Posts by: Ex Libris
The Think-Write-Publish Science and Religion Project is currently offering twelve $10,000 two-year fellowships. Fellows participate in three intensive workshops focusing on developing, writing, marketing, and publishing their creative nonficiton stories about harmonies between science and religion. Applications are due Sunday, May 15th, find full details here.
Zac Thriffiley looks at what divides us as Chicagoans and what art can do to bridge these divides in the latest installment of his One Book, One Chicago coverage. Glass Houses, Glass City: Slag Glass City and the State of Art in Chicago The plot of Chi Jang Yin’s short film “Glass House” – if it can be called a plot rather than a serene stream of suspended, tranquil moments – follows the construction and inhabitation of a home in the Chicago suburbs. Thomas Roszak, one of the city’s most highly regarded contemporary architects, designed… Read Article →
The Egan Office of the Steans Center is currently searching for graduate students to serve as Site Coordinators with several of their Catholic school partners. A detailed description of the job can be found here, and see the flyer below for more information.
DHChicago, in collaboration with the Macroanalysis and the Humanities Working Group, is accepting proposals for their digital humanities conference, “New Archival Knowledges,” being held at the University of Chicago May 19-20. DHChicago seeks to bring together scholars from across the Chicagoland area and across disciplines to present work on macroanalysis, or the computational analysis of textual data and metadata. Proposals are due Friday, May 6 and should include: a title, abstract of up to 250 words, and, in the email, the author’s name, a C.V., institutional affiliation, and email address. Send submissions and questions to… Read Article →
Submissions for the Luminarts Fellowship for excellence in creative writing are due this Friday, May 6th. Writers submit two pages of stand-alone work or an excerpt in categories of poetry or prose and have the opportunity to win $5,000. Apply on their submissions page, or contact info@luminarts.org for more information.
Dr. Lisa Lowe, Professor of English and American Studies at Tufts University will be the speaking on campus Wednesday, May 18th in the John T. Richardson library Room 115. Lowe is the author of multiple books including her latest The Intimacies of Four Continents (2015), a study of settler colonialism, transatlantic African slavery and the East Indies and China trades in goods and people as the conditions for modern European liberalism and empire. See the flyer below for more details.
Tomorrow night at 6:30pm the Women’s Center will be hosting author Claudia Rankine in the Student Center Room 120. See the flyer below full details.
Do you speak (or write in) more than one language? Do you know someone who does? Then please see the Call for Submissions from Collaborative for Multilingual Writing and Research below. Official Call for Submissions The Collaborative for Multilingual Writing and Research (CMWR) is now accepting submissions for the sixth Issue of its annual electronic magazine, Global Voices. The magazine seeks to showcase the work of DePau¹s multilingual and cultural communities. We accept a wide range of texts, audio, and visual works—in different languages. If you have something that you’ve written or produced and would like to share… Read Article →
On Wednesday, May 4 the Department of English will be hosting a career panel directed by Chicago Women in Publishing members from 6:00-7:00 pm in Arts and Letter Hall Room 308. See the flyer below for information on panelists or email Professor Chris Green for further questions.
Listed below are the graduate course spotlights for the Autumn Quarter of the 2016-2017 academic year. Course carts are currently open and Autumn Quarter courses will begin on September 7th – full course lists are available in the Classes drop down tab.
A final reminder that the 7th Annual Spring English Conference will be held Friday, April 29th from 10:00 am to 4:15pm on the 4th floor of Arts and Letters Hall. The conference is unique opportunity to engage in the academic and creative work of your DePaul English peers and is an important part of fostering communication within the DePaul English community. Students are encouraged to attend as much of the conference as they can, and, as always the event is free and open to the public! This year, there will be a keynote presentation by Dr. Brian T. Edwards, professor… Read Article →