Ohio University English Department News http://www.english.ohiou.edu/news en rb326308@ohio.edu Copyright 2009 2009-11-09T21:22:00-05:00 Postdoctoral Fellow Matthew Stallard http://www.english.ohiou.edu/news/matthew_stallard/ 

Matthew Stallard, one 
of
 our
 postdoctoral 
fellows, 
presented "Paradise Lost and
 the
 1560
 Geneva
 Bible:
 The 
Necessity
 of 
Negotiating
 Milton’s
 Scriptural
 Contexts"
 at
 the
 September 
Medieval‐Renaissance 
Conference 
at
 the
 University
 of
 Virginia's 
College 
at 
Wise.
 




In
 October
 Stallard 
presented 
“‘The 
Blast
 of
 War
 Blows
 in
 Our 
Ears’:
 
Henry V and 
the
 Rhetoric
 of 
the 
Just 
War 
Tradition” 
at 
the 
Ohio 
Valley 
Shakespeare
 Conference hosted by Ohio University. He also presented “The Holy Spirit in Paradise Lost Books XI and XII,” at the 2009 Conference on John Milton at Middle Tennessee State University during October 
 View Matthew Stallard's department Web page for more information. Spotlight 2009-11-09T21:22:00-05:00 Published Poems Forthcoming from Becca J.R. Lachman http://www.english.ohiou.edu/news/published_poems_forthcoming_from_becca_jr_lachman/ Becca J.R. Lachman has poems forthcoming in the Special American Issue of Rhubarb and in the Center for Mennonite Writing Online journal. News 2009-11-09T21:13:00-05:00 Dogwood Bloom Readings on Friday, November 6th http://www.english.ohiou.edu/news/dogwood_bloom_readings_on_friday_november_6th/ The dogwood leaves and berries have turned crimson, marking The Fall Dogwood Bloom Reading Series. Essayist Alison Stine and poet Michael Jaynes read from their work this Friday, November 6, at 7:00pm in Baker Center's Trisolini Gallery. Dogwood Bloom is a student-run creative writing reading series that allows current second-year graduate students to showcase their work. Visit the Creative Writing Web page for more information. Spotlight 2009-11-02T21:26:01-05:00 Brenda Miller to Give a Free Public Reading Thursday, October 29th http://www.english.ohiou.edu/news/brenda_miller_to_give_a_free_public_reading_thursday_night/ Spotlight

Resident nonfiction writer, Brenda Miller, will be on campus October 28-30. She will give a free public reading in Galbreath Chapel on Thursday, October 29th at 7:30pm.

Visit the Creative Writing page for more information here.

]]> 2009-10-26T22:09:00-05:00 2009 Ohio Valley Shakespeare Conference http://www.english.ohiou.edu/news/2009_ohio_valley_shakespeare_conference1/ Spotlight Ohio University is proud to host the 2009 Ohio Valley Shakespeare Conference. The theme of this year's conference is Shakespeare on Screen: 1899-2009.

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Ohio University Inn and Conference Center

Thursday, October 22nd to Saturday, October 24th

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Keynote Speakers:

Peter Holland (University of Notre Dame)

Linda Charnes (Indiana University)

Douglas Lanier (University of New Hampshire)

Supported by generous grants from Ohio University's Department of English, College of Arts and Sciences, and Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate College.

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All proceeds from the $5 admission donation will go to the Southeastern Ohio Food Bank’s Second Harvest, a food distribution program serving Athens, Hocking, Perry, Vinton, Jackson, Gallia, Meigs, Morgan and Washington counties.

Visit the Creative Writing Web page for more information.

]]> 2009-10-06T22:52:00-05:00 Ohio University Creative Writing Well Represented in Best American Essays 2009 http://www.english.ohiou.edu/news/ohio_university_creative_writing_well_represented_in_best_american_essays_2/ The 2009 edition of Best American Essays (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), guest-edited this year by poet Mary Oliver, lists under "Notable Essays" work by faculty members Mark Halliday and Dinty W. Moore, current graduate student Jackson Connor, and recent graduates Kelley Evans, Patrick Madden and Desirae Matherly. Find publication information here. Creative Writing News, Spotlight 2009-09-24T20:36:00-05:00 PhD Candidate Kelly K Ferguson Published in the Fall 2009 Issue of The Gettysburg Review http://www.english.ohiou.edu/news/phd_candidate_kelly_k_ferguson_published_in_the_fall_2009_issue_of_gettysbu/ "The Law of Meat," a fiction story by Kelly K Ferguson, is published in the current fall 2009 issue of the Gettysburg Review. News, Creative Writing News the Gettysburg Review.]]> 2009-09-17T20:14:00-05:00 New Publication Forthcoming by Christina Veladota http://www.english.ohiou.edu/news/new_publication_forthcoming_by_christina_veladota/ Christina Veladota's poetry chapbook titled The Girl & Her Lions will be published during February 2010 by Finishing Line Press. News, Creative Writing News The Girl & Her Lions will be published during February 2010 by Finishing Line Press. ]]> 2009-09-14T21:07:00-05:00 Welcome to the English Department http://www.english.ohiou.edu/news/welcome_to_the_english_department/ Spotlight Whether you’re searching for a major or thinking about an MA or PhD program, the Ohio University Department of English offers a wide variety of educational and professional development opportunities to help you prepare for the future.

Graduate Program

Our graduate program in English offers nationally competitive graduate stipends with opportunities to teach a wide range of courses. Graduate students receive generous travel funding and have the opportunity for editorial fellowships and service experience on New Ohio Review, Quarter after Eight, and Brevity.

Two of our current creative writing PhD students have published award-winning books of poetry with university presses, while many other graduate students are publishing poems, stories, and essays in literary magazines.

Graduate Students in our literature and rhetoric and composition tracks have the opportunity to help organize and participate in our Humor in English Studies conference and read in our quarterly Chestnut Reading Series. Many students at both the MA and PhD level have published articles and presented at conferences on subjects ranging from new media rhetoric to gender issues in Chaucer.

Our program is small by design, and we have enjoyed tremendous success in the past five years placing our PhD graduates into tenure-track teaching jobs, while many of our MA graduates have moved on to top MFA or PhD programs elsewhere.

Undergraduate Program

Our undergraduates choose an emphasis in creative writing, literature, or secondary education and have the option of completing a senior thesis as part of the honors tutorial college.

There are also opportunities to serve on the editorial staff of Sphere, our undergraduate-run literary journal, and many English majors participate in the University’s chapter of Sigma Tau Delta, the International English Honors society. Successful graduates go on to law school, graduate school, public school teaching, editing, publishing, and more. For further information, click here.

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