It’s the second day of the quarter, and hopefully by now all you grad students have your classes picked out, but if you’re making last minute adjustments or looking for something different, please note that Rachel Shteir, one of DePaul’s 2011-12 Humanities Fellows, is teaching a special topics course in the spring on Chekhov and Beckett. The course is THE 436, Seminar: Topics in Dramatic Literature and carries A&L domain credit. It has been approved as an elective for both MAE and MAWP students. Please contact your program director if you are interested in taking… Read Article →
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The Chicago Humanities Festival is hosting an upcoming event with Anthony Grafton on the past, present, and future of the book. It will take place on Saturday, March 31 at 2pm at First United Methodist Church (77 West Washington Street). Grafton, a distinguished writer, author, and professor of history at Princeton University, will be giving a lecture entitled, “The Book: Past, Present, and Future,” which the event page describes as: “Many of us love a good cliffhanger, but today we find ourselves in a state of suspense about the book itself. What happens next for the… Read Article →
There’s only one week left until the EGSA Conference paper submission deadline of midnight on Monday, March 19th. EGSA needs your Poetry, Fiction, Literary Nonfiction, Literary Analysis/Critical Approaches, Pedagogical and Literary Theory, and other writing on Publishing, Professional, and Teaching Practices. This is a great opportunity to showcase your work, get a line on your CV, and have fun with your classmates. While we’re still waiting for the EGSA Conference’s keynote speaker to be announced, there has been another conference development: EGSA is going to be collecting used books during the conference to donate to… Read Article →
Reminder: Tonight,Thursday, March 8th from 6-7:30 p.m.; Cortelyou Commons (reception preceding at 5:30) Scholar Martha Nussbaum will present: “Not for Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities,” based on her 2010 book by the same name. *** Alumni News: DePaul MAE graduate Greg Campbell has just been hired to a tenure-line position at the Community College of Baltimore County. Congratulations, Greg! *** If you’re near the Loop Campus tonight, there’s another great reading taking place at the DePaul Center Barnes & Noble. This Thursday, March 8th, the poet Michael Warr is reading from his new collection,… Read Article →
The upcoming EGSA Spring Conference now has its own home page– right here on Ex Libris! Check out EGSA Spring Conference 2012 for all of the most up-to-date information about how to apply, including the downloadable application form. Don’t miss a great chance to participate in a conference and share your work with your friends and classmates. The deadline to apply is March 19th, so get your papers, poetry, and prose ready. And check back soon for more updates, including this year’s very special keynote speaker. *** The DePaul Humanities Center invites everyone to attend… Read Article →
Ten thousand people are registered for the sold-out Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference this weekend right here in Chicago. If you’re lucky enough to count yourself among them, stop by the DePaul Masters in Writing and Publishing Program table at the book fair to say hi! It’ll be located in the lower level of the Chicago Hilton, Southeast Hall, N-19. Current MAWP students will be staffing the table to talk to prospective students and other interested folks about what makes our program so special. Of course, we will be more than happy to chat… Read Article →
Call for Student Papers- Conference: Popular Uprisings in Times of Crisis The International Studies Programs at DePaul University & University of Illinois at Chicago invite graduate and undergraduate students to submit a one page research paper proposal for the 2012 annual student conference to be held on April 18th. The theme of this year’s conference is Popular Movements in Times of Crisis. We live in a time of crisis, whether we look at global and national economies, the environment, increasingly fragile and intolerant political orders, contentious ideologies, or mounting anger at systemic inequalities. This conference… Read Article →
Acclaimed fiction writer Dagoberto Gilb will be reading at DePaul next WEDNESDAY, February 29th. The event–co-sponsored by the Department of English and the Center for Latino Research–will take place at 6 p.m. in room 115 of the library, a lovely new reading space on the main floor. Gilb is the author of The Flowers, Gritos, Woodcuts of Women, The Last Known Residence of Mickey Acuña and The Magic Blood, which won the PEN/Hemingway Award. He wrote his new collection of stories, Before the End, After the Beginning, in the months following a stroke Gilb suffered… Read Article →
It’s Valentine’s Day, and you know what that means: a free reading by Haki Madhubuti and Amina Gautier at the Lincoln Park campus! Join us from 6-8 p.m. in room 103 of the Arts & Letters Hall for this great event co-sponsored by African and Black Diaspora Studies and the Department of English! *** The University of Saint Thomas Graduate English Department is hosting its annual conference in April, and they have issued a Call for Papers to all graduate students. The UST English Graduate Program will hold its annual conference on FRIDAY, APRIL 27th,… Read Article →
Did you miss last Friday’s deadline to submit to DePaul’s own Threshold literary magazine? Or did you have just one more piece you would have liked to send along? You’re in luck! Threshold is extending their deadline for a full two weeks. Yes that’s right, you now have until Friday, February 24th to submit your work. Once again, Threshold’s website is www.wix.com/threshold2012/thresholddpu, where students can find submission guidelines and (new!) info about the 2012 Threshold Award for Excellence with judge bios. *** This week is International Writing Centers Week, and the DePaul University Center for… Read Article →
Valentine’s Day is this coming Tuesday, do you have plans? Well, you do now! On Tuesday, February 14th, please join the celebrated poet Haki Madhubuti and our gifted colleague Amina Gautier for an evening entitled “Liberation Through Literature.” Co-sponsored by African and Black Diaspora Studies and the Department of English, the program takes place from 6-8 p.m. in room 103 of the Arts & Letters Building. As a poet, publisher, editor and educator, Haki R. Madhubuti has been a pivotal figure in the development of a strong Black literary tradition, emerging from the Civil Rights… Read Article →
All are invited to attend 18th Century Texts and Books: A day conference which will take place at Loyola University Chicago’s Lake Shore Campus Saturday, February 25th, from 9:30-4:00. The event will be held in the Information Commons 4th Floor (17 on Map at http://www.luc.edu/about/pdfs/lsc.pdf). Presenters are Thomas F. Bonnell of St. Mary’s College, Stephen Karian of University of Missouri, Barbara Benedict of Trinity College, and James Woolley of Lafayette College. The conference also includes lunch, a coffee break, and a roundtable discussion with several Loyola faculty members. The conference is free and open to the… Read Article →