UNLV World Lit

07/04/2017

This event combines dance, world literature, and visual art and should be fantastic

24/01/2017

As the semester has just begun, it might be a good idea to start planning ahead for upcoming paper deadlines. For those in need of additional help/direction, the Writing Center now accepts online paper submissions (a maximum of six per day). Please read the OWL instructions carefully before submitting paper drafts.

12/01/2017

Information on an upcoming event of interest

02/12/2016

The Library has set up a great page for post-election resources, including information on reporting hate, self-care, becoming an ally/activist, and resources for undocumented/DACA students. Please share! http://guides.library.unlv.edu/c.php?g=595020&p=4116587

Note: This guide is currently unfinished. We have just beginning work on this guide but wanted to share it right away for studentst who would benefit from these resources. If you have suggestions for the guide, please email Heidi Johnson, [email protected]

28/10/2016

Ever miss a question on a quiz because you were rushing? Or find it difficult to get through lengthy assigned readings? Take a look at this article stressing the importance of patience...

"Every external pressure, social and technological, is pushing students in the other direction, toward immediacy, rapidity, and spontaneity—and against this other kind of opportunity. I want to give them the permission and the structures to slow down."

Students need to learn the value of slowing down and focusing on one task at a time—and teachers can help them do it.

17/10/2016

Students and instructors: here's a list of 20 things you can do to promote learning.

October 11, 2016 by Anne Curzan 20 Things Students Say Help Them Learn Illustration by Jerome Corgier for The Chronicle Near the end of August, the 2014 Business Insider article “10 Things Every College Professor Hates” started circulating on Facebook again. I had just finished the syllabus for my i...

26/09/2016

"Censorship is about dogma, orthodoxy, and indoctrination, all of which stifle the discussion and exchange needed for knowledge. Censorship closes minds and leaves us all a little less rich.

To put it in less abstract terms, think of books, movies, or albums that meant everything to you as you were growing up. They all contain some idea that somebody, somewhere finds offensive. Imagine how you and your life would be different if you had never encountered that artistic work because it had been pulled by authorities."

Join UNLV Libraries in celebrating Banned Books Week!

Library technician Katherine Keller is fighting censorship of comic books and graphic novels through her work with the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund.

20/09/2016

Be sure to attend any and/or all of this week's lectures by UNLV's very own Dr. Leslie Cross of the Theatre Department and Dr. Charles Whitney and Dr. John Bowers of the English Department held in the Goldfield Room (3rd floor of Lied Library)!

UNLV Special Collections was founded in June 1967 within the library of what was then known as Nevada Southern.

01/09/2016

First Folio! The Book that Gave Us Shakespeare exhibit officially opens today at Lied Library! The exhibit comes to UNLV from the Folger Shakespeare Library as part of a nationwide tour commemorating the 400 years of Shakespeare and his legacy. Don't miss out on theatrical performances, faculty lectures, and workshops spanning the entire month of September.

http://guides.library.unlv.edu/firstfolio

13/08/2016

A great story about one of our World Lit professors!

An English professor finds literary completeness in a most unlikely place.

03/06/2016

This weekend CSPAN is airing a program about literary Las Vegas. Catch it if you can, Saturday 9am on CSPAN2!

The visit to Las Vegas was part of what C-SPAN is calling its 2016 Cities Tour, through which the public affairs network’s video crews profile various American cities.

03/05/2016

Thanks to the UNLV Academic Success Center, you can now get a blue book AND eat pizza. Tell students! Tell friends!

Prep with Pizza @ the ASC!