EGSA Conference Deadline Extended, Career Event for Creative People, and Francesca Royster on Michael Jackson

DePaul students, if you haven’t already heard, the deadline to submit proposals to the EGSA 2012 Spring Conference has been extended to this Friday, March 30th at midnight. This is your last chance to get those proposals in! Make sure to check the EGSA Spring Conference 2012 page on Ex Libris to download the application materials and remind yourself of all the details.

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Those with the aspirations to make your current literature or writing degree into a career should take note of an upcoming DePaul Career Center event: Career Paths for Creative and Unconventional People. This networking/panel event will take place on Friday, April 13, from 2:00- 4:00 p.m. at the Lincoln Park Campus DePaul Art Museum. This is an opportunity to mix and mingle with artists, writers, entrepreneurs, freelancers and other creative folks. Discover how they’ve navigated a nontraditional career path and find out how to pursue your passion and pay the bills.

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Closing the Humanities Center’s year-long series on Literature and Music, Francesca Royster, Associate Professor of English and Chair of African and Black Diaspora Studies at DePaul, will present “Michael Jackson, Queer World Making and the Trans Erotics of Voice, Gender and Age.” The event will take place Monday, April 23rd, 2012 at the DePaul Student Center, room 314. There will be a reception at 5:30 p.m. and the lecture will follow at 6:00 p.m.