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The Enlightenment: John Messlier, Edward Jayne
The Enlightenment: John Messlier, Edward Jayne
English Faculty Publications
First paragraph: Today many exceptions seem obvious relevant to the historic advance of secularism from the Renaissance to the Reformation followed by the Enlightenment. However, a basic transition seems to have sustained itself over many decades in the modern recovery of religious disbelief ultimately derivative of pre-Socratic philosophy consolidated by Aristotle. For example, the two years of 1610-1611 seem to have set the stage for all three of the later historic epochs, the Renaissance followed by the Reformation and Enlightenment. The King James translation of the Bible in 1611 might have been a major achievement of the English Reformation just …
March 16, 2017: Scholarly Speakers Series, Department Of English
March 16, 2017: Scholarly Speakers Series, Department Of English
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Trans*+ing Classrooms and Schools: The Pedagogy of Refusal as Mediator for Learning Under a Trump Regime
Putting Gender Revolution into Practice: A Workshop with sj Miller
February 27, 2017: Ellis Series Scholar Sj Miller Lecture And Workshop, Department Of English
February 27, 2017: Ellis Series Scholar Sj Miller Lecture And Workshop, Department Of English
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The Department of English Anthony Ellis Scholarly Speakers Series: sj Miller
February 26, 2017: New Film Premiere For Department Alumni Chuck Bentley, Department Of English
February 26, 2017: New Film Premiere For Department Alumni Chuck Bentley, Department Of English
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No abstract provided.
February 6, 2017: Buff Visit Next Ellis Series Event, Department Of English
February 6, 2017: Buff Visit Next Ellis Series Event, Department Of English
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The Department of English Anthony Ellis Scholarly Speakers Series, WMU Faculty Keynote Lecture: Allen Webb
January 7, 2017: Mlk Day Teach-In Event: A Day Of Learning And Action, Department Of English
January 7, 2017: Mlk Day Teach-In Event: A Day Of Learning And Action, Department Of English
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Addressing Threats to Justice, the Climate, and Civil Rights: A Day of Learning and Action
December 4, 2016: Kazoo Books Open House, Department Of English
December 4, 2016: Kazoo Books Open House, Department Of English
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Local authors including Grace Tiffany and Andy Mozina will be hanging out at Kazoo Books on Sat., December 10th, 2:30 to 4:00.
October 28, 2016: Elizabeth Wardle Next Visiting Speaker In Ellis Speaker Series, Department Of English
October 28, 2016: Elizabeth Wardle Next Visiting Speaker In Ellis Speaker Series, Department Of English
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The Department of English Anthony Ellis Scholarly Speakers Series featuring Elizabeth Wardle
October 6, 2016: "Gunpowder Percy" Reading In Ann Arbor, Department Of English
October 6, 2016: "Gunpowder Percy" Reading In Ann Arbor, Department Of English
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Grace Tiffany will be reading from her novel, Gunpowder Percy, on Wed., October 19th, 7 p.m., at the Literati Bookstore in Ann Arbor, 124 E. Washington St.
October 6, 2016: Melody Graulich Visit Next Event In Ellis Scholarly Speakers Series, Department Of English
October 6, 2016: Melody Graulich Visit Next Event In Ellis Scholarly Speakers Series, Department Of English
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The Department of English Anthony Ellis Scholarly Speakers Series featuring Melody Graulich
September 24, 2016: Ellis Series Opens With Roundtable On History & Literature, Department Of English
September 24, 2016: Ellis Series Opens With Roundtable On History & Literature, Department Of English
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The Department of English Anthony Ellis Scholarly Speakers Series featuring History's Fictions: A Roundtable
September 7, 2016: Nagle Abop Essay Reviews New Austen Musical, Department Of English
September 7, 2016: Nagle Abop Essay Reviews New Austen Musical, Department Of English
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Chris Nagle recently attended the regional premiere of the award-winning musical Austen's Pride: A New Musical of Pride and Prejudice, featured at this year's Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival in Rochester, NY.
June 13, 2016: 2016 New Issues Poetry Prize, Department Of English
June 13, 2016: 2016 New Issues Poetry Prize, Department Of English
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No abstract provided.
April 10, 2016: English Department Alum Premiers 40th Feature Film, Department Of English
April 10, 2016: English Department Alum Premiers 40th Feature Film, Department Of English
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Chuck Bentley's latest film features a host of WMU alum as well as several current faculty members. The premiere is free to the public and will appear on PMN and YouTube shortly thereafter for those unable to attend the screening.
