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Mary Foltz speaks at a podium at Keith Haring marker unveiling event in October, 2024

Interdisciplinary Programs | Nov. 13, 2024

Local Art and Activism

Mary Foltz and local community members establish a historical marker in Kutztown honoring LGBTQ+ artist and activist Keith Haring

Simone A James Alexander poses for a photo in a yellow blazer. She looks towards the light and smiles softly. Behind her are book shelves.

Humanities | Oct. 28, 2024

New Africana Studies Director Brings Global Perspective to Lehigh

Meet the new director of the Africana Studies program and new faculty member of the English Department Simone A. James Alexander.

Catherine d’Amboise (1475-1550), a prose writer and poet of the French Renaissance.

Humanities | Sep. 12, 2024

Reimagining the Round Table: Restoring Medievalisms of Contemporary Women Writers

Suzanne Edwards' edited volume with Matthew X. Vernon highlights women's medievalism which has often been silenced.

Gillian Andrews sits in front of a scene with a gothic building

Humanities | Nov. 17, 2023

The Horror of It All

Ph.D. student explores the literary intersection of health and horror.

Humanities | Nov. 6, 2023

Bad Blood

Emily Weissbourd, assistant professor of English, talks about her new book "Bad Blood" which explores representations of race in dramas from early modern England and Spain.

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