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Carolyn Forche Reading and Book Signing
A reading with Carolyn Forche with book signing to follow. In-person event to be held Thursday, February 10, 2022 at 7pm at the Khayat Center on the University of Mississippi Oxford Campus. Carolyn Forche’s first volume, Gathering the Tribes, winner of the Yale Series of Younger Poet’s Prize, was followed by The Country Between […]
Watch Now: The Howry Lecture in Faulkner Studies Recorded Event
The Inaugural Howry Lecture in Faulkner Studies was held on October 25, 2021. The inaugural Howry Lecturer is Professor Barbara Ladd of Emory University. Professor Ladd is an internationally recognized expert on the literature and culture of the American South, and Faulkner’s work has figured prominently in the two monographs she has published to date: Nationalism […]
Inaugural Howry Lecture in Faulkner Studies
Inaugural Howry Lecture in Faulkner Studies Please join us for the inaugural Howry Lecture on Monday, October 25 at 7pm. This event has been changed to a virtual lecture due to concerns about Covid-19. To access the event, please scan the QR code or visit https://olemiss.zoom.us/j/98392937587 The inaugural Howry Lecturer is Professor Barbara Ladd […]
National Book Award Finalist Named 2022 Grisham Writer-in-Residence
August 18, 2021 by Staff Report Acclaimed fiction writer Deesha Philyaw has been named the 2022-23 John and Renée Grisham Writer-in-Residence at the University of Mississippi. Philyaw is the prize-winning author of the short story collection “The Secret Lives of Church Ladies” (West Virginia University Press, 2020), which won the 2021 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, […]
Exceptional Educators- College of Liberal Arts Professors Honored for Excellence in Teaching
JUNE 17, 2021 BY STAFF REPORT The University of Mississippi College of Liberal Arts recognized three professors for superior teaching at the end of the 2021 spring semester. Jason Solinger, associate professor of English, is the Howell Family Outstanding Teacher of the Year. Named after alumni donors Dr. Norris Howell (BS 75) and Lynne Thomas Howell […]
Author Aimee Nezhukumatahil Set to Deliver Fall Convocation Keynote
August 12, 2021 By Edwin B. Smith Aimee Nezhukumatathil, University of Mississippi English professor and award-winning author, will deliver the keynote address to the university’s first-year/transfer class Aug. 24 during the annual Fall Convocation. The in-person event begins at 7 p.m. in the Sandy and John Black Pavilion at Ole Miss. Others scheduled to […]
Lindsey Yates: From the Classroom to the Film Set
July 9, 2021 by Allison Clayton (BA ’21) Lindsey Yates (B.A. 2012) uses her degree in Journalism and her minor in English in spectacular ways—literally. Working at the Los Angeles branch of the visual effects company, FuseFX, Yates has a hand in creating effects for many popular television shows, like 9-1-1 and The […]
Professors Honored for Creative Research
JUNE 28, 2021 BY STAFF REPORT Six faculty members in the University of Mississippi College of Liberal Arts have been recognized for their creative, research and scholarly activity during the 2020-21 academic year. Four professors received the Dr. Mike L. Edmonds New Scholar Award for junior faculty and two received the College of Liberal Arts Award for […]
Seven UM International Studies Students Named Boren Scholars
April 22, 2021 by Edwin B. Smith For the second time in three years, seven accomplished students at the University of Mississippi have been named as recipients of the prestigious David L. Boren Scholarship from the National Security Exchange Program. All either are or have been enrolled in the university’s Croft Institute for International Studies. The recipients are Brantley Damon, of Madison; Miller […]
‘World of Wonders’ Chosen for 2021 Common Reading Experience
April 19, 2021 by Michael Newsom The University of Mississippi‘s 2021 Common Reading Experience will focus on “World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments,” a celebrated new collection of essays by Aimee Nezhukumatathil, UM professor of English and creative writing. After reviewing many community submissions and other finalists, a committee of faculty, staff and students […]