Department Events
- Professor Waddell to Speak on “Orwell’s Bullies” on October 8thJoin us on October 8th for a talk by Professor Nathan Waddell on “Orwell’s Bullies”! This event will take place at 5:00 PM in ZSR Library Room 404, and will be free and open to the public. Readers everywhere know George Orwell as a scourge of totalitarianism, a reputation stemming from his most famous books: Animal […]
- Vermont Cartoonist Laureate Tillie Walden to Speak During Homecoming WeekVermont Cartoonist Laureate Tillie Walden joins us for the Dillon Johnston Writers Reading Series to present a look at the intersection of indie comics with queer identity through her many graphic novels—from science fiction to memoir to historical retelling. Comics and Queerness in Vermont and Beyond on Wednesday, October 22, 2025, at 5:30 pm in Z. Smith […]
- Pulitzer Prize Recipient Rae Armantrout to give Poetry Reading for Dillon Johnston Writers Reading Series on April 9thJoin us on April 9th at 5:00PM in Annenberg Auditorium, Carswell Hall, for a poetry reading by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Rae Armantrout. This event is free and open to the campus community and public. Rae Armantrout has published over eighteen books of poetry, including Versed (Wesleyan University Press, 2009), which received a Pulitzer Prize and […]
- The Dean Speaker Series Presents Dr. David Sterling Brown: “Hear Me, See Me”Dr. David Sterling Brown will join us on February 20, 2025 to present his talk “‘Hear Me, See Me’: Sex, Violence, Silence and Othello.” The event will be in the Z. Smith Reynolds Library (room 404), and will be free and open to the public. Dr. David Sterling Brown is a tenured Associate Professor of English […]
- Voices across America Presentation September 26Elizabeth Hanks will visit campus on September 26 from 3 to 4 PM to give a presentation in Greene Hall room 239. This presentation introduces the design, sampling, and data collection of a new corpus of spoken American English: the Lancaster-Northern Arizona Corpus of Spoken American English (LANA-CASE). The goal of the project is to […]
- Poet-Trees: A Reading of Work by Wake Forest University Poet-ScholarsThursday, November 2, 5pm, The Autumn Room, Reyholda Hall. Sponsored by the William R Kenan, Jr Professorship in the Humanities
- The Dean Family Speaker Series presents Christopher Freeburg and Michael Snediker – “What Aesthetics Matter” – October 18, 2023
- Poetry Reading with Michael D Snediker and Cole Swensen – October 19, 2023ZSR auditorium (404) October 19th 5 pm FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
- Scholars Christopher Freeburg and Michael D. Snediker to give Dean Family Series talks on October 18The Dean Family Speaker Series has invited American literature scholars Christopher Freeburg and Michael D. Snediker to visit Wake Forest University on October 18 & 19, 2023. On October 18, 2023, at 5:00 p.m. in the ZSR Library Auditorium (ZSR 404), Freeburg and Snediker will each give a public talk about their work followed by […]
- Eric G. Wilson “Point Blank” Film Screening & Book TalkOn Tuesday, October 3, 2023, at 6 pm in Scales 102, the Department of English will host a film screening and discussion in celebration of Thomas H. Pritchard Professor of English Eric G. Wilson’s study of John Boorman’s Point Blank for the British Film Institute’s distinguished BFI Classics Series. A reception and book signing […]