Spring 2023

Spring 2023 English Department Colloquium Schedule

[As always, please be on the lookout for adjustments/additions.]

 

All events are at 3:00 PM on Thursday; unusual dates/times are underscored.

Colloquia will be held in person in Kuykendall 410 unless otherwise specified.

 

January 12                              Department Meeting

 

January 19                              Lecturers Meeting

 

January 26                              Graduate Program Assessment (Faculty)

 

Feb 2                                          Presentation by Candidate for C/R Position: Tabitha Espina

 

Feb 9                            Presentation by Candidate for C/R Position: Joseph Wilson

 

Feb 16                           Presentation by Candidate for C/R Position: Isaac Wang

 

Feb 23                           Department Meeting: Chair’s Election Presentation

 

5:30-7:00PM                  Words@Mānoa Event: Reading by Maryanne Mohanraj

 

March 2                                     K. Satyanarayana, “The Cultural and Political Significance of ‘Dalit’ Literature”

[Co-Sponsor: Rama Watamull Collaborative Lecture Series, Center for South Asian Studies; Ethnic Studies]

 

Associated Event: Ethnic Studies Department Workshop 

Friday March 3, 11:30-1 PM, George 301 B 

“Race and Caste in Comparison.”

  1. Satyanarayana in Conversation with Ethnic Studies faculty Ethan Caldwell and Monisha Das Gupta

[all are welcome, but if you would like related readings please write to enghi@hawaii.edu

 

March 9                         Michael Gillespie, “Give Me Your Love: Black Study and the Art of Blackness”

                                    Joseph Keene Chadwick Lecture

 

Associated Event: Workshop on Michael Gillespie’s Work

Thursday March 9, 12.00-1.15 PM, KUY 410 

[all are welcome, but if you would like related readings please write to enghi@hawaii.edu

 

March 16                       [Spring Break—No Colloquium]

 

March 23                       TBD

 

March 30                       Reading by Joseph Han, Writer-in-Residence

 

April     6                      English Represents!: Undergraduate Showcase (details to follow)

 

April 13                         Creative Writing Showcase

 

April 20                         Department Meeting

 

April 27                         Free

 

                 

May 4 [Thursday] 3PM  Department Reception [details to follow]