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Cloud,
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DEPARTMENT FACULTY |
- FACULTY PROFILES:
includes contact information (office hours, e-mail, etc.) and areas of
specialization along with details about faculty members' academic
careers, publications, honors, interests
- RECENT PUBLICATIONS
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FACULTY ON
LEAVE 2009-10
For the academic year: Profs.
Claybaugh, Edwards, Golston, Griffin, Murray, Puchner, Slaughter,
Spivak, Strand, and Strohm
For Fall 2009: Profs. Blount, Cole,
Crane, Crawford, Dailey, and Jin
For Spring 2010: Profs. R. Adams, Davidson, and
Eden
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FACULTY NEWS
The Department
of English
and Comparative Literature is deeply saddened by the death of Karl
Kroeber, a colleague of many years, on Sunday, November 8, 2009.
For
an account of his remarkable life and career, please see the following
interview that Karl granted in spring of this year.
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KARL
KROEBER delivers Phi Beta Kappa Graduation speech
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"I begin by apologizing to the parents of today’s honorees, because
some things I say may distress you. If it helps, I am a parent of
three children, so I understand the financial sacrifices you have
undergone for the past 4 years. I am also aware that these
splendid young adults whose accomplishments we celebrate, you knew just
a few years ago as adolescents – and adolescence has been
described as extended familial suffering for no discernible reason.
Finally, as a teacher I have one overriding commitment: to speak
only the truth as I see it to your children -- and I think you
deserve the same respect.
To you splendid students I say: bravely done! You richly
deserve the honor bestowed on you today. You have achieved more
than success – you have met the highest standards of intellectual
accomplishment of one of the world’s most distinguished
universities. You today join in a larger fellowship with women
and men of many universities and colleges bound together solely by
merit of four years of outstanding intellectual performance that
required more than the gift of intelligence --including the
courage often to resist the seductive temptation of not doing your very
best. You remind us that in any serious work of the mind only
excellence is adequate."
Click
here
to
read
the
rest
of
the
speech.
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CONGRATULATIONS to Professor JOAN
FERRANTE
She has received a Emeritus Fellowship given by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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Joan
Ferrante, Columbia professor of English and Comparative Literature at
Columbia University, has received a $40,000 grant to build on
Epistolae, the online database created by Ferrante and CCNMTL that
showcases a collection of letters to and from women during the 4th to
13th centuries. Ferrante was recently featured in The Record for
receiving an Emeritus Fellowship from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
to support the enhancement of Epistolae and continue her research on
understanding the roles of women in medieval times, which she started
over 20 years ago.
First released in 2000, Epistolae is a public website that offers
scholars and students a repository of texts, translations, and
background information about women engaged in correspondence in the
Middle Ages. The letters, originally written in Latin, are translated
to English and linked to biographical sketches of the women who wrote
or received them.
According to the article, "Retirement for These Professors Means More
Work," Ferrante will use the Emeritus Fellowship to hire translators
for 2,000 letters waiting to be added to the online database.
Click
here
to
read
the
article
article,
"Retirement
for
These Professors Means More Work."
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CONGRATULATIONS to Professor JEAN
HOWARD
She has been elected to the Phi Beta Kappa Senate.
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The Phi Beta Kappa Society is pleased to announce the election of Jean
E. Howard to its senate. The decision was made October 3 at the
Society’s 42nd Triennial Council in Austin, Tex. Howardwill serve a
six-year term.
Howard is the George Delacorte Professor in the Humanities and chair of
the Department of English at Columbia University where she teaches
Renaissance literature, feminist studies and literary theory. A past
president of the Shakespeare Association of America, Howard has also
served as a Trustee of Brown University, chaired Columbia’s Institute
for Research on Women and Gender and served as Columbia’s first Vice
Provost for Diversity Initiatives. The author and editor of numerous
books, Howard is also one of the co-editors of The Norton Shakespeare.
In response to her election, Howard remarked, “I am thrilled with the
opportunity to work for the pre-eminent honor society in the nation,
and I look forward to helping to maintain its high intellectual
standards and distinguished history of service to higher education.”
“Phi Beta Kappa is very fortunate to have secured the services of Jean
Howard as a senator,” observed John Churchill, secretary and chief
executive officer of the Society.
Click
here
to
read
more about Phi Beta Kappa.
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CONGRATULATIONS to Professor AUSTIN
QUIGLEY
He has received the annual Great Teachers Award given by the
Society of Columbia Graduates.
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Former dean
of Columbia College, Austin E. Quigley, received the annual Great
Teachers Award, which is given by the Society of Columbia Graduates.
Quigley, the Brander Matthews Professor of Dramatic Literature, was
until earlier this year the dean of Columbia College. He established
the undergraduate major in drama and theatre arts, revived the doctoral
program in theater and helped reinvigorate the M.F.A. programs in
theater at the School of the Arts.
The Society of Columbia Graduates sponsored the awards, which also
served as the organization’s centennial celebration. In commemoration
of 100 years of alumni activism and 50 years of Great Teachers Awards,
33 former recipients joined the largest turnout of guests ever at a SCG
event, according to publicity director Jerry Sherwin, CC ’55.
Click
here
to
read more about the awards ceremony.
Click
here to read more about the Society of Columbia Grauduates.
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