News Archive

Feb 21, 2013 – Humanities Center Winter Symposium

The Humanities Center and the Office of Digital Humanities will be sponsoring a winter symposium addressing the Digital Humanities. Mark Davies of Linguistics and English Language, Steve Peck of Biology, and Ursula Heise of UCLA's English Department and Institute of the Environment and Sustainability will be speaking.
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Feb 6, 2013 – 2013 BYU Chinese Speech Contest

Calling for Mandarin speakers of all levels. Come compete in the long standing BYU tradition of the Chinese Speech Contest. There is also a music category for those who would like to sing their Chinese instead of speak.
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Dec 18, 2012 – Chinese Business Language Competition

Tyson Anderson, Chris Weinberger and Zachary Wester of Brigham Young University's team Sohu took first place in the Chinese category at the 2012 Chinese Business Language Case Competition.
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Dec 1, 2012 – New Utah Poet Laureate

Professor Lance Larsen from the creative writing faculty was recently honored by being named the poet laureate of Utah.
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Oct 15, 2012 – Upcoming Mini-course and Lecture

The Department of Spanish & Portuguese are pleased to welcome Dr. Paul Dixon from Purdue University. Dr. Dixon will be teaching the mini-course, "Machado de Assis: Master of the Short Story," for all interested students from October 29-November 2, 2012.
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Sep 13, 2012 – Ideophones in Bodily Experiences...

This paper outlines a typology for verbs occurring with ideophones (words that communicate, through imitative simulations, the vivid impressions of sensory experience) in the Pastaza dialect of Ecuadorian Quichua.
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Sep 11, 2012 – Reading Series - Mark Strand

Mark Strand, 1990 United States Poet Laureate and winner of the Pulitzer Prize (among many others), will read from his works on Thursday, September 27.
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Sep 5, 2012 – "Discovering a Pilgrim's Progress"

Women's Studies first semester colloquium will be held Thursday, September 6, 2012. Dr. Rachel Cope from BYU Church History will be speaking.
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Sep 4, 2012 – Internship Fair

The 2012 College of Humanities Internship Information Fair is being held on Thursday, September 20, 2012, at 11:00 a.m. in B-092 JFSB for students in our college.
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Aug 24, 2012 – Alcuin Fellow Kristin Matthews

University President Cecil Samuelson announced the awarding of the Alcuin Fellowship to Professor Kristin Matthews of the English Department.
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Aug 24, 2012 – Creative Writer Joins Faculty

Joey Franklin joins the English Department faculty, having recently completed his PhD at Texas Tech University, where he specialized in creative nonfiction and 20th-century American Literature.
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Aug 24, 2012 – Professorship Awarded

Rhetorical theory and criticism Professor Greg Clark was awarded the University Professorship by University President Cecil Samuelson.
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Aug 24, 2012 – Dawan Coombs Joins English Ed Faculty

Dawan Coombs joins the English Education faculty from her studies in Language and Literacy Education at the University of Georgia. Her research interests include struggling reader identity, adolescent literacy, and teacher education.
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Apr 18, 2012 – Mormon Media Studies Call for Papers

The Mormon Media Studies symposium is now accepting paper, panel, and presentation proposals. See more for full details.
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Apr 18, 2012 – MMS Call for Paper Proposals

The Mormon Media Studies Symposium is now accepting proposals for papers, panels, and presentations. See full article for more information.
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Mar 13, 2012 – Student Magazine Wins Awards

Stowaway magazine, a student-produced travel publication at BYU, garnered two national awards for publishing excellence last year. “These awards speak to the caliber of the editing students at BYU,” said Carrie Van Dusen Akinaka, student managing editor for the Winter 2011 issue, which received both awards.
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Feb 17, 2012 – MFA Program Retreat

On September 9 and 10, 2011, the MFA students and the BYU creative writing faculty congregated in southern Utah near Capitol Reef National Park for a two-day retreat. Using the distinguished landscapes as inspiration these MFA students and professors were able to hone their writing skills in a unique way.
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Jan 13, 2012 – Berlin Visual Arts Field Sutdy

Time to apply is running out for the 2012 Spring-Summer Berlin Visual Arts Field Study/Internship. Experience many different facets of the visual arts in breathtaking Berlin Germany, all while earning valuable knowledge to put on your resume.
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Nov 17, 2011 – Through the Lake District

Rachel Wise, Paul Westover, Emily Young, Nick Mason, and Shannon Stimpson traced Wordsworth's literary steps in the Lake District.
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Oct 28, 2011 – Book of Mormon's Consistency, Complexity

Deseret News recently referenced Mel Thorne's Article on the Book of Mormon in an article published on Oct. 27.
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Oct 20, 2011 – The Comics Go To War

On Thursday October, 27th at 11:00 a.m., The American Studies Department presents a lecture by Dr. Kerry Soper, Associate Professor of Humanities. He will present on the topic of the depictions and cost of war in comics of America.
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Oct 14, 2011 – Maya Angelou Reference

Dr. Jacqueline Thursby, professor of folklore and American studies, has recently published Critical Companion to Maya Angelou: A Literary Reference to Her Life and Work (2011).
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Oct 11, 2011 – Alumni Career Lecture

Scott Barrick, General Manager of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, will be speaking this Friday, October 14th.
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Sep 26, 2011 – Stowaway mag receives national attention

Stowaway Magazine, a student-produced travel publication at Brigham Young University, recently garnered two national awards for publishing excellence.
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Sep 26, 2011 – Of Note: Nick Mason

Professor Nicholas Mason of the English Department delivered the Department of Communication's Ray and Ida Lee Beckham Lecture for 2011.
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Sep 26, 2011 – Of Note: Youth Exchange

BYU sophomore Tessa Lush is the recipient of a work-study fellowship from the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange, a program funded by the US Department of State.
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Sep 26, 2011 – Of Note: National Parks Translations

A group of advanced language students has completed four translation projects now in use by the National Park Service.
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Sep 26, 2011 – Africa's Ambiguous Adventure

A colloquium commemorating the 50th Anniversary of one of Africa’s most celebrated works of literature united students and scholars at BYU.
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Sep 7, 2011 – MLK J Commemoration Essay Contest

Celebrate black history month by writing an essay discussing how Dr. King's understanding and use of Christianity worked to forward his call for racial equality. The essay is 777 words or less and must be submitted by Friday, December 2.
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Aug 12, 2011 – New Faculty Publication

A simple approach to understanding Russian stress has long been a goal of Russian pedagogy; David Hart's new book presents one in a simple and straightforward way.
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Jul 13, 2011 – Spanish Closure Not Binary

In Spanish /b, d, g/ are described as stops in some contexts and approximate in others. In a recent publication, David Eddington challenges this traditional, binary division with evidence from empirical measurements of closure in actual speech.
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Jun 18, 2011 – New Minor in Writing and Rhetoric

A new English minor in Writing and Rhetoric will be available to students in the Department of English beginning in Fall 2011.
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Jun 7, 2011 – Humanities/Leadership course for seniors

During Fall semester 2011 the course "Readings in Humanities and Leadership" will be offered to seniors whose majors are in the College of Humanities. HColl 480R section 1: Humanities Research Seminar, 3 credit hours.
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Apr 14, 2011 – 2011 Mayhew Contest Winners

The 2011 Vera Hinckley Mayhew Student Creative Arts contest winners have been announced.
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Apr 8, 2011 – Hire from the Humanities

"Want Innovative Thinking? Hire from the Humanities." This is the title of an article published last week by Tony Golsby-Smith in the Harvard Business Review blog. Click more to view the article.
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Apr 7, 2011 – Kimberly Johnson Named Guggenheim Fellow

Poet and Professor Kimberly Johnson was awarded a fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
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Apr 5, 2011 – 2011 Mckay Essay Contest Winners

All students and faculty are invited to attend the awards ceremony and essay readings of the 2011 McKay Essay Contest winners on Thursday, April 7, at 11:00 am in B-192 JFSB.
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Mar 14, 2011 – On Beyond Y

John S. Tanner, Professor of English and former Academic Vice President, discusses a common perspective in and around Provo and how we might alter it for the better.
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Mar 1, 2011 – See FLAn Run!

Foreign Language Annotator -- Find out how to easily create hypermedia learning units for your language students. Walk-in demos on Friday, March 4, 1:00-4:30 in 1161 JFSB.
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Jan 19, 2011 – Exaggerated Decline of Foreign Languages

Click "read more" to view an article published in the Deseret News featuring interviews with BYU College of Humanities professors Scott Sprenger and Ray Clifford.
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