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Latest mystery novel by archaeologist draws from experiences in Israel
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – A race to find early Christian writings before fanatical groups discover and destroy them, sinister Bedouins and spirited archaeologists, papyrus writings by a “Deborah of Damanhur,” one of 12 female apostles of Christ. Toss in a death and a couple of smoldering love affairs. It’s all part of a new novel, “Dead […]
‘Reading the World Festival’ features writers from around the world
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Distinguished authors from around the world – and the campus – will take part in the first annual “Reading the World Festival” April 18 to 20 (Tuesday through Thursday) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. All of the festival events are free and open to the public and will be held […]
New U. of I. video writing class draws diverse group of students
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Instructors for an experimental new composition course at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign now know firsthand the power of the well-known movie line, “if you build it, they will come.” What the educators built was a new course, Art 199: “Writing With Video” (WWV). The students have flocked to it from […]
U. of I. course teaching students to ‘harness powers of video and writing’
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – College students in a new composition course are mixing their metaphors, but that’s their assignment this semester. The undergraduates in Art 199, a “narrative media” course, are learning to combine two communication formats – writing and video. Their challenge in what has been described as an “utterly unique” course is to portray, […]
Egyptian author visiting U. of I. community to talk about Muslim world
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Sahar Mohammed Hassan Tawfiq, an Egyptian author and translator, is spending a month at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign talking to university and public groups about the Muslim world. She is a 2005-2006 Fulbright Visiting Specialist in Fulbright’s Direct Access to the Muslim World Program, which is sponsored by the U.S. […]
Twelve win U. of I. fellowships from research program in the humanities
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Six professors and six graduate students have won fellowships for the academic year 2006-2007 from the Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The newly elected Fellows will spend the year on research projects that consider “Beauty,” IPRH’s theme through 2007. Fellows also will participate […]
Devouring books a literal possibility at April U. of I. festival
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – An upcoming event at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign gives a whole new meaning to the notion of “devouring” a book. The First Annual C-U Edible Books Festival is coming to campus April 3 (Monday). The event, sponsored by the U. of I. Library and held in conjunction with the International […]
Snapshot of the New Orleans recovery efforts
Rob Olshansky is a professor and the associate head of the department of urban and regional planning. His teaching and research focus on land use and environmental planning, with an emphasis on planning for natural hazards. He has written extensively on post-disaster recovery planning, and studied the topic during a recent sabbatical year at Kyoto […]
Hit film adaptations for young audiences a ‘mixed blessing’ expert says
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – What’s not to like about today’s youth films, titles like “The Chronicles of Narnia” and “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire?” Adapted from respected novels for children, the PG and PG-13 titles, respectively, have a lot going for them: They are not only enjoying huge box-office receipts, but between them are […]
Author Andrei Codrescu to visit U. of I., celebrate gift to campus library
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Andrei Codrescu, a social critic and radio commentator, is coming to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to open and celebrate the Andrei Codrescu Collection. A prolific poet, novelist and essayist, Codrescu gave his collection of hundreds of Romanian books, periodicals and other materials – many of them rare – to the […]
Women’s and Gender History symposium to focus this year on ‘mobility’
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The seventh annual Graduate Symposium on Women’s and Gender History will take place March 9-11 (Thursday to Saturday) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Most sessions of the event, which is free and open to the public, will be in the Illini Union, 1401 W. Green St., Urbana. The symposium, sponsored […]
Research on minority stars for Baseball Hall of Fame a revelatory process
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – One of the 12 people who will vote in a historic special election for Negro League inductees into the National Baseball Hall of Fame on Feb. 27 says that the research involved in choosing the candidates changed history. Researching the names, stories and statistics for black and Latino ballplayers who the nominating […]