Monthly Archives: June 2009
Gans Awarded ENDURING QUESTIONS Grant from NEH
Congratulations are in order to ALSC member Bruce Gans, who has been awarded a $15,000 Enduring Questions grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The Enduring Questions grant seeks to encourage both faculty and undergraduates to “grapple with the … Continue reading
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Lesley University Writers’ Conference – July 2009
The 2009 Lesley University Writers’ Conference runs from Sunday, July 29 through Friday, July 31 on Lesley’s campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Faculty includes Afaa Michael Weaver and Steven Cramer (Poetry), David Elliot (Children’s Book Writing), Marcie Hershman (Nonfiction), and Rachel … Continue reading
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FORUM Mentioned in THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION
The ALSC’s most recent issue of Forum, “The Latest Illiteracy,” has garnered a mention in Mark Bauerlein’s blog on The Chronicle of Higher Education Website. In his piece, Bauerlein assesses the latest debate over William Strunk Jr. & E.B. White’s … Continue reading
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ALSC in the July 1 Issue of THE NEW REPUBLIC
The ALSC is exceptionally well-represented in this week’s issue of The New Republic (July 1, 2009). Please turn to page 51 to read Literary Imagination editor Peter Campion’s poem “Gile Mountain,” and flip to the following page to read councilor … Continue reading
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Christopher Ricks Receives a Knighthood
Christopher Ricks, our Immediate Past President, has been knighted for “services to Scholarship” as part of the Queen’s Birthday Honours. Others recognized this year include former British poet laureate Andrew Motion. In responding to this honor “for services to Scholarship,” … Continue reading
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Call For ALSC Member Blogs
The ALSC would like to invite any of its members with the inclination to blog to share their personal sites with fellow ALSC members. We hope to establish a links section soon, either here on WordPress or at the main … Continue reading
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Councilor Profile: Rachel Hadas
As a member of ALSC, Rachel Hadas enjoys actively recruiting new members. Professor Hadas is Board of Governors Professor of English at Rutgers University’s Newark campus, where she has taught for many years. She especially enjoys teaching courses such as Mythology … Continue reading
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