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by Ex Libris on January 23, 2018

The Southeast Review Call for Submissions

The Southeast Review is currently open for general submissions! In particular, they are looking for book reviews of recent works. If you are interested, please directly email the Book Reviews Editor, Daniel Moysaenko at serbookreview@gmail.com for more information. The Southeast Review accepts regular submissions for publication consideration year-round through Submittable. Their reading fee of $3 helps meet the cost of this service, and all proceeds are directed to a contributor’s fund, which allows them to pay their contributors. Send your work here. For general guidelines, visit the Southeast Review website here.  

by Ex Libris on January 23, 2018

Study Abroad Opportunity in Berlin!

 “Law & Critical Social Justice” Study Abroad in Berlin The program is an American Bar Association approved program, but invites select undergraduate and graduate students outside of the College of Law to participate.  Students will take two courses on Intersectionality & Human Rights and History, Memory & Law for 8 LAS credits. You are invited to a special information session on DePaul law school’s Berlin Study Abroad program, “Law & Critical Social Justice.” Each summer, this American Bar Association approved program invites select undergraduate and graduate students outside of the College of Law to join this… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on January 19, 2018

Sunday Salon Chicago: January 28 Deep Winter Reading at the Celtic Crown

Join us for our first reading of 2018 with guest readers : Jan English Leary Ruben Quesada Paula Carter and Sharon Solwitz Linda Bubon from the Women’s Voices Fund will also be joining us to discuss their work in Chicago. While the Riverview is under construction, we’ll set up shop at our TEMPORARY LOCATION, the Celtic Crown Public House on Western and Cullom, just west of Roscoe Village.

by Ex Libris on January 17, 2018

NGOabroad Volunteer Opportunities

Writers, English Majors, Alumni & Professors Needed  Internationally Have you always wanted to contribute your writing or English skills in other countries? Your skills are definitely needed here: UGANDA: Secondary School Do you excel  in writing, grammar and/or literature and can tutor or teach it?  If so, then we need you! Many of the things that we take for granted are crucial: –Help students develop strong writing and composition skills; to express themselves. –Writing is a subversive activity. Rote learning is the norm in Africa where they are not taught to question or create. –Teach… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on January 17, 2018

2 Free Student Scholarships to the Chicago Writers Association Conference

A note from Samantha Hoffman, executive director of the Chicago Writers Association Writers Conference regarding scholarships – deadline is 1/19. and the application process is relatively fast: I’m reaching out because we have writing conference scholarships to award to two students, two educators and two others. We have not yet received a single application from a student–please apply!   The deadline is January 15th at midnight, but we will extend the deadline to January 19th to give them time to apply. All applicants need to do is write a 500-word essay and complete the application…. Read Article →

by Ex Libris on January 17, 2018

The Kelly Barnhill Micro-Fiction Prize Call for Submissions

The Book Stall Announces The Kelly Barnhill Micro-Fiction Prize The Book Stall, an independent bookstore in Winnetka, Illinois, is pleased to announce their first-ever micro-fiction contest in conjunction with Newbery Medalist Kelly Barnhill’s reading on Tuesday, February 27th at 6:30 PM. Ms. Barnhill will be sharing work from her new book, Dreadful Young Ladies and Other Stories. The contest winner will get an opening spot on the program that evening, and receive 25 copies of a limited-edition broadside of their work, as well as a $100.00 gift card from the store Submit your 300 –… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on January 17, 2018

Northwestern Interdisciplinary Conference Call for Papers

Conference activities will take place May 10-11, 2018  The deadline for submissions is January 25, 2018 Paper submissions at different stages of research are welcome. Additional information and instructions for submissions are available here.  Please feel free to contact acosta@u.northwestern.edu and salihnur@u.northwestern.edu with any questions

by Ex Libris on January 9, 2018

CFP Rutgers French Department Graduate Student Conference

Paper proposal deadline: Jan 31 Date of Conference: March 24  Keynote speaker: Dr. Nathalie Debrauwere-Miller Opposing Narratives of Victimhood: Jewish and Arab Muslims in Contemporary France “La relation à autrui est asymétrique : je ne dois pas attendre de réciprocité.”  Emmanuel Levinas. An interest in the Other is omnipresent throughout French and Francophone literature and literary theory. From Montaigne’s Les Cannibales to Colette’s Le pur et l’impur, the literary world has long sought to encounter and unmask the Other. Indeed, the history of literature itself could be considered an encounter with the Other, be it… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on January 5, 2018

2018 Winter Quarter Partial Tuition Scholarship Awards

The M.A. in English and M.A. in Writing and Publishing programs are offering Partial Tuition Scholarships (PTS) to recognize the outstanding academic achievement of students in the English department’s two graduate programs. Partial Tuition Scholarships provide a partial reimbursement for tuition paid for 2018 Winter graduate courses in English taken toward the MAE and MAWP degrees. You are eligible to apply for a PTS award if: You have already completed at least two English graduate courses toward your MAE or MAWP degree You are enrolled in one or more English graduate classes for the current… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on January 4, 2018

DePaul Humanities Event: Fake 2 Shadows

Fake 2 Shadows​ Wednesday, February 7, 2018 DePaul Student Center, Room 120 2250 N Sheffield Avenue, Chicago 6:30 – 7:00 p.m.   The “Gallery of Shadows” interactive art and science exhibit 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.     Lectures and Performances From Biblical Hebrew to Ancient Greek and Latin, a shade is thought to be a shadow-self, the part that continues on into the afterlife.  But our shadows, of course, are always with us—not a fake-self, not a specter of a thing, but part of what it means to be in the light, to be enlightened. Featuring a lecture… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on January 4, 2018

In Conversation with Great Minds: Michael Shannon

 In Conversation with Great Minds: Michael Shannon Monday, January 29, 2018 DePaul Student Center, Room 120 2250 N Sheffield Avenue, Chicago 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.   Screening of Take Shelter (2011, dir. Jeff Nichols) 8:00 – 9:00 p.m.   Conversation Academy Award/Golden Globe nominee and SAG Award winner, Michael Shannon visits the DePaul Humanities Center and joins Center director H. Peter Steeves to talk about a career that has taken him from stage (“Bug”) to television (“Empire Boardwalk”) to film (Nocturnal Animals), establishing him as one of the most talented, compelling, creative, and original artists of our… Read Article →

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