By Damian StockliThe Goddard Library’s Archives and Special Collections opened its doors to visitors Wednesday, November 16th at 10:00 AM for the annual Rare Book Open House, where each of Prof. Neuman’s student archivists presented a rare book—and its charming idiosyncrasies—from the Jonas Clark collection to visiting students and faculty. I’ve had the privilege of meeting…
Yearly Archives: 2022
English Department Events, Studying English
Clark University’s Chapter of Sigma Tau Delta Used Book Sale
By Christina Rose WalcottOn Wednesday, November 30th, from 1:30-3:30pm in the Academic Commons of the Goddard Library, Clark University’s chapter of Sigma Tau Delta, the International English Honors Society, set up at the pop-up to station their used book sale. A wide variety of books were sold from The Way to Cook by Julia Childs…
English Department News, Writing
Professor Ousmane K. Power-Greene’s “Truth and/or Fiction?” Panel
By Jordan HolleyCW: Discussions of racism, antisemitism, and violence On Wednesday, November 2nd at 12:00 PM, students and faculty gathered in the Higgins Lounge in Dana Commons for “Truth and/or Fiction? Faculty discuss fictional depictions of the history of racial violence.” The event celebrated the publication of Professor Ousmane K. Power-Greene’s debut novel, The Confessions of…
English Department Events, Studying English
Queer Comedy Presents: “The Lesbian Avengers and the Possibilities of Queer Feminist Humor”
By Christina Rose WalcottCW: brief discussions of sexual, racial, and homophobic violence as well as some “citational swearing” On Thursday, October 20th at 4:30pm, Kristen Leng, an associate professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at UMass Amherst, gave her first public talk since the pandemic on her current paper in progress about the Lesbian…
English Department Events
Chowder Fest Fall 2022
By Christina Rose WalcottIn the early evening of Wednesday, October 19th at 5:00pm, the English Department hosted its annual celebration “Chowder Fest” back in English House for the first time since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. In the fall of 2020, the celebration was held over Zoom, and in the fall of 2021, the…
English Department Events
Robin Tran’s Stand-Up Comedy Show at Clark University
By Christina Rose WalcottCW: racism, depression, suicide Robin Tran visited Clark University for the second event in the “Queer Comedy Presents” series organized by Professors Elizabeth Blake and Rox Samer. If you are interested in getting to see her in action, the stand up comedian was recently featured in That’s My Time with David Letterman,…
English Department Events
Sigma Tau Delta Fall 2022 Induction Ceremony
By Christina Rose WalcottOn Wednesday evening at 5:30 in English House at 12 Hawthorne St., Professor Justin P. Shaw, the chapter advisor of the Alpha Chi Xi Chapter of Sigma Tau Delta at Clark University welcomed current members and inducted new members of the International English Honor Society. Due to the pandemic, the chapter has…
Career Paths for the English Major, English Department News
English Department Graduates Reflect on Time at Clark
By Monica SagerWillow McKeon ’22 went into college thinking she was going to be a history teacher or psychologist. “I quickly found that history and psychology classes weren’t necessarily for me,” McKeon said. “What I did realize Freshman year is that I was really interested in the media analysis (mostly books and movies) that I…
English Department News
Food Insecurity Symposium Highlights Need to Act Now
By Monica SagerClarkU Hillel brought students and community leaders together on April 13 for a Food Insecurity Symposium at Clark University’s Tilton space, as they worked to fight the issue that plagues one in three college students as well as learn how to advocate for themselves. The Food Insecurity Symposium, which was hosted by graduate…
English Department Events
Poetry with Meaning, Daniel Lee
By Monica SagerOn April 13, Daniel W. K. Lee joined Dr. Nicolyn Woodcock’s Introduction to Literary Analysis Course to speak about poetry and his own work. Woodcock’s class has started a poetry lesson and it will continue throughout the end of April. She mentioned that for a lot of the students poetry sounds daunting –…
