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Fall 2017 English Department Events

Join us for a great line up of events Fall 2017!

Tuesday, September 12th in Bliss Annex 235 from 12:30-1:20pm
Winter Study Abroad British Theater Interest Session
with Professors Felicia Steele and Diane Steinberg
British Theater Info Session Flyer

Wednesday, September 13th in Social Science Room 227 from 11am-Noon
Winter Study Abroad South Africa Interest Session
with Professors Mindi McMann and Matthew Bender
South Africa Interest Session Flyer

Tuesday, September 19th in Science Complex P 101 from 12:30-1:50pm
The English Department’s Summer Reading Panel Discussion of
Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad
with Professors Cassandra Jackson, English & Mekala Audain, History
Underground Railroad Flyer

Wednesday, September 20th in Bliss Annex 235 from 11-11:50am
Winter Study Abroad British Theater Interest Session
with Professors Felicia Steele and Diane Steinberg
British Theater Info Session Flyer

Tuesday, October 3rd in Science Complex P101 from 12:30-1:50pm
Student Run Close Reading Session
Student Run Close Reading Flyer

Tuesday, October 3rd in Bliss 228 from 5:30-7:00pm
Chinese Poet Zang Di
ZANG DI Event Flyer

Tuesday, October 17th at 5pm Library Auditorium
Guest Poet Lynn Powell
Reading and book signing
Lynn Powell Flyer

Thursday, October 19th in the Library Auditorium  from 7:30-9pm
Visiting Writers Series Presents: Danez Smith
Danez Smith Flyer

Thursday, October 19th in Bliss 234 from 7-8:30pm
How to Teach Seminar: Using Performance-Based Assessment
Led by TCNJ ENGT Alum Ken Shindle who currently teaches at Hillsborough High School
Please RSVP to: https://tcnj.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_56dYCtm5ZXko12R

Thursday, October 26th in the Bliss Hall Lounge at 8:30pm
ink’s Halloween Coffeehouse

Tuesday, November 14th in the Library Auditorium from 12:30-1:50pm
Book Talk/Reading: Ellen G. Friedman on her new book:
The Seven, A Family Holocaust Story
The Seven Book Talk Flyer

Thursday, November 16th in the Library from 4:30-7:30pm
Knocking on Heaven’s Door? Europe’s 25-Year-Old Mediterranean Migration Crisis Up Close viewing and panel discussion, and preface presentation by TCNJ alumni on her experience in a detention center.
Amara Lakhous, Algerian-Italian author and screenplay writer is on tour in the US with film director Salvatore Allocca to present his recent film, Taranta on the Road. Amara was among those who contributed to write the screenplay. The movie tales the adventures of two Tunisians who landed in Italy without documents with a plan to reach France. On their journey as undocumented migrants, they are helped by a musical band from Salento (Southern Italy), who ultimately decide to take them to France. 

Thursday, November 16th in the Library Auditorium at 8:30pm
ink’s Student Reading Series  
    
Tuesday, November 28th from in Education 113 from 12:30-1:5pm
Close Reading Session: Aemilia Lanyer’s Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum
with Professor Felicia Steele
Aemilia Lanyer-Close Reading Session Flyer

 

 

 

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