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by Ex Libris on January 30, 2025

Today’s THE DAY! Blue Demon Challenge – One Day Only – January 30!

TODAY is the (one and only) day of DePaul’s Blue Demon Challenge! Please especially consider making a contribution to support our English Department and/or Big Shoulders Books during this fundraising event. Your donations are greatly appreciated! Event Overview: DePaul’s biggest yearly fundraising event is back! Each year, the Blue Demon Challenge has grown in impact, and with your help, we can make 2025 the best yet. To reach our goal of 4,750 individual donors in a single day, we ask everyone—faculty, staff, students, parents, alumni, and friends—to make a gift and support the areas you care about most at challenge.depaul.edu. Direct… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on January 29, 2025

Blue Demon Challenge: TOMORROW, Jan. 30, one day only!

Please especially consider making a contribution to support our English Department and/or Big Shoulders Books. Your donations are greatly appreciated! Event Overview: DePaul’s biggest yearly fundraising event is back! Each year, the Blue Demon Challenge has grown in impact, and with your help, we can make 2025 the best yet. To reach our goal of 4,750 individual donors in a single day, we ask everyone—faculty, staff, students, parents, alumni, and friends—to make a gift and support the areas you care about most at challenge.depaul.edu. Direct link to donation page (select “Fund for English” or “Fund… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on January 27, 2025

Prof. Jonathan Gross Lectures at University of Warsaw!

Congratulations to Prof. Jonathan Gross, who recently lectured at the University of Warsaw! Invited by UW’s Faculty of Liberal Arts and Faculty of Polish Studies, Prof. Gross presented on Music as a theme in Mickiewicz’s Forefather’s Eve (Part Three), Konrad Wallenrod, and Pan Tadeusz. In DePaul’s English Department, Prof. Gross teaches courses in English Romanticism, 19th Century Literature, and World Literature. He has edited novels, letters, and poems by aristocratic women of the Regency period, including Georgiana, duchess of Devonshire, Lady Melbourne, and Anne Damer. In 2014, he received a Fulbright to teach at Aristotle… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on January 23, 2025

Call for Recommendations: LAS Excellence in Teaching Awards

Do you have a favorite professor/faculty member? Have any of your instructors gone the extra mile? For any faculty member who has significantly influenced your studies at DePaul, show your gratitude with an Excellence in Teaching nomination! See the flyer below for details.

by Ex Libris on January 17, 2025

Now Open: Submissions to the 45th Edition of DePaul’s Crook & Folly!

Submissions are now open for DePaul’s student-run literary magazine, Crook & Folly! Scroll down for deadline and submission details. (The info below has been copied from Crook & Folly.) Incentive Period Deadline: February 2, 2025, 11:59 PM (The incentive period allows your work to be seen by C&F staff prior to the submission deadline and gives you the opportunity to receive feedback on your work, revise, and resend for publication.) Final Deadline: February 23, 2025, 11:59 PM Submission Guidelines: Click here to reach the submission page!

by Ex Libris on January 16, 2025

Graduate Assistantships Available for all English Grad and Combined Degree Students! (Deadline: January 31)

Each spring, the English Department awards Graduate Assistantships for the upcoming academic year. These carry: [*Note: combined degree students are unable to renew GAships for a 2nd year] GAs are assigned to work 20 hours per week at the Lincoln Park or Loop Campus during the fall, winter, and spring quarters. These assignments include: Any current or prospective student in the MA in English Literature and Publishing (MALP), MA in Writing and Publishing (MAWP), the MFA in Creative Writing and Publishing, or either of the combined degree programs may apply for an assistantship! New students… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on November 15, 2024

MMLA Conference: Info & Photos!

Thank you to everyone who visited the MMLA’s 65th Annual Convention this morning at Hilton Chicago and attended Dr. Jonathan Gross‘ panel, featuring our English grad students Carmen Romero Lopez, Rebecca Hathaway, and Zach Cleir! See below for pictures from the event and a short bio on each of these students. The Midwest Modern Language Association’s annual conference is a valuable event for students to attend; in addition to dozens of interesting panel discussions, there are book exhibits, book discounts, job opportunities, and the chance to meet many fellow students at late undergraduate and graduate… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on November 11, 2024

Week 10 Events & Deadlines: One Book, One Chicago + MMLA + Application Reminders!

Happy Week 10, everyone! Scroll down for a few reminders of upcoming events and deadlines for the week ahead (including our One Book, One Chicago announcement for Gabrielle Zevin’s author visit). [The dates to mark down are this Wednesday (13th), this Friday (15th), and this Saturday (16th)!] 1. One Book, One Chicago’s banned book: Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow When: FRIDAY, November 15, 11:00 AM Where: LPC, McGowan South, Room 106 This year’s One Book, One Chicago will feature author Gabrielle Zevin, who will discuss her book Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow in a reading,… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on November 5, 2024

Your Week 9 Recap: A List of Upcoming Deadlines for Fellowships, Calls for Submissions, etc.!

We’ve been keeping you up-to-date on opportunities and events throughout the quarter—but it helps to see these all in one place! In case you need it, here’s a recap of all the fellowships, contests, and more with upcoming deadlines between now and early January (and a few with later deadlines, to help you plan ahead). Each item in the list below will have a hyperlink to its original post, where you can view more info and access application links. Fellowships, Workshops, and Residencies “Writing Between the Vines” Retreats for Writers (Available this February at four… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on November 4, 2024

Support Dr. Jonathan Gross and DePaul English students at the MMLA’s 65th Annual Convention!

Dr. Jonathan Gross and DePaul grad students Carmen Romero Lopez, Rebecca Hathaway, and Zach Cleir will be participating in the Midwest Modern Language Association’s 65th Annual Convention next week! Read below for full details on this event. We hope you’ll attend these interesting discussions! Where: Hilton Chicago, 720 S. Michigan Ave Schedule:Friday, November 15Third floor, private dining room 19:30 – 10:45 AM Love, Lust, and the Romantic Sublime: Blindness and Insight into Health and Well-Being in Frankenstein and Other Romantic Period Texts Panel chair: Jonathan Gross Saturday, November 16Third floor, private dining room 39:30 –… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on October 9, 2024

Anxious About Climate Change? Take Solace In Art At THE DEAD ZOO Poem-Film and Conversation!

Join us at The Dead Zoo film and reading on Tuesday, October 22, from 6:30 – 7:30, at DePaul’s Cortelyou Commons (2324 N. Fremont Street), for DePaul’s Sustainability Month! A 20-minute film based on Prof. Chris Green’s sonnet crown The Dead Zoo (poems from the perspective of endangered or extinct animals, plants, and places) will play silently while other poets help him read the sonnets. This will be followed by a conversation with Environmental Science Prof. Liam Heneghan about poetry, climate change, and mass extinction. The poets who will read include cin salach, Tony Trigilio, Josh Corey, Mike Puican, John McCarthy, and Patty… Read Article →

by English GA on May 9, 2024

Spring English Conference: Friday May 10

Join us in the Arts and Letters building for the Spring English Conference and engage with some of DePaul’s best writers in cross genre panel discussions and free snacks! The Keynote address will be held in room 103 at 11AM and followed by author panels from 12-5 on the third floor. Drop in any time!

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