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Dr. Henry Oster, Author of The Kindness of the Hangman

Friday, March 16, 2018 - 1:00pm to 4:00pm

In 1933 Henry Oster was just 5 years old, a carefree kindergartner in Cologne, Germany, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazis seized power. For the next 12 years Henry struggled to keep on breathing while his family, his friends and the Jews of Europe were overwhelmed by the Holocaust. Read more

How Eco-Art Can Reveal Unique Climate Change Solutions

Wednesday, March 14, 2018 - 2:00pm

Robert Chianese, Professor Emeritus, will be leading a talk entitled “Eco-Art Can Reveal Unique Climate Change Solutions” on March 14^th at the Orange Grove Bistro. Read more

Comics and Visual Culture 2018

Saturday, March 10, 2018 - 9:00am to 6:00pm

Comics and Visual Culture 2018, a symposium, will take place at California State University, Northridge on Saturday, March 10, at the University Student Union. Put on by the Comics@CSUN group, this free, public event highlights student research into comic art, visual media, and popular culture. It is a sequel to a symposium of the same name in 2016. Read more

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CSUN Professor’s Book a Finalist for PEN Center USA Literary Award

August 24, 2017

“Black Sheep Boy,” the chronicle of a young gay man in Louisiana’s Cajun bayou by California State University, Northridge English professor Martin Pousson, is a finalist for a 2017 literary award from PEN Center USA. Read more

Charles Hatfield and Krystal Howard: Young Readers series podcast on children’s and young adult comics on The Comics Alternative

August 16, 2017

Charles Hatfield and new English department hire (with Liberal Studies) Krystal Howard recently took part in a podcast on children’s and young adult comics.

Back on July 25, Krystal Howard and Charles Hatfield took part in a podcast on children’s and young adult comics, part of the Young Readers series on The Comics Alternative, a popular group of podcasts consisting of conversations among scholars about comics and Comics Studies. Read more

Martin Pousson named as finalist for the 2017 Literary Awards

August 11, 2017

PEN Center USA (the West Coast center of PEN International), the world’s oldest international literary and human rights organization, is pleased to announce Martin Pousson as one of the finalists in the Fiction category for the 2017 Literary Awards. Read more