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IU Creative Writing program ranks among top in nation

Samrat Upadhyay

Indiana University's Creative Writing Program in the Department of English is now ranked among the top in the nation, according to the November/December issue of Poets and Writers Magazine.   Full Story >>

IU to host mini-symposium 'Representing Animals in Art' as part of Themester 2009

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Indiana University Bloomington will host a mini-symposium titled "Representing Animals in Art" as part of "Themester 2009: Evolution, Diversity and Change," the university's inaugural themed semester and a project of the College of Arts and Sciences. The two-day event will be presented by Art and Environment (Institute for Advanced Study New Knowledge Seminar) on the Bloomington campus Oct. 29-30.   Full Story >>

IU professor's new book, 'The Year's Work in Lebowski Studies' dissects cult classic film

"The Year's Work In Lebowski Studies"

Somewhere in the world, right at this moment, someone is watching the cult-classic 1998 Coen brothers film The Big Lebowski and sipping a white Russian. Just ask Ed Comentale, an associate professor of English at Indiana University Bloomington, who co-wrote and edited an upcoming book of essays analyzing the movie, titled The Year's Work in Lebowski Studies.   Full Story >>

IU professor's new book, 'The Year's Work in Lebowski Studies' dissects cult classic film

"The Year's Work In Lebowski Studies"

Somewhere in the world, right at this moment, someone is watching the cult-classic 1998 Coen brothers film The Big Lebowski and sipping a white Russian. Just ask Ed Comentale, an associate professor of English at Indiana University Bloomington, who co-wrote and edited an upcoming book of essays analyzing the movie, titled The Year's Work in Lebowski Studies.   Full Story >>

Inaugural Graduate Student Conference in Asian American Studies taking place at IU Bloomington

Josephine Lee

Graduate students from across the Big Ten and the University of Chicago who are involved in Asian American studies are gathering for an inaugural conference on the Indiana University Bloomington campus Sept. 25-26.   Full Story >>

John James Audubon subject of NEH-funded 'Picturing America' institute at IU Bloomington

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High school teachers from across the country will converge in Bloomington July 6 for a four-week Picturing John James Audubon institute at Indiana University, the first of its kind. The institute is directed by Indiana University English Professor Christoph Irmscher (Alita Hornick from the IU Department of English helped organize the institute), and funded by a $200,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities through its Picturing America series of summer seminars and institutes for high school teachers. The institute will feature experts on Audubon, American art and natural history.   Full Story >>