A short story written by Chapman University faculty member and Argentine author Alicia Kozameh has been adapted for the stage and debuted this fall at the City Theater in Leon, France. The play “30” was based on Kozameh’s story, “Heights,” and dramatizes a string of episodes in the lives of 30 female political prisoners
The John Fowles Center for Creative Writing Literary Forum is excited to announce the 2013 writer series line-up. Below is a list of the authors and the dates they will be here on campus. For more information about each of the writers, please go to the John Fowles Center website. All readings will begin at
Chapman University, Wilkinson College of Humanities and Social Science and the Department of English are hosting a two day conference titled, “Exploring Public Discourse: A Discourse Analysis Conference” on Monday, December 3 and Wednesday, December 5, 2012. The conference will take place in the Sandhu Conference Center (D1) and registration is from 12:30 –
Tabula Poetica completes it’s Fall Poetry Reading Series on Tuesday, Nov. 27 with, A Face to Meet the Faces: Anthology Poets & Chapman University Students at 7 p.m. in Argyros Forum 209. The reading will feature poets Maureen Alsop, Tony Barnstone, Seth Michelson, and Chapman University students celebrating the persona poem. This is
On Friday, October 19, 2012, English Professor (and Director of Undergraduate Writing) Doug Sweet, presented his paper, ” Released from the Ghosts of Platonic Idealism ” at the the Watson Conference, “Economies of Writing,” at U. of Louisville.
English Professor Alicia Kozameh will be addressing students, faculty and the Georgetown University community within the framework of Professor Adam Lifshey’s class, “Human Rights in Latin America”. She will read from her novel Steps Under Water and speak about the relationship between her experiences as a political prisoner and the creative writing process of this
Newspaper opinion pieces – known colloquially as op-eds — are one of the most effective ways to reach a big audience and change the thinking of decision-makers. In this hour-long session, Chapman English professor Tom Zoellner goes over winning strategies for distilling academic research into a cogent and compelling op-ed and demystifies the process for getting it pitched
Tabula Poetica continues it’s Fall Poetry Reading Series on Tuesday, Oct. 16 with poet Kate Gale . Gale will be giving a poetry talk at 2:30 p.m. in the Wilkinson Room of the All Faiths Chapel and then a reading at 7 p.m. in the Henley Reading Room of Leatherby Libraries (click here for
Doug Sweet, Direct or of Undergraduate Writing, has just published a chapter in WPA Outcomes Statement–A Decade Later. This text features a number of nationally-known scholars discussing how the WPA Outcomes Statement has affected the teaching of writing and writing program administration. A Description of the Collection: “The WPA Outcomes Statement—A Decade Later addresses
English Professor Alicia Kozameh will participate in this year’s Las Americas Letters Series in Literature and the Arts, a yearly event sponsored by St. Mary’s University, San Antonio, Texas, Oct. 11-13, 2012. Professor Gwendolyn Díaz, creator and director of the Series, describes it this way: “Las Americas Letters is a celebration of the literature and