Worldwise is a set of events sponsored by the ARHU department. Our next major event is going to be February 24th and it is going to be a set of presentations on ENERGY.
Check out the website for more details and send in a proposal!
http://www.worldwise.umd.edu/subpage_proposal.html
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Seeking worldwise proposals!
Posted in Uncategorized on December 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
OED’s getting an overhaul…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Maud Newton, OED, Oxford English Dictionary, Urban Dictionary on October 13, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Maud Newton, literary femme fatale and all-around delight, blogs (and twitters! how progressive) from the 80th anniversary of the Oxford English Dictionary.
Biggest development? The third edition of the 20-volume set of the Oxford English Dictionary will also be its last! After publication of “the first comprehensive and up-to-date edition of the OED in one alphabetical [...]
Passionate Pedagogy
Posted in articles of note, tagged bell hooks, exploitation, faculty, passionate pedagogy, power, relationship, sex, sexual harrassment, student on October 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A recent article in the Chronicle of Higher Education covered the story of a business professor facing federal charges for intercepting the e-mail of a student he was having an intimate relationship with for over eight months. The student is also pursuing a civil suit against both the professor and the university. The university has [...]
In Memory of David Foster Wallace
Posted in Uncategorized on September 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Following in the footsteps of most Interweb and print media outlets, I’ve decided that it’s only appropriate for us at On Purpose to post a quick in memoriam to the late David Foster Wallace. I personally cannot speak too much for his writing, having only ever read one of his short stories, the beautifully entertaining [...]
Bibliotherapy: Literature as Rehabilitation
Posted in Uncategorized on August 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
On his blog, OnFiction, Keith Oatley of the University of Toronto posted an interesting article that compiles some research done on a prisoner rehabilitation program called Changing Lives Through Literature, sponsored by the University of Massachusetts.
This program is directly applicable to the recent fervor generated in academia that questions the uses of the humanities in [...]
Back to School and the EUA
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged English Undergrad Association, eua on August 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The semester looms just around the corner as summer breathes its last gasps. I hope everyone has used this summer to fully recharge and are now ready to tackle yet another UMD school year. The English Undergraduate Association is poised and ready to have a great year and I just want to share a few [...]
Text and Techne Conference
Posted in Uncategorized on March 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hello everyone, this is Kenton and it’s my first post on the blog. How exciting!
I was recently part of the first annual graduate student conference called Text and Techne: Literature, Language, and Culture and had an amazing time. I want to share my experiences in hopes that it might alleviate fears that anyone might have [...]
on literature and science
Posted in Uncategorized on March 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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Lobbying
Posted in Uncategorized on March 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So, as I mentioned I spent Tuesday running around Congressional office buildings asking people for money. Ok, so it was a little more dignified than that, but basically I joined a coalition of Marylanders in advocating to congressional aides for more funding for the National Endowment for the Humanities.
It was pretty exhilirating to be part [...]
Tomorrow
Posted in Uncategorized on March 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
So, I’m spending the next few days lobbying Congress with the National Humanities Alliance. Wish me luck and expect an update!
