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Professor Mitchell Reading Jacques Ranciere’s Mute Speech Fall 2015 Graduate Seminar: Crip/Queer Theory Crip/Queer Theory charts out key intersections between Disability, Queer, and Critical Race Studies. Our goal will be to mine the spaces between historically pathologized sexuality, ability, and racialized statuses. In particular we will focus on questions of “agential materialism” where one cannot…
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To: English Majors From: Marshall Alcorn and Robert McRuer Re: ENGLISH HONORS January 23, 2009 Dear English Major, Welcome back to campus! You are warmly invited to apply to the English Department Honors Program. Department Honors offers a unique opportunity to participate in an intensive and supportive year-long program, comprising the fall and spring semesters…
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