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Mikhail Shiskin

Posted by on Apr 3, 2013

THE EXHIBIT X FICTION SERIES presents Russian novelist MIKHAIL SHISHKIN Wednesday April 17, 2013 Hallwalls Cinema 7:00pm Free and Open to the Public Join us for this significant...

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Latest News

Diane Christian awarded President’s Medal

Posted by on May 15, 2013

At Sunday’s commencement, UB President Satish Tripathi, presented Diane Christian with the President’s Medal, an award given since 1990 in recognition of “outstanding...

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Graduate Program

Teaching Award Winners

Posted by on Mar 21, 2013

The Dept. of English is pleased to announce that the Graduate School has selected Prentiss Clark, Nicholas Hoffman, and Rae Muhlstock for the 2012-2013 Excellence in Teaching...

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For Undergrads

New Creative Writing Certificate

Posted by on May 29, 2013

The UB Department of English proudly announces the new undergraduate Creative Writing Certificate   The Creative Writing Certificate is designed to help students shape their worlds...

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Latest News & Events

Banner year for English Department Awards and Fellowships

English Department faculty have won impressive national and international fellowships this year. Professor Jerold Frakes spectacularly won four highly competitive fellowships for the coming year: a Guggenheim, a Radcliffe Institute Fellowship, a National Humanities Center Fellowship (declined), and a fellowship from the École des Hautes Études en Sciences...

L.O. Aranye Fradenburg

L.O. Aranye Fradenburg (UC Santa Barbara) Juxtapositions Series “On Display: Showing, Hiding, and Staying Alive” April 22 -  Monday 3:30-5:30 PM   306 Clemens Hall  

Chris Mann

Chris Mann Poetics Plus Reading-Performance April 18  -  Thursday 8:00 PM   468 Washington St (at Mohawk)  

Cynthia Wall

Cynthia Wall (U of Virginia) Early Modern Research Workshop “The Grammar of Approach” April 18  -  Thursday 3:30 PM   306 Clemens Hall