Continuing their Rogue Workshop Series, geared toward developing career skills through narrative techniques, the Career Center will be hosting “Stories Before Interviews.” The event will take place Thursday, April 14 and will focus upon developing storytelling skills that are applicable in a professional interview. Find out more on the flyer below, and RSVP on Handshake.
The DePaul Humanities Center will be hosting three exciting events throughout April, each with a unique focus upon English, language, and writing. The first, DePaulywood Squares, takes place on April 6, and features the English Department’s very own Anne Clark Bartlett. More on the flyer below or RSVP here. The next event, April 11, is an eclectic exploration of Moby Dick as the DHC continues their series “Making the Novel Novel.” More on the flyer below or RSVP here. The final event this April 21, “The Xenotext the Art of Genes, A Life of Extremes,” explores the boundaries between biology, music, and poetry. More on the flyer… Read Article →
Northwestern University will be hosting “WORD: A Panel on Native American Literature” featuring poet Simon Ortiz, scholar Kelly Wisecup, and DePaul’s own Mark Turcotte. The event is Friday on Northwestern’s campus. See the flyer below for more details.
This is a final reminder for students to submit to DePaul’s seventh annual Spring English Conference. The conference takes place on Friday, April 29th and submissions are due this Friday, April 1st. Find out more on the flyer below, see full submission requirements here, and send submissions to englishconference.dpu@gmail.com. Find out more about keynote speaker Brian T. Edwards here, or check out his new book After the American Century.
Tomorrow, Wednesday March 16, the winter quarter LAS Faculty Research Symposium, “Constructions of History” will be held in the Student Center Room 314 A from 12:00-2:00 PM. The English Department’s own Paula McQuade will be presenting her work, “Second-Wave Feminism and the Recovery of Women Writers.” Find the full schedule below.
This Saturday the Newberry library will be hosting “The Turn to Religion: Women and Writing in Early Modern England.” The conference will focus on a new and exciting field of scholarship that explores the role of women’s devotional writing in shaping the English Reformation and Counter-Reformation. The conference is also in part a research methods workshop for early career graduate students. Leading the conference is Wayne State University’s Jamie Goodrich, and DePaul’s very own Paula McQuade! Ex libris would like to send accolades to the three participating DePaul MAE students: Hana Yoo, Robert Daniels, and… Read Article →
This year SAIC’s learning symposium, titled Going Off(Shore), attempts to flatten the typical hierarchical design of conferences and take on a conversational format, inviting graduate students to submit generative conversational prompts that provoke a departure from stable ground, so as to rethink learning and curriculum. The symposium takes place Saturday, April 9th from 10:00 am to 2:30 pm. Submissions are due on March 11th, and can be sent here. For further details, see the flyer below or contact the conference organizers at goingoffshore2016@gmail.com.
Below is a call for submissions for DePaul’s 7th annual Spring English Conference. Here is a .pdf or .docx of submission guidelines. Submissions are due April 1st. Call for Submissions – Academic and Creative Work 7th Annual Spring English Conference Hosted by Students of the Department of English Organizers: Anastasia Sasewich (MAWP) and Jordan Weber (MAE) Friday, April 29, 2016 • Arts & Letters Hall 2315 N. Kenmore Ave The DePaul English Department invites you to participate in our seventh annual student-run conference. The Spring English Conference (SPEC) will be held on the afternoon of Friday, April… Read Article →
LAS Student Government Senators, Benjamin Bui and Bohdana Bohny, along with Student Government Executive Vice President, Kristina Pouliot, are hosting an event on marketing humanities degrees. The event, “Learn, Acheive, Succeed: How to Market your LAS Degree” will be March 1st from 4:30-5:30 pm in A&L Room 207. Panelists include Gene Beiriger (Dept. History), Ed Childs (Career Center LAS Specialist), and LAS alumna Nya Brooks. You can find out more through OrgSync.
This Friday, March 4th the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences will be hosting Crossing Boundaries the third annual LAS Interdisciplinary Conference. The event will be held between 12:00-5:00 pm in McGowan South. The conference will feature graduate research from students across the humanities as well as a keynote, “Scholarship Outside the Box” hosted by LAS faculty. A full schedule of events is available below, or contact LASGraduateOffice@depaul.edu for questions. Schedule: 12:00-12:15 WELCOME & OPENING REMARKS Lucy Rinehart, Interim Dean & Associate Professor of English 12:20-1:35 PAPER SESSION I Group A: “Gender Identity in Literature” Group… Read Article →
To commemorate Women’s History Month, The Women’s Center is hosting “An Evening with Aja Monet” on Tuesday March 8th. In addition to performing her work, Ms. Monet will engage in a moderated discussion about art as a form of social resistance. Find out more on the flyer below. More on Aja Monet: “Poet Aja Monet Confronts Police Brutality Against Black Women With #SayHerName” “Aja Monet Uses Poetry as a Tool to Protest Violence and Racial Injustice” Vibe “Tongue Tactics: 9 Afro-Latino Poets Who Get Radical On The Mic”
Mark your calendars! The 7th Annual the Spring English Conference will be held on Friday, April 29th. Submissions, open for both creative and academic writing, are due April 1st. Stay tuned for further details on guidelines, requirements, and the announcement of the keynote speaker!