KU Department of English

Hi everyone! Get ready for our BIGGEST event of the year! This one-day event will be our 15th annual Super Service Saturday!

Join the CCO on August 29th from 9am-2pm. Volunteers will check in at 9am at the Kansas Union and get assigned to various sites in Lawrence. Sign up now on volunteer.ku.edu/need or click the link in our bio!

The CCO hosts Super Service Saturday annually as a way to connect with fellow Jayhawks and give back to the Lawrence community. You may sign up as a group or individually!

Any questions? Email [email protected], we can’t wait to see you there!!

Spend an evening with Professor Laura Moriarty at the Lawrence Public Library on August 13!

The event will celebrate her new book, Sunlight Finds You. See the shared post for details.

Did you catch Professor Laura Moriarty on the TODAY Show this week?! Her new book 'Sunlight Finds You' is Jenna Bush Hager's August 2026 Book Club pick!

'Sunlight Finds You' is out now, ready to be enjoyed, and available where books are sold ☀

Jenna Bush Hager Reveals Her August 2026 Book Club Pick TODAY’s Jenna Bush Hager announces her Read with Jenna book club pick for August 2026 is “Sunlight Finds You” by Laura Moriarty. It’s a novel about a 17-year-old girl who falls in love with her neighbor but when his parents, and a secret, separate them, Nora heads down a path of life-changin...

Still looking for a fall class?
Learn more about these courses on our website using the link in our bio.

THATCamp is a most-of-the-day event that allows members of the KU community to propose, brainstorm, and engage in a range of topics around the digital humanities.

Think of it as a low-risk, DH-focused networking event and a great way to kick off the year!

Join us for a day of unconference activities centered around building our DH community.

Planning to attend? Register by August 10.

Use the link or QR code in the flyer to learn more and view the schedule.

A book launch, book-cover cupcakes, and a stop at the Globe.

Jonathan P. Lamb recently shared a few updates from his travels, including the launch of his book, How the World Became a Book: Shakespeare’s England, at the International Shakespeare Conference in Stratford-upon-Avon. The launch included cupcakes featuring the book cover, and copies nearly sold out at the event.

He also visited Shakespeare’s Globe in London, where he held the program for Love’s Labour’s Lost open to the essay he wrote for the production.

Thank you for sharing, Professor Lamb!

Fun news! Professor Robert Warrior is a story consultant (and extra!) in the new Netflix 'Little House on the Prairie' adaptation.

“I hope those who read the books are now able to see more points of view than are represented in the books,” he said of the new version.

Read more at the KU News article linked below.

Osage professor helps renovate ‘Little House on the Prairie’ With help from a KU professor and Osage expert, a new Netflix series offers a fresh adaptation of the beloved books and classic TV show “Little House on the Prairie.”

Congratulations to Rebekah Taussig, alum, PhD, Creative Writing, 2020!

Rebekah’s essay, “The Unexpected Way AI Helped Me Appreciate My Body,” was published in TIME.

The piece reflects on the intersection of disability and AI.

Read the piece at the link below.
https://time.com/article/2026/07/07/ai-disabled-body/

Alumni news: Rachel Paese (BA 2024), Deputy Editor of Design Observer, recently wrote “Tricia Robson on how The Met’s Audience Engagement teams collaborate to engage 6.3 million visitors.”

While at KU, Rachel founded and led her own multimedia magazine. After college, she worked in education, helping students in Spain and Thailand.

Read the article at the link below or scan the QR code.
https://designobserver.com/tricia-robson-on-how-the-metropolitan-museum-of-arts-audience-engagement-teams-collaborate-to-engage-6-3-million-visitors/