Dear Grads,

I'm very pleased to invite you to a lunch and informal discussion with our three visiting speakers next week! 

Who: interested grad students -- with visiting speakers Dr. Tara Bynum (University of Iowa), Dr. Brigitte Fielder (University of Wisconsin-Madison), and Dr. Cassander Smith (University of Alabama) 

What: Lunch will be catered by Athenian Grill (thanks to the generosity of our co-sponsors), and topics for discussion will include publishing/editing, job markets, and the state of early American / African American studies. 

Where: The Commonwealth House of the Gaines Center (232 E. Maxwell St.)

When: Fri., Feb. 3, from 12-1:30

How: Please RSVP here no later than Tues. Jan. 31 at noon; the first 20 students to respond will receive a copy of the special issue of Early American Literature that our three speakers co-edited on Phillis Wheatley! (Please see Kristen Pickett for your copy.)

This lunch, and the larger panel and reception later that afternoon ("Phillis Wheatley at 250: The Pasts and Futures of Reading and Writing #BlackJoy") are sponsored by English, the College of A&S, the Commonwealth Institute for Black Studies, the Center for Graduate and Professional Diversity Initiatives, African American and Africana Studies, and History. 

We hope you can make it!

Best,

Jill

 __________________
Dr. Jill Rappoport
Chair, English Department  
College of Arts and Sciences 
University of Kentucky
jill.rappoport@uky.edu 
Pronouns: she/her/hers