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by Ex Libris on October 8, 2015

Dr. Francesca Royster at the DWN Fall Faculty Forum

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 →

by Ex Libris on October 8, 2015

An Evening with Desmond Egan

The renowned Irish poet Desmond Egan will read from his work and also comment on the upcoming centennial commemoration of the 1916 Easter Rising. The event will take place Monday, October 12 at 5 pm  in the Richardson Library Room 400 (Dorothy Day Room). Egan has published 23 Volumes of poetry, two works of prose and two translations of Greek plays. In 1987 he founded the Gerard Manley Hopkins Festival in Newbridge, Co. Kildare, which he continues to direct. His poem “Peace” was translated into 35 languages as part of the international Millennium celebration. He and his work have received awards… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on October 7, 2015

Two-Year College Teaching Internships and Opportunities

Save the date! An upcoming be an information session covering two-year college teaching will be held on October 26 from 4:30-6:00 pm in A&L 210-11 (the student lounge). The session will cover: How to apply for a job What to expect in an adjunct teaching position Benefits of teaching internships What college employers want to know about you Faculty from Olive Harvey College (part of Chicago City Colleges) will be on hand to describe teaching in the city colleges, answer your questions, and give advice! Students interested in two-year college teaching internships please contact Dr. Carolyn Goffman head of… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on October 2, 2015

Spotlight: ENG 477 Topics in Publishing with Barrie Jean Borich

With course carts opening in a few days, MAWP students please consider ENG 477 Topics in Publishing: American Literary Magazine – Idealists and Happy Fools with Barrie Jean Borich. “There will always be idealists and happy fools, so there will always be literary magazines.” -Rob Spillman of Tin House This hybrid course examines the American literary magazine, from inception to contemporary practice. It explores the missions, functions, styles, personalities, experiments and aesthetics of several little magazines and literary journals published form the early 20th century to the present day, particularly those representative of great moments of change in… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on October 1, 2015

“Versions, Versioning, and Versionality” hosted by Loyola University

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 →

by Ex Libris on October 1, 2015

Guild Literary Complex Annual Prose Awards for Short Fiction and Non-Ficiton

The Guild Literary Complex is now accepting submissions for their 2015 prose awards for short fiction and non-fiction. Every fall, the Guild Complex acknowledges emerging and established writers via a judged competition and recognition at the historic Chopin Theatre in Chicago. A cash prize of $500 in each category (fiction and non-fiction) will be awarded to an original unpublished work. The deadline to submit is Thursday, October 22 at 5:00 pm. Three semi-finalist from each category will read their work at our annual Prose Awards event, and the winners will be announced live that evening. The recognition event will be held… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on October 1, 2015

The Humanities Center Presents “Making the Novel: Don Quixote”

The DePaul Humanities Center begins their “Making the Novel” series with Don Quixote. The event is Wednesday, October 21st in the Student Center Room 120 from 7:00-9:00 pm. This years marks the 400th anniversary of the publication of the complete Don Quixote. Fittingly, the Humanities Center begins their novel series at the beginning of the novel itself, investigating the ways in which Miguel de Cervantes’ masterwork continues to find new ways to mean four centuries on. Over the course of an evening of performances and lectures, a multidisciplinary array of scholars and artists will contemplate Quixote from multiple perspectives – interpreting the narrative… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on October 1, 2015

Job Opportunity with Impact

The nonprofit organization Impact is looking for DePaul students to join them in their work. Impact is a nonprofit that runs aciton campaigns. They work in states where they can win positive change for the environment, democracy, and our collective future. Impact offers young people a chance to help change issues that matter by joining a team of 50 impact organizers who work together on focused, timely and targeted campaigns. Last year, one team of Impact organizers helped to convince McDonald’s to agree to stop using chicken raised on human antibiotics – an important step… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on October 1, 2015

Literary Studies Speakers Series Event: Jonathan Gross

Professor Jonathan Gross continues the English Department’s Literary Studies Speakers Series. On Tuesday, October 13 between 4:15 and 5:45 in Arts and Letters Hall 310 Professor Gross will present “‘Imputed Madness’ in Byron’s ‘The lament of Tasso.’” There will be FREE PIZZA! Professor Gross teaches courses in English romanticism, 19th Century Literature and world Literature. His interests lie in transatlantic literature, specifically the conjunction of liberal modes of thought with literary writing, whether in the work of Lord Byron, Madame de Stael, Thomas Jefferson, or William Hazlitt. He has edited novels, letters, and poems by aristocratic women of the Regency period;… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on October 1, 2015

Kathleen Rooney at The Open Door Reading Series

DePaul MAWP professor Kathleen Rooney will be reading for the Poetry Foundation’s Open Door Reading Series this October. The reading is Tuesday, October 20th at 7:00 pm at the Poetry Foundation 61 West Superior Street. The Open Door series presents work from Chicago’s new and emerging poets and highlights the area’s outstanding writing programs. Each hour-long event features readings by two Chicagoland college and graduate writing program instructors and one of their current or recent students. October’s reading features DePaul’s very own Kathleen Rooney and her student Jessica Anne along with the University of Illinois’ Adam… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on September 30, 2015

Spotlight: ENG 469 Latino/a Literature

Check out ENG 469 Latino/a Literature with Professor Bill Johnson Gonzalez Tuesdays 6:00-9:15 pm. This course provides an introduction to the history of Latino/a writing in the United States.  Examine texts by Mexican Americans/Chicano/as, Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, and Central Americans to trace both how these communities have constructed their individual identities, as well as how they have collectively interrogated the historical amnesia and exclusions of U.S. nationalist scripts.  Special emphasis will be placed on acquiring the historical and cultural contexts necessary for teaching these texts. Topics to be discussed include: Trans-American origins of “American” writing Literature of… Read Article →

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