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[MiamiOH English @MiamiOHEnglish]

#MiamiGradsWork shout-out to literature PhD student Steve Dudas: "Summer is the time for grad students to make significant strides in their research & writing. The summer stipend is essential to this work and to grad students supporting themselves & their families."

[MiamiOH English @MiamiOHEnglish]

"It’s reminiscent of the model minority discourse, like we have to combat our unruliness" –Anita Mannur (@ohdesi74) associate professor of English & Asian/Asian American Studies, and other culinary critics discuss ethnic cuisine whitewashing: https://t.co/8K2Ep1Unlk

[MiamiOH English @MiamiOHEnglish]

Accountability starts at home. Black lives matter.

Go to https://t.co/wAt4ZMZDzu for our department's BLM statement + growing list of resources, including petitions, donation portals, websites, literature & film suggestions

[MiamiOH English @MiamiOHEnglish]

The glorious 2020 English Awards Ceremony is available for all to watch or even rewatch! Guests include alum Scott Hess, senior prize winners, many beloved professors and Joe Bachelor!
🎉🎉🎉 https://t.co/BR8CRogShQ 🎉🎉🎉

[Jim Oris @orisjt]

@MiamiUniversity doctoral student Nolan Boyd explores feminist masculinity in David Lynch's film "Blue Velvet" in a new article "The Severed Eye: Sight, Sound, and Gender in Blue Velvet" 10.1353/cj.2020.0027 #LoveAndHonor @MiamiOHEnglish @MiamiUGradSch

[MiamiOH English @MiamiOHEnglish]

The Department of English has our awards event online tomorrow (Wednesday) at 3PM. Join us to hear creative and critical readings from newly minted graduates + the big reveal of @MU_SigmaTD's Professor of the Year award!!

🥳🎉RSVP: https://t.co/BR8CRogShQ

[MiamiOH English @MiamiOHEnglish]

You're invited! Join us in celebrating Miami University's Department of English graduates! Hosted by Dr. Madelyn Detloff, our awards ceremony will take place online – Wed 5/20 @ 3pm https://t.co/T9eJVjg4Kt

[MiamiOH English @MiamiOHEnglish]

✨✨Fall 2020 Course Spotlight✨✨

ENG 347: Postwar/Postcolonial Brit:1945-Present w/ prof cris cheek!

The focus will be on the Caribbean and significant cultural figures from former colonies of the UK- including Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, and Jamaica + others

[MiamiOH English @MiamiOHEnglish]

✨✨ Fall 2020 Course Spotlight ✨✨

Take ENG 328 16th c. Literature – THE TUDOR ERA w/ Dr. Kaara Peterson https://t.co/al2bF80tCu

On stage, in portraits and films, and in fiction and poetry, this course brings the culture, history, and literature of the Tudor dynasty to life!

[MiamiOH English @MiamiOHEnglish]

✨✨ FALL 2020 Course Spotlight ✨✨

DANTE ENG/ITL 401 is your opportunity to study Dante's Divine Comedy, a work whose imagery spans the gory to the gorgeous, with Dr. Cynthia Klestinec.

This course isn't offered with regularity, so now is the time!
https://t.co/uyMV656CVm

[Howe Center for Writing Excellence at Miami U @HCWEMiami]

The pandemic is definitely magnifying all pre-existing self doubt. It's so important to keep in touch with people who believe in us even when we don't believe in ourselves. Also: cats. #writersprogress

[MiamiOHSCS @MiamiOHSCS]

Did you know that Miami University Student Counseling Service (SCS) has Tele-Behavioral Health (Online Therapy) up and running for any MU student currently residing in the state of Ohio? Check out our webpage for more information: https://t.co/Tcl4186u5V

[MU Literature @MiamiOH_Lit]

Congratulations to Professor Mary Jean Corbett on her new book, Behind the Times: Virginia Woolf in Late-Victorian Contexts, from Cornell University Press. Have a first look here! https://t.co/t9brHrcHiS

[MiamiOH English @MiamiOHEnglish]

More exciting PhD news! CONGRATS to @MiamiOH_Lit PhD student Stephen Dudas, the winner of the
@chlatweets' 2020 PhD-level Graduate Essay Award w/ "A Girl Verses the World: Belonging and Poetics of Asian American Children in Thanhha Lai's 'Inside Out and Back Again'"

[MU Literature @MiamiOH_Lit]

Congratulations to Literature Ph.D. student Nolan Boyd on his article, "The Severed Eye: Sight, Sound, and Gender in Blue Velvet," just published in the Spring 2020 Journal of Cinema and Media Studies!

[JCMS: Journal of Cinema and Media Studies @JCMSJournal]

The sun's shining and the flowers are in bloom - our Spring 2020 issue is here! 🌼🌷JCMS 59.3 covers a wide range of new research in film theory, media industries, radio and TV history, and so much more!

Head on over to @ProjectMUSE to read all about it: https://t.co/2lL2Wqy6a2

[MiamiOH English @MiamiOHEnglish]

!!FALL 2020 Course Spotlight!! Explore the theme of error in 19th century English novels w/ Dr. @MJQCorbett
ENG 388 takes a close look at four major novels: Austen’s Emma, Dickens’ Great Expectations, Elliot’s Middlemarch, + James’ The Portrait of a Lady. https://t.co/O2EF3V0cjR

[MiamiOH English @MiamiOHEnglish]

Congrats to the #LAURE winners, especially our own Anna Maltbie (@MiamiOH_Lit)! More details in the library's thread

[MiamiOH English @MiamiOHEnglish]

!!FALL 2020 COURSE SPOTLIGHT!!

Consider taking the oh so timely English 490C: Literatures of the Future with Dr. Tim Melley to explore how relentlessly US culture imagines social collapse.

https://t.co/U5CzAP21oD

[MiamiOH English @MiamiOHEnglish]

Hey Miami English alumni! Here's @DrDetloff's video msg for you w/ updates about our dept. We💗you! Stay healthy & safe! https://t.co/PuZpQp05Lx

[Howe Center for Writing Excellence at Miami U @HCWEMiami]

Huge congrats to @ohdesi74 for completing the #FiveFridays challenge! 👏👏👏We've loved seeing you and your cats every week! 🐱 Mark your calendars for this Friday, April 24 from 8:30AM–12PM; it's your last chance to complete the #FiveFridays challenge: https://t.co/v0kKR1JeR1