DePaul’s Diversity Images Student Photo Competition is accepting submissions from all currently enrolled students. Submit one entry via email to diversityimages@depaul.edu by November 25, 2014. Late entries will not be accepted. Must be in digital format, jpeg or tiff file, at least 4-by-6 inches in size (high resolution preferred) Must be the original work of the…Continue reading DePaul’s Diversity Images Student Photo Competition (Deadline: 11/25/14)
Month: October 2014
DePaul’s New Digital Humanities Graduate Certificate Program Now Accepting Applications
Digital Humanities, or “DH,” is the name for a set of computer-based tools and methods used by people in the humanities. Digital Humanities work is all around us, from large searchable databases to interactive and mobile storytelling apps; from innovative visualization methods for art history and anthropology to new collaborative platforms for research and teaching.The…Continue reading DePaul’s New Digital Humanities Graduate Certificate Program Now Accepting Applications
DePaul Faculty Essays Published in The Millions and the Chicago Tribune
Michele Morano, an associate professor and director of the MAWP program here at DePaul, has published “The Afterlife of Travel: On the Work of Philip Graham and Alma Gottlieb” in online literary review The Millions. Christine Sneed, who is teaching at DePaul part-time this year, has published a piece on fact versus fiction in the Chicago…Continue reading DePaul Faculty Essays Published in The Millions and the Chicago Tribune
Call for Essays on Teaching Writing to Multilingual Students
DePaul MAWP student Kate O’Brien is working on a book—and seeking submissions. Kate’s compiling a collection of essays from language teachers and tutors around the globe with a specific focus on composition studies, or the teaching and tutoring of writing, to multilingual writers. Send submissions (2,000–8,000 words) to obrienk4@gmail.com by November 7, 2014. For more information on this project, view…Continue reading Call for Essays on Teaching Writing to Multilingual Students
Winter 2015 Course Descriptions Are Up!
Before registration opens on October 20, check out the winter graduate course descriptions here.
Register for Winter 2015 Classes Starting Monday, October 20
Winter term 2015 registration begins on Monday, October 20. Find your enrollment date/time and add classes to your course cart in the Campus Connect Student Center. View and download course descriptions here!
You’re Invited…
Who: DePaul English graduate students (MAE and MAWP programs) and guests What: English Graduate Student Association’s autumn gathering When: Friday, October 17, at 6:15 p.m. Where: Red Lion Pub, 2446 North Lincoln Avenue Why: Get to know DePaul graduate students and faculty as we celebrate autumn quarter at EGSA’s first social of the year! N.B.: All…Continue reading You’re Invited…
Chicago Humanities Festival Seeks Applications from Chicago-Area Teachers
The Chicago Humanities Festival (CHF) is now accepting applications for EdLab: Spring 2015. This professional development program focuses on The American Revolution, a performance piece by Theater Unspeakable. Fourth- to eighth-grade teachers in the Chicago area (15 teachers maximum) will: Learn strategies for effectively teaching writing Design writing activities that meet Common Core Standards in hands-on workshops Get access to a matinee performance…Continue reading Chicago Humanities Festival Seeks Applications from Chicago-Area Teachers
Submit Abstracts for Mind, Body and (Con)Text: Cognitive Approaches to Literature and Linguistics (Deadline: 12/14/14)
School of Languages and Cultures 15th Annual Graduate Symposium March 6–7, 2015 Purdue University West Lafayette, Indiana Submit 250-word abstracts (Times New Roman 12-point font, double spaced) to slcsymposiumpurdue@gmail.com by December 14, 2014. Email submissions should include the presenter’s name, institution of affiliation, email address, and phone number. Please do not include any identifying information on…Continue reading Submit Abstracts for Mind, Body and (Con)Text: Cognitive Approaches to Literature and Linguistics (Deadline: 12/14/14)
Eighteenth-Century Seminar by Carolyn Steedman at the Newberry Library (10/18/14)
“Nothing to say but itself”: Writing at the End of the Early Modern Era in England Carolyn Steedman of the University of Warwick Saturday, October 18, 2014, 1 p.m. The Newberry Library, Towner Fellows Lounge Register online by 10 a.m. on Friday, October 17. See the Newberry flyer for more information.
Nightlight Reading’s Short Story Contest (Deadline: 12/31/14)
Nightlight Reading is accepting submissions geared to boys aged 10–12 for its inaugural short story contest. The nonprofit aims “to fund and promote literature that appeals to boys and keeps them engaged and reading.” The 2014 contest theme is adventure. Writers may submit pieces of up to 5,000 words (20 pages). Submit your entry here by December 31, 2014.
DePaul Students’ Writing Published in Chicago After Dark: A City All-Star Student Anthology
Congratulations to DePaul’s own Eric Houghton, Libby Kalmbach, Thom Kudla, Matthew Morley, Aaron Osborne, Lauren T. Silverman, and Kendall Steinle! The Chicago Center for Literature and Photography selected their work for its 2014 collection, Chicago After Dark: A City All-Star Student Anthology, published this autumn. Readings will be taking place around the city. The upcoming citywide release party honors…Continue reading DePaul Students’ Writing Published in Chicago After Dark: A City All-Star Student Anthology