Reading/Talk by Rick Bass
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- Department of English
Axinn Center Abernethy Room (221)
Department of English
English & American Literatures
ENAM
RCGA Conference Anxieties of Empire: New Contexts, Shifting Perspectives
This is part of the RCGA Annual Conference “Anxieties of Empire: New Contexts, Shifting Perspectives”
10:00 a.m. –12:00 p.m.
Session 2: Epistemology and Imperial Reproduction
• The Populist West: Critical subjectivity and the politics of counter-terrorism in Nigeria: Temitope Ogungbemi, McPherson University, Nigeria
• Examining the Co-production of the “Imperial” University in Lahore and New York City: Mariam Durrani, Hamilton College
• Empire’s Anxiety and Indigeneity: Recent American studies critiques of U.S. empire: Max Clayton, Yale University
10:00 a.m. –12:00 p.m.
Session 2: Epistemology and Imperial Reproduction
• The Populist West: Critical subjectivity and the politics of counter-terrorism in Nigeria: Temitope Ogungbemi, McPherson University, Nigeria
• Examining the Co-production of the “Imperial” University in Lahore and New York City: Mariam Durrani, Hamilton College
• Empire’s Anxiety and Indigeneity: Recent American studies critiques of U.S. empire: Max Clayton, Yale University
Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room
Poetry Reading by Bill Dodd
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- Department of English
Bill Dodd was born in Lancaster, U.K., and studied at Oxford University. He now lives in Tuscany, Italy. For over forty years he was a Professor of English Literature in the universities of Bologna and Siena. In 1987-88 he taught at the University of California in Santa Cruz as visiting professor. He has published many studies of Shakespeare’s plays (King Lear, Othello, Measure for Measure, Hamlet, among others), focusing above all on the theory of Shakespearean character and the nature of dramatic dialogue.
Axinn Center Abernethy Room (221)
Megan Mayhew Bergman and Spring Ulmer: Reading and Reception
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- Department of English and NEW ENGLAND REVIEW
Meet new Creative Writing faculty Megan Mayhew Bergman and Spring Ulmer, at this reading and reception. Books will be available for signing, and light refreshments will be served.
Axinn Center Winter Garden
Meet the Press presents: Garrett Graff, Wired Magazine, "Decoding Robert Mueller's Russia Investigation"
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- Department of English
“Decoding the Mueller Investigation” a Meet the Press talk and discussion with Wired and CNN journalist Garrett Graff
McCardell Bicentennial Hall 220
Meet the Press presents: Dwight Garner '88, New York Times: "How Middlebury College Made Me a Book Critic"
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- Department of English
Meet the Press presents Dwight Garner ‘88, New York Times chief book critic: “How Middlebury College Turned Me Into a Book Critic”
McCardell Bicentennial Hall 220
John Freeman Public Talk
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- Department of English
Seeing Things
On the ethics of place and space in the era of Instagram
On the ethics of place and space in the era of Instagram
Axinn Center Abernethy Room (221)
How Did You Get Here? An Evening of Podcasts by the Middlebury Narrative Journalism Fellows
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- Department of English
The Middlebury Fellows in Narrative Journalism — Nicole Pollack, Yvette Shi, Alexandra Burns, and Maria José Correa — have completed a year-long project of podcasts that asked students the question, “How Did You Get Here?” The fellows have crafted 13 unique and compelling digital portraits of students who have described their journeys to Middlebury. Please join us to watch and listen to these stories. Refreshments will be served!
Axinn Center Winter Garden
English & American Literatures Department - Commencement 2019 Reception
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- Department of English
Senior Reception for the Department of English & American Literatures.
Axinn Center Reading Room