Graduate Applications
Applications for admission to the English Department’s graduate programs are submitted through the UNLV Graduate College. Official GRE results should be sent to the English department (institution code: 4861; departmental code 2503).
- Online Application to the UNLV Graduate College
- MA, MFA, and PhD programs in English at UNLV
Events: March 2010
- March 12–14: Far West Popular Culture and American Cultural Associations annual conference. Palace Station Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada. See the conference website for details.
- March 17, 2010:
I Could Read the Sky
with Timothy O'Grady, Martin Hayes, Dennis Cahill, and Aine Meenaghan. 7:00pm at the UNLV Beam Music Center Doc Rando Recital Hall. A multimedia performance of the lyrical story of a musical Irishman's migration to England in search of fieldwork—and finding the love of his life only to lose her. Based on I Could Read the Sky, a collaborative novel by BMI Fellow Timothy O'Grady and New Yorker photographer Steve Pyke. Sponsored by the Black Mountain Institute. - March 29–April 3: Spring Break. University is closed.
English Department News
Check here for upcoming visiting speakers, details on semester deadlines, and other news of interest to our department.
UNLV English Department Announces 2010 Outstanding Teacher Award Nominations
The UNLV English Department is pleased to announce the following nominations for 2010 Outstanding Teacher awards:
- William Morris Award: P. Jane Hafen
- Rita Deanin Abbey Award: Megan Becker-Leckrone
Congratulations to Dr. Hafen and Dr. Becker-Leckrone!
Martha Nussbaum appearance rescheduled for October 19, 2010.
Due to an unfortunate illness, Martha Nussbaum was unable to travel
to Las Vegas for her scheduled guest lecture on January 28th. Her
appearance has been rescheduled for the Fall 2010 semester, and Martha
Nussbaum will now deliver her guest lecture, Not for Profit: Why
Democracy Needs Liberal Education,
on October 19th,
2010. Announcements about the event and details on the location
and schedule will be re-posted on the Department website in the new
semester.
Not for Profit:
Martha Nussbaum speaking at UNLV on liberal education.
Doc Rando Hall auditorium, 28 January 2010, 7:00–9:00pm.
Update: The Department of English regrets that, due to illness, Martha Nussbaum was unable to travel to Las Vegas for her scheduled talk on January 28th. The event has been rescheduled for October 19, 2010.
On January 28th, 2010, philosopher and classicist Martha Nussbaum
will deliver a lecture at the Doc Rando Hall auditorium, entitled
Not for Profit: Why Democracy Needs Classical
Education
, sponsored by the KVBC Literary Lecture Studies Series and
the UNLV Department of English.
The lecture will begin at 7:00pm and is open to the UNLV campus community and the general public. The lecture will be preceded by a reception at the Blasco Events Center from 5:15–6:30pm.
Nussbaum, an specialist in classical Greek and Roman philosophy, political philosophy, and ethics, is the Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Chicago. She is the author of over 15 books on classical Greek philosophy, current issues in education, civil rights, the status of women, Southern Asia, and law, including The Fragility of Goodness: Luck and Ethics in Greek Tragedy and Philosophy (1986), The Therapy of Desire (1994), Sex and Social Justice (1998), Hiding from Humanity: Disgust, Shame, and the Law (2004), Cultivating Humanity: A Classical Defense of Reform in Liberal Education (1997), and her forthcoming Not For Profit: Liberal Education and Democratic Citizenship.
Rebel Yell covers English Department Majors Mixer
The Rebel Yell editorial staff writes, Wednesday’s English department mixer was a perfect example of how campus leaders are working to make connections between UNLV’s academic strengths and its social and cultural traditions ... Not only was the event a huge success in terms of numbers, with dozens of undergraduate English majors and graduate students appearing throughout the afternoon to mix, mingle and learn, it made an important step toward building the public community of mutual learning and benefit that UNLV and the department strive for.
[Read more...]
- UNLV Rebel Yell article, by Pashtana Usufzy, 2.Nov.2009
- UNLV Rebel Yell op-ed, 2.Nov.2009
Vu Tran wins coveted Whiting Writers’ Award
On October 28, the Giles Whiting Foundation announced that UNLV English Department alumnus and instructor Vu Tran would receive the prestigious 2009 Whiting Writers’ Award, a national prize for writers of exceptional talent and promise in early career
. Vu Tran was awarded a Glenn Schaeffer Fellowship by the UNLV English Department in 2003, and graduated with a Ph.D. in English in 2006. He is currently an instructor for the UNLV English Department, teaching creative writing, world literature, and composition. He is the author of multiple short stories and a forthcoming literary crime novel, titled This Or Any Other Desert. [Read more...]
