Past Events

  • Jaqueline Bishop Headshot
    On April 5th, 2018, Jaqueline Bishop visited campus as a Visiting Writer. She read from her body of work and did a short Q & A afterwards. Jacqueline Bishop is a Jamaican writer, visual artist and photographer, who now lives in
  • Dorothy Wang Headshot
    On April 3rd, 2018, Dororthy Wang visited campus and gave a guest lecture on Whither Poetry Studies. Dorothy Wang provides an extraordinarily rich reading of minority discourse among experimental Asian American writers. In this theoretically
  • Poster for event showing Fred Moten. All details are content on this page.
    On Feb. 6, 2018, award-winning poet and critic Fred Moten visited campus to present a riveting talk, "I Wanted to Write a Poem," to a standing-room-only audience.  Moten is a professor of English at the University of California, Riverside.
  • Wording that says end of semester cocoa social
    On Dec. 6 and 7, 2017, Instructor Teresa Nugent and the Undergraduate Student Advisory Council hosted a social event in the Dilts Lounge for hot chocolate, doughnuts, and conversation!  The first fifty guests, each day, received an official CU
  • Attendees at the event
    On Nov. 16, 2017, Professor Thora Brylowe's First Year Seminar class: Saving the World: Museums, Archives and Collections, showcased their work at the CU Arts Museum. It was truly impressive.
  • al Madani speaking to the crowd
    On Friday, Nov. 3, 2017, 2017 George Norlin Award Recipient Professor and Department of English alum Yusur Al-Madani visited Boulder to deliver her talk:  'Such a Transformation!' Shakespeare Re-made, Sulayman Al-Bassam's Richard III, an
  • Valedictorian Pye speaking to grads
    On Friday, May 12, 2017, graduate and undergraduate students in literature and creative writing filled the Mary Rippon Theater with friends and family to celebrate the well-earned receipt of their BA, MA, MFA and Doctorate Degrees. Congratulations,
  • Attendees of the picnic
    On Thursday, September 7, 2017, the Department of English held its annual Welcome Picnic for new and returning students in the Mary Rippon Outdoor Theater. Tacos and drinks were on hand for the opportunity to reconnect with students, faculty and
  • Text that says join us for a poetry reading of published and dodgy works!
    On Wednesday, Sept. 27, Ali Hasan and Grant Souders read selections of their poetry from published and in-progress works. Sponsored by the English Student Advisory Council and the Literary Buffs.
  • Students and professor at BBQ
    On Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017, the department held its annual Graduate Student Welcome BBQ. Lawn games were on hand, and some dynamite bbq was served.
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