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Wachtell Publishes Article in Tikkun

By On May 30, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Cynthia Watchtell, research associate professor of American studies and director of the S. Daniel Abraham Honors Program at Stern College for Women, published an article in Tikkun titled “Conscientious Objectors and Draft Registration: A Timely Lesson from WWI.” Through the biography of her paternal grandfather, Benjamin Wachtell, […]

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Ladin Publishes Ninth Book of Poetry

By On February 26, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Joy Ladin, David and Ruth Gottesman Professor of English and director of The Beren Writing Center at Stern College for Women, recently published her ninth book of poetry, The Future is Trying to Tell Us Something: New and Selected Poems (Sheep Meadow Press). Her memoir, Through the Door of Life, was […]

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Miller Named Walt Whitman Initiative Board Member

By On August 17, 2017 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Matt Miller, associate professor of English at Stern College for Women, has been named a board member of a new nonprofit group called the Walt Whitman Initiative, an organization dedicated to the study and promotion of Whitman’s writings.

On July 15, the Initiative held its first event, a celebration of Walt Whitman and […]

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Levine Lectures Across New York State

By On June 21, 2017 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Michelle Levine, associate professor of Bible at Stern College for Women, recently delivered a number of lectures to various communities in New York.

In March, she spoke at the Young Israel of Oceanside for their annual Tanach be-Shanah Series on the topic, “Recording Nature’s Song in Sefer Tehillim.” […]

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Shires Gives Talk at MLA Conference

By On January 30, 2017 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Linda M. Shires, David and Ruth Gottesman Professor of English and chair of the English department at Stern College for Women, spoke on January 8, 2017, at the Modern Language Association annual conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Her talk, “Muteness, Speech, and Survival in Kipling’s Animal Worlds,” was […]

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Shires Elected Member of International Association of University Professors of English

By On June 22, 2015 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Linda M. Shires, David and Ruth Gottesman Professor and Chair of the English Department at Stern College for Women, whose field is 19th c. British Literature and Culture, has been elected as a member of the International Association of University Professors of English (IAUPE). Nominated by colleagues in her field from three U.K. […]

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Levine Delivers Lectures on the Bible

By On June 2, 2015 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Michelle Levine, associate professor of Bible at Stern College for Women, delivered a number of lectures on topics in Tanakh during the month of May. She presented a three-week lecture series at Congregation Ahavas Achim in Highland Park, New Jersey, on the Book of Daniel, including the following topics: “The Challenges of Exile […]

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Shires Delivers Lecture at Midwest Victorian Studies Conference

By On May 7, 2015 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Linda Shires, David and Ruth Gottesman Professor and Chair of the English Department at Stern College for Women, was honored to deliver the Jane Stedman Plenary Lecture on May 1 at the Midwest Victorian Studies Conference, held in Iowa City. The conference topic was “Victorian Sense and the Senses,” treated from aesthetic, […]

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Wachtell Publishes Essay, Article

By On March 11, 2015 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Cynthia Wachtell, research associate professor of American studies and director of the S. Daniel Abraham Honors Program at Yeshiva University’s Stern College for Women, recently published an essay in American Literary History. Titled “The Civil War: Post 9/11,” the essay discusses how recent American wars, such as military engagement in Afghanistan, have shaped scholarship […]

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Shires Publishes Essays, Delivers Talk

By On December 12, 2014 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Linda Shires, David and Ruth Gottesman Professor of English and chair of the English department at Yeshiva University’s Stern College for Women, has essays forthcoming on self-illustrated literary works of Thomas Hardy and Rudyard Kipling. An essay titled “Matter, Consciousness, and the Human: Hardy’s Image X texts,” will appear in Studies […]

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