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by Ex Libris on November 10, 2014

NIU’s 51st Allerton English Articulation Conference Seeks Proposals (Deadline: 2/1/15)

Call for Proposals and Participation Metaphors We Teach By NIU’s 51st Allerton English Articulation Conference April 15 –16, 2015 Allerton Park and Retreat Center Monticello, Illinois   Proposal Deadline: February 1, 2015 Applicants email a title and one-paragraph abstract of their panel or individual presentation proposal to AllertonConference@niu.edu. Those accepted will be notified by March 1. See Northern Illinois University’s 51st annual Allerton English Articulation Conference website for more information.  

by Ex Libris on November 6, 2014

Native American Poet and DePaul Professor Mark Turcotte’s Upcoming Readings

Join Native American poet Mark Turcotte, a visiting assistant professor in DePaul’s English department since 2009, for his upcoming in-state readings on November 13 and November 20. The November 13 reading takes place at the University of Illinois at Springfield. Can’t make the trek to our illustrious state capital? The November 20 reading will be closer to home, at Loyola University. See the fliers below for more information.  

by Ex Libris on November 5, 2014

DePaul Faculty Member Emily Gray Tedrowe to Read at Sunday Salon Chicago November 23

Join Emily Gray Tedrowe—a visiting assistant professor in DePaul’s English department—at Sunday Salon Chicago on Sunday, November 23, at 7 p.m. The free literary reading series takes place at Riverview Tavern (1958 West Roscoe Street). Suzanne Clores, James Finn Garner, and Sharon Solwitz will also be reading at this month’s installment of Sunday Salon Chicago.

by Ex Libris on November 5, 2014

Daniel Shore Lecture and Workshop Monday, November 17

Join Georgetown’s Daniel Shore for “Prosthetic Formalism in the Digital Archive,” a lecture and workshop on digital methods for historical literary analysis. Professor Shore studies the literature of the Renaissance, with a special focus on the works of John Milton. He is the author of Milton and the Art of Rhetoric (Cambridge University Press, 2012). Shore is currently at work on a second book project, Cyberformalism (under contract with Johns Hopkins), which explores how searchable digital archives like Google Books, EEBO, and ECCO allow us to study the history of linguistic forms.

by Ex Libris on November 5, 2014

Winter Quarter Graduate Course Spotlight: The American Literary Magazine—Idealists and Happy Fools

Still on the fence about your winter 2015 course selection? Here’s one class to consider.   “There will always be idealists and happy fools, so there will always be literary magazines.” – Rob Spillman of Tin House   ENG 477-201 Topics in Publishing The American Literary Magazine—Idealists and Happy Fools Hybrid Course—Online and selected Tuesdays, 6 p.m.–9:15 p.m. Questions? Email Professor Borich: bborich@depaul.edu.   For more information, see the detailed course description flyer.

by Ex Libris on October 29, 2014

Submit Proposals for Transgressions, ISU Word’s Worth Conference (Deadline: 1/15/15)

The Word’s Worth Committee at Illinois State University seeks paper proposals from graduate students for the ISU Word’s Worth Conference. The 2015 conference theme is transgressions. The conference will take place on Friday, April 17, 2015. Students may submit their proposals through this online form by Thursday, January 15, 2015. For more information, check out the official call for proposals.

by Ex Libris on October 27, 2014

Congratulations to the English Department’s New Graduate Student Reps!

Carolyn Rudinsky (MAE) and Ariel Jefferson-Ray (MAE) have been selected as the graduate student representatives on this year’s English Department Personnel Committee. They will represent DePaul’s MAE and MAWP students in department discussions and decisions, including the formal reviews that the Committee conducts to evaluate the work of tenure-track faculty.  They will be attending department meetings, attending Personnel Committee meetings, contacting previous students of the professor going up for review, visiting that professor’s classes, and writing an assessment of that professor’s teaching.

by Ex Libris on October 23, 2014

Update to Winter Quarter Course Descriptions

ENG 475 (Topics in Literature: Digital Humanities), previously scheduled for Wednesday evenings, will now meet on Monday evenings instead. View the updated winter course descriptions here. Winter quarter registration opened on Monday, October 20, and will continue through Friday, October 24. After that, students may still add, drop, and swap classes in Campus Connect until early next quarter.

by Ex Libris on October 16, 2014

MAKE Literary Productions Lit & Luz Festival on Saturday, October 18

This Saturday, October 18, join DePaul visiting assistant professor Kathleen Rooney for Archive, a live magazine show extravaganza. The event, which closes out the inaugural Lit & Luz Festival, takes place at Co-Prosperity Sphere (3221 South Morgan Street, Chicago, IL 60608). Doors open at 7 p.m. and the show starts at 8 p.m., with danceable music from Ida y Vuelta and Sonorama to follow.   For more information or to buy tickets, click here.   Here’s some background on the event from Kathleen Rooney: “I’m a contributing editor to MAKE Literary Productions and we applied for and received a grant from the MacArthur Foundation to… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on October 15, 2014

18th-Century British Poetry Group at the U of C: Autumn Quarter Schedule

Session One (Tonight, October 15) John Dryden, Absalom and Achitophel (1681 text) Rosenwald 432, 5 p.m. 1101 E 58th St, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637 Download tonight’s reading, Absalom and Achitophel, here.   Session Two (October 29) Jonathan Swift: The “Stella” poems; “A Description of the Morning;” “A Description of a City Shower;” “The Lady’s Dressing Room;” “A Beautiful Young Nymph Going to Bed;” “Verses on the Death of Dr. Swift”   Session Three (November 12) Alexander Pope, The Dunciad (1743 text)   Session Four (December 10) James Thomson, The Seasons   Come for the… Read Article →

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