English
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Mark Schoenfield: “Love, Death, and Form in the Modern Sonnet”
Watch video from the May 4 Thinking Out of the Lunchbox event. Mark Schoenfield, professor of English, spoke on “Love, Death, and Form in the Modern Sonnet.” Since the Renaissance, the sonnet has been an especially beloved form for the writers and readers of English poetry, and if these 14… Read MoreMay 17, 2011
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Expert on 75th anniversary of Gone With the Wind
Michael Kreyling, a scholar of Southern literature at Vanderbilt, is available to discuss the pros and cons of the much-debated American classic by Margaret Mitchell. Read MoreMay 10, 2011
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Writer Etgar Keret to speak at Vanderbilt
Keret’s work, noted for its dark, tragicomic sensibility, has been translated into 22 languages. Read MoreMar 25, 2011
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“Meanwhile, back at the ranch . . .”: What scholars can learn from novelists – and journalists – about storytelling
Watch video of the Feb. 24 talk by Adam Hochschild, author and journalist, titled “‘Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch . . .’: What Scholars Can Learn from Novelists–and Journalists–about Storytelling.” Hochschild is an award-winning author of six books, including King Leopold’s Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial… Read MoreFeb 25, 2011
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Writer Adam Hochschild to speak at Vanderbilt University Feb. 24 about the impact of storytelling in historical and scholarly writing
Adam Hochschild (Photo courtesy of Media Sparks) Writer and journalist Adam Hochschild will give a lecture titled “’Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch . . .’: What Scholars Can Learn from Novelists – and Journalists – about Storytelling,” on Thursday, Feb. 24, at 7 p.m. in Room 114 Furman Hall… Read MoreFeb 11, 2011
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Documentary on rock ‘n’ roll pioneer Sam Phillips to be screened at Vanderbilt Feb. 9
A documentary about seminal American musical figure Sam Phillips will be screened Feb. 9 at Vanderbilt University, with writer Peter Guralnick speaking after the presentation. The free showing of Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock ‘n’ Roll, part of the International Lens series at Vanderbilt, is 7 p.m. Read MoreJan 26, 2011
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Public lecture series at Vanderbilt features renowned Civil War scholars
U.S. Civil War scholars from across the nation will speak at Vanderbilt University this spring on a variety of themes, including the war’s impact on Nashville, during a series of public lectures. Read MoreJan 20, 2011
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Mason, Jarman among authors appearing at Vanderbilt this spring
Novelists Bobbie Ann Mason and Tom Perrotta and poets Mark Jarman, Ciaran Carson and Frank Bidart are among the writers who will read from their work during the spring semester at Vanderbilt University. Read MoreJan 18, 2011
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Listen: American Civil War course takes non-traditional approach
Courtesy of The Harris D. Riley Collection, Vanderbilt Special Collections and University Archives This spring Vanderbilt undergraduates will study the political, social and economic events associated with the U.S. Civil War in a special course co-taught by Professor of History Richard Blackett and Professor of English Michael Kreyling. Read MoreDec 9, 2010
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Vanderbilt’s Tony Earley elected to Fellowship of Southern Writers
Tony Earley The Blue Star novelist joins group that has included James Dickey, Robert Penn Warren The Fellowship of Southern Writers has elected novelist Tony Earley, a professor at Vanderbilt University, as a member. The FSW was founded in 1987 to recognize and encourage literature in the South. Its… Read MoreNov 23, 2010
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Vanderbilt poet honored by Fellowship of Southern Writers
Kate Daniels Kate Daniels, author of the soon-to-be-published A Walk in Victoria’s Secret and three other poetry collections, has been named winner of the 2011 Hanes Award for Poetry by the Fellowship of Southern Writers. Daniels, associate professor of English at Vanderbilt University, will receive the Hanes Award in… Read MoreOct 12, 2010
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Distinguished lineup of authors to appear at Vanderbilt this fall
A series of free public readings at Vanderbilt University will kick off this fall with a Sept. 16 appearance by Edward Hirsch, poet, a chancellor of the Academy of American Poets and President of the Guggenheim Foundation. Read MoreSep 2, 2010