Congratulations to English department faculty member Shirley Lim on one of the most significant
awards a member of our faculty has ever achieved,
the MELUS Lifetime Achievement Award. A reception will be held at the MLA convention in Philadelphia on Dec. 28th to mark
the event.
Time: December 28, 2009 at 8:00PM
Place: Wenying Xu's suite, Courtyard
Philadelphia Downtown, 21 Juniper Street,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, 215-496-3200
Dr. Lim is an internationally recognized scholar who is currently Professor of English at University of California, Santa Barbara. Dr. Lim has published widely in the areas of literary criticism, Asian American studies, poetry, fiction, and memoir. Her most recent publications include Princess Shawl (Maya Press: Kuala Lumpur, 2008); Listening to the Singer: New and Selected Malaysian Poems (Maya Press: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2007); and Sister Swing, A Novel (Singapore/London: Marshall Cavendish, 2006). Dr. Lim’s wide-ranging and deeply influential contributions to scholarship and teaching have frequently been acknowledged with numerous grants, prizes, awards, and honors such as NEH and American Book Award.
For more information on the MELUS Lifetime Achievement Award, see their website at http://webspace.ship.edu/kmlong/melus/.
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