02/14/2025
https://internationalprograms.rhodes.edu/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.ViewProgramAngular&id=35015
It's not too late to sign up for a month in London this summer! The Rhodes Summer School in London will be offering two English classes (one team-taught with Professor Petty) that can be taken at the 200-level or 300-level (with pre-approval from the chair). You can also get HUM 201 credit! February 20th is the deadline!
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01/24/2025
English majors and professors celebrate turning in their final projects for the Class of 2025!
01/21/2025
Professor Seth Rudy provides background for Limericks!
There once was a man from New York ...
In addition to Steve Mulroy’s time as an elected official, there are two other things many people have learned about him over the years: He’s a huge Star Trek fan, and the man just loves limericks.
01/13/2025
Congratulations to Rhodes College Professor of English, Leslie Petty, on the publication of her new book!
Voices and Visions
Contributions by Ruth R. Caillouet, Mary C. Carruth, Nancy Dixon, Kathleen Downes, Edward J. Dupuy, Shari Evans, Paul Fess, Carina Evans Hoffpauir, Leslie Petty, Heidi Podlasi-Labrenz, Tierney S. Powell, ...
12/13/2024
Newstok Publishes New Book and Archive on Close Reading | Rhodes News
Dr. Scott Newstok, executive director of the Spence Wilson Center for Interdisciplinary Humanities, has collaborated with John Guillory on a new book titled On Close Reading and produced the Close Reading Archive, a free public humanities database.
12/13/2024
Happy Reading Day, everyone! Good luck with finals and remember this is the absolute last day to submit pieces to TSR!!
12/12/2024
Registration for our Spring program is now live! rhodes.edu/meeman
12/11/2024
The very useful annotated bibliography at the back of "On Close Reading", produced by Rhodes College Professor Scott Newstok, cites numerous examples and discussions of close reading, and also attests to its return to prominence in recent years.
Timothy Aubry, “The Rise and Fall—and Rise?—of Close Reading,” The Chronicle of Higher Education (December 10, 2024).
The Rise and Fall — and Rise? — of Close Reading
On John Guillory’s new history of a contested technique.
12/04/2024
Last day to submit!
REMINDER: DECEMBER FOURTH IS THE DUE DATE! And it could be ANYTHING! Poetry! Prose! Artwork! We take it all, just check out the link in our bio!
11/26/2024
DECEMBER FOURTH!!! GET EM IN!!! CHECK THE LINK IN OUR BIO!!!
11/21/2024
It’s finally here!! Find us in the Library, Rat, Lair, middle Grounds, and English common room! Pitch meeting tonight @6 in Southwestern 203!
11/20/2024
The Rhodes College Department of English faculty and staff send our deepest sympathy to the family of Anna Farris, former Associate Dean of the British Studies at Oxford Program at Rhodes College.
Anna Farris -
Anna worked in President Bill Clinton's administration during his two terms, overseeing correspondence and other duties in the East Wing