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Events

April 19, 2008

Shirley Geok-lin Lim to Speak at CSU Grad Conference

The CSU Graduate Student Conference, Significations, will take place on Saturday, April 19, 2008 at CSULA. The keynote speaker for the conference will be Shirley Geok-lin Lim ... more

April 2008

A. B. Spellman, Poet and Jazz Critic, to Visit CSULA

A. B. Spellman will visit CSULA in April 2008, offering discussions on poetry and jazz and signing copies of his poetry collection ... more

April 2, 2008

Adrienne Rich to Read in Burden Series

Adrienne Rich will be the guest reader at the 2008 Jean Burden Poetry Reading. The event will take place on Wednesday, April 2, 2008 at 6:30pm ... more

Nov. 7-8, 2007

Marisela Norte, East LA Writer and Artist, To Visit 

Marisela Norte, East Los Angeles based writer and artist, will be inresidence at Cal State LA November 7-8, 2007. Norte's visit is .... more

Oct. 3, 2007

Cal State LA, British Council Host Black Watch Conference

Cal State LA will host a three-way videoconference that will allow students and professors at Cal State LA, Royal Holloway University of London, and the University of Glasgow ... more

September 27, 2007

Editor, Writers to Present Story Collection

On Thursday, September 27, poet and editor Nii Ayikwei Parkes will host readings from and a discussion of x-24: unclassified . ... more

August 9, 2007

Brian Leung to Read, Sign New Novel

Brian Leung will be reading from his new novel, Lost Men, on Thursday August 9 at 6:10 p.m. in SH E 184 ... more

April 26, 2007

Robert N. Watson to Deliver Kubal Lecture

Robert N. Watson, an internationally recognized English Renaissance scholar and a Professor of English at UCLA, will deliver the ... more 

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April 21, 2007

John Sutherland to Deliver Significations Keynote

The keynote speaker for Significations, the 12th annual CSU graduate student conference, will be Professor John Sutherland, the Lord Northcliffe Professor of Modern English Literature at University College London ... more 

April 11, 2007

Andrew Motion to Read at Jean Burden

Andrew Motion, the current Poet Laureate of England, will be the guest reader at the 2007 Jean Burden Poetry Reading. The event will take place on ... more

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Mar 26-Apr 20, 2007

Nii Parkes, CSULA British Council USA UK Writer in Residence

Nii Ayikwei Parkes will be the British Council USA UK Writer-in-Residence at CSULA from Monday, March 26 to Friday, April 20 ... more

Feb 5, 2007

Local African American Writers to Speak at Black History Month Event

 

The English Department is co-sponsoring with the Cross Cultural Center an evening of readings by and conversations with Jenoyne Adams and Michael Datcher, two local African American authors ... more

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Nov 9, 2006

Obadikes in Multimedia Performance

Keith and Mendi Lewis Obadike give a multimedia performance at 6:30pm on Thursday, November 9, with other appearances to be  ... more

May 20, 2006

James Kincaid Keynote Speaker at CSU Grad Conference 

The Department of English at CSU Los Angeles has announced that the CSU Graduate Student Conference, Significations . . . more

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May 17, 2006

Dolores Kendrick at CSULA

Dolores Kendrick, the poet laureate of Washington D.C., will be in residence at Cal State LA in May 2006. Kendrick's visit . . . more

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April 19-20, 2006

Yunte Huang at CSULA

Yunte Huang will be in residence at CSULA in April 2006. Huang's visit is made possible by the Virginia E. Smith . . . more

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March 4, 2006

Visiting Poet Rommi Smith in Tribute to New Orleans 

"Boats, Blues and Hurricanes," a performance of music, poetry and dance featuring Rommi Smith with special guests James Ford of the Luckman Jazz Orchestra and . . . more

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March 2, 2006

Rita Dove to Appear in  Burden Series

Rita Dove, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the first African-American Poet Laureate of the United States, is scheduled to be the guest reader at . . . more

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Starting Feb 20, 2006

Rommi Smith, British Council USA UK Writer in Residence

Rommi Smith will be the British Council USA UK Writer in Residence at CSULA from February 20, 2006 through . . . more

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Feb-Apr, 2006

Dreams Fulfilled Series at Huntington

The African American Culture and Arts Series at the Huntington Library consists of six programs that will run from February through April 2006 . . . more

February 7, 2006

Panel to Focus on Race and Gender in African American Studies (February 7, 2006)

The 2nd Annual CSULA African American Academic Panel is scheduled for Tuesday, February 7, from 1:30pm . . . more

Jan, 26, 2006

Anthony Arthur to Discuss Upton Sinclair in Kubal Memorial Lecture

Anthony Arthur, author and professor at California State University, Northridge, will present the . . . more

Oct 27, 2005

Bakari Kitwana to Speak on Race and Hip Hop 

The English Department in conjunction with the Cross Cultural Centers will present an afternoon with Bakari Kitwana . . . more

Oct 13, 2005

Director Kevin Willmott to Discuss Film 

The English Department in conjunction with the Cross Cultural Centers will screen CSA: The Confederate States of America on Thursday . . . more

May 23, 2005

Workshops for Graduate Student Job Seekers

Graduate students interested in exploring teaching opportunities are invited to two events on Monday . . . more

Statement 2005 Launch Party at Fine Arts Gallery (May 21, 2005)

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May 14, 2005

Harryette Mullen, Keynote Speaker at Graduate Student Conference

Harryette Mullen is scheduled to be the keynote speaker at Significations, the graduate student conference . . . more

May 11, 2005

Two English Faculty to Present at ACP 

Michelle Hawley and Lauri Ramey of the English Department will be featured speakers at Re-mapping “American” Community: Representing Bodies, Space, and Place . . . more

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May 1-2, 2005

Juan Felipe Herrera in Residence at CSULA

Juan Felipe Herrera will be in residence at Cal State LA at the beginning of May. Herrera's visit is made . . . more

April 21, 2005

Linton Kwesi Johnson to Appear in Burden Series

Linton Kwesi Johnson, founder of "dub" poetry and called the first reggae poet, will be the guest reader/artist . . . more

April 2005

Anthony Joseph to be British Council UK Wirter-in-Residence

Anthony Joseph will be the British Council USA UK Writer-in-Residence at CSULA during April 2005. Joseph, a Trinidadian poet and novelist . . . more

Jan 27, 2005

Arthur F. Kinney to Give Kubal Memorial Lecture in January

Renaissance scholar Arthur F. Kinney will present the David L. Kubal Memorial Lecture on Thursday . . . more

November 22-23, 2004

Visiting Poet Giovanni Singleton to Present a Reading, Lecture and Workshop

Award-winning poet Giovanni Singleton has been invited to California State University, Los Angeles, as a guest reader . . . more

November 11, 2004

Cal State L.A. Hosts Reading by Fiction Writer Douglas Unger

Acclaimed fiction writer Douglas Unger will read from his new collection of short stories, Looking for War . . . more

 

February 26, 2004

Poet to Read at Kubal Lecture 

National Poetry Prize Winner from Mexico, Estela Alicia Lopez Lomas, will read from her book of poetry, The Blaze Behind the Mirror . . . more