Ian Barnard, Professor of Rhetoric and Composition in the Department of English at Chapman, recently gave a presentation entitled “Do ‘Facts’ Really Matter?” at the Western States Rhetoric and Literacy Conference in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Professor Barnard’s presentation, an updating of their 2017 article in Anastamos, Chapman’s graduate interdisciplinary journal, argued that one of
Southern California has the privilege of hosting hundreds of Jane Austen fans this year on a very important anniversary. Join Jane Austen Society of North America (JASNA) members at The Hyatt Regency Resort and Spa in Huntington Beach to experience an edifying weekend, Friday, October 6-Sunday, October 8 as they celebrate the legacy of Austen
This spring, the John Fowles Center for Creative Writing in the Department of Englis h has hosted a collection of truly thought provoking, educational and distinguished creative artists from South America. On Monday, April 4th, Andre Klotzel , Brazilian producer, screenwriter, and film director, spoke about his experience working in cinema in his home country
Author and Chapman professor Alicia Kozameh gave two lectures out-of-state during the month of March. On Wednesday March 2, 2016 she spoke at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. Her talk, titled “Reading History through Fiction”, centered on how fiction has the potential to represent history as effectively as direct testimonies. The event was sponsored
Tabula Poetica’s Annual Poetry Reading Series continues on Tuesday, November 11, 2014 with poet Lorene Delany-Ullman. Delany-Ullman’s talk will begin at 1 p.m. in the Wilkinson Chapel, Fish Interfaith Center, followed by a poetry reading at 4 p.m. in the Henley Reading Room. About the author: Lorene Delany-Ullman’s book of prose poems, Camouflage for
Chapman Leatherby Libraries and the Department of English invite you to, An Evening on the Rails, featuring Professors Richard Bausch and Tom Zoellner on Monday, October 13, 2014 at 4 p.m. in Henley Reading Room, Leatherby Libraries, Second Floor. These two professors published books this year which described a particular stretch of rail in
The Faculty Research and Development Council is pleased to bring you the third lecture of the fall 2013 Faculty Forum Lecture Series with Dr. Crystal Murphy, Assistant Professor of Political Science and Dr. Tom Zoellner, Associate Professor of English, presenting a lecture on “Always Duck Behind the Engine Block: Conducting Research in Hostile Environments,” Tuesday,
Associate Professor of English, Anna Leahy, was recently listed in Notables in the “Best American Essays Book for her essay, “Half-Skull Days,” published in The Pinch. The Best American Essays is a yearly anthology of magazine articles published in the United States. It was started in 1986 and is now part of The Best American
The John Fowles Center for Creative Writing Literary Forum continues on Monday, February 25, 2013 with author Miguel Syjuco. Miguel Syjuco is a Filipino writer from Iloilo, and is the son of Augusto Syjuco Jr., the current representative of the second district of Iloilo. His first novel, Ilustrado, won the 2008 Palanca Awards Grand Prize
Acknowledged master of the short story, Professor Richard Bausch in the Department of English , has been selected to receive the 2013 John William Corrington Award for Literary Excellence from Centenary College of Louisiana. “One of the things that has so impressed this department about his stories, besides the quality of the telling, is