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A gorgeous fall afternoon to welcome back English majors over cider, donuts, and English merch on the Loggia of Sawyer library. Photo credit: Maya Jacobs
9/14, 3-4 pm, Edwidge Danticat in conversation @clarkart about what it means to create art while in exile from Haiti, and the challenges of telling the history of the Caribbean. In conjunction w/ the current exhibition Guillame Lethiere. Free!!
Next up in our new faculty Insta series! Ali Mctar (Princeton PhD ’21; Williams BA ’14) is Visiting Assistant Professor of English, teaching two sections of ENGL 121, The Literature of Crime, this fall, and then this spring, a course called Against Scripture, and a course on Renaissance drama.
“I’ve spent the summer finishing up my manuscript on antinomianism, John Milton, and the Quakers. And I’ve started working on a Marxist account of early modern literature, routed through a consideration of the law. Some books that I’ve read recently include: English Culture and the Decline of the Industrial Spirit by Martin Wiener, and a bunch of Agatha Christie novels. One of the more exciting additions to Williamstown since I graduated in 2014 is they’ve added an outdoor ping pong table at the Clark. I remain undefeated and open to any challengers, though I am not especially good.”
We are delighted to welcome two new visiting faculty members this year. First up is Jeewon Yoo (Princeton PhD ‘24; Williams BA ‘15), who is a Visiting Assistant Professor in English working in British and Anglophone literatures of the 19th and 20th centuries. This Fall, he is teaching a course on comedy and another on the Bildungsroman, called “Growing Pains.” In the Spring, he will teach a course on irreversible transformations. Speaking of which, he just learned to drive.
As many of you know, Professor Steve Fix, Robert G. Scott ‘68 Professor of English, passed away this spring. Professor Fix taught at Williams for over 40 years, and he is missed as an extraordinary presence in the classroom, an esteemed scholar of 18th-century literature, and a talented administrator.
We will hold a memorial service honoring him on Saturday, September 21st, 12:30 pm, at Thompson Memorial Chapel. The service will be followed by a reception in the Faculty House. If you plan to attend reception, please be in touch with Pat Malanga, [email protected]