April 2, 2016: Grace Tiffany Book Launch Party On Shakespeare's 400th Deathday!, Department Of English
April 2, 2016: Grace Tiffany Book Launch Party On Shakespeare's 400th Deathday!, Department Of English
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Join Shakespeare and fiction aficionados on Shakespeare's 400th Deathday at Kazoo Books, 2413 Parkview Avenue. Saturday, April 23rd, at 1 p.m., at Kazoo Books, Shakespeare scholar and author Grace Tiffany will read from her new novel about the Gunpowder Plot, Gunpowder Percy, and local Shakespearean actors Chuck Bentley and Kitty Kashniewicz will perform explosive Shakespearean dialogues.
March 3, 2016: Cuny's David Gerstner Lectures On Baldwin And Cinematic Imagination, Department Of English
March 3, 2016: Cuny's David Gerstner Lectures On Baldwin And Cinematic Imagination, Department Of English
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The Department of English Anthony Ellis Scholarly Speakers Series Featuring David Gerstner
January 28, 2016: Deidre Lynch Talk On Austen Next Event For Ellis Series, Department Of English
January 28, 2016: Deidre Lynch Talk On Austen Next Event For Ellis Series, Department Of English
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The Department of English Anthony Ellis Scholarly Speakers Series featuring Deidre Lynch
January 11, 2016: Rear Window Screening Precedes Mckittrick Keynote, Department Of English
January 11, 2016: Rear Window Screening Precedes Mckittrick Keynote, Department Of English
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Free screening in conjunction with the Anthony Ellis Scholarly Speakers Series Keynote Lecture by Prof. Casey McKittrick (English), author of the forthcoming book, Hitchcock’s Appetites (Bloomsbury, 2016).
The Coventry Mysteries And Shakespeare's Histories, Clifford Davidson
The Coventry Mysteries And Shakespeare's Histories, Clifford Davidson
Early Drama, Art, and Music
This study is a revision of a paper read at the Shakespeare Institute at Wheaton College and subsequently published in Shakespeare's Second Tetralogy: Some Christian Features, edited by Beatrice Batson (West Cornwall, CT: Locust Hill Press, 1989), 3-25.
December 30, 2015: Mckittrick Keynote Opens Ellis Series Spring Season, Department Of English
December 30, 2015: Mckittrick Keynote Opens Ellis Series Spring Season, Department Of English
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The Department of English Anthony Ellis Scholarly Speakers Series WMU Faculty Keynote Lecture Casey McKittrick
December 17, 2015: 2016 Green Rose Prize From New Issues, Department Of English
December 17, 2015: 2016 Green Rose Prize From New Issues, Department Of English
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The 2016 Green Rose Prize Chrysanthemum, Chrysanthemum by Nadine Sabra Meyer
December 16, 2015: The Gwen Frostic Reading Series Spring 2016, Department Of English
December 16, 2015: The Gwen Frostic Reading Series Spring 2016, Department Of English
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The Gwen Frostic Reading Series Schedule for Spring 2016 Semester
December 12, 2015: Spring 2016 Anthony Ellis Scholarly Speakers Events, Department Of English
December 12, 2015: Spring 2016 Anthony Ellis Scholarly Speakers Events, Department Of English
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No abstract provided.
November 6, 2015: Carol Symes Lecture, Department Of English
November 6, 2015: Carol Symes Lecture, Department Of English
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The Department of English Anthony Ellis Scholarly Speakers Series featuring Carol Symes
October 5, 2015: David Bleich Lecture, Department Of English
October 5, 2015: David Bleich Lecture, Department Of English
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The Department of English Anthony Ellis Scholarly Speakers Series featuring David Bleich
October 1, 2015: Safe On Campus Training, Department Of English
October 1, 2015: Safe On Campus Training, Department Of English
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Learn to be a better advocate and ally to lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgender people. Participants receive information on practical strategies for addressing homophobia, learn ways to support students who are coming out, and gain an understanding of respectful language use.
September 24, 2015: Cfp: 2016 Multidisciplinary Graduate Student Conference, Department Of English
September 24, 2015: Cfp: 2016 Multidisciplinary Graduate Student Conference, Department Of English
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Call for Papers: 2016 Multidisciplinary Graduate Student Conference
September 13, 2015: Ellis Series Kick-Off Event: New Discussion Forum, Department Of English
September 13, 2015: Ellis Series Kick-Off Event: New Discussion Forum, Department Of English
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The Department of English Anthony Ellis Scholarly Speakers Series featuring The New Discussion Forum
July 16, 2015: New Issues 20th Anniversary, Department Of English
July 16, 2015: New Issues 20th Anniversary, Department Of English
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A special gathering of the Kalamazoo community, writers, and Creative Writing and English alumni to celebrate 20 years of New Issues Poetry & Prose. Featuring music, readings, and an art sale.
May 28, 2015: Nagle Reviews Chicago Shakespeare Theater's Sense & Sensibility, Department Of English
May 28, 2015: Nagle Reviews Chicago Shakespeare Theater's Sense & Sensibility, Department Of English
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No abstract provided.