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by Ex Libris on September 21, 2017

Campus Event: Creatives Are Entrepreneurs

Charles Adler, co-founder of Kickstarter and founder of Lost Arts, keynotes the Coleman Center’s October 6 event designed to help DePaul students in the arts and creative industries identify ways to work in their fields. Panelists following the keynote come from the visual arts, writing, photography, music, fashion design, and other industries. Join the event at the Lincoln Park Student Center, room 314A on Friday, October 6, fro 10am-1pm. Coffee will be served. To register, click here. For more information, see flyer above.

by Ex Libris on September 19, 2017

Richardson Library Grand Opening

From Scott Walter: Dear DePaul Colleagues, Please join us for the grand opening of the next phase of the Richardson Library’s renovation on September 27th! While work continues on some of the details, we look forward to welcoming you to our new space and to introducing you to some of the new spaces and services that will be available to you and your students in the coming weeks. With help from colleagues across the university, we have added new capacity for supporting digital scholarship in the library, as well as digital media creation, a maker… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on September 8, 2017

Radical Machines: Chinese Computing and The Future of Writing with Dr. Thomas Mullaney

From John Shanahan—Associate Dean & Director of Liberal Studies, Associate Professor of English: At first, the topic might seem only for East Asian studies and History students, but it is not. It is about writing, reading, and changing interfaces. His book is getting a lot of attention because he has shown how much the history of the mobile phone interface had little-known global roots.Mullaney’s path-breaking scholarship has excavated an untold history of, for instance, how Chinese computer engineers in the 1950s and 1960s pioneered “predictive text input” – i.e. the interface we use on our… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on May 30, 2017

Reminder, Friday is the Year-End Celebration!

Join the English Department in celebrating our graduating students and honoring Francesca Royster for her amazing leadership as chair since 2015! The event takes place Friday, June 2nd from 3:00-5:00 pm in A&L 2nd Floor Atrium.

by Ex Libris on May 17, 2017

Crook & Folly Launch, May 25

The launch for Crook & Folly’s 37th edition will be Thursday, May 25! The event will celebrate the latest release of DePaul’s award winning journal of art and literature. The event takes place from 5:00-7:00 pm on Arts & Letters Third Floor Atrium. It will include a reading form the new edition, as well as food and refreshments. for more information contact crookandfolly@gmail.com.

by Ex Libris on May 17, 2017

End of the Year Celebration!

Join the English Department in celebrating our graduating students and honoring Francesca Royster for her amazing leadership as char since 2015! The event takes place Friday, June 2nd from 3:00-5:00 pm in A&L 2nd Floor Atrium.

by Ex Libris on May 11, 2017

Tuesday: Antiracist Workshop with SURJ

Next Tuesday, May 16, the Women’s Center will be holding an antiracist conversation and workshop sponsored by the Chicago chapter of Showing Up For Racial Justice (SURJ). The SURJ team will guide participants on the history of SURJ and racial justice organizing in Chicago and then go through skills training on alternatives to policing and calling the police. The event takes place at 6 PM in the Student Center Room 325. Contact Alexa Redick at redickalexa@gmail.com for more information.

by Ex Libris on May 11, 2017

DHC Presents Laureate Award to the Natives at Standing Rock

This year the DePaul Humanities Center’s annual Humanities Laureate Award will be given to the Natives at Standing Rock in recognition of the ethical, political, and cultural importance of their heroic resistance against the Dakota Access Pipeline and continued struggle against state oppression of Native Americans. Three Native activists will be accepting the award on behalf of the larger community. The ceremony and panel discussion takes place Wednesday, May 17 from 7:00-8:30 PM in the Student Center Room 120. See the flyer above for more details.

by Ex Libris on May 2, 2017

This Friday Join Building Communities, Ending Violence for The Practices of Healing

Building Communities, Ending Violence is hosting an event featuring professors and community members discussing healing justice practices, self-love in movement building. The event takes place May 5 in Arts and Letters Room 306. The event will feature a roundtable and conversation with Laila Farah, Ann Russo, Misty De Berry, Mary Hazboun, and Shana Bahemat as well as Misty De Berry sharing Reiki practices and Beth Catlett and Tracy Bleier sharing yoga practices. See the flyer above for more details, or check out their Facebook page.

by Ex Libris on April 25, 2017

May 11: Emoji Dick with Lisa Gitelman

On Thursday, May 11, Studio Chi will be hosting Lisa Gitelman, Professor of English at New York University, to present Emoji Dick: Prequels and Sequels. The talk will focus on Emoji Dick a crowd sourced and crowd funded translation of Melville’s great American classic, Moby Dick into Japanese emoticons. Challenging concepts of authorship, the culture and industry of print production, and meaning in the age of digital communication will all be present themes. The event takes place from 4:15 to 5:30 PM in Richardson Library Room 115. See the flyer above for more. About Studio… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on April 25, 2017

The 7th Annual Spring English Conference, Friday!

This Friday, April 28, 2017 the DePaul English Department invites you to attend our eighth annual student-run conference from 10:00 am – 4:30 pm in Arts and Letters Hall! The Spring English Conference is an annual daylong event in which DePaul English undergraduate and graduate students showcase their academic and creative work from the previous year. The conference is a unique opportunity to engage in and demonstrate DePaul’s vibrant literary and English language arts community. Panels include: Literary Analysis Fiction Poetry Creative Nonfiction Writing/Editing Natalie Y. Moore, WBEZ’s South Side Reporter, will be presenting this… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on April 20, 2017

Narrative Design is the New Game Design

DePaul’s School of Design is hosting an event discussing the merger of game design and narrative writing. “Narrative Design is the New Game Design” will take place 6-7:30 PM at 14 E Jackson. See the flyer above for more information, or find more online.

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