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Hong Kong Baptist University would like to announce details for their international PhD program in Humanities and/or Creative Writing. They are seeking students to study in Hong Kong in any of the following areas: cultural studies, philosophy, creative writing practice, media and film studies, literary studies, gender and sexuality studies. If accepted students receive a full 3-year studentship, which includes a monthly stipend and travel expenses to conferences among other benefits. Applications are due December 1, 2015 and announcements will be made in April or May 2016. For more information follow this link to an information… Read Article →
The University of Chicago Press is hosting a book launch event for I’ll Tell You Mine: Thirty Years of Essays from the Iowa Nonfiction Writing Program. The launch will feature DePaul’s MAWP professor Michele Morano as well as author and College of DuPage Professor Tom Fate – both contributors and alumni of the Iowa Writer’s Workshop Nonfiction Writing Program. The event place at the Oak Park Public Library on Sunday, November 22nd from 3:30-4:45 pm. I’ll Tell You Mine is an anthology rooted in Iowa’s successful program that goes beyond mere celebration to present some of the best nonfiction… Read Article →
The Third Annual LAS Graduate Student Interdisciplinary Conference will be held again this year in early March. The Conference Steering Committee and the LAS Graduate Directors Council are searching for interested graduate students to get involved in the conference’s planning and recruiting this year. Students interested in working on the conference can contact Professor Janet Hickey with their name, program name, and email address at jhicke11@depaul.edu.
A friendly reminder that online teaching evaluations for Autumn Quarter 2016 opened today! Teaching evaluations are important both to the DePaul administration during the tenure process and professors looking to improve on their courses. Not to mention it is a unique chance for your student voice to be heard! Find evaluations online at Campus Connect.
Digital Humanities, or just simply “DH,” is the name for a set of computer-based tools and methods used by people in the humanities that are increasingly important for students in virtually every field of study. This interdisciplinary program taught by faculty from across the university focuses on training students and providing hands on experience with the tools, methods, and real-world projects that have become central to cutting-edge humanities scholarship. Winter 2016 Course Descriptions: DIGITAL HUMANITIES CORE COURSE NMS 580: MARKUP AND TEXT ENCODING IN THE HUMANITIES with Prof. Antonio Ceraso (WRD/New Media Studies) Wed. 6:00-9:15… Read Article →
DePaul Women’s Network (DWN) is hosting their 2015 Fall Faculty Forum and English Department Chair Francesca Royster will be delivering the keynote address “Rejuvenate!:Eartha Kitt, Dance, and Life-writing as a form of Re-animation.” The event is Wednesday, October 14 from 4:00-5:30 pm in the Lincoln Park Student Center Room 324. Registration closes on October 12 and seats are limited. To register follow the link here. The event is free and open to all DePaul faculty, staff, and students. Dr. Royster teaches courses in Critical Race Theory, Gender and Queer Theory, African American Literature, Shakespeare, and Early Modern Literature…. Read Article →
Save the date! An upcoming be an information session covering two-year college teaching will be held on October 26 from 4:30-6:00 pm in A&L 210-11 (the student lounge). The session will cover: How to apply for a job What to expect in an adjunct teaching position Benefits of teaching internships What college employers want to know about you Faculty from Olive Harvey College (part of Chicago City Colleges) will be on hand to describe teaching in the city colleges, answer your questions, and give advice! Students interested in two-year college teaching internships please contact Dr. Carolyn Goffman head of… Read Article →
With course carts opening in a few days, MAWP students please consider ENG 477 Topics in Publishing: American Literary Magazine – Idealists and Happy Fools with Barrie Jean Borich. “There will always be idealists and happy fools, so there will always be literary magazines.” -Rob Spillman of Tin House This hybrid course examines the American literary magazine, from inception to contemporary practice. It explores the missions, functions, styles, personalities, experiments and aesthetics of several little magazines and literary journals published form the early 20th century to the present day, particularly those representative of great moments of change in… Read Article →