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The English Graduate Student Conference presents Reconstructing the World from Ruin. The conference is being held on April 20, 2024, 9:30 AM-3:30 PM. The event will occur […]

Congratulations to Seán Griffin, PhD student and Doctoral Fellow in English, on the publication of their poetry chapbook by Bottlecap Press! There are many patterns around us. […]

Congratulations to Dr. Patrick Zwosta!  Patrick finished his dissertation– Double Blind Nostalgia: The Intersection of Pop Culture and Politics in the 1980’s and Beyond—and successfully defended it […]

Congratulations to Dr. Stephanie Montalti!  Stephanie finished her dissertation​ — Illustrating the Fantastic: Cross-Writing Illustrations in British Children’s Literature of the Golden Age—​ ​ ​and successfully defended it on March […]

The English Department is proud to co-sponsor a symposium on “Cultivating Cultural Humility for Palestinian Rhetoric,” organized by the Communications Department and Palestine Solidarity Committee. […]

Come celebrate the Spring ’24 issue of Sequoya at a Publishing Party! In the Writing Center Back Lounge on Mon 4/22 during Common Hