Eight Students Advancing to 3MT Finals
Fangming Cui, psychology, and Susannah Sharpless, English language and literature, are among eight doctoral students advancing to the final round of the 2023 Three Minute Thesis competition.
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A history of critical and methodological openness
Department of Literatures in English
The Cornell Department of Literatures in English has a long history of critical and methodological openness. From the early 20th century, it has embraced new approaches to literary study, while maintaining traditional strengths. Supported by a series of libraries and collections that are world-renowned in many fields, Cornell English is the largest humanities department at Cornell University.
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Recent Highlights from the Department
Cornell alum to speak on the power of nonfiction comics in 21st century
On March 28, Andy Warner ’06, author of the memoir "Spring Rain" and several other books, will explore the power of graphic media to tell true stories.
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Creative writing MFA students represent literary magazine at annual industry bookfair
Creative writing graduate students talk about their visit to the Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP) conference in March 2023 as representatives of the literary magazine EPOCH.
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Math communicator visits campus to explore math in everyday life
“Ellenberg is a distinguished mathematician and a master of public communication."
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Support Arts & Sciences on Giving Day March 16
On Thursday, March 16, join the Cornell community to make a difference for students on Cornell Giving Day.
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Literature, film, and critical theory professor delivers Culler Lecture
Anna Kornbluh, professor of English at the University of Illinois Chicago, will address "Immediacy: Some Theses on Contemporary Style" on Tuesday, March 7.
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March 2 reading to feature Time Magazine Must Read Book author, poet Victoria Chang
Poet and writer Victoria Chang will read from her work for the Spring 2023 Barbara & David Zalaznick Reading Series on Thurs., March 2 at 5 p.m. in the Rhodes-Rawlings Auditorium, G70 Klarman Hall.
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Family abolition focus of upcoming lecture
Sophie Lewis will offer a deep dive into the history of radical movements and explore family abolition, which she characterizes as a turning away from the privatization of care.
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Recent Books by Department of Literatures in English Faculty
Department faculty continually publish important works of criticism, fiction, poetry, and essays. Visit Literatures in English Faculty: Recent Books to learn more.
Land Acknowledgment
Cornell University is located on the traditional homelands of the Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫ' (the Cayuga Nation). The Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫ' are members of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, an alliance of six sovereign Nations with a historic and contemporary presence on this land. The Confederacy precedes the establishment of Cornell University, New York state, and the United States of America. We acknowledge the painful history of Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫ' dispossession, and honor the ongoing connection of Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫ' people, past and present, to these lands and waters.
This land acknowledgment has been reviewed and approved by the traditional Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫ' leadership.
Statement from the Department of Literatures in English
We, the faculty and staff of the Cornell Literatures in English department, pledge to support and do our utmost to protect members of our community who are discriminated against, unjustly treated, or otherwise targeted because of race, religion, gender identification, sexuality, immigration status, ability, and other forms of difference.
Recognizing that words and symbols can be manipulated into violence, we renew our commitment to direct the force of language toward large and small acts of learning, alliance, imagination, and justice.