The Office of Adult Student Affairs invites all DePaul graduate students to the Graduate Thesis and Dissertation Conference on Saturday, February 21. This free event, which includes lunch, will take place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Student Center on the Lincoln Park campus. Students can register for the conference here.
Check out the lineup of spring quarter and summer quarter English graduate courses. Registration opens Monday, February 9. After browsing the course descriptions, you can click over to CampusConnect to do some light shopping. The course cart is open for business.
Students can nominate their professors for a College of LAS Excellence in Teaching Award here. Nomination letters are due Monday, February 16. See the flyer for more information.
ENG 475 Topics in Comparative Literature: Colonialism and Its Legacy Tuesdays, 6 p.m.–9:15 p.m. Professor James Fairhall MAE: 20th-/21st-Century Requirement; Elective MAWP: Language, Literature, Publishing, and Teaching (LLPT) Requirement; Open Elective View a more detailed course description here, or see below. ENG 475 examines colonialism in its late phase, during the 19th and 20th centuries, and the period of postcolonialism in which we now live. We will look at these two historical phenomena through the lens of 20th-century British literature: novels, two plays, a movie, and four poems. “British” here is broadly defined. Thus we will read works by two Caribbean novelists and… Read Article →
The English department has replaced a section of ENG 429 (Topics in Renaissance Literature: Renaissance Revenge Drama) with Topics in Renaissance Literature: Women in Shakespeare. View the updated winter quarter 2015 graduate course descriptions here.
The new website for Slag Glass City has launched. Created by Professor Barrie Jean Borich with support from DePaul’s English department/MAWP program, the journal accepts general submissions on a rolling basis from September 15 to June 15. Click here to submit to Slag Glass City. The magazine is looking for “new, original nonfiction literature and art from, by, and about cities, urban sustainability, and what does and does not makes cities livable.”
The third annual Chicago Book Expo is taking place this Saturday, December 6, at Columbia College Chicago (1104 South Wabash Avenue). The event is free and open to the public. The exposition runs from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Check out the schedule here. See below for a sampling of DePaul connections to the event. Chicago and the Novel (11:30 a.m.): Novelists Rebecca Makkai (The Hundred-Year House), Kathleen Rooney (O Democracy!), a visiting assistant professor at DePaul, and Ian Morris (When Bad Things Happen to Rich People) discuss their novels set in the Chicago area. (Film Row Cinema) Chicago After… Read Article →
Waffling about winter 2015 courses? See below for one possibility. ENG 471 (Hybrid) Bibliography and Literary Research Thursdays, 6 p.m.–9:15 p.m. Class meets face-to-face: 1/8, 1/22, 2/5, 2/26, and 3/12 Professor John Shanahan MAE: Core Requirement “Our investigation will cover theoretical topics in book and media history from the first decades of printing to the present. The course will include theoretical readings and hands-on activities with digital tools and methods. ” – Professor Shanahan View a more detailed course description here.
Join DePaul professor and Poetry East editor Richard Jones for the Fifth Wednesday Journal release party at the Book Cellar on Thursday, November 20, at 6 p.m. This event is free and open to the public.
Remember to fill out your autumn quarter teaching evaluations, DePaulians. The online teaching evaluation system will close tonight—Tuesday, November 18, 2014—at 11:59 p.m. To quote the email from English department chair Lucy Rinehart: “Low rates of response have been a growing problem since the implementation of the online evaluation system in 2009. For the last two quarters, for example, only half of the students enrolled in English classes completed evaluations. This means that we don’t have a reliable record of the student experience of many of the classes taught in those quarters. These anonymous evaluations… Read Article →
MAE and MAWP students: here’s one course to consider for next quarter. ENG 491-201 Science and Nature Writing Wednesdays, 6 p.m.–9:15 p.m. Professor Theodore Anton MAE: Elective MAWP: Writing Workshop Requirement; Open Elective “It’s a great course for well-paying jobs with travel, every bit as creative as fiction and poetry.” – Professor Anton View a more detailed course description here.
Any current or prospective student in DePaul’s MA in English or MA in Writing and Publishing programs may apply for one of the English department’s graduate assistantships. Graduate assistants receive a full tuition waiver and a $7,500 stipend, payable September through May. The deadline for applying for a 2015–2016 graduate assistantship is January 15, 2015. Applicants submit the following materials: 1) Completed graduate assistantship application form 2) Personal statement (200–300 words) outlining qualifications and goals for an assistantship 3) Two academic letters of recommendation 4) Copy of the writing sample submitted with the program application 5) Official Graduate Record Examination… Read Article →