UNM English News and Events

Professor Obermeier Publishes Book Review

2015-11-25T14:40:00.000-08:00

Dr. Obermeier has published a book review of Joerg O. Fichte's From Camelot to Obamalot: Essays on Medieval and Modern Arthurian Literature (Trier: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier, 2010) in the Journal for English and Germanic Philology 114.3 (2015): 453-56.Relevant Links: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/jenglgermphil.114.3.0453#pdf_only_tab_contents

Faculty & Graduate Conference Appearances and Presentations October 2015

2015-11-09T14:09:00.001-08:00

Assistant Professor of English Sarah L. Townsend organized the 2015 American Conference for Irish Studies Western Regional meeting (ACIS-West) October 16-17 in Rapid City, South Dakota. The conference theme, "Ireland: Memory and Monument," explored acts of memory and commemoration in Irish literature, history, politics, and culture. Keynote speakers included David C. Lloyd (Distinguished

Rudolfo & Patricia Anaya Lecture on Literature of the Southwest

2015-10-16T15:48:00.000-07:00

Please Join us! October 22, 7:00 p.m., George Pearl Hall, Room 101 Anne Hillerman On Thursday, October 22, the UNM Department ofEnglish will host distinguished writer Anne Hillerman as the featured speaker for the sixth annual Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya Lecture on the Literature of the Southwest. Hillerman will speak about “Why Stories Matter” at 7:00 p.m. in Room 101 of George Pearl Hall (

Helen Damico's Book Discussion and Signing at the UNM Bookstore

2015-10-15T15:12:00.000-07:00

Professor Emerita of English Medieval Language and Literature, Damico hosted a discussion and signing of her new book, Beowulf and the Grendel-Kin: Politics and Poetry in Eleventh-Century England (West Virginia University Press, 2015) on Tuesday, October 13th, at the UNM Bookstore:

Daniel Worden published by Cambridge University Press

2015-10-15T14:58:00.000-07:00

Worden's essay on "The Popular Western" will be published this month in Cambridge University Press's History of Western American Literature, edited by Susan Kollin. Relevant Links: http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/literature/american-literature/history-western-american-literature

Karra Shimabukuro publishes "I Framed Freddy: Functional Aesthetics in the A Nightmare on Elm Street Series"

2015-10-15T14:54:00.000-07:00

While existing work on modern horror tends to focus on a small range of exceptional examples of the genre, and generally finds value in the films through the application of sociopolitical, psychoanalytic, or other theoretical frameworks, the broader trend of the for-profit Hollywood studio produced and/or distributed texts and the elements of their construction have been largely ignored. Style

Kelly Hunnings published in Rocky Mountain Review of Language and Literature, Fall 2015

2015-10-15T14:46:00.002-07:00

Review of Gender Hurts: a Feminist Analysis of the Politics of Transgenderism by Sheila Jeffreys [New York: Routledge]. Rocky Mountain Review of Language and Literature, Fall 2015 (69.2)

Daniel Mueller published by The Writing Disorder, Summer 2015

2015-10-15T14:43:00.000-07:00

"The Embers" is a short story set in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Themes of religion, marital fidelity, teenage pregnancy, incest, and abortion rights. Relevant Links: http://writingdisorder.com/daniel-mueller/

Julianne Newmark published by Modern Language Studies, Summer 2015

2015-10-15T14:38:00.000-07:00

"Claims to Political Place through the National Council of American Indians: Locating Gertrude and Raymond Bonnin in the Nation’s Capital." During the first three decades of the twentieth century, many Native leaders emerged on the national political stage, figuring prominently as lobbyists, contributors of Congressional testimony, leaders of national pan-Indian organizations, and vitally

Julianne Newmark published by IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication First Quarter 2015

2015-10-15T14:29:00.000-07:00

Learning Beyond the Classroom and Textbook: Workplace Enculturation via Technical Communication Client Projects and Internships with Elisabeth Kramer-Simpson and Julie Dyke Ford. From the online description on the journal's website: the article "explores how approaches such as client projects in technical communication courses for majors prepare students for internships and their transition to

Kelly Hunnings published in Rocky Mountain Review of Language and Literature, Spring 2015

2015-10-15T14:17:00.000-07:00

Review of Wordsworth and Welsh Romanticism by James Prothero [Cambridge Scholars Publishing]. Rocky Mountain Review of Language and Literature, Spring 2015 (69.1): 114-116.

Julianne Newmark published The Pluralist Imagination from East to West in American Literature in January 2015

2015-10-15T14:11:00.000-07:00

The first three decades of the twentieth century saw the largest period of immigration in U.S. history. This immigration, however, was accompanied by legal segregation, racial exclusionism, and questions of residents national loyalty and commitment to a shared set of American beliefs and identity. The faulty premise that homogeneity as the symbol of the melting pot was the mark of a strong nation

Faculty & Graduate Conference Appearances and Presentations since Spring 2014

2015-10-15T13:40:00.000-07:00

Anita Obermeier. "Birth and Birth Control in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales." Biennial London Chaucer Conference: Science, Magic, and Technology. University of London. London, UK: July 10-11, 2015. Anita Obermeier. "Merlin, the Clown, and the Queer in Rowley’s The Birth of Merlin." 50th International Congress on Medieval Studies,. Western Michigan University. Kalamazoo, MI: May 14-17, 2015. Anita

Helen Damico Book Discussion & Signing - Tuesday, October 13th

2015-09-28T15:23:00.000-07:00

Tanaya Winder Poetry Reading and Book Release: Words Like Love

2015-09-25T14:39:00.000-07:00

UNM MFA alumna Tanaya Winder will host a poetry reading and book release at Bookworks (4022 Rio Grande Blvd NW) on Tuesday, September 29th, at 7:00pm. In her debut collection, Words Like Love, poet Tanaya Winder sings the joys, glories, and laments of love. Love is defined by familial, cultural, platonic, and romantic bonds in these passionate and thoughtfully rendered poems. Winder’s voice

Announcing the Inaugural ALS Seminar Symposium

2015-09-18T09:01:00.000-07:00

Tuesday, October 20, 2015 4:00pm-7:30pm Humanities 108 The ALS faculty invites all English Department graduate students and faculty to participate in the inaugural ALS seminar symposium and reception. The event brings together Dr. Vizcaíno-Alemán's English 610: Critical Regionalism and Dr. Coleman's English 660: Race and the African American Novel to discuss selected seminar readings with

Alemán publishes chapter on teaching nineteenth-century US Latino/a literatures

2015-09-09T15:36:00.001-07:00

Jesse Alemán’s chapter, “Recovered and Recovery Texts of the Nineteenth Century,” leads off Latino/a Literature in the Classroom: Twenty-First-Century Approaches to Teaching, edited by Frederick Luis Aldama and recently published by Routledge. The essay is a scholarly piece on teaching nineteenth-century US Latino/a literatures, surveying major texts to be included in the

Anita Obermeier publishes article on Merlin's Devil Conception in Arthuriana's special volume dedicated to "Arthur on the Stage."

2015-08-27T15:08:00.001-07:00