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by Ex Libris on May 21, 2015

Printers Row Lit Fest on June 6 and 7

The 31st annual Printers Row Lit Fest, the Midwest’s largest outdoor literary festival, will take place June 6–7, 2015, in the historic Printers Row district (at Dearborn Street, from Congress to Polk Streets) in the South Loop. Now in its thirtieth year, the fest will feature more than 200 booksellers from across the country and more than 200 authors participating in panels, discussions, and a variety of other programs. DePaul associate professor Rebecca Johns Trissler will be the interviewer for the panel Good Wives: Jennifer Chiaverini and Allison Pataki in conversation with Rebecca Johns, and visiting assistant professor Emily Gray Tedrowe will be on the… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on May 6, 2015

Name Changes for ENG 471 and 472

MAE core requirements ENG 471 and ENG 472 have new names. ENG 471 (the class formerly known as Bibliography and Literary Research) is now Book and Media History. ENG 472 (the class formerly known as Studies in Literary Criticism) is now Literary Theory. Aside from their titles, the courses remain unchanged.

by Ex Libris on May 5, 2015

English Spring Conference to Showcase DePaulians’ Work on Friday, May 8

This Friday, May 8, the DePaul English department‘s sixth annual English spring conference will take place in Arts & Letters Hall from noon to 8 p.m. More than forty MAE, MAWP, and undergraduate students will present their academic and creative work. The conference will also include a digital humanities workshop led by alumna Amanda Licastro, a career panel featuring recent graduates, and a keynote address by author Crystal Chan. Refreshments will be available throughout the day, and a reception will conclude the day’s events. Friends and family are more than welcome to attend this celebration of DePaul’s English department community. View… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on April 24, 2015

2015–2016 English Graduate Course Descriptions Are Now Up

The English graduate course schedules and descriptions for the 2015–2016 school year are now available. Check out the autumn quarter 2015, winter quarter 2016, and spring quarter 2016 course descriptions here or in the Classes drop-down menu. Registration for autumn quarter begins on May 4.

by Ex Libris on April 16, 2015

MAE Spring 2015 Capstone Portfolio and Thesis Requirement Announcements

All MAE students who plan on submitting a capstone portfolio or thesis in spring 2015 should email Ms. Jan Hickey at jhicke11@depaul.edu with the following information by Monday, April 20: name, student ID number, current email address, current mailing address, phone number, and final requirement choice (capstone portfolio or thesis option). An information session for the MAE capstone portfolio requirement and thesis option will take place on Saturday, April 25, in SAC 232. MAE students who are unable to attend this session should contact Professor John Shanahan at jshanah1@depaul.edu to set up an individual appointment. Download… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on April 13, 2015

Braver New World: A Conversation on Sci Fi for Social Change on Wednesday, May 6

The Women’s Center and the Center for Intercultural Programs (CIP) at DePaul present Braver New World: A Conversation on Sci Fi for Social Change. The event will take place on Wednesday, May 6, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in Cortelyou Commons (2324 North Fremont Street). Walidah Imarisha, the coeditor of Octavia’s Brood: Science Fiction Stories From Social Justice Movements, and Francesca Royster, DePaul professor and chair of the English department, will discuss the power of science fiction for building social justice strategies and visions.

by Ex Libris on April 9, 2015

Alumna Spotlight: Amanda Licastro

Digital Scholar Amanda Licastro, MAE ’08, teases out insights from student course blogs, online academic genealogies, and Twitter. BY HANA YOO   Amanda Licastro has more than 1,000 Twitter followers. One week, she recalls, her tweets garnered more than 29,000 views. Generally, her Twitter account averages a couple thousand views per week. “I joke that I got into the graduate center through Twitter,” says Licastro, MAE ’08, currently a PhD student in English at CUNY Graduate Center and an instructional technology fellow at Macaulay Honors College. As a prospective graduate student, Licastro started following academics… Read Article →

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