Department of English
Jena Osman's poetry featured in Chicago Review & produced by Triple Canopy.
Samuel Delany to be celebrated at University of Maryland day-long conference, April 20th
Shannon Walters receives Elizabeth A. Flynn Award for article
Rachel Blau DuPlessis to be celebrated at Oct. 21st conference
Miles Orvell wins 2010 Temple Great Teacher Award »
Julia Mendenhall wins 2009 Innovative Teaching Award in Gen Ed »
Larry Venuti wins translation award »
Larry Venuti wins 2009 Temple Research Award »
Steven Newman wins 2009 Lindback Teaching Award »
John O'Hara wins first Innovative Teaching Award in Gen Ed »
Professor Suzanne Gauch awarded a Fulbright Award for 2008-2009 (PDF) »
Dr. Shelly Brivic at the 5th Biennial International Korean James Joyce Conference in Kwangju Korea
Professor Shelly Brivic delivered the keynote address at the Fifth
Biennial International Korean James Joyce Conference in Kwangju Korea
on November 10, 2012. His topic was "Joyce and Korea: Joyce and Cha's DICTEE."
Brivic discovered that the last chapter of Finnegan's Wake (1939) has as one of its main themes the idea that Asia will rise to become the center of world civilization. Since Joyce predicted it, it was bound to happen. Ireland and Korea share tragic histories of colonialism, and Brivic spoke of the parallels between Joyce's work and that of the
experimental Korean- American writer, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha. Like Brivic,
Cha got a graduate degree from the University of California at Berkeley and
was a fan of Joyce's.