Who: Angus O’Hara, DePaul sociology student What: Drawing Vampires: Depicting a Cultural Icon When: Tuesday, April 7, noon–1:30 p.m. Where: Social Science Research Center, 990 West Fullerton Avenue, Suite 3100 **See the poster below for more information.**
Sundress Academy for the Arts (SAFTA) is offering 2015 summer writing retreats in fiction and poetry. The three-day, two-night retreats take place at SAFTA’s Firefly Farms in Knoxville, Tennessee, and include instruction, writing supplies, food, drink, transportation to and from the airport, and all onsite amenities for $200. Camping equipment is also available for rent. The fiction writing retreat (May 29–31) and the poetry writing retreat (June 12–14) are limited to 15 slots each. See the flyers below or email safta@sundresspublications.com for more information. Fiction Retreat Flyer Poetry Retreat Flyer
The Poetry Center of Chicago‘s graduate student reading will take place on Friday, April 3, from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Millennium Park Room on the fifth floor of the Chicago Cultural Center. Five graduate students will be reading at this poetry showcase: Teresa McMahon, an MFA candidate at Columbia College Chicago; Hannah Keene, an MFA candidate at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago; Joshua A. Fisher, a MA in Writing and Publishing candidate at DePaul; Hannah Brooks-Motl, a PhD candidate at the University of Chicago; and Jim Davis, an MFA candidate at Northwestern. Check… Read Article →
Loyola University Chicago’s English department is hosting a symposium called Modernism’s Legacies: (Post) Postmodernism on Saturday, April 11, 2015. Registration is required for this free event. See the flyer below for more information.
DePaul’s Center for Intercultural Programs (CIP) welcomes students to attend next quarter’s events. Topics include black life in cinema, fathers and sons, gender and perception, Afrofuturism, and South Asian queer identity. Follow the link or see below for the spring 2015 calendar.
The English department’s Visiting Writers Program welcomes author Patrick Hicks to DePaul on Monday, April 20. Hicks will read from his latest novel, The Commandant of Lubizec, at 6 p.m. in room 115 of Richardson Library. See the flyer below for more information.
Now that winter quarter is drawing to a close, polish your academic papers and creative pieces—and submit them to DePaul’s English conference (egsaconference2015@gmail.com). Happy spring break!
The Theatre School at DePaul is hosting the panel discussion August Wilson at Yale on Monday, March 23, at 7 p.m. on the Fullerton Stage. The event is free and open to the public, but reservations are recommended. Interested parties can make reservations by phone or email through the TTS Box Office (773.325.7900 X2; theatreboxoffice@depaul.edu). The event is part of Goodman Theatre‘s citywide August Wilson Celebration, which includes concert readings, panel discussions, special events, and a revival of Wilson’s Two Trains Running.
Affective Encounters: Philosophy, History, and Politics, DePaul’s annual department of philosophy graduate student conference, is taking place this coming Friday, March 13, and Saturday, March 14. See the flyer below for more details.
SCHOLARSHIPS This Friday, March 13, is the deadline to apply for the Adult Student Affairs scholarships. The Professional Development Fund allows adult students (undergraduates 24 years of age or older and graduate students) to apply for partial or full funding to cover memberships in professional organizations or associations, conference attendance, seminars, and other professional development opportunities. *** COMPASS GROUPS Compass Groups are community meetings about a specific topic that provide students with a structured way to meet peers. In spring quarter, the four Compass Groups will focus on the following topics: mindfulness, five choices (time management and productivity), stress management for academic success, and social… Read Article →
DePaul’s Career Center is hosting the Career Options for Creative Students Fair this Thursday, March 12, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. in Room 120 of the Lincoln Park campus student center. View a list of the companies that will be present at the job fair here or download the company profiles as a Word doc here.
This January I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to attend the ALA (American Library Association) Midwinter Conference, which was held right here in Chicago. I’m currently interning in the marketing department at Albert Whitman & Company, a children’s book publisher based in Park Ridge, Illinois, and was able to snag a pass for myself (and possibly my mother…) from my boss. Not only was I able to experience the conference as a visitor but I also got a behind-the-scenes look because Albert Whitman had a booth, which I helped set up the day before the… Read Article →