In 2022, Dr. Jacqueline Fay, Associate Professor of English at UTA, published her book Materializing Englishness in Early Medieval Texts. Dr. Fay presented one of the chapters from the book for the Center for Theory’s Colloquium in 2017 entitled “The Weeds We Are: the Trans-Planted Politics of Eleventh-Century England.” The aim of this book is…Continue Reading Dr. Jacqueline Fay’s Book – Materializing Englishness in Early Medieval Texts
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Christopher Conway and Toni Sol’s “The Comic Book Western” honored with popular culture award
In addition to recently presenting for the College of Liberal Arts’ Festival of Ideas, Dr. Christopher Conway and Dr. Antoinette Sol won the 2023 Ray and Pat Browne Award for Best Edited Collection in Popular and American Culture by the Popular Culture Association for their book The Comic Book Western: New Perspectives of a Global…Continue Reading Christopher Conway and Toni Sol’s “The Comic Book Western” honored with popular culture award
First Batch of Books
Our first batch of books for the Ben Agger Theory Library from the LERR funding has arrived. We bought the books from Pantego Books. They’re a great new local bookstore in Pantego/Dalworthington Gardens. All of these books are courtesy of Cambridge University Press-Academic. Watch me unbox them with a special shoutout to one of our…Continue Reading First Batch of Books
LERR Grant for the Ben Agger Theory Library
Each year, the UT System awards a block of grants to UT institutions to improve libraries and physical space known as the Library, Equipment, Repair and Rehabilitation (LERR) budget. This year the Center for Theory was awarded a $65,000 grant to make improvements to the Ben Agger Theory Library. We will use these funds to…Continue Reading LERR Grant for the Ben Agger Theory Library