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  • The 2012 Writing Prizes Student Readings
    Wednesday, April 18
    5:00 PM
    Center for the Humanities at Tufts (CHAT)
    Fung House | 48 Professors Row
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    Student winners of the Morse Hamilton Fiction Prize and the Academy of American Poets Prize will read from their work as part of the Open House celebrating the 5th anniversary of CHAT. The open house is from 4:00-7:00 PM. Prizewinners will read at 5:00.
     
  • Provost's Lecture: Professor Lee Edelman
    Occupy Wall Street: Bartleby and the (In)Humanities
    Wednesday, April 18
    7:00 PM
    Coolidge Room, Ballou Hall
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    Professor of English Lee Edelman's talk will read Melville's text in relation to the culture of the Humanities at the beginning of the 21st century, focusing in particular on the logical connection between the concept of corporations as people and the current corporate vision of the Humanities.

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News

  • New Fall 2012 Course:
    At Sea in the Twentieth Century
    Professor John Lurz
    E+ Block (MW 10:30-11:45 AM)
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  • Congratulations to the winners of the 2012 student writing prizes!
    The Academy of American Poets Prize was awarded to Theresa Sullivan. Honorable Mention went to Alexandra Reed. The Morse Hamilton Fiction Prize was awarded to Rachel Stern, with Kelly Zhang receiving Honorable Mention.
     
  • New Fall 2012 Courses Announced:

    ENG 91-03
    Metaphors of Globalization
    Professor Lisa Lowe
    I+ Block (MW 3:00-4:15 PM)
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    ENG 91-04
    Forms of Life: Humans and Animals in the 18th Century
    Professor Andrea Haslanger
    H+ Block (TR 1:30-2:45)
    See Full Description >

    ENG 119-01
    The 18th-Century English Novel
    Professor Andrea Haslanger
    L+ Block (TR 4:30-5:45)
    See Full Description >

    ENG 0191-05
    The Caribbean, the Underside of Paradise
    Professor Natalie M. Léger
    J+ Block (TR 3:00-4:15)
    See Full Description >

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