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by Ex Libris on September 22, 2017

Campus Event: The Horror of the Humanities V

The DePaul Humanities Center’s fifth-annual Halloween event begins, as always, with an avant-garde “haunted house” featuring multimedia, interactive posters, installation art, and exhibits pointing to the horror of everyday life as well as the relationship between horror and the history of the humanities. It continues with a screening of a contemporary horror movie, and concludes with a talk and Q&A with the film’s director. Horrific surprises abound on Halloween Eve at the DHC! For more information see the flyer above.

by Ex Libris on September 22, 2017

Goodman Theatre Free Writing Workshop

I Am THE DARKER BROTHER: Demonization and the Demise of Civil Liberties Led by Chicago-based teaching artist Deb Lewis, participants use Langston Hughes’ poem, “I, Too” as inspiration to explore what being an “American” means, and the responsibilities that freedom of speech engender. Where: Alphawood Gallery, 2401 N. Halsted Street When: Tuesday September 26, 6pm The series is presented as an extension of Alphawood’s current exhibit, Then They Came for Me: Incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII and the Demise of Civil Liberties, and marks the second installment of “In These Times”—a Goodman/Alphawood collaboration that… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on September 22, 2017

September 24-30 is Banned Books Week!

Banned Books Week is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. Held during the last week of September, it highlights the value of free and open access to information. Banned Books Week brings together the entire book community — librarians, booksellers, publishers, journalists, teachers, and readers — in shared support of the freedom to seek and express ideas, even those some consider unorthodox or unpopular. The Top Ten Challenged Books of 2016 are: This One Summer written by Mariko Tamaki and illustrated by Jillian Tamaki Reasons: challenged because it includes LGBT characters, drug use and… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on September 21, 2017

Graduate Night at the Museum

The College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences is hosting a night at the DePaul Art Museum(DPAM). The event includes a tour of the exhibits, hors d`oeuvres, drinks and an artwork scavenger hunt. The reception takes place on Wednesday, October 4th from 4pm-7pm. For more information see the flyer above.

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 19, 2017

Sunday Salon Chicago: A Literary Series

Come see the Sunday Salon Chicago’s free reading! When: September 24, 2017 7:00 P.M. Where: Riverview Tavern 1958 W. Roscoe Avenue, Chicago, IL 60657 For more information, check out the Facebook event here.

by Ex Libris on September 12, 2017

CWIP Fall Kickoff 2017

Chicago Women in Publishing Announces Jian Ping, Memoirist, as 2017 Fall Kickoff Keynote Speaker In addition to being the author of Mulberry Child: A Memoir of China, Jian Ping is also an adjunct faculty professor at DePaul’s School of New Learning. Event Details: When: Wednesday, September 20, 2017 6:00-8:30 p.m. Where: U.S. Bank Building (40th floor) 190 S. LaSalle St., Chicago IL 60603 For more information see press release flyer above or visit the CWIP website here. *To register click here. *If you are a DePaul student, registration is only $20.

by Ex Libris on September 12, 2017

Visiting Writer: Sarah Pappalardo

The Department’s Visiting Writers Program begins this Fall with Sarah Pappalardo, co-creator of Reductress, the first and only satirical women’s magazine. The event takes place Thursday, September 21 at 6pm, in Arts & Letters 103. See the flyer above for full details.

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 September 7, 2017

2018 Multidisciplinary Graduate Student Conference: Call for Papers

From the Newberry Center for Renaissance Studies: January 25 to 27, 2018 We 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. The 2018 conference schedule will include workshops and presentations with rare books in addition to traditional conference sessions. Deadline: Sunday, October 15, 2017 at midnight CDT Eligibility: Preference is given to proposals from students at member institutions of the Center for Renaissance Studies consortium, but we welcome proposals from students at member institutions… 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.

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