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by Ex Libris on October 30, 2013

EGSA to Attend Lemony Snicket this Friday

EGSA is going to see Lemony Snicket (whose real name is actually Daniel Handler) speak this Friday from 6pm-7pm as part of the Chicago Humanities Festival. Snicket is the author of the A Series of Unfortunate Events books as well as the All the Wrong Questions series. Tickets are $10 with your student ID. Click here to buy them. You can RSVP to the event here. From the Chicago Humanities Festival Website: Through a series of quite fortunate events, Lemony Snicket, literary superstar and character mysterioso, will grace the CHF stage. Or perhaps it will be… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on October 25, 2013

The Chicago Humanities Festival has a Cornucopia of Internships

The Chicago Humanities Festival Internship Program welcomes students and graduates to experience the creation and execution of public programs within a nonprofit cultural institution. This program internship will require a commitment of 14-21 hours a week, starting in late January and ending in late May, 2014. CHF internships are project-based and vary based on the program cycle and needs of the organization. While all intern projects involve inter-departmental collaboration, each intern project has a specific concentration as outlined below. Marketing Intern: Specific project-related aspects of the internship include: Research and undertake specific outreach and marketing… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on October 24, 2013

Openings for PhD at University of Cincinnati

Nonfiction Writing PhD Students Wanted The University of Cincinnati is currently conducting a national search for a writer who will help establish their nonfiction program, and they hope to begin admitting PhD students immediately. The new faculty member will join a creative writing faculty that includes poets Don Bogen, Jim Cummins, Danielle Deulen, and John Drury, as well as fiction writers Chris Bachelder, Michael Griffith, and Leah Stewart. The university hopes that any of promising students who might be interested in pursuing a PhD in creative nonfiction apply. Most of the school’s PhD students teach one… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on October 24, 2013

Purdue University’s School of Language and Cultures is Seeking Papers

Purdue University’s School of Language and Cultures is seeking graduate research papers for their 14th Annual Graduate Student Symposium. Throughout history, previously isolated groups have come into contact with outsiders, in terms of customs, religion, and language. These interactions can yield varying results based on the specific circumstances of the cultural meeting. How well do two groups unknown to each other successfully communicate across cultural boundaries? What are the literary, linguistic, socio-political and cultural outcomes of such communication? How do cross-cultural interactions alter the way original members of the same group communicate? Research into specific… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on October 24, 2013

Career Night for English Students

Career Night for English Students First, James Phelps, Undergraduate Advisor, will discuss how students can best prepare themselves for the various careers open to English graduates. Second, Chris Green, Director of Internships will discuss the English Department’s Internship Program. Then, the following panel will present career options in non-profits and answer student questions. Panel: Careers in Non-Profits for English Students Zach Duffy currently serves as the Director of Education at 826CHI. He received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin Madison, with a major in English and an emphasis on Creative Writing. Upon graduation,… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on October 21, 2013

Graduate Opportunity at The Chicago Humanities Festival

The Chicago Humanities Festival, The Newberry Library, and the Karla Scherer Center for the Study of American Culture at the University of Chicago are pleased to announce a special opportunity for graduate students. On Saturday, November 2 three dynamic scholars of American history and culture-Professors Peter Mancall (University of Southern California, History and Anthropology), Wai Chee Dimock (Yale University, English and American Studies) and Susan Scott Parrish (University of Michigan, English and Environmental Studies) -will deliver public lectures at the Newberry Library as part of the 24th annual Chicago Humanities Festival’s theme of “Animal: What… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on October 17, 2013

Prof. Ted Anton to Speak at the National Hellenic Museum

In Chicago, on Thursday Oct. 24, at 6:30 pm, Professor Ted Anton will speak about the latest discoveries in longevity research at the National Hellenic Museum at 333 North Halsted. Food and drink in a beautiful venue, all invited. If you’re planning to come, let Prof. Anton know and he’ll put you on the guest list.

by Ex Libris on October 16, 2013

Visting Author Davy Rothbart

Join us for our next Visiting Writers Series event with Davy Rothbart, October 17, 6 p.m., Richardson Library Room 115. Davy Rothbart is the creator of Found Magazine, a frequent contributor to public radio’s This American Life, and the author of a book of personal essays, My Heart Is An Idiot, and a collection of stories, The Lone Surfer of Montana, Kansas. He writes regularly for GQ Magazine and Grantland, and his work has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, and The Believer. His documentary film, Medora, about a resilient high-school basketball… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on October 15, 2013

Mame M. Kwayie Publishes in the Houston Chronicle

MAWP student Mame M.Kwayie published a piece in the Houston Chronicle on Discrimination in America. The article is entitled, “Kwayie: Discrimination continues to take many forms in America” and is a personal essay exploring modern racial prejudice. Below you’ll find an extracted section of the piece. “The three of us walked in silence, our shoulders shrugged, our heads down. I don’t know where I’d learned to shrink like that. I wanted to look over at my aunt and ask her if she’d heard what they said and if anyone had ever used that word in Africa…. Read Article →

by Ex Libris on October 14, 2013

Music and The Great Migration at DePaul

One Book, One Chicago: Music and the Great Migration Wednesday, October 16 at 6:00 PM As Isabel Wilkerson writes in The Warmth of Other Suns, “The music the migrants carried north with them … became … essentially the soundtrack of the twentieth century.” Join Chicago entrepreneur Herman Roberts and author Scott Blackwood as they discuss the music of the Great Migration by way of Roberts’ personal narrative and Blackwood’s scholarly work. DePaul University assistant professor of English Miles Harvey will moderate. Music and The Great Migration Wednesday, October 16, 6:00 p.m. DePaul University, Lincoln Park Campus… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on October 14, 2013

Join the Department of English Board

The Department of English is Seeking Two Graduate Student Representatives The English Department is seeking two graduate students, one from the MAE and one from the MAWP, to represent English students in departmental discussions and decisions. The student representatives will join faculty on the department’s Personnel Committee to help evaluate the teaching of any professors up for tenure or promotion. Student representatives typically attend Personnel Committee meetings and relevant department, college, and university meetings; contact previous students of the professor going up for review; visit professors’ classes; and write an overall assessment of that professor’s… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on October 11, 2013

November Writers Night Out Workshop at Lillstreet Loft

Chicago Writers Conference is happy to announce its new partnership with Lillstreet Loft! Lillstreet Art Center offers arts education for all skill levels, a gallery, an artist residency program, studio space, and a community outreach program, and writers retreats. Lillstreet Loft will host a bookmaking retreat on November 3; read more about it here. Lillstreet Loft is our newest partner in our Writers Night Out workshop series. Join us at Lillstreet for Podcasting for Writers on November 4. Margaret Larkin will teach you how to record, edit, and publish your podcast online. Register before October 28… Read Article →