Category: Literature
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At 100 Years Young, Alumna Celebrates Life of Adventure, Service
June 11, 2021 -
At 100 years old, Jane Yates BA’78 is a study in how to make the most out of life. She’s not only The University of Texas at Dallas’ oldest living alumna, but she also has spent decades serving others and engaging in the world around her. This month, Yates marked her milestone birthday with a […]
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President’s Teaching Excellence Award for Teaching Assistants
June 2, 2021 -
The University of Texas at Dallas recently honored five educators with annual President’s Teaching Excellence Awards for their positive influence in the classroom and innovative approaches to teaching. UT Dallas President Richard C. Benson recognized the recipients for their accomplishments in a virtual event April 29. This is the fourth year the Center for Teaching and Learning has celebrated […]
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Spring 2021: A Glimpse of Graduation
May 20, 2021 -
We are so proud of our graduates this semester — and year! The University of Texas at Dallas has produced a hub for finding all things related to Spring 2021 graduation. We decided it would be nice to put the spotlight on several of our students who were featured by the University as a whole. […]
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Issue 13 | April 2021: Mathur Awarded Clarkson Prize
April 23, 2021 -
This year’s Sherry Clarkson Prize for the best graduate student paper delivered at the 2021 RAW Conference goes to Shivika Mathur for her paper “Practical in the Extreme”: Hyperbole and (Dis)enchantment in Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper.” Shivika is a literature Ph.D. student and TA, teaching Rhetoric 1302. Her presentation, ‘“Practical in the Extreme:” […]
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Interview: Toni Muñoz-Hunt, PhD in Literature, Spring 2021
March 24, 2021 -
What brought you to the School of Arts and Humanities? Shortly after I received my undergraduate degree, I was looking for an institution with a strong interdisciplinary education where I could make my way and fashion my own academic plan. I met with a few local universities, and I felt most at home when I […]
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Issue 12 | March 2021: Student wins Glasstire Prize
March 23, 2021 -
Kevin Zander Johnson, currently pursuing his PhD in the School of Arts and Humanities, is the recipient of the 2021 Glasstire North Texas Art Writing Prize. In his winning essay, titled Do the Right Thing: Mookie, Sal, and the Stories We Tell, Johnson writes about Spike Lee’s landmark film, and how such powerful storytelling helps […]
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Kevin Zander Johnson is the 2021 Winner of the $2500 North Texas Art Writing Prize
February 24, 2021 -
Kevin Zander Johnson is the recipient of the 2021 Glasstire North Texas Art Writing Prize. In his winning essay, titled Do the Right Thing: Mookie, Sal, and the Stories We Tell, Johnson writes about Spike Lee’s landmark film, and how such powerful storytelling helps us see each other more clearly. The $2,500 prize includes the winning essay […]
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Issue 11 | February 2021: Translation Review
February 23, 2021 -
The upcoming issue of the Translation Review, published by the UT Dallas Center for Translation Studies, provides an in-depth look at Korean literature. Guest edited by translator Bruce Fulton, the issue includes a Weblogger’s Roundtable featuring Tony Malone, Philip Gowman, and Colin Marshall; and the transcript of a speech given by Jennifer Crewe of Columbia […]
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Professor Sean Cotter Receives National Endowment for the Arts Literature Translation Fellowship
February 4, 2021 -
Fellowship will support the translation into English of the Romanian novel Solenoid, by Mircea Cărtărescu Today, the National Endowment for the Arts announced that Sean Cotter will receive a Literature Translation Fellowship of $25,000 to translate Solenoid by Mircea Cărtărescu into English. Cotter is one of 24 Literature Translation Fellows selected for fiscal year 2021. In total, the Arts Endowment will award […]
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Alumna Turns Translations Studies Education into Project Management Career
January 12, 2021 -
After receiving her bachelor’s degree in humanities from Bucknell University, Stacey Knepp MA’09 knew she wasn’t done with the work she had started as an undergraduate. “I had taken numerous years of ancient Greek, translating Greek text,” Knepp said. “UTD was one of a few universities in the country offering a graduate-level program in translation […]
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