Scholarly Diversions Talk with Dr. Alexis McGee: “Gossip: A Sonic Technology of Black Women’s Rhetoric”

09 February 2024 3:00 pm

Venue: Buchanan Tower 241
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Tags: Alexis McGee, Black Women, Diversions, gossip, intersectionality, rhetoric, sonic

A hybrid event celebrating Dr. McGee’s new book: “From Blues to Beyoncé”.

Scholarly Diversions with Dr. Andrew Connolly: “Queen of the New Age: How Booksellers, Publishers, and Journalists Used Shirley MacLaine to Rebrand the Occult”

01 March 2024 12:00 pm

Venue: Buchanan Tower 241
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Tags: Andrew Connolly, Neoliberal spirituality, New Age, Public discourse, Publishing

Dr. Connolly is presenting at the next Scholarly Diversions event on 1st March.

JWAM Work in Progress Lecture Series: Dr. Jennifer Cowe

29 November 2024 2:30 pm

Venue: Buchanan Tower 241
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With Friends Like These… Understanding the Fraught Professional Relationship between George Orwell and Henry Miller Join us on November 29th for an insightful talk as Dr. Jennifer Cowe delves into her upcoming publication in the Handbook of George Orwell (OUP 2025). This presentation will explore the complex relationship between Orwell and Miller, highlighting how Miller’s […]

JWAM Work in Progress Lecture Series: Dr. Katie Fitzpatrick

19 March 2025 3:00 pm

Venue: Buchanan Tower 241
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This presentation will consider both the explicit ways that Jennifer Haigh engages the American history of eugenics, racism, and reproductive control, and the more subtle ways that eugenic thinking persists within her novel.

JWAM Work in Progress Lecture Series: Dr. Andrew Connolly

04 April 2025 2:30 pm

Venue: Buchanan Tower 241
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Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Academics: Reconsidering the Ethics of Training Apprentice Scholars Join us on April 4th for an insightful talk by Dr. Andrew Connolly. WRDS 150 trains apprentice scholars. Students, as novice, apprentice scholars, work on authentic, academic research projects “while learning fundamental concepts and practices from active and experienced […]