News from the English Language and Literature Department

October 23, 2025

I Heard Her Call My Name: Author Lucy Sante Presents Her Memoir at JCU

On Thursday, October 9, 2025, John Cabot University welcomed author Lucy Sante, for a discussion about her new book, I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition (Hutchinson Heinemann, 2024).

October 13, 2025

Bring on the Drama: Literature Professor Livia Sacchetti

Livia Sacchetti was born in Rome, where she was raised bilingually and educated in English. She earned her degree at Sapienza University with a Master's thesis on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and a doctoral thesis on Tom Stoppard's theater.

October 09, 2025

JCU Presents a Reinvention of Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra

This year, John Cabot University’s Performing Arts Program will be organizing a production of Antony and Cleopatra: A Memory in Ruins!, a retelling of Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra.

October 08, 2025

JCU Celebrates 20 Years of InVerse – Italian Poets in Translation

On October 1, John Cabot University hosted InVerse 2025 – Italian Poets in Translation, marking the 20th anniversary of the festival.

March 26, 2025

Translating the Untranslatable: Cole Swensen and Alessandro De Francesco

JCU had the pleasure of hosting American poet Cole Swensen and her Italian translator, Alessandro De Francesco, for a reading and discussion of their new collaborative edition of Swensen’s 2012 poetry collection Gravesend (Arcipelago itaca, 2024).

October 10, 2024

Professor Will Schutt Wins Prestigious Poetry Translation Prize

JCU Creative Writing professor Will Schutt has won the Joseph Tusiani Italian Translation Prize for his translation of Brief Homage to Pluto and Other Poems by Fabio Pusterla.

July 01, 2024

John Cabot University Welcomes Acclaimed Author Ocean Vuong

On Tuesday, June 11, 2024, the Institute of Creative Writing and Literary Translation hosted acclaimed poet and fiction writer, Ocean Vuong, in his first reading in Rome.

March 28, 2024

A Life-Changing Move: Student Sadie Dunham

Originally from Ouray, Colorado, Sadie Dunham is a junior majoring in International Business and minoring in English Literature.

March 21, 2024

A Time to be Grateful: Student Vishwa Parmar

Vishwa Parmar is a student from India with a major in English Literature and minor in Communications and Art and Design.

March 19, 2024

JCU to Welcome Rachel Cantor as Summer 2024 Writer in Residence

John Cabot University is pleased to announce that author Rachel Cantor will be the Summer 2024 Writer in Residence for the JCU Institute for Creative Writing and Literary Translation.

January 26, 2024

JCU Alumnus and Professor Mattia Maglione Co-translates Oliver Twist

JCU alumnus and English professor Mattia Maglione recently co-translated Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens into Italian with translator Livio Crescenzi. The translation is called Le Avventure di Oliver Twist (Mattioli 1885, 2023).

March 10, 2023

Confronting Adversity Head On: Queer Alliance President Temashengu Litchfield-Tshabalala

Meet JCU student Temashengu Litchfield-Tshabalala, a Student Ambassador and President of the Queer Alliance.

July 09, 2018

Promoting International Media Literacy: Alumna Sara Gabai

Sara Gabai graduated from JCU in 2010 with a major in Communications and a minor in English Literature. She is currently Communications Officer, Responsible Asia Forestry and Trade (RAFT), The Nature Conservancy in Thailand. She is also working on a Ph.D. in Human Rights and Peace Studies.

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