Next Steps for Black British Literary Salons Project

By Kaysyn Jones, Florida State University I am writing what I believe to be the first profile of the Black Ink Collective’s literature and artistic policies, and the way in which the Collective crafted a distinct Black British identity through their work. I hope that this research will shine more light on both the potentialContinue reading “Next Steps for Black British Literary Salons Project”

Researching Utopian Thinking

Hello again! My name is Kellan Kissinger and I am an IDEA Grant recipient currently working on an Honors in the Major thesis about how female utopianism appears in medieval and contemporary texts. Specifically, my thesis aims to explore the intersections between Christine de Pizan’s medieval A Book of the City of Ladies and contemporaryContinue reading “Researching Utopian Thinking”

Profiling the Literature Salons of the British Black Arts Movement

By Kaysyn JonesFlorida State University Hello! My name is Kaysyn Jones. I am currently a junior pursuing a B.A. in English, a minor in Museum Studies, and a B.S. in African American Studies. I am originally from Pennsylvania, but my family and I have lived in St. Augustine, FL, for the past 10 years —Continue reading “Profiling the Literature Salons of the British Black Arts Movement”

Akkadian: Bridging the Gap

By Lee Garcia Florida State University Greetings, readers. I’m delighted to have the pleasure of addressing you all here in the first of (apparently several) blog posts as part of the IDEA Grant program. My name is Lee Garcia. I’m a current junior at Florida State University and this summer I’ll be starting a projectContinue reading “Akkadian: Bridging the Gap”

Kellan Kissinger:  Tracing Female Utopianism and Dystopianism from the Medieval to Contemporary Periods

Hello! My name is Kellan Kissinger and I am a second-year majoring in English (Editing, Writing, and Media) and minoring in Philosophy and Law. Although I’m a second-year, I graduate in Fall 2025 and knew coming into FSU that I wanted to experiment with research before I graduated to see if it was something thatContinue reading “Kellan Kissinger:  Tracing Female Utopianism and Dystopianism from the Medieval to Contemporary Periods”