Current News

John Acker, English, "A Mind for God," Student Soul (October 16, 2007). Visit the Mind for God Web site.

Susan Burch, English, and Hannah Joyner, Unspeakable: The Story of Junius Wilson (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2007).

John Burnham, History and Medical Heritage Center, "A Perfectly Staged 'Concerted Action' Against Psychoanalysis: The 1913 Congress of German Psychiatrists" in International Journal of Psycho-Analysis, 88 (2007): 1223-1244 (with Ernst Falzeder).

Ray Cashman, English, "Genre and Ideology," Midwestern Folklore 33.1 (2007): 13-27.

Doctoral student, Matthew Curtis, Slavic Linguistics, had his study, "Petar II Petrovic Njegos and Gjergj Fishta: Composers of National Epics," published as Monograph no. 1808 in the Carl Beck Papers in Russian and East European Studies (Pittsburgh: University Center for International Studies, 2007).

Jared Gardner, English, "Otto Soglow's The Ambassador," The Comics Journal 286 (November 2007): 124-65.

Wendy S. Hesford, English,Rev. of Trauma and Survival in Contemporary Fiction by Laura Vickory, Comparative Studies Yearbook 52 (2005-6): 225-230.

Doctoral student Wendy Wolters Hinshaw, English, "Teaching for Social Justice? Resituating Student Resistance," JAC 27 1&2 (2007): 222-34.

Kim Kovarik, English, "They Were Needed": Ed Poppendick's story, as told to Kim Kovarik, Marine Corps Gazette 91.4 (November 2007): 92-94.

Erin McGraw, English "Shades of family sorrow," rev. of The Almost Moon byAlice Sebold, Raleigh News & Observer (October 14, 2007): 4-G.

Dorothy Noyes, English, "Voice in the Provinces: Submission, Recognition, and the Making of Heritage," Prädikat "Heritage." Wertschöpfungen aus kulturellen Ressourcen, eds. Dorothee Hemme, Markus Tauschek, and Regina Bendix (Münster: Lit Verlag, 2007): 33-52.

James Phelan, English, Experiencing Fiction: Judgments, Progressions, and the Rhetorical Theory of Narrative (Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 2007); "Rhetoric/Ethics." The Cambridge Companion to Narrative, ed.

David Herman, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007): 203-16; and as coeditor with Peter J. Rabinowitz, Chinese translation of A Companion to Narrative Theory (Peking University Press, 2007).

Doug Ramspeck [Sutton-Ramspeck], English-Lima: "Ballad for a Fifteen-Year-Old," and "Room, with Bed," Poems, The Fourth River 4 (Autumn 2007): 24-25; "From the Notebooks," Poem, Nassau Review 9.3 (2007): 40; "Ghosts," Poem, Appalachian Heritage 35.4 (Fall 2007): 98; "Human Wishes," Poem, Poet Lore 102.3/4 (Fall/Winter 2007): 92. "Into the Woods" and "Reliquary," Poems, Whiskey Island Magazine 52 (Winter/Spring 2007): 85-86; "Poet Laureate: Fristoe, Ohio (Population 947)," Poem, Main Street Rag 12.3 (Fall 2007): 82.

Amy Shuman, English,and Caroll Bohmer, Rejecting Refugees: Political Asylum in the 21st Century (London: Routledge, 2007).

Michael Van Dussen, English, "Conveying Heresy: 'a certayne student' and the Lollard-Hussite Fellowship," Viator 38.2 (2007): 217-234.

Chadwick Allen, English, presented "Becoming Tangata Whenua/Ka Whakahaere Mai Indigenous: D'Arcy McNickle's They Came Here First: The Epic of the American Indian and Peter Buck's The Coming of the Maori" (invited lecture), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, November 1.

Susan Burch, English, presented "Researching Disability History" (invited presentation), Library of Congress, October 24.

