Hello, everyone! We’re excited to announce that the New Academy Series will continue to feature the creative and research work of Non-Tenure-Track Faculty in the English department this year. Mary and Dave are in the process of lining up speakers for our spring events, but we’re happy to announce our fall schedule right now!
On Friday October 5th in the Literatures & Languages Library (Room 200, Main Library) from 3-5 John Claborn will talk about his book, Civil Rights and The Environment in African-American Literature, 1895-1941.
John Claborn, Mary Lucille Hays, and Dave Morris.
On Friday, November 2nd in the Literatures & Languages Library (Room 200, Main Library) from 4-6 Dana Kinzy will share some of her creative work with us, including selected poems.
“The New Academy,” a reading and podcast series, offers small pictures of adjunct professional life. Given the rapidly changing shape of the profession, this series provides a small amount of information about how an important population—adjunct instructors—approach the many facets of academic life. The series intends to provoke reflection, discussion, and cooperation across the many populations served by the English department and the university community more broadly.
Please watch this space for further updates and our first podcast episode of the year, which will feature a discussion with John Claborn and be released in the week prior to the October event.