Department News

October 29, 2021 - Oregon Artswatch Interview with Prof. Lisa Steinman on Landscapes, Community, and the Embodiment of the Page

July 2, 2021 - Professor Bashir's poem selected for poem-a-day by Poets.org

April 27, 2021 - Dr. Jay Dickson Reflects on Edith Wharton’s "Xingu" - Interview with Cygnet Production.

February 2, 2021 - Tommy Orange in conversation with Pancho Savery on February 25

January 29, 2021 - Laura Arnold Leibman Wins Three Awards with The Art of the Jewish Family

Prof. Laura Leibman has won National Jewish Book Awards in three different categories with her book The Art of the Jewish Family: A History of Women in Early New York in Five Objects: the Gerrard and Ella Berman Memorial Award for History, the American Jewish Studies Celebrate 350 Award, and the Women Studies Barbara Dobkin Award. Brava, Prof. Leibman!

January 3, 2021 - Prof. and Poet Samiya Bashir talks about the importance of Powell’s Books to Portland in a yearend news roundup on PBS News Hour.

July 22, 2020 - MLA Statement Deploring Systemic Racism

June 21, 2020 - Podcast with Pancho Savery: African-American Literature in the George Floyd Moment

April 15, 2020 - Professor Lucía Martínez Valdivia Earns Tenure!

March 3, 2020 - Prof. Samiya Bashir on Poetry, Politics, and Writer's Block

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