Deborah G. Burks, English, presented "Lifting the Painted Cloth: Spying and Surveillance in Shakespeare's London" (invited lecture), Third Annual Margaret Syers Memorial Lecture, Center for Innovative Learning, Schreiner University, Kerrville, Texas, October 25.

Ryan Jay Friedman, English, "'Enough Force To Shatter the Tale to Fragments': Ethics and Textual Analysis in James Baldwin's Film Theory," invited talk for One Book, One Northwestern: "Go Tell It on the Mountain," Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, October 9.

Daniel Keller, English, presented "Televised, Poached, Mashed Up, and Blogged: Convergence Culture and Literacy Practices," Literacies--Personal, Professional, Academic, Durham, New Hampshire, October 12-13.

Lee Martin, English, presented "Genre Jumping: Writing Both Nonfiction and Fiction." NonfictioNow Conference, Iowa City, Iowa, November 3; and "1808-2008, What's Next?: Race Relations in North Texas," University of North Texas Fine Arts Series, Denton, Texas, October 25.

Ben McCorkle, English, served as Coordinator, Marion Country High School Writers' Conference: Writing in the Internet Age, Marion Country Club, Marion, Ohio, November 7.

Koritha Mitchell, English, presented "Enduring 'Strange Fruit': Lynching Drama and African American Citizenship" (invited presentation), Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity, Columbus, Ohio, October 31; and "Lynching's Literary Legacies" (guest lecture), History 3998: Special Topics in American History--Mob Violence & Trauma, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, November 8.

Galey Modan, English, presented "Shifting Meanings of Diversity in the Commodified City" (invited talk), Department of Anthropology, Hamilton College, October 18; and "Building a 'Family': Successful Neighborhood Activism Across Faultlines" (keynote address), Public Anthropology Day, Department of Anthropology, The American University, October 6.

Dorothy Noyes, English, served as a discussant on the panel "Memory and the Yugoslav Wars" at the International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Women in War at the Mershon Center, The Ohio State University, October 28.

Chris Otter, English, presented "Electrifying Perception: Colour, Distance and Detail 1875-1920," the History of Science Society Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, November 4.

James Phelan, English, presented "Defamiliarizing the Perpetrator: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Reliable and Unreliable Narration in Martin Amis's Time's Arrow," Conference on Holocaust Narrative, Berlin, Germany, June 28; "Unreliability and Ethics in Poe's 'The Cask of Amontillado'" (invited lecture), Heidelberg University, July 3; "Surprise Endings: The Case of Wharton's 'Roman Fever,'" Master Class, Giessen University, July 4; "Narrative Theory, 1966-2007" (invited lecture), University of Tromso, Tromso, Norway, August 22; "Progressions, Judgments, and the Rhetorical Theory of Narrative" (invited lecture), University of Tromso, Norway, August 22; "Principles of Rhetorical Reading, with Glances at Poe's 'A Cask of Amontillado'" (invited lecture), Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China, October 15; and the Plenary lecture, First International Narratology Conference, Nanchang, China, October 17.

Weiser, Elizabeth, English, presented "Rene Wellek and Kenneth Burke: Prague Influences on the Birth of Modern American Rhetoric," The Prague School and Theories of Structure, Prague, Czech Republic, October 18-21.

Randal Johnson (UCLA) will present "Satin Slippers, Vain Glories, and Talking Pictures: Manoel de Oliveira Looks at the World," 3:30 pm, November 9, 255 Hagerty Hall, for the Lusophone Globalicities Working Group. Contact: gordon.397@osu.edu.

Daoud Hari, who survived torture in Darfur, Sudan, will be the keynote speaker at "DARFUR: A Call to your Conscience II," 3:00-6:00 pm, November 11, Frank W. Hale Black Cultural Center, 153 W.12th Avenue. Hari is a representative of SAVE DARFUR's "Voices from Darfur" national speaking tour, and part of a 2-day program sponsored by the newly-formed Central Ohio Darfur Solidarity Network. This free event continues on November 12 from 6:00 to 9:00 pm. at the African American and African Studies Community Extension Center, 905 Mt. Vernon Avenue. Speakers include Daoud Hari, Scopas Poggo, African American and African Studies-Mansfield, and graduate student Mohamed Salim. Contact: William Barndt at wbarndt@insight.rr.com.

The African American and African Studies Community Extension Center will honor African American veterans who served in either the Vietnam War or during the Vietnam War Era at its annual Black Veteran's Day Salute on Saturday, November 10, from 11:30 am-1:30 pm at the Community Extension Center, located at 905 Mount Vernon Ave. For more information, be sure to visit the AAAS Community Extension Center Web site or call (614) 292-3922.

Faculty, staff, students and community residents are invited to participate in a dialogue on community issues at the Black Faculty, Staff and Community Orientation which will be held on Tuesday, November 13, from 4:00-6:00 pm at the African American and African Studies Community Extension Center, located at 905 Mt. Vernon Avenue. Senator Ray Miller (Ohio 15th District, Columbus) is the guest speaker. Refreshments will be served. R.S.V.P is required. R.S.V.P. to hester.39@osu.edu or contact the Community Extension Center at 292-3922.

Dr. Peter Materu, World Bank Senior Education Specialist will present "Higher Education for Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction in Africa" as part of the Center for African Studies speaker series on Thursday, November 15, from Noon-1:30pm at the Frank W. Hale Jr. Black Cultural Center. A light lunch will be served. RSVP by November 12 to cas@osu.edu or 292-8169. This lecture is free and open to the public.

The Ohio State Institute for Collaborative Research and Public Humanities and the Departments of English and History will present a lecture by George Cotkin, Cal State Poly, San Luis Obispo. Cotkins' lecture, "Racial Masquerade, Empathy, and Moral Luck in Black Like Me" will be presented in the Philosophy Commons, 347 University Hall, November 15, 3:30 pm. Contact: conn.23@osu.edu.

Deborah J. Merritt, John Deaver Drinko/Baker & Hostetler Chair in Law at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, will present "Prove It: Racial Bias in the Courtroom" on Thursday, November 15, at 6:00 pm at the African American and African Studies Community Extension Center located at 905 Mount Vernon Ave. Visit: AAAS Community Extension Center Web site or call (614) 292-3922.

Poet Allison Joseph will give a Reading, 7:00 pm, November 15, 311 Denney Hall. Contact: Creative Writing Program, 292-2242.

On November 15, Amy Shuman and Maurice Stevens will present "Larger Than Life Stories: Aminah Robinson's Water Street Journeys" at the Columbus Museum of Art at 7:00 pm. This event is in conjunction with the "Along Water Street: New Work by Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson" exhibition. Sponsored by the Big Picture lecture series. Contact zacher.1@osu.edu.

Ruby Tapia, Comparative Studies, will present "Publishing in Academic Journals," 11:30 am, November 16, 286A University Hall. She will discuss strategies for turning your work into journal publications. Contact: tapia.14@osu.edu.

The inaugural meeting of the Local Worlds Working Group of the Institute for Collaborative Research and Public Humanities will be at 4:00 pm, November 7, George Wells Knight House, 104 East 15^th Avenue. Contact: Morgan Liu, liu.737@osu.edu.

College of Humanities Undergraduate Study Abroad Scholarships applications are now available on-line. The deadline for student applications is January 15, 2008. All eligible Humanities majors have been invited to apply and are directed to the following College of Humanities Web site for access to study abroad scholarships information and direct access to applications.

The Center for the Study and Teaching of Writing (CSTW) is currently looking for graduate and undergraduate students to tutor third, fourth, and fifth graders from the Columbus Africentric Early College Elementary School. Tutoring occurs Wednesdays from 3:45-5:15 pm. The school is located at 300 Livingston Ave. Interested parties should visit the CSTW Web site or call 688-5865 and ask to speak to an Outreach Consultant or email dadras.1@osu.edu.