Celebrating 100 years of The Wasteland!

Professors Quigley and Javadizadeh gathered with students to celebrate 100 years of The Wasteland. Take a look at photos from the event below.

Books!

Readings!

Tarot readings!!

Professor Javadizadeh and Professor Quigley

More tarot readings!

cake!

Mock Trial at UPenn

The English department helped sponsor the Mock Trial Team’s recent competition at UPenn on November 5th and 6th. Erica Marciante reports that they sent 2 teams and received 4 individual awards for best witnesses and attorneys. If any English majors/minors are interested in joining the club, they should reach out to emarcia1@villanova.edu and follow @nova_mock_trial on Instagram! Take a look at the photos below!

Writing Through Conflict in Belfast

Professor Alan Drew and students in his Writing Through Conflict course went to Belfast over fall break. They traveled to the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queens University for workshops, seminars, and symposiums with Irish writers. Take a look at a few of their photos below!

"Hold On Tight: The Women of the Waste Land" featuring Professor Quigley

Our own Dr. Megan Quigley is featured in an BBC radio documentary, "Hold on Tight: The Women of the Waste Land," which debuted on Nov. 3rd. You can listen to the documentary, which examines the influence of various women on T.S. Eliot's life and work, here.

You can read more about the women in Eliot's life, particularly in light of the recent unveiling of his letters to Emily Hale, in The Guardian, here.

Dr. Quigley is quoted at length in that article. Here is a small example:

“What does it mean when ‘pills’ means almost nothing? Editing shows our values – what we think is important for scholars to know and for students to learn... When I was a student, we were told that a proper study of The Waste Land was about exploring references to mythology, religion and literature – but of course relating these subjects to Eliot’s life, and our reception of it in the present day, is also really revealing.”