The Chicago Humanities Festival is hosting an upcoming event with Anthony Grafton on the past, present, and future of the book. It will take place on Saturday, March 31 at 2pm at First United Methodist Church (77 West Washington Street). Grafton, a distinguished writer, author, and professor of history at Princeton University, will be giving a lecture entitled, “The Book: Past, Present, and Future,” which the event page describes as: “Many of us love a good cliffhanger, but today we find ourselves in a state of suspense about the book itself. What happens next for the… Read Article →
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There’s only one week left until the EGSA Conference paper submission deadline of midnight on Monday, March 19th. EGSA needs your Poetry, Fiction, Literary Nonfiction, Literary Analysis/Critical Approaches, Pedagogical and Literary Theory, and other writing on Publishing, Professional, and Teaching Practices. This is a great opportunity to showcase your work, get a line on your CV, and have fun with your classmates. While we’re still waiting for the EGSA Conference’s keynote speaker to be announced, there has been another conference development: EGSA is going to be collecting used books during the conference to donate to… Read Article →
Are you looking for come career advice tailored to English students– or better yet, tailored to you? Check out these two new offerings from the DePaul Career Center: How to Find a Job (a seminar for English students) February 23rd, 5:30-6:30 pm Arts & Letters Hall, Room 109 Emily Kravetz Career Adviser Emily Kravetz will lead this hour-long seminar on the in’s and out’s of how to look for a job and what is available for English graduates. Watch Ex Libris for an update on the exact location. Personal Internship/Job Advice Hilary Longnecker (Career Center… Read Article →
Today we’re starting out with some very special student news: Congratulations to current M.A.W.P. student Stephanie Gladney Queen, who had her first baby only weeks before the start of the quarter. Anthony Gabriel Queen was born on November 23rd, 2011. Our best wishes go out to Stephanie and baby Anthony! *** The Mitchelstown Literary Society is pleased to announce the launch of the second William Trevor / Elizabeth Bowen International Short Story Competition. The Society was founded to celebrate the lives and works of two of Ireland’s literary greats with Mitchelstown connections. The short story… Read Article →
Join us this THURSDAY, JANUARY 26 at 6 p.m., for a reading by DePaul’s own Professor Hannah Pittard at the DePaul University Bookstore at 1 East Jackson in the Loop. Prof. Pittard wrote the critically acclaimed novel, The Fates Will Find Their Way. She is also the winner of the 2006 Amanda Davis Highwire Fiction Award, the recipient of a 2012 MacDowell Colony Fellowship, and a consulting editor for Narrative Magazine. This event is free and open to the public. *** The American Studies Program at Purdue University announces its 37th annual Symposium to be… Read Article →
Special update! It has just been confirmed that the guest writers on tomorrow’s DePaul Student Writers Show are English graduate students Bethany Brownholtz and Michael Van Kerckhove. Tune in to hear them read their work on Radio DePaul, radio.depaul.edu, this Friday from 10:00-11:00 a.m. *** Current students, are you interested in an internship at a two-year college or maybe even the Certificate in Teaching English in the Two-Year College? Then mark your calendars for an upcoming information session on Internships at Two-Year Colleges and the Certificate in Teaching English in the Two-Year College. The information… Read Article →
It’s January 4th, and only the second day of the quarter, so chances are your brand new calendars are still looking pretty blank. Not for much longer! Today on Ex Libris we have a good long list of deadlines to write down, whether you’re looking for contests, scholarships, publications, or conferences. So get out your calendars, because there’s something for everyone. *** For current seniors or recent graduates of DePaul considering graduate school: the Office of Multicultural Student Success is currently accepting applications for the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Graduate Arts Award which recognizes and… Read Article →
Welcome back and Happy New Year to all our graduate students starting their Winter 2012 classes this week! And a special welcome to all new students starting their English Graduate classes at DePaul for the first time this quarter. Like many of you current students, Ex Libris has accumulated quite a few announcements in our inbox over winter break, so be sure to check in frequently this week so you don’t miss anything, and please be patient if you are waiting for a response from us. As always, if you’re an alum or current student… Read Article →
Happy Friday! Congratulations to current M.A.W.P. student Zhanna Vaynberg, for getting a story published in the upcoming Fall issue of Euphony Journal, and for receiving an honorable mention in Glimmer Train‘s August 2011 Short Story Award for New Writers for another story of hers, “Things You Should Never Tell Your Mother.” — The DePaul Can: University-Wide Food Drive will take place Nov. 7th through Nov. 11th. DePaul Can is a student-led initiative uniting the DePaul community in the fight against hunger, bringing together students, faculty and staff in a Vincentian way. Last spring, DePaul Can… Read Article →
Today we have several very important announcements and reminders from the English Department: It is with sadness that we have learned of the death of M.A. in English student Warren Scheideman, a faculty member in the School for New Learning. Warren passed away on August 25. He was a very enthusiastic student of literature who was pursuing a life long dream of obtaining an MAE. He taught at DePaul from 1984 until his passing, and was highly respected among his friends and colleagues. — News on Degree Progress Reports The Degree Progress Reports for graduate… Read Article →
Two exciting Faculty News updates today: Congratulations are due to Christine Sneed, who has just sold a novel, Little Known Facts, to Bloomsbury. And her short story, “The First Wife,” which appeared in the December2010/January 2011 issue of the New England Review, has been selected for this year’s O. Henry Prize Anthology. Congratulations also to Lesley Kordecki on the publication of her new book, Ecofeminist Subjectivities: Chaucer’s Talking Birds, which analyzes the interaction between gender and species in Chaucer’s poetry and interprets his adaptation of medieval genres through an ecofeminist lens. The book is a… Read Article →
Just a handful of announcements and reminders for today: Grad students: are you ready to begin enrolling in Winter 2012 courses? Enrollment appointments will take place throughout the coming week, so check your Campus Connect account if you haven’t already. If you’re still deciding on classes and you’re curious about course descriptions, check Ex Libris frequently, because professors and sending them in, and we’re posting them here as we get them. — The Chicago Humanities Festival has three internship opportunities available for January-May 2012. The application deadline is Nov. 15. Details can be found on… Read Article →