Loyola University Chicago English Department

06/30/2020

We are delighted to announce job placements for three of our most recent PhDs!

05/18/2020

Rising sophomore Amanda Krcic has been accepted to the Johns Hopkins National Undergraduate Humanities Research Symposium! Check out her piece, "Unnoticeable: A Letter To My Younger Self."

03/17/2020

Due to public health concerns, faculty and staff will temporarily be working remotely, and the Department office will be closed. Please contact us via email at [email protected].

Information for the entire Loyola community is continually being updated at https://www.luc.edu/coronavirus/. Thank you for your patience during this difficult time.

Loyola University Chicago is committed to ensuring the well-being and safety of our students, faculty, and staff.

02/21/2020

Next Wednesday, 2/26, do not miss Kevin Coval, author of "Everything Must Go." (Immediately after the 44th Surtz Lecture, so bring a snack!)

02/21/2020

Congratulations to alumna Phoebe Stein (PhD 1998) on being named president of the Federation of State Humanities Councils! Dr. Stein has served as an advocate for the humanities for over 20 years.

02/19/2020

Your afternoon reading — the latest in "Visual Art Source" from our own Professor Margaret Hawkins. Not to be missed by lovers of art, patrons of museums, or skeptics of listicles!

Recently the New York Times printed an opinion column titled “Get the Most Out of a Visit to the Museum.” The article, by Harry Guinness, contains five nuggets of advice with bold print headings like Understand the space and Keep comfortable. I was intrigued, sort of. I’ve been going to museum...

02/14/2020

Interested in translation, theology, or the Bible as literature? Definitely do not miss the 44th Annual Surtz Lecture with Professor Robert Alter on February 26th!

More info: https://www.luc.edu/english/stories/archive/altersurtzlecture.shtml

The pre-eminent scholar Robert Alter has finally finished his own translation.

02/05/2020

Join us February 13th for the 20th McElroy Shakespeare Celebration!

(And join us TOMORROW for the launch of the Lili Elbe Archive — RSVP today!)

01/31/2020

Some alumni news this blustery Friday: "Late Show with Stephen Colbert" executive producer Tom Purcell (BA '85), tells Loyola Magazine how his English education informs his comedy (and vice versa!).

Behind the laughterTom Purcell (BA '85), shown far left, pores over his script during a rehearsal of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert inside the famous Ed Sullivan Theater in New York. Purcell has been a longtime writer and collaborator with Colbert, helping to craft the late night comic's take on...

01/29/2020

Join us at two events next week to celebrate the launch of the Lili Elbe Digital Archive (http://www.lilielbe.org/), a fantastic resource that members of the Loyola community have been collaborating on for the last five years. RSVP today!

01/24/2020

Happy Friday! We have some exciting events in the coming weeks (stay tuned and check our website!), but first, don't miss a presentation by Professor Margaret Hawkins at Elmhurst Art Museum tomorrow!

Join us for a conversation about the life and work of Sandra Jorgensen. Presentations by artist and curator Suellen Rocca and writer Margaret Hawkins will include personal stories and anecdotes. Moderated by Executive Director John McKinnon. Free with admission or current membership. Suellen Rocca,....

01/13/2020

Good morning and welcome back to campus! We hope everyone enjoyed their break. Check in with us for announcements, events, news, and friendly chatter this semester. For starters, here's the latest from Professor Margaret Hawkins in Visual Art Source.

When Gen Z-ers routinely dismiss the entire art historical canon as the work of dead white men, I’m two parts chilled and one part thrilled. What determined, righteous callousness! But recently, when several extremely smart young people I know threw Andy Warhol under that same bus, on the occasion...