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$3M Mellon-Funded ‘Creativity in the Time of COVID’ Has Local and Global Impact

September 27, 2024

When the world went into lockdown in the face of COVID-19 and while adapting to social distancing, zoom, and masks required, many, in their isolation, turned to art and creative…

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion / English / Event / News / Programs

English Department Presents Literary Studies Now Signature Lecture Series

September 18, 2024

The Department of English at Michigan State University is thrilled to present, Literary Studies Now, its signature lecture series for the 2024-2025 academic year, which is funded through the generosity of the Russel B. Nye endowment.

Arts MSU / English / Event / Film Studies / News

FILMETRY Festival Will Celebrate ‘Poetics of Cinema’ APRIL 19

April 10, 2024

FILMETRY, a film festival that celebrates the union of film and poetry, will give extra emphasis to that union in this year’s festival, when poetry goes to the movies on…

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Jyotsna Singh Leaves Lasting Legacy at MSU and Will Deliver Legacy Lecture on April 17

March 28, 2024

As the 2023-2024 recipient of the College of Arts & Letters’ Legacy Lecture Award, Jyotsna Singh, who recently retired from the Department of English at Michigan State University, will deliver…

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion / English / Event / Faculty / Faculty / Faculty Stories / News

Gordon Henry’s Legacy and Career Celebrated with Indigenous Literature and Song

November 29, 2023

Gordon Henry, Professor in the Department of English and the inaugural Audrey and John Leslie Endowed Chair in North American Indian and Indigenous Literary Studies, will retire from Michigan State…

Event / News / Student / Student

Class Project Raises Awareness of Women Who Fought to Return Art Stolen by the Nazis

April 17, 2023

A Digital Humanities Seminar class at Michigan State University has partnered with the Monuments Men and Women Foundation (MMWF) to raise awareness of the women who bravely fought to rescue…

African American and African Studies / Event / Faculty / News

Making History at Michigan State University

February 1, 2023

Making history at Michigan State University: Barry D. Amis, David W.D. Dickson, and Ruth Nicole Brown The College of Arts & Letters at Michigan State University has been part of…

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Film Students Take Inaugural Study Abroad Trip to Toronto International Film Festival

October 3, 2022

The MSU Film Studies Program completed its inaugural study abroad trip to the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) with 12 student filmmakers participating. Kaveh Askari, Associate Professor and Director of Michigan State University’s Film Studies Program, and Peter Johnston, Associate Professor and Manager of Digital Media and Film Production at MSU, led the week-long program in Ontario, Canada.

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MSU: A Leader in Comics and Pop Culture Scholarship, Now Host to Comics Studies Society

July 27, 2022

This week, Michigan State University will host the fifth annual conference for the Comic Studies Society, one of the premier academic communities dedicated to comic studies. What makes MSU the…

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Comic Studies Society Conference Coming to MSU this July

June 6, 2022

The Comic Studies Society (CSS), one of the premier academic communities dedicated to comic studies, will hold its fifth annual conference at Michigan State University from July 28-30 this year. Supported by MSU’s…