The Department of Comparative Literature at Indiana University is pleased to announce the Second Annual Comparative Literature Graduate Conference, titled “Crystal Queer.” The conference will be held on Friday, April 1 through Saturday, April 2nd in Bloomington, Indiana. 300 word abstracts are due by January 30th, and can be sent to complit.iu@gamil.com. The attached call for papers provides further information.
Welcome back MAE and MAWP students! After the long winter break, Ex Libris is excited as you are for Winter Quarter 2016. A few important dates to remember as we strap in for the cold weeks ahead: DePaul’s 3rd annual LAS Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference is now accepting submissions. The conference will be held on March 4th and the deadline to submit is January 15th. Visit their site here. The English Honor’s Society, Sigma Tau Delta is now accepting applications. Find the application form here. Sunday January 10th is the last day to add/swap classes. Friday January… Read Article →
Ex Libris would like to announce it will be on a short hiatus for Winter Intercession. Over the next few weeks of December, the site will be working on some small updates and will not be making any new posts. Ex Libris will still be fully operational and providing access to previous posts, class lists, and other digital resources. In the meantime, a few quick reminders: DePaul’s 3rd annual LAS Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference is now accepting submissions. The conference will be held on March 4th and the deadline to submit is January 15th. Visit their site here…. Read Article →
Purdue University has announced a call for submissions to a new symposium focusing on interdisciplinary research in the fields of linguistics and language use. They invite submissions of original research papers from all areas of linguistics, applied linguistics, literature, second language studies, and cultural studies of any language or language group to be presented in 20-minute talks or posters. Abstracts are due by Tuesday, December 22nd. Find full details here, and submit here.
Callaloo, the premier literary journal of the African Diaspora, is now accepting applications for the 2016 Brown Callaloo Creative Writing Workshop (CCWW). They invite submissions of poetry or fiction for admission consideration for this two-week workshop, which will be hosted by the Department of Africana Studies and the Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice at Brown University, June 12-25, 2016. Applications must be submitted online no later than November 1, 2015. Each applicant must submit a brief cover letter and writing sample (no more than five pages of poetry or twelve pages of prose fiction)…. Read Article →
The Chicago Humanities Festival, in partnership with the Baskes Family, has extended the deadline for a special graduate student seminar with Timothy Snyder, Housum Professor of History at Yale. Successful applicants will be invited to hear Professor Snyder’s public lecture “The Holocaust as History and Warning” on Saturday, November 7th at 4:00 pm at the UIC Forum, 725 W Roosevelt Rd. They will also be invited to join Professor Snyder beforehand for a smaller private seminar from 2:00-3:00 pm in the Community Room at Powell’s Bookstore, 1218 South Halsted Street, moderated by Northwestern University Professor Karen Alter. Interested Applicants should submit… Read Article →
DePaul Women’s Network (DWN) is hosting their 2015 Fall Faculty Forum and English Department Chair Francesca Royster will be delivering the keynote address “Rejuvenate!:Eartha Kitt, Dance, and Life-writing as a form of Re-animation.” The event is Wednesday, October 14 from 4:00-5:30 pm in the Lincoln Park Student Center Room 324. Registration closes on October 12 and seats are limited. To register follow the link here. The event is free and open to all DePaul faculty, staff, and students. Dr. Royster teaches courses in Critical Race Theory, Gender and Queer Theory, African American Literature, Shakespeare, and Early Modern Literature…. Read Article →
Loyola University is hosting a day conference called Versions, Versioning, and Versionality. It takes place Saturday, October 31 in Information Commons 4th Floor on the Lake Shore Campus of Loyola University, 6501 North Kenmore Avenue between 8:45 am and 5:00 pm. The conference is about versions as things, versions as implemented editorially or in performance or for particular audiences, and leads on to theoretical reflection upon the condition of versionality. There will be four plenary papers each followed by a round-table response reflecting on their possible extensions or implications. From the organizers: Have we become more interested in versions of cultural works than… Read Article →
MAE students: Chicago’s Newberry Library Center for Renaissance Studies is calling for submissions to their 2016 Multidisciplinary Graduate Student Conference. They invite abstracts for 20-minute papers from master’s or PhD students from any discipline on any medieval, Renaissance, or early modern topic in Europe, the Americas, or the Mediterranean world. Submissions from disciplines as varied as the literature of any language, history, classics, anthropology, art history, music, comparative literature, theater arts, philosophy, political science, religious studies, transatlantic studies, disability studies, and manuscript studies are encouraged. Because of the conference’s multidisciplinary nature, all papers must be… Read Article →
A reminder to all MAWP students that this weekend September 25-27 is the Chicago Writers Conference (CWC). CWC is unique opportunity to connect with authors, publishers, and other figures in the Chicago literary community. Events are structured for writers of all genres, all ages, at all stages! In addition to general sessions, CWC features small sessions, intensive workshops, and pitch meetings with agents. The evening offers cocktail parties, a reading & raffle, and a chance to socialize and network with fellow writers. This years featured authors include: Students not yet registered, though online registration for CWC… Read Article →
A reminder to MAWP students and all interested writers, regular registration for the Chicago Writers Conference ends today! Tomorrow, Sept. 7th, late registration begins and admission prices increase. The Chicago Writers Conference is an annual event taking place September 25-27 this year. The conference is a unique opportunity to connect with publishers, authors, writers, and other literary figures in the Chicago area, expanding both your creative and professional horizons. More information and details on the conference will be spread via email, so keep posted. To find out more on your own, investigate CWC events, and… Read Article →
DePaul associate professor Miles Harvey and visiting assistant professor Kathleen Rooney will be leading writing workshops at the 2015 Northwestern Summer Writers’ Conference, which will take place July 30–August 1. Writers can register here.