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Crooks, Rogues, and Maids Less Than Virtuous: Books in the Streets of 18th Century London A new exhibit of rare books at the Boston Public Library, organized by UMass Boston English Professor Cheryl Nixon and several of her graduate students, highlights one of the earliest rises in pop culture in London with pamphlets, broadsides, and rare books telling stories of criminals, ghosts, shipwrecks, and pirates. The exhibit is on display through May 1. For more information, visit the Boston Public Library website: www.bpl.org. |
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The English Department is pleased to announce our new Masters of Fine Arts Progam, beginning Fall 2007.
The M.A. English program
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PLEASE WELCOME OUR NEW FACULTY FOR FALL 2006
Stephanie Kamath, completing her Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania, joins us as a medievalist with a special interest in the relationships of English literature of the 14th century to French literature and culture. In Fall 2006 she will be teaching Five British Writers and English 401: The Medieval Period.
Leonard von Morzé is defending his dissertation this Spring at the University of California Berkeley and he will be our new specialist in American literature of the Colonial and Revolutionary periods. In Fall 2006 he will be teaching Six American Writers and a special topics course, English 380A: Declaring Independence.
Eve Sorum received her Ph.D. in 2005 from the Universityof Michigan. Her research is focused on British Modernism, the literature of World War I, and the relationships between literature and mapmaking. In Fall 2006 she will be teaching English 380B, a special topics course on Virginia Woolf.
Another new face in the department will be Assistant Professor Patrick Barron who officially joined the department in Fall 2005 but who has been on leave at the American Academy in Rome. In Fall 2006 he will be teaching English 379A, a special topics course on Literature and the Environment, and English 306: Advanced Composition.
TWO FACULTY MEMBERS WIN FULBRIGHTS
Assistant Professor Betsy Klimasmith will be a Fulbright Fellow at Masaryk University
in the Czech Republic during the academic year 2006-2007.
Assistant Professor Patrick Barron will be a Fulbright Research Scholar in Italy during the summer of 2007.