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Tag: Department of English

Mellon grant supports a close-up on close-ups

Mellon grant supports a close-up on close-ups

March 3, 2023

A Rochester research team is part of an inter-institutional project to document the history of the close-up, one of film and television’s most powerful techniques.

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The ‘ideal of what a humanities professor ought to be’

The ‘ideal of what a humanities professor ought to be’

March 3, 2023

English professor Russell Peck is being remembered as much for his eminent medieval scholarship as his excellence in teaching.

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Why baseball analyst Tim McCarver was the best of the modern era

Why baseball analyst Tim McCarver was the best of the modern era

February 27, 2023

Baseball broadcasting expert Curt Smith reflects on how the late Hall of Famer brought a cerebral edge to the game he loved.

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How the Great War altered memory and memorialization

How the Great War altered memory and memorialization

October 31, 2022

English professor Bette London explores the evolution and continued resonance of remembrance rituals in post-World War I Britain in a new book.

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Sam Chanse play premieres at Sloan Performing Arts Center

Sam Chanse play premieres at Sloan Performing Arts Center

September 27, 2022

Fellowship is the latest production commissioned as part of the International Theatre Program’s New Voice Initiative supporting early-career playwrights

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Plutzik Reading Series opens 60th anniversary season with Jericho Brown

Plutzik Reading Series opens 60th anniversary season with Jericho Brown

August 31, 2022

The Pulitzer Prize–winning poet will give a reading as part of the University of Rochester’s 202–23 Hyam Plutzik Memorial Reading Series—one of the nation’s oldest literary reading series.

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A baseball call for the ages: Hank Aaron’s record-breaking home run

A baseball call for the ages: Hank Aaron’s record-breaking home run

August 29, 2022

Baseball broadcasting expert Curt Smith penned an essay for the Library of Congress about Milo Hamilton’s memorable home run call.

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Rochester’s Curt Smith remembers Vin Scully

Rochester’s Curt Smith remembers Vin Scully

August 19, 2022

The author of multiple books on baseball, its storied stadiums and legendary broadcasters, recalls a baseball broadcasting legend.

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James Longenbach ‘made a central and rich place for poetry’ at Rochester

James Longenbach ‘made a central and rich place for poetry’ at Rochester

August 16, 2022

The English professor and acclaimed poet devoted his life’s work to studying, teaching, and writing poetry.

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Remembering J. W. Johnson: ‘dynamic’ and devoted English teacher

Remembering J. W. Johnson: ‘dynamic’ and devoted English teacher

June 24, 2022

In a University career of more than 45 year, the professor emeritus’s research interests included Restoration biography, the Earl of Rochester, and 18th-century literature.

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