Professor and English Department Head Lisa A. Freeman's new book, Antitheatricality and the Body Public, was reviewed in the Times Literary Supplement in late February 2018.
Publication of Professor Luis Urrea's new novel, The House of Broken Angels, is being greeted with enthusiasm from NPR, Buzzfeed, and the New York Times, among other media outlets.
Lennard Davis, Distinguished Professor of English, disability and human development, and medical education, was named a 2018 UIC Researcher of the Year.
Gregor Baszak has just won the Chancellor's Graduate Research Award for his topic on "How Global Is It? Interrelations between German and American Literature in the 20th Century."
Please join us in congratulating Jose Castellanos (advised by Prof. Ralph Cintron) for winning the Outstanding Thesis Award in the Arts and Humanities division.
A huge congratulations to Brianna Noll on her gorgeous book of poems winning the University of Kentucky Press New Poetry and Prose series award! Mark your calendars! Here’s an excerpt from the press…