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WordTheatre at Chapman University Celebrated Authors’ Short Stories Brought to Life by Film and Television Celebrities & Chapman Students

August 29, 2016 by Laura Silva | News

WordTheatre’s fall series at Chapman University brings America’s finest short story writers to Orange for celebrity and student performances. On Monday, Sept. 19, Hollywood actors Jackson Rathbone (Twilight Films, Finding Carter, The Last Airbender) and Vanessa Lengies (Glee, Hawthorne, Lego Stars, Stick It) — will bring to life acclaimed short stories written by author Brian

Latin American Studies Association 50th Anniversary

June 7, 2016 by ALICIA KOZAMEH | Events

Author and Professor Alicia Kozameh has returned from New York City, where she participated in the Latin American Studies Association’s (LASA) International Congress, on its 50th anniversary . The annual conference brings together experts on Latin America from all disciplines and diverse occupational endeavors across the globe, and is organized by the largest professional Association

Foley Wins OC Press Club Top Honor

April 8, 2016 by Laura Silva | News

The Orange County Press Club board has selected journalism professor and English internship manager Dennis Foley to receive its highest honor, the Sky Dunlap Award. The award recognizes significant service to Orange County journalism, the Press Club and the community. Foley worked 26 years for the Orange County Register as an assigning editor, the newspaper’s ombudsman,

Mystery Writer Les Standiford Visits Chapman Author of Water to the Angels and Last Train to Paradise

March 11, 2016 by Laura Silva | News

The Department of English is proud to present, Les Standiford, an acclaimed mystery writer who recently published his book, Water to the Angels: William Mulholland, His Monumental Aqueduct, and the Rise of Los Angeles, on Tuesday, March 29 at 7 p.m. in the Doy and Dee Henley Reading Room, Leatherby Libraries. This event is

Literary PUB(lishing) Crawl and Book Signing

March 1, 2016 by Laura Silva | News

This year’s Literary PUB(lishing) Crawl will take place Tuesday, April 12, from 3-8 p.m. in Beckman Hall, 404. This year’s lineup features four authors: Janna Levin, Chancellor Fellow and author of Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space and the novel A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines; Pico Iyer, Presidential Fellow and

2015 Kugelman Award Ceremony Winners!

May 6, 2015 by Laura Silva | Art

Just a few hours Wilkinson College of Humanities and Social Sciences hosted the 2015 Kugelman Award Ceremony.Students from the departments of Art, English, World Languages & Cultures, Philosophy and Religious Studies were honored with awards Below is a list of the winners and their awards. Congratulations to everyone acknowledged at the event. Art

“I Can’t Relate”…

April 10, 2015 by Ian Barnard | News

By Professor Ian Barnard (English Department) Last month I attended the Conference on College Composition and Communication annual convention in Tampa, Florida, where I gave a presentation titled “‘I Can’t Relate’: The Risks of Identification Demands in Teaching and Learning.” My presentation took aim at the pressure put on teachers to make

John Fowles Presents: Ismet Prcic, March 2

February 16, 2015 by Laura Silva | Events

The John Fowles Center is pleased to be hosting author Ismet Prcic on Monday, March 2 at 7 p.m. in the Henley Reading Room on the second floor of the Leatherby Libraries, as part of the 2015 Literary Speaker Series. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Ismet Prcic (ISS-met PER-sick) was born in Tuzla, Bosnia-Herzegovina, in 1977 and

John Fowles Literary Series announces spring 2015 author readings

January 26, 2015 by Laura Silva | Events

The spring 2015 version of Chapman University’s John Fowles Literary Series , presented by the John Fowles Center for Creative Writing in Wilkinson College for the Humanities and Social Sciences , will focus on three noted authors from Bosnia and Herzegovina — Ajla Terzic and Kenan Trebincevic — as well as on internationally acclaimed writers

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED! John Fowels Presents … IIona Ziok !

October 21, 2014 by Laura Silva | News

The John Fowles Center presents documentary film maker, IIona Ziok on Monday, November 3, 2014 at 7 p.m. in Argyros Forum, 209 C. This event is free and open to the public. About Ziok … Ilona Ziok’s family emigrated from Poland in 1968 to Britain, where she continued her education. Between 1975-1977, she studied theater