Looking for an inspiring summer read? Check out UCSB English Professor Swati Rana's article on Lata Mani’s Myriad Intimacies, published as part of an Experimental Books Forum on The Immanent Frame. You can read "Sacred experiments, intimate politics" here: tif.ssrc.org/2024/06/19/sacr…

We are pleased to invite our colleagues to join us from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Tuesday, June 4, 2024 in South Hall 1415 (@LasMaestras_) for "Reading the Body Other," a public reading of the works produced in Cherríe Moraga's ENGL 265: The Othered Body Spring writing seminar.

The English Department would like to thank everyone who joined us for and contributed to "The Future of the Lumpenproletariat" conference!

We are looking forward to warmly welcoming you to "The Future of the Lumpenproletariat" conference later this week at UCSB. Join us on 24-25th May from 9 AM PST- 5 PM PST in HSSB 6020, McCune Conference Room, or via Zoom at: ucsb.zoom.us/j/82749750603

You are invited to "It's cool in America, beer is flowing on the floor: Czech emigrant ballads and their presentation of differentness," an upcoming Early Modern Center lecture from Marie Hanzelkova. Thu., May 30, 3:30-5:30pm, SH2625 Email questions to [email protected]

The Center for Literature & Environment and the Global Studies Dept. invite you to "SATURATION / CIRCULATION: Reading Logistical Form" with Alexandra Campbell and Fred Carter on May 20, 3-4:30pm, in SSMS 2135. The guest seminar will be followed by a beach walk to Campus point.

You are warmly invited to "The Future of the Lumpenproletariat," a conference convened to honor the work and memory of UCSB English professor Glyn Salton-Cox. Join us May 24-25, 9am-5pm, in 6020 HSSB. For questions and Zoom link, contact [email protected].

You are invited to the EMC's screening of Richard III, directed by Gregory Doran and starring Arthur Hughes. The event will be held Friday, May 17, from 2pm-5pm in the Scott Frank screening room in SSMS. Space is limited, so please email [email protected] if you are interested.

Last but certainly not least, congratulations to fourth-year English major Kiana Perez Granados and first-year English major Mary Kearns, first and second place winners of the poetry division of the HFA Creativity Contest! hfa.ucsb.edu/news-entries/20… hfa.ucsb.edu/news-entries/20…

Congrats to third-year English major Zewen Gao for placing first in the @hfaucsb Creativity Contest's music competition! Visit the link below to listen to Zewen's composition, “Dark Elven Folk Tunes II.” hfa.ucsb.edu/news-entries/20…

Congrats to third-year English major Shannon Jackson, second-place winner in the prose category of the HFA Creativity Competition! Read Shannon's piece, "Instruments of Change: The North Hall Takeover of 1968," below.