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by Ex Libris on March 3, 2020

Call for Submissions: LAS Graduate Student Symposium

The submission portal for the 2020 LAS graduate student symposium at DePaul is now open! The submission deadline is March 27th. This year’s topic is The Question of Trust: Problems and Opportunities for the Intellectually Curious and Actively Engaged: Over the past four years, the media outlets we trust, the scientific findings we ponder, and the social mores we subscribe to have increasingly become a matter of political ideology in public discourse. Institutional and social trust has eroded. Differences are emphasized, and similarities recede into the background. The consensus-building approach of solidarity movements to… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on February 18, 2020

Upcoming Events: Elizabeth Kolbert Q&A for Students and Faculty

Elizabeth Kolbert, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Sixth Extinction and staff writer at The New Yorker, will be stopping by DePaul on Tuesday February 18 from 2-3pm in Student Center room 220 for a casual Q&A discussion. Students and faculty are welcome! A flyer with more info is attached.

by Ex Libris on February 7, 2020

Upcoming Events: Crook & Folly Valentines Celebration

Next Thursday join Crook & Folly for their annual Valentines celebration! Staff will be handing out valentines and providing information on how to submit to Edition 40 of DePaul’s arts and literature magazine. Schmitt Academic Center PIT 12-3pm Thursday, February 13th

by Ex Libris on February 4, 2020

Upcoming Events: What Can I Do About Climate Change?

TODAY- On Tuesday, February 4th from 12-3pm visit DePaul’s Richardson Library on LPC to learn what YOU can do about climate change. Organizations from across campus and the city of Chicago will be available to teach, engage, and inspire you to make a difference. This event is part of the 2019-2020 One Book, One Chicago season, exploring the theme Season For Change through the book The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert. onebookonechicago.org

by Ex Libris on January 28, 2020

Upcoming Events: An Evening with Hanif Abdurraqib

Don’t forget to mark your calendars for Thursday February 13th! Join poet, essayist, and cultural critic Hanif Abdurraqib in conversation with Dr. Francesca Royster and Nina Wilson in Student Center 314 from 6:00-7:30pm. Interested in reading some of Hanif’s work before he visits? Check out his website!

by Ex Libris on January 22, 2020

Visiting Writers Series: An Evening with Hanif Abdurraqib

On Thursday February 13th, join Hanif Abdurraqib in conversations with Dr. Francesca Royster and Nina Wilson in Student Center 314. Abdurraqib is a poet, essayist, and cultural critic from Columbus, Ohio and will be signing books. Mark the event on your calendars! Read more about Abdurraqib on his website and on his Twitter. EVENT DATE AND TIME: February 13th 6-7pm Conversation 7-7:30 Book Signing EVENT LOCATION: DePaul Student Center, LPC Campus Rm. 314

by Ex Libris on January 22, 2020

Upcoming Events: ‘Responding To A Slow-Motion Emergency: Communicating Climate Change’

TONIGHT – How do you talk about a problem that’s too big to see? How do you demand action when it’s easier to delay? How does art speak in response to science? Come watch a wide-ranging group of artists and professors discuss these questions and more. From DePaul University and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Paola Cabal, Liam Heneghan, Rebecca Johns-Trissler, and Kathryn Schaffer will pool their experience and expertise to help you understand how to grapple with something as daunting—and important—as climate change. This program is a part of the 2019-2020… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on January 21, 2020

Upcoming Events: Winter MAWP Director Pitch Meeting

Writing and Publishing students: Rebecca Johns Trissler, director of MFA/MA in Creative Writing and Publishing, is planning on holding another pitch meeting for anyone who wants to talk about 1) pitching their work for publication; or 2) pitching themselves for jobs in publishing or higher education. This quarter the meeting will be at noon on Friday, February 28th, in the 2nd Floor Student Lounge in ALH. If you’re graduating soon and are starting to think about your career or simply want to start sending your work out for publication, please RSVP to this address. There will be… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on November 6, 2019

Welcoming Erika Sánchez!

TONIGHT – Please join the department of Latin American and Latino Studies in welcoming Erika L. Sánchez, the new Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Chair in Latin American and Latino Studies! Erika will be teaching some of her courses in English, including a graduate workshop in YA Lit this winter. Event date: 6:00-8:00pm November 6, 2019 Event location: Cortelyou Commons, LPC

by Ex Libris on October 29, 2019

Upcoming Event: What Can We Do About Climate Change?

On October 30, join the English Department as we host our first event of the year in partnership with One Book, One Chicago. This year’s One Book selection is Elizabeth Kolbert’s The Sixth Extinction, and our first panel discussion will focus on solutions to human-caused climate change. “What Can We Do About Climate Change?” will be moderated by our own Ted Anton with Mark Potosnak, Barbara Willard, Jill Hopke, and Ali Fatemi all discussing their own work in relation to our changing climate.

by Ex Libris on October 21, 2019

Visiting Writers Series: Poets Richard Jones and Chris Green

Join two of our very own DePaul English professors, Richard Jones and Chris Green, on Monday, November 4 at 6pm in Arts & Letters 414 for a reading and conversation! Read more about Richard Jones’s poetry collection Strangers on Earth here and here. Read more about Chris Green’s poetry collection Everywhere West here and here.

by Ex Libris on October 3, 2019

Career Panel: Editing

Want to know what it’s like to be a working editor? Come and listen to professional editors Donna Seaman, Todd Stocke, and Marcy Posner discuss their careers and offer job advice on Tuesday, October 15 from 6:30-7:30pm in Arts & Letters room 306. There will be snacks and drinks!

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