Resources, Events & Awards
Resources
- English Graduate Programs booklet (.pdf)
- English Graduate Student Association (EGSA)
- Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
- Dossier Services
- Conference Travel Reimbursement for PhD Students
Events
- Department Calendar
- EGSA/GSC Student Workshops
- Barrs Lecture Series
2006-2007:
"Literature in a Post-colonial Empire: Melville and Ellison," Jonathan Arac, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of English at the University of Pittsburgh
"On Not Hearing Whitman," Virginia Jackson, Tufts University
"Rhetorics of Definition in Neo-Creationism," David Kellogg, Assistant Professor of English, Northeastern University
"Transnational Constructions of Diaspora in Late Twentieth-Century Black Women's Literature of the Americas," Deonne Minto, Visiting Scholar, Northeastern University
"I = Another: Digital Identity Politics," Kara Keeling, Visiting Assistant Professor of Art and Africana Studies, Williams College
Awards
Graduate Student Essay Prizes
Each Spring, the English Department awards two prizes for essays written for a graduate course in the preceding calendar year. One prize is awarded in the category of literature and literary studies, including film studies; the other in the category of rhetoric, composition, or linguistics. Students in the MA and PhD programs may submit work in either category or in both. Prize winners receive awards of $100 each and are honored at the end-of-year Graduate Programs reception. For a list of recent winners and honorable mentions, see Graduate Student Honors, Activities & Accomplishments.
MA Comprehensive Exam Medalist
The MA Comprehensive Exam Medalist receives the most grades of "pass with distinction" on the MA Comprehensive Examination. Each Spring, the Medalist receives a monetary award and is honored at the end-of-year Graduate Programs reception.
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