Sponsor
English
Co-Sponsor(s)
African and African American Studies (AAAS); Asian American and Diaspora Studies; Libraries; Theater Studies; Undergraduate Research Support Office
2026 Triangle Undergraduates Literary Conference
Speaker(s): Dr. Jason Miller (NC State); Prof. Mesha Maren (Duke); Dr. Jacqueline Kellish (National Humanities Center)
Please join us for the Triangle Undergraduate Literary Conference (TULC). This one-day conference is a space for undergraduates attending Duke University, UNC-Chapel Hill, North Carolina State University (NC State), and North Carolina Central University (NCCU) to share their literature-related research. The event will be held on Saturday, February 21, 2026 at Duke University.
The conference will open with a keynote speech by Dr. Jason Miller (Distinguished Professor of English, NC State University). Two sessions of student presentations will occur in Rubenstein 153 (Holsti-Family Assembly Room) before lunch; after lunch, students and attendees will return to Holsti-Anderson and participate in a writing workshop led by Mesha Maren (Associate Professor of the Practice of English, Duke University), followed by one more session of student presentations. The conference will conclude with a closing speech by Dr. Jacqueline Kellish (Vice President for Public Engagement at the National Humanities Center) around 5:00pm. A light breakfast, as well as catered lunch and dinner will be provided.
While presentation slots are only available for undergraduates, Graduate students, faculty, and community members are welcome to attend our panels and lectures. Our goal is to expand student interest in literary studies and build a sense of community between undergraduate humanities scholars at Duke and other NC universities across the Triangle.
Please check sites.duke.edu/tulc for more details. We hope you will join us for what is bound to be an exciting day!
See below for more details regarding our speakers:
W Jason Miller (keynote speaker) is a Distinguished Professor and public scholar in the Department of English at NC State University.
Mesha Maren is the author of the novels Sugar Run, Perpetual West, and Shae. Her short stories and essays can be read in Tin House, The Oxford American, The Guardian, The New York Times, Crazyhorse, Triquarterly, The Southern Review, Ecotone, Sou'wester and elsewhere.
Jacqueline Kellish (closing speaker) is the Vice President for Public Engagement at the National Humanities Center.
The conference will open with a keynote speech by Dr. Jason Miller (Distinguished Professor of English, NC State University). Two sessions of student presentations will occur in Rubenstein 153 (Holsti-Family Assembly Room) before lunch; after lunch, students and attendees will return to Holsti-Anderson and participate in a writing workshop led by Mesha Maren (Associate Professor of the Practice of English, Duke University), followed by one more session of student presentations. The conference will conclude with a closing speech by Dr. Jacqueline Kellish (Vice President for Public Engagement at the National Humanities Center) around 5:00pm. A light breakfast, as well as catered lunch and dinner will be provided.
While presentation slots are only available for undergraduates, Graduate students, faculty, and community members are welcome to attend our panels and lectures. Our goal is to expand student interest in literary studies and build a sense of community between undergraduate humanities scholars at Duke and other NC universities across the Triangle.
Please check sites.duke.edu/tulc for more details. We hope you will join us for what is bound to be an exciting day!
See below for more details regarding our speakers:
W Jason Miller (keynote speaker) is a Distinguished Professor and public scholar in the Department of English at NC State University.
Mesha Maren is the author of the novels Sugar Run, Perpetual West, and Shae. Her short stories and essays can be read in Tin House, The Oxford American, The Guardian, The New York Times, Crazyhorse, Triquarterly, The Southern Review, Ecotone, Sou'wester and elsewhere.
Jacqueline Kellish (closing speaker) is the Vice President for Public Engagement at the National Humanities Center.
