CWRU English

Andy Zolot, who graduated with a BA in 1992, majored in English with a concentration in Film and was also a TA in Film (Louis Gianetti was my advisor). He produced a film showing at this year’s CIFF called CAPER. clevelandfilm.org/films/caper-20…

Fall 2026: ENGL 285: Special Topics Seminar - Utopia/Dystopia. Students will read important utopian and dystopian works of fiction to explore how literature anticipates, celebrates or critiques technological and social change.

On Wednesday, April 22nd, Vicki Daniel will be participating in the upcoming panel, "Editing and Publishing the History of Contraception," as part of the Skuy History of Contraception Series at the Dittrick Medical History Center. artsci.case.edu/dittrick/upcom…

Robert Spadoni presented “Kirk, Centricity, and the Original Star Trek” at the Society for Cinema and Media Studies Conference in Chicago in March.

New in Fall 2026: English 191: Reading, Writing, and Wellness. Unplug from modern technologies and engage in imaginative exercises designed to help you restore your balance in the midst of the stress and bustle of daily life. Minimal homework/focused in-class activities.

Fri, April 24: "A Journey to Arcadia: On Translating a Renaissance Italian Classic," a Lecture by Nicholas Jones. Guilford Parlor. 3:15 p.m. Jacopo Sannazaro's Arcadia was an instant hit in 1504, leading to dozens of editions through the sixteenth century and translations.

Karan Mahajan, AWBA winner for his book The Association of Small Bombs, will be in conversation with Rohan Chhetri, a poet, translator, and the Anisfield-Wolf Distinguished Visiting Writer at @cwru. Register for the April 14 event: attend.cuyahogalibrary.org/event/15979212

Fri, May 1: “'I Do Not Wish to Avoid the Walk': The Multiple Utilities of Walking in Jane Austen’s Novels," the MacIntyre Lecture by Olivia Hobbs. Guilford Parlor. 3:15 p.m. The MacIntyre Memorial Prize recognizes the best scholarly paper written by an Engl Dept grad student.

"Racing Ahead, Flourishing, Leaving a Trace like the Waves," Joseph DeLong's translation of the second chapter of Ryoko Sekiguchi's creative nonfiction book Nagori, has been published in the third volume of Richard Mille's Hereme Chronicles.

Friday, April 17th: "150-Swiftly": A Creative Writing Workshop Inspired by Taylor Swift and conducted by Chi Elliott and Tychicus McClendon. Guilford Parlor. 3:15 to 4:15 p.m. A poetry prompt here every day in April: english.case.edu/writing-prompt…

Martha Schaffer will present UCITE Pizza & Pedagogy: AI-Aware Writing Instruction on Friday, April 3rd. community.case.edu/ucite/rsvp_boo…

Fri, April 24: "A Journey to Arcadia: On Translating a Renaissance Italian Classic," Lecture by Nicholas Jones. Guilford Parlor. 3:15 to 4:15 p.m. Jacopo Sannazaro's Arcadia was an instant hit in 1504, leading to dozens of editions through the sixteenth century and translations

Friday, March 27th: ​"'A poem ends / when the sound of it is finished': Reading Elizabeth Willis with John Gower," a Lecture by Eric Weiskott.

One section of ENG257B has spent the semester studying John Milton’s Paradise Lost. The course will culminate in a public reading of the (abridged) poem, on Saturday, April 11, between 9:30 a.m. and 5 p.m., in Bellflower Hall.

Friday, April 3rd: David Baker: A Reading of New Poems (the Mann Visiting Writer). Guilford Parlor. 3:15 to 4:15 p.m. David Baker will be reading poems selected from his newly published book, Transit, as well as from other recent works.

Dave Lucas will be one of the visiting writers at the Page Count Literary Festival at Western Reserve Academy on April 8th and 9th: wra.net/academics/word…

Friday, March 27th: "'A poem ends / when the sound of it is finished': Reading Elizabeth Willis with John Gower," a Lecture by Eric Weiskott. Guilford Parlor. 3:15 to 4:15 p.m.

Mary Grimm and Brad Ricca ('02) will present at the 41st Annual Western Reserve Writers' Conference. Ricca will give the keynote. attend.cuyahogalibrary.org/event/15269621

Fri, March 27: "'A poem ends when the sound of it is finished': Reading Elizabeth Willis with John Gower," Lecture by Eric Weiskott. Guilford Parlor. 3:15 p.m. Willis, a contemporary poet makes an effective conversation partner for Gower, ‘frenemy’ of Geoffrey Chaucer.