Henry Awarded
Brian Henry, professor of English and creative writing, received the 2024 Distinguished Scholarship Award from the University of Richmond at Colloquy.
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Brooke Jarvis ’07 was featured in the New York Times.
Matt Mattox ’02 was featured in Richmond Times Dispatch for Martin Agency.
Lucy Nalen, ’19, had her literary magazine "And So Yeah" profiled in The Collegian.
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Writers Series Events
The University of Richmond’s Writers Series exposes Richmond students, the greater university community, and city residents to some of today’s most celebrated writers. Readings are free and open to the public, though seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. Each reading will be followed by a Q&A session and book signing.
The Writers Series is sponsored by the Department of English and the School of Arts & Sciences.
2024-2025 Tucker Boatwright Festival of Literature & the Arts
The Nature of Representation
The Nature of Representation asks how our understandings of “nature” have been shaped by representational practices in both the aesthetic and political senses, exploring how the current climate catastrophe is inextricable from colonialism and anthropocentric worldviews. The festival features contemporary writers, artists, and thinkers who don’t take for granted that language is merely human, that there are other “natural” languages, and that attuning to those other languages allows us to tell stories that disrupt the violence of Man.
Upcoming Event:
"Changing Gender: A Conversation with Susan Stryker."
Wednesday, November 13, 4:30 p.m. | Humanities Commons
Susan Stryker is one of the founders of trans studies, author of many award-winning books including the almost canonical Transgender History, as well as many influential essays across four decades, some collected in the just-published When Monsters Speak: A Susan Stryker Reader, edited by Mckenzie Wark. One of the most visible and influential trans scholars, she has appeared widely in national and international media. She was co-editor of the Transgender Studies Reader’s two editions, and co-founder of the journal TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly. She was the recipient of the 2015 Yale University James Robert Brudner Class of 1983 Memorial Prize for lifetime accomplishment and contribution to the fields of lesbian and gay studies.
Language of Man Humanities Center Event
Thursday, November 14, noon | Humanities Commons
Susan Stryker will hold a discussion reflecting on the role of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein in her thinking and trans scholarship more broadly.
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Faculty Highlights
Henry Published
Brian Henry, professor of English and creative writing, published Kiss of the Eyes of Peace, Selected Poems 1964-2014, a comprehensive English-language retrospective of Tomaž Šalamun’s storied career, including poems from all 52 of Šalamun’s books.
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Henry Published
Brian Henry, professor of English and creative writing, published translations of poems by Tomaž Šalamun in The Nation, A Public Space, and Bennington Review, among other journals.
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Snaza Published
Nathan Snaza, assistant professor of English, published Tendings: Feminist Esoterisms and the Abolition of Man by Duke University Press.
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October 28, 2024
STUDENT EXPERIENCE
Richmond marks decades of civic learning
As the Bonner Center commemorates its 20th anniversary, their Civic Fellows program has also reached a significant milestone, with more than 200 students engaging through internships worldwide.
October 14, 2024
University News
Idea Exchange
Speakers at the Faculty & Staff Research Symposium discussed topics ranging from global health and conspiracy theories to Cuban music and Jack the Ripper.
October 2, 2024
University of Richmond Launches New Humanities Center
The University of Richmond recently launched the Humanities Center, a campus-wide initiative that will foster student and faculty research in the many areas of scholarship that make up the humanities.
September 27, 2024
Research & Innovation
Lessons in nature on the University of Richmond campus
The Eco-Corridor has evolved into an educational amenity and serves as a living lab.
English Faculty in the News
November 21, 2024
Grantland Rice, the Four Horsemen and the blowout that never was
English professor Stephen Brauer authored this piece, originally published in The Conversation.
March 15, 2024
The Folder
English professor Libby Gruner, who is writing a book about her grandmother’s legacy, authored this piece dedicated to mementos from lost loved ones.
January 8, 2024
Rachel Beanland book selected for Same Page Community Read ahead of Festival of the Book
2023-2024 Writer in Residence Rachel Beanland is featured.
January 7, 2024
Grading: The good, the bad and the unhelpful
English professor Libby Gruner is quoted.
UR Summer Fellowships: Masnoon Majeed and Dr. David Stevens
University of Richmond students discuss summer research opportunities that give them a chance to explore their passions through hands-on projects, all while making a difference in the wider world
UR Summer Fellowships: Katie Skipper and Libby Gruner
University of Richmond students discuss summer research opportunities that give them a chance to explore their passions through hands-on projects, all while making a difference in the wider world.
Writers Series: Robert Olen Butler
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English Department, Humanities Building 318
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University of Richmond, VA 23173
Phone: (804) 289-8287
Fax: (804) 289-8313
Department Chair: Dr. David Stevens
Academic Administrative Coordinator: Emily Tarchokov