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Queer Materiality

Lit prof Fiona Brideoake wins Hans Turley Prize for her research on The Ladies of Llangollen.

The College of Arts and Sciences offers a challenging liberal arts education within a diverse and vibrant academic community. Please learn more about opportunities within the humanities by visiting the department and program sites or selected publication and event links below.

Publications & Media

Café Américain, online journal of the Creative Writing Program

Folio, a journal of poetry, prose, and art.

History Newsletter

Latitudes, national public radio podcast on global affairs

Pharmakon, Philosophy student journal

We the Paranoid, multimedia book project from Dean Peter Starr

Yediaut, Jewish Studies and Center for Israel Studies news

Connections Magazine, biannually from the College of Arts & Sciences

Annual Events

Mathias Student Research Conference

Bishop Hurst Philosophy Lectures

Bishop C.C. McCabe Lectures

Durfee Lecture Series

Feminist Art History Conference

Literature Graduate Speaker Series

McDowell Philosophy Conference

Philosophy & Religion Matters Series

Visiting Writers Series

Writer as Witness Series

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News

Giving Umpires Some Love

AU history doctoral student says umpires deserve our sympathy even when they blow a call.
Women’s History No Longer in the Margins

Essay collection demonstrates transnational sweep and wide variety in growing field.
Historical Perspective on Immigration

Alan Kraut joins congressional briefing before drafting of immigration reform legislation.

Success Stories

Globetrotting Senior Travels the World Through a Series of Scholarships

Wyatt Gordon, SIS/BA '12, was recently named an International Parliamentary scholar, another achievement among a number of language scholarships he has received while at AU.
AU Students Study Abroad Through Gilman Scholarships

Studying abroad can be costly. But with financial assistance through a Gilman Scholarship, it doesn’t have to break the bank.
Aleksandra Piletic Inspires Change in Serbia After AU

Aleksandra Piletic, CAS ’10, has continued to excel, now by creating extraordinary change in Serbia, her home-country.

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Events Calendar

Coming Soon

Friday, August 23
CAS Graduate Orientation
Tuesday, August 27
TESOL Fall Opening Reception
Thursday, September 5
TESOL Program Portfolio Session
Wednesday, October 9
TESOL Program Fall Open House
Saturday, October 12
TESOL Program Fall Workshop

Academic Calendar

Video: Inside the MFA Writing Program

Creative Writing Program Video

See video discussion with students and faculty.

See Inside the Program

Video: Look Inside the Literature MA Program

Keith Leonard

Learn about the MA program and campus/DC community of scholars.