Beloit College English Department

On behalf of E. A. Noble, we're sharing info about WisCon 2026, an amazing science fiction and fantasy conference, which will be entirely online from May 21–25, 2026:

"As the longest-running feminist science fiction and fantasy convention, WisCon continues to center inclusive, community-driven conversations within speculative fiction. See here for Ready Release WisCon 2026: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bHZuDYj9I33HDZG6AP0w2t3fTrckmdETIzk0GNQo9TY/edit?usp=sharing "

To mark Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day at Beloit College, Alice Ketabgian and her daughter Professor Tamara Ketabgian will read from their co-authored historical novel *The Mayor of Inebolu* at 4pm on April 24 in the WAC South Lounge. The talk will be followed by a reception and light refreshments, and book copies will also be available for purchase. All are welcome!

Come one, come all to the Literary Tea & Scones Lunch
this Wednesday, March 25, from 12:30-1:15pm in WAC South Lounge!
Learn about upcoming English classes, clubs, opportunities, and more!
Enjoy tea, teatime snacks, free lunch, and a sampling of verse to celebrate the spring!
~We welcome anyone interested in creative writing, literary studies, Aardvark Authors, or British Tea~

Keefer Chair of the Humanities Tamara Ketabgian and her mother Alice Ketabgian discussed their co-authored historical novel *The Mayor of Inebolu* at the Ararat Eskijian Museum (Mission Hills, CA; ) this past weekend (cosponsored by The Promise Armenian Institute at UCLA & the National Association of Armenian Studies and Research/ naasr.org). They'll present again at on Apr 24, Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day. If you can't make it then, watch the video here: https://youtu.be/VUSxfrYMpcY?si=TBBTEHA1wvU882d- ! Learn more about the book at https://ketabgiant.wixsite.com/inebolu

The Mayor of Inebolu Book Presentation Book Presentation: Sunday, February 15th, 2026Speakers/Authors:Alice KetabgianDr. Tamara Ketabgian

Prof Tamara Ketabgian sets the record straight on AI and Charles Babbage: https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2025/11/20/justice-for-babbage/

Justice for Babbage | Tamara Ketabgian To the Editors: In “The Labor Theory of AI” , Ben Tarnoff is quite right to note Charles Babbage’s emphasis on total visibility and managerial control in

I'm so excited that the Academy of American Poets has chosen 's Professor of Creative Writing Tacey Atsitty de Gonzalez as the Guest Editor of Poem-A-Day for November! You can sign up to receive the poems each day here: https://poets.org/poem-a-day . More about Prof Atsitty: https://www.beloit.edu/live/news/7177-tacey-atsitty-de-gonzales-selected-as-guest-editor

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Beloit College is looking for a tenure-line Assistant or Associate Professor of Creative Writing and Journalism. Please share this post with all of your friends and colleagues!

Assistant/Associate Professor of Creative Writing and Journalism - Beloit, Wisconsin job with Beloit College | 37894711 The Department of English at Beloit College in Beloit, Wisconsin, invites applications for a Tenure-Track Assistant or Associate Professor of Creat...

Beloit College's English Department and Community Connections courses are in the NY Times!

Opinion | Reimagining the Humanities to Make Them A.I.-Proof Technology is making the old ways of teaching ineffective. A new way is starting to emerge.