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"Using Contemplative Pedagogies to Deepen Reading" - Friday, November 19, 2:30-3:45, 3310 Student Union

UWL English Department's William J. and Yvonne Hyde Colloquium Series 2021-2022 presents:

"Using Contemplative Pedagogies to Deepen Reading" by Dr. Rebekah Fowler.

Our students are stressed and pressed for time. Using mindfulness or contemplative pedagogies provides a pause for our students that can also encourage deeper reading when used in the classroom. Contemplative pedagogies are experiential in nature, promoting recognition of how our senses and emotions influence our responses to learning and utilizing silence and reflection to connect more deeply with course content. This colloquium presentation will give participants the opportunity to experience two types of contemplative practices–lectio divina and beholding­–in readings of literary texts. Lectio divina, or "divine reading," uses a four-step monastic/religious reading practice as a fruitful approach to reading a passage of text more deeply, while beholding makes the link between the written word and images, inviting readers to visualize text, find an image that approximates that vision, and then closely examine the image before reflecting on how that image connects to the text.   

Participants will experience two types of contemplative practices: lectino divina and beholding.

ALL UWL INSTRUCTORS WELCOME!

Friday, Nov. 19
2:30-3:45 p.m.
3310 Student Union

Brittany Maule is the final presenter in this semester's "Futures in Writing Speaker Series" - November 11th, 5:30pm, Wing 102 and on Zoom!

The final presenter for this semester’s Futures in Writing Speaker Series will join us this Thursday (November 11th) at 5:30!

Brittany Maule is Communications & Research Specialist and Manager of Science & Standards at Green Seal.

Thursday, November 11, 2021
5:30 P.M. in Wing 102

Zoom link:

https://wisconsin-edu.zoom.us/my/uwlax1

For more information contact cmccracken(at)uwlax.edu

 

 

Cat Daly is the second presenter in this semester's "Futures in Writing Speaker Series" - November 3rd, 5:30pm, Wing 102 and on Zoom!

The second presenter for this semester’s Futures in Writing Speaker Series will join us this Wednesday (November 3rd) at 5:30!

Cat Daly is Communications Content Specialist at Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin.

Wed. November 3, 2021
5:30 P.M. in Wing 102

Zoom link:

https://wisconsin-edu.zoom.us/my/uwlax1

"Trans as Risk: Risk Communication in Anti-Transgender Rhetoric" - Friday, December 10, 2:30-3:45, 3310 Union

William J. and Yvonne Hyde Colloquium Series Presents:

"Trans as Risk: Risk Communication in Anti-Transgender Rhetoric" by Dr. Louise Zamparutti

In early 2020, Idaho introduced the Fairness in Women’s Sports Act, banning transgender athletes from participating in sports. Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas, and Florida soon followed with similar bills. This presentation analyzes the rise of anti-trans rhetoric in multiple forms of public discourse. Dr. Louise Zamparutti integrates stasis theory with Kenneth Burke's concept of piety to show how transgender personhood is negated as trans is abstracted into a nonhuman agent and communicated as a risk to cisgender individuals and to a cisgender worldview.

Dr. Zamparutti concludes by proposing Burke’s theory of Perspective by Incongruity and S. Scott Graham's Functional Stasis Theory as launching points for more equitable deliberation that would energize the action of change in language and concept-association, dislodging pieties from their fixed pillars and revealing human potential for transformation.

Friday, December 10, 2021
2:30-3:45pm
3310 Union

Also available on Zoom: https://wisconsin-edu.zoom.us/j/92861028299

Mary Purdy is the first presenter in this semester's "Futures in Writing Speaker Series" - October 27th, 5:30pm, Centennial 1404 and on Zoom!

The first presenter for this semester’s Futures in Writing Speaker Series will join us this Wednesday (October 27^th) at 5:30!

Mary Purdy is a former UWL English major. She worked at Kohl’s corporate office as a Communications Specialist and is now pursuing a J.D. at Marquette Law School.

Wed. October 27, 2021
5:30 P.M. in Centennial 1404

Zoom link:

https://wisconsin-edu.zoom.us/my/uwlaxl

 

 

"The Poems of Joy Harjo: A Pre-Visit Celebration!" - Tuesday, Oct. 19, 7:00-8:00pm, 3130 Union.

"The Poems of Joy Harjo: A Pre-Visit Celebration!"

Poetry lovers! Join us for a casual evening reading and discussing the poems of Joy Harjo! No preparation necessary.

Sponsored by the UWL Literary and Cultural Studies Program and the English Department.

Tuesday, Oct. 19th
7:00-8:00pm
3130 Union

A Reading, Discussion, and Book Signing with U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo - Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021, 7 P.M. Centennial Hall, Room 1400

Joy Harjo flyer - Oct 21

The first Native American Poet Laureate of the United States, Joy Harjo is a member of the Mvskoke Nation and belongs to Oce Vpofv (Hickory Ground). She has published 14
books, produced seven award-winning albums, and earned countless awards and honors including a Guggenheim Fellowship and the Ruth Lilly Prize for Lifetime Achievement
from The Poetry Foundation. 

Sponsored by the Driftless Writing Center, the UWL English Department, the
College of Arts, Sciences, and Humanities and the Provost’s Office.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2021, 7 P.M.
CENTENNIAL HALL, ROOM 1400

 

 

UWL’s Creative Writing end-of-year recital/celebration 2019 - Thursday, May 9, 4:00 pm at Common Ground

UWL’s Creative Writing end-of-year recital/celebration 2019

Thursday, May 9
4:00 pm

Common Ground
1334 Pine St.
La Crosse, WI
54601

 

 

The UWL Poetry Club is hosting a reading and discussion with Dr. Lalita Hogan - Wednesday, April 24, 7:00-8:00pm, 3120 Union

The UWL Poetry Club is hosting a reading and discussion with Dr. Lalita Hogan, who will be reading from her book titled A Country Without Borders: Poems and Stories of Kashmir. Attendees are invited to bring a poem about their memories or experiences of "home" to share. Wednesday, April 24th, 7-8 pm, 3120 Union. Further Info: Marissa Davis ([email protected]) or Mya Lonnebotn ([email protected]).

“Transcorporeality and Eco-theory: A New Understanding of the Body” - Tuesday, April 23, 11:00-11:25am, Student Union, 3314

Graduating senior Mari Sweetman will present part of her honors thesis “Transcorporeality and Eco-theory: A New Understanding of the Body” on Tuesday, April 23 at 11:00-11:25 in the Student Union, Room 3314.  

“What is a body? Is it a mind, a soul, a physical form? The limits of the body are difficult to define. Experiences physical, mental, and emotional form a complex sensory existence, muddling what we understand to be a part of us. These are important to examine, for so much of what we do not only impacts us but all that is around us. Transcorporeality, a theory in which the body does not end with the physical or mental self but extends beyond, can help us grapple with this. In transcorporeality, the body becomes porous, ending not with the physical or mental, but with the actions, thoughts, feelings, and impacts of one’s actions. In this beings (both human and nonhuman) and matter are intermeshed within a web of consciousness and existence beyond human-centric thought. In response to a world damaged by this human-centric thought and action (i.e., human-driven climate change), I am compelled by the possibilities that an understanding of transcorporeality could bring to human understanding of human and nonhuman bodies, and the environment. In my oral presentation, I will address the connectedness between transcorporeality and the environment in through an exploration of both theoretical texts (including Alaimo, Barad, and Haraway) and  environmental literature (including Williams and Erdrich), with the aim of helping us go beyond our human-centric understanding of our own bodies in their interactions with the environment and in the marginalization of the bodies of others.”