Current MAE and MAWP students, check your email! The English Department is offering Partial Tuition Scholarships (PTS) to recognize outstanding academic achievement of students in its two graduate programs. Partial Tuition Scholarships provide a partial reimbursement for tuition paid for Spring 2012 graduate courses in English taken toward the MAE and MAWP degrees. You are eligible to apply for a PTS award if: You have already completed at least two English graduate courses toward your MAE or MAWP degree You are enrolled in one or more English graduate classes for the current fall term You… Read Article →
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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 →
In Alumni News: Molly Tranberg (MAWP ’11, and former Ex Libris editor!) was recently hired as an Editorial Assistant and Assistant to the Publisher in the Reference Division at Oxford University Press in New York. She assists the publisher in day-to-day tasks and works to bring new online reference materials to life. According to Molly, “It’s a great first job in publishing because it’s a very traditional print publisher, but the reference division is moving into an all-online territory.” She also has some encouraging words for current students and recent grads looking for a job:… Read Article →
Each year the DePaul Humanities Center selects a few DePaul faculty members to receive a Faculty Fellowship, and this year the English Department is very happy to announce that the six Faculty Fellows selected for 2012-2013 include two of our own faculty: James Murphy and Michele Morano. As faculty fellows, Murphy and Morano will each be researching and presenting a project. We’ve asked them both to share a little about their research, and here it is in their own words. From Prof. James Murphy, on his project, “The Dublin Quartet: A Cultural, Intellectual, and Literary… 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 →
Are you looking for come career advice tailored to English students– or better yet, tailored to you? Check out these two new offerings from the DePaul Career Center: How to Find a Job (a seminar for English students) February 23rd, 5:30-6:30 pm Arts & Letters Hall, Room 109 Emily Kravetz Career Adviser Emily Kravetz will lead this hour-long seminar on the in’s and out’s of how to look for a job and what is available for English graduates. Watch Ex Libris for an update on the exact location. Personal Internship/Job Advice Hilary Longnecker (Career Center… 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 →
Wish you could follow DePaul Radio’s exciting new Student Writers Series, but have other obligations on Friday mornings? Well you’re in luck! As promised, DePaul Radio SWS hosts Colin Harris and Marcy Farrey have created a blog where you can listen to previous episodes at your leisure. The first two episodes, which feature DePaul English graduate students Danielle Killgore, Zhanna Vaynberg, Bethany Brownholtz, and Michael Van Kerckhove are up now on DePaulSWS’s first blog post! Visit the DePaul SWS blog at depaulsws.wordpress.com— or better yet, add it to your reader of choice so you don’t… Read Article →
Believe it or not, tomorrow is the last day of January. Literary-event-wise, it’s going out with a bang with what is sure to be a fascinating reading and reception with author Mahmoud Saeed at the Lincoln Park campus. Luckily, February will be packed with even more great literary events in and around DePaul. Grab your calendars and get ready for these upcoming literary events from the DePaul Visiting Writers Program, the DePaul Humanities Center, the Guild Literary Complex, and more! February 2nd – DEPAUL POETS DePaul’s own Mark Turcotte, Chris Green, David Welch and Kathleen… Read Article →