Professor Schweizer!

Former faculty member, Bernard Schweizer, is pleased to announce the publication of his newest book, Christianity and the Triumph of Humor: From Dante to David Javerbaum. 

You will find more information about Professor Schweizer's new book both on the flier below and by clicking on this link to the book's official page on the Routledge website.

Congratulations, Professor Schweizer!

Jessica Hagedorn shortlisted for the Neustadt International Prize

Former MFA faculty member Jessica Hagedorn was announced as one of the nine 2020 finalists for the prestigious Neustadt International Prize for Literature. This prize is “one of the very few international prizes for which poets, novelists, screenwriters and playwrights are equally eligible.”

Jessica Hagedorn was the Parsons University Professor in Creative Writing from 2008 until 2016. Additionally, she served as MFA Program Director from 2013-2016.

The prize winner will be announced at the 2019 Neustadt Lit Fest on October 16. 

You can read more about the prize and finalists at LitHub. 

2019 Awards Ceremony

On Thursday, May 9th, the Department of English, Philosophy, and Languages hosted the annual Awards Ceremony in which we recognized those graduating and academic excellence from our undergraduate and graduate students. This ceremony celebrated all students graduating September 2018, January 2019, and May 2019.

Below, you'll find a list of all students recognized at the ceremony.

GRADUATING ENGLISH MAJORS / GRADUATE STUDENTS

            Undergraduate

Naima Akther (January ’19) *^

Michael Czerepka (January ’19)

Ralph Dorsinville (January ’19) *

Fatima Lundy (May ’19) *^

Zakee Marcinkiewicz (May ’19)

Destinee Rodriguez (January ’19)

Leslie Jo Wrightington (May ’19) *^

            Graduate

Nikki Alimonda (January ’19)

Joseph Anderson (September ’18) *

Lida Colón (May ’19) *^

Alexander Dermody (May ’19)

Christina Kellagher (January ’19) *

* Excellence in English

^ Sigma Tau Delta member

ENGLISH MINORS

Jade Muyambo (May ’19)

Gillian Vallaster (May ’19)

Olga Volosyanko (May ’19)

GENDER STUDIES MINORS

Abdulaziz Aljadany

Heather Rose Collick

Siobhan Macpherson

Samudra Kine Randazzo

Seneca Marisa Richards

Daria Sowa 

SIGMA TAU DELTA INDUCTEES

Dewnya Ahmad

Ashvini Coomarasingham

Skyluar James

Amanda Peren  

Amber Wright

POPPER-EDELMAN AWARD WINNERS

Developmental Writing: Al Qubli Nasser

Freshman Writing: Camilla Obidova

Senior Thesis: Naima Akther & Stacey Watson

THE JANET HAYNES SCHOLARSHIP  

Daria Sowa

THE LOUIS & ANN PARASCANDOLA GRADUATE ENGLISH AWARD

Christina Kellagher

THE LIANG & BERNARD SCHWEIZER GRADUATE THESIS AWARD

Joseph Anderson & Lida Colón

ESTHER HYNEMAN GRADUATE AWARD IN POETRY

Melanie Neilson

MARILYN BOUTWELL GRADUATE AWARD IN FICTION

Kevin Xiong

Jacob Matkov reading on Saturday, June 15

The Robert Giard Foundation is hosting a reading event on Saturday, June 15. New and emerging queer writers will read from their work, introduced by Christopher Bram, Joan Larkin, Jaime Manrique, and Pamela Sneed. 

The event description follows: "These four established authors, whose portraits form part of Robert Giard’s exhibition of LGBTQ+ authors at Daniel Cooney | Fine Art, will invite us to hear published texts or works-in-progress by noteworthy younger writers on the contemporary scene. In the year of Stonewall 50, this will be an event to honor the queer literary past and look forward to the queer literary future."

Jaime Manrique (photo by Robert Giard)

Jaime Manrique has invited Jacob Matkov (MA '13, MFA '15, current department Academic Advisor and Assistant Adjunct Professor) to read at the event. Jaime Manrique (visiting writer in 2010) mentored Jacob during his Queer Art Mentor fellowship in 2015-16.

Jacob Matkov (photo by Eric McNatt)

The event details are below:

Saturday June 15

4:30 p.m. 

Daniel Cooney | Fine Art

508 W 26th St, #9C

New York, NY 10001

You can find more details at this link.