Tanner Humanities Center

The British Studies Faculty Research Interest Group has been active for about 20 years—and continues to hum along happily! We now have a distribution list of over 30 faculty members across several departments and four local universities.

We typically meet two or three times each semester to hear presentations from members (and occasionally from guest speakers) on any aspect of British Studies. These interdisciplinary sessions typically take place on a Friday morning (with refreshments)--and are always lively, collegial, and well-attended. Most frequently, the presenter is testing out a draft of an in-progress article, chapter, or conference paper; thus, the Q&A and discussion afterwards often prove particularly helpful.

Vincent Cheng and Chris Jones

We are a broadly interdisciplinary group who meet monthly to talk about contemporary novels in translation from MENA/SWANA. Some of us are scholars of the region, some scholars of literature more generally, some just dedicated readers of good books. Our discussions are open-ended, thoughtful and fun. We wear our politics and aesthetics lightly and rarely convince each other of our readings.

Annie Greene and Scott Black

Danielle Endres, Juliana Chow, and Jessica DiCarlo

Max Brandstadt

This interdisciplinary writing workshop aspires to give humanities faculty the opportunity to get feedback on works in progress from their colleagues in different departments. By bringing together an interdisciplinary group, we hope for this workshop to offer scholars the rare chance to see how their work resonates with non-specialists. Please come if you are interested in workshopping diverse kinds of writing (journal articles, conference papers, public talks, creative works) or participating in discussions.

Jake Nelson and Christopher Miller

Natalya Kuznetsova, Anne Lair, and Anna Hodgson

Sam Tett