Daniella ZollerThis past August, Ursula Zia, a senior at Clark University, worked on their artist book Root Kinetics at the Center for Book Arts in New York. Ursula is double majoring in studio art and environmental studies, along with a minor in creative writing. They received funding to work on this project through the Steinbrecher…
By Ursula ZiaVandana Singh’s reading and workshop on November 17th granted us listening participants to an amorphous network of possibility in fiction. Through language, Singh ravels and unravels threads of science and society on multiple scales. Her abstract and interdisciplinary work is grounded in a few concrete representations of objects that funnel out of complex…
By Daniella ZollerNearly 100 people gathered for the English Department’s annual “Chowder Fest” celebration on November 7th at 5:45pm. This was the largest attendance that the English House has had for this event in years! Audience members were seated all throughout the house, gathered around eating, while listening to the wise words of our speakers.…
By Christina Rose WalcottOn October 24th, Professor Steve Levin and the Higgins School of Humanities invited Nguyễn Võ Nghiêm Minh known as Minh Nguyen-Vo to Clark University for the screening and talk-back of his film, Nước 2030 which was released in 2014. Professor Levin opened the screening with an introduction about Minh Nguyen-Vo. “Minh was…
By Dr. Spencer TrickerPlease read Dr. Tricker’s reflection below about his research this summer in Los Angeles. Among his many exciting activities, he was the keynote lecturer at a conference. … This summer, I spent five weeks at the Huntington Library in LA as an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation short-term fellow. While there, I worked…
By Professor Lisa KasmerThis past summer, the study abroad program Advanced Studies in England (ASE) in Bath, England chose my seminar Queer Victorians to be part of their course offerings. It was exciting to teach Queer Victorians, which explores the way in which Victorian writers address queer sexuality and marginalized gender identities, in the country…
By Mia DavisOver the past few months, I have had the opportunity to pursue more in-depth engagement with the representations of Black womanhood and motherhood in texts. I was curious about what the depictions of Black women by Black women writers said about the experiences of Black women. Toni Morrison’s Beloved is a particularly powerful…
By Christina Rose WalcottOn Tuesday evening at 6pm in English House, the English Department welcomed their new inductees into the Alpha Chi Xi Chapter of Sigma Tau Delta at Clark University. The ceremony was widely attended by many students, faculty, and friends. Professor Justin P. Shaw opened the ceremony by speaking to the audience about…
By Genie GiaimoDear Clark English community, We share a lot of good news on the Next Chapter, and of course, sometimes sad news as well. Today, we are sharing a post written by Genie Giaimo (BA ’06, MA ’07), which readers might find very hard as well as moving. I offer my deepest gratitude to…
Drawing an eventful semester to a close, the English Department’s annual Spring Fling event was held at the Anderson House on Tuesday, May 2nd. The event opened with a light breakfast curated by Paula Connors which preceded the presentation of awards and recognitions by chair, Professor Meredith Neuman. First, plaques were presented to the beloved…
