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Committed to cultivating graduates who will be engaged citizens & community members, successful professionals, and life-long learners.

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We're thrilled to be recognized by @aacu for our focus on literature & social justice! @LehighU @Lehigh_CAS @LehighResearch https://t.co/BITjZL1qT2

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AAC&U selects 22 academic departments integrating civic learning in majors to be featured in Peer Review and online. https://t.co/LQuV0gt1Lm

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Join us for this event in celebration of Black History Month! We will celebrate the great works of Nikki Giovanni and read from our favorite Black literature. 📖📚 Monday, February 24th at 4:15 pm!

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This event is POSPONED due to inclement weather. Keep posted for new date.

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We are excited for this talk with Jessica Johnson: Associate Professor in the Department of History at Johns Hopkins University. LU English and the Humanities Center will be co hosting "Keywords for Black Louisiana: Witnessing Black Life & Community" on 2/6 at 4:30 pm, STEPS 280

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Join Lehigh Africana Studies and Lehigh English for this exciting event on Thursday, February 27 @ 4:30 pm!

Distinguished Lecture-Speaker Series: Caryl Phillips Public Talk

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Lehigh English and Africana Studies at Lehigh are excited for this talk on February 20, 2025 @ 12:00 pm with Dr. Joseph Williams!

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"Africa, the West and the Durability of Historic Colonial Ties: Exploring the Growing Salience of la Françafrique in the 21st Century with Joe Gazeley" on 1/28 @ 4:30 pm.

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Lehigh Africana Studies and Lehigh English are excited for this educational talk with Dr. Yatma Diop on February 11 @ 12:10 pm.

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Prof Simone Alexander is hosting writer Caryl Phillips at Lehigh on February 27, 2025. He will be giving a public lecture that day (4:30pm in BI 221 (Business Innovation Center)) as well as visiting Professor Alexander's class. See his work here: https://t.co/vfbU6crrib

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The Asian & Asian American Studies program is organizing a visit by New Yorker writer Peter Hessler on Feb. 11. Hessler will be hosting a lunchtime workshop on narrative nonfiction at noon as well as giving a public talk at 4:30pm. #thenewyorkermagazine #lehighvalleypa

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The Asian & Asian American Studies program is organizing a visit by New Yorker writer Peter Hessler on Feb. 11. Hessler will be hosting a lunchtime workshop on narrative nonfiction at noon & giving a public talk at 4:30pm.

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Check out Lehigh English's official LinkedIn page and connect with us!

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Congrats to Jordan Ho, double major in English & Philosophy for being named to the National Humanities Center's National Humanities Leadership Council, 2024-2025! 🎉📚
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NHC helps prepare a select group of students with humanities-based leadership skills.

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"READ" alert! 📚❗❗Check out Professor Suzanne Edwards's NEW book: Women’s Restorative Medievalisms
Forgotten Pasts and Unimagined Futures

Available in hardcover and digital:
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Check out Professor Michael Kramp’s new Podcast: Jane Austen and the Future of the Humanities on
#Spotify
https://t.co/Vgi79R5kRa
Preview now available, 1st episode will go live at the end of January
Professor Kramp's personal website/ home of podcast: https://t.co/XIM2QlWYR6

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Professor and Director of Africana Studies, Dr. Simone Alexander, presented her 3rd lecture at Wuhan University! The topics of her lectures are vast, though-provoking, and an excellent learning experience for all involved! 📚📉📜#wuhanuniversity #lehighuniversity

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Professor and Director of Africana Studies, Dr. Simone Alexander, presented her second public lecture at Wuhan University: "Obscurity, “Vulgarity” and 'The Hunger to Tell' Other/Wise: Re/Envisioning Caribbean Literature and Culture". How exciting it is to travel for education!!

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Prof of English and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Dr. Mary Foltz, was one of the applicants to the PHMC for a marker honoring Keith Haring. On 11 October 2024, a marker was placed on the grounds of the #Kutztown Area Historical Society 's 1892 Public School Building.

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Professor and Director of Africana Studies, Dr. Simone Alexander, recently gave her first public lecture at Wuhan University: "Canonical Re/fashioning and Re/Making: Maryse Condé's Transgressive and Revolutionary Politics". #internationalscholars

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SAVE THE DATE 📚🗓️ Join us on 10/29 for this educational talk with best-selling author, Clint Smith! https://t.co/2WDYWBoxge