Literature, Language, Culture: A Dialogue Series

Pimone Triplett and Charles LaPorte: Gwendolyn Brooks, Terrance Hayes, and “The Golden Shovel”

Pimone Triplett and Charles LaPorte discuss how the poetic form from Terrance Hayes' "The Golden Shovel" grew out of deeper history of race and gender in America to help us better contextualize the famous Gwendolyn Brooks poem, "We Real Cool." Watch the captioned YouTube version of this talk and more: ✔︎ https://bit.ly/TriplettandLaPorte-YT This episode was produced by the "Literature, Language Culture" Series Editor, C. R. Grimmer and "Literature, Language Culture" Project Manager, Jacob Huebsch.

Laura Chrisman and Colette Moore on "Colonization in Reverse"

Professors Laura Chrisman and Colette Moore discuss the different ways literature and language studies can function together when reading and teaching historical and literary texts. In this episode, you will learn more about the poem, "Colonization in Reverse," it's historical context, and how literature and language studies inform one another. Key texts include the poem, "Colonization in Reverse" by "Miss Lou" (Louise Bennett Coverley). Watch the youtube version of this talk and more: ✔︎https://youtu.be/99rWCoWNIcM About the Series: This video is both part of the a public scholarship dialogue series from The University of Washington (Seattle Campus) Department of English: "Literature, Language, Culture" and the Annual Lee Scheingold Lecture in Poetry & Poetics. These video and podcast episodes share our innovative work in fostering intellectual vitality, inspiring enthusiasm for literature, honing critical insight into the ethical and creative uses of the English language, preparing future teachers, and crafting the stories that animate our world. Whether you seek short-form discussions from experts in literature, language, teaching, and cultural studies, or are simply curious about our department’s community, you can subscribe to our channel here to make sure you stay up to date on the series: ✔︎ http://bit.ly/uwsubscribe

Geoffrey Turnovsky & Anna Preus on Digital Humanities, Data Science and TEI

Assistant Professor, Anna Preus and Associate Professor Geoffrey Turnovsky discuss the value of the Digital Humanities, including how instructors and students make use of the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) in their classrooms, their learning, and in the practice of archiving. In this episode you can expect to develop a working understanding of TEI and how it shapes classroom practices and can be a form of hope when considered in and outside of classroom settings. Watch the video edition on our YouTube Channel, "Literature, Language, Culture": ✔︎ http://bit.ly/uwsubscribe. This episode was produced by the "Literature, Language Culture" Series Editor and Public Scholarship Project Director, C. R. Grimmer, and "Literature, Language Culture" Project Manager Jacob Huebsch. This episode is the eleventh in a public scholarship dialogue series from The University of Washington (Seattle Campus) Department of English: "Literature, Language, Culture." These video and podcast episodes share our innovative work in fostering intellectual vitality, inspiring enthusiasm for literature, honing critical insight into the ethical and creative uses of the English language, preparing future teachers, and crafting the stories that animate our world. More on the Department of English at The University of Washington: ✔︎ https://english.washington.edu/

Prof. Anis Bawarshi on Genre and Academic Leadership

University of Washington English Department Chair and Professor, Anis Bawarshi discusses genre as a form of reading, understanding, and creating meaning. In this episode you can expect to develop a working understanding genre theory and how it shapes our day-to-day life, but also how academic leadership and administration can be a form of hope and world-building when viewed through a genre theory lens. Watch the video edition on our YouTube Channel, "Literature, Language, Culture": ✔︎ http://bit.ly/uwsubscribe. This episode was produced by the "Literature, Language Culture" Series Editor and Public Scholarship Project Director, C. R. Grimmer, and "Literature, Language Culture" Project Manager Jacob Huebsch. This episode is the tenth in a public scholarship dialogue series from The University of Washington (Seattle Campus) Department of English: "Literature, Language, Culture." These video and podcast episodes share our innovative work in fostering intellectual vitality, inspiring enthusiasm for literature, honing critical insight into the ethical and creative uses of the English language, preparing future teachers, and crafting the stories that animate our world. More on the Department of English at The University of Washington: ✔︎ https://english.washington.edu/

Lee Scheingold: Grieving, Sponsoring Public Poetry & Scholarship, & Writing 'One Silken Thread'

Lee Scheingold, sponsor of the "Lee Scheingold Lecture in Poetry & Poetics" and "Literature, Language, Culture: A Dialogue Series" shares why she created support for these projects. In this episode, you will learn more about her relationship to grieving her late husband and renowned scholar, Stuart Scheingold, about poetry as a way through grieving, and about what she believes poetry and humanities scholarship can offer for a move love and care. Key texts range from "Grief is the Thing with Feathres" to "One Silken Thread." Watch the video edition on our YouTube Channel, "Literature, Language, Culture": ✔︎ http://bit.ly/uwsubscribe. This episode was produced by the "Literature, Language Culture" Series Editor and Public Scholarship Project Director, C. R. Grimmer, and "Literature, Language Culture" Project Manager Jacob Huebsch. This video is the ninth in a public scholarship dialogue series from The University of Washington (Seattle Campus) Department of English: "Literature, Language, Culture." These video and podcast episodes share our innovative work in fostering intellectual vitality, inspiring enthusiasm for literature, honing critical insight into the ethical and creative uses of the English language, preparing future teachers, and crafting the stories that animate our world. More on the Department of English at The University of Washington: ✔︎ https://english.washington.edu/