Department of English

“To be, or not to be, I there’s the point.”
Actors’ Voices in the 1603 first edition of Hamlet?

Jack Ewing, Germany correspondent for The New York Times and author of “Faster, Higher, Farther: How One of the World’s Largest Automakers Committed a Massive and Stunning Fraud” (W.W. Norton 2017), explains how a win-at-all-costs company culture made a mockery of Volkswagen’s claims to be environmentally conscious—and why Volkswagen is a cautionary tale for any corporation striving to be socially responsible.

Henry Burnett ‘18.5, Kelsie Hoppes ‘18.5, and Will Simpson ‘18.5 will present their senior theses for which they conducted overseas research funded by Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs Summer Research Grants.

Inspired by the Canterbury Tales, representatives from the London-based group “Refugee Tales” walk in solidarity with Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Immigration Detainees, reclaiming the landscape of South East England for the language of welcome. Representatives from the group will present their project, discuss their call for the end of indefinite detention in the United Kingdom, and read the published tales of refugees with whom and for whom group walk.

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

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.

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.

“Decoding the Mueller Investigation” a Meet the Press talk and discussion with Wired and CNN journalist Garrett Graff

Meet the Press presents Dwight Garner ‘88, New York Times chief book critic: “How Middlebury College Turned Me Into a Book Critic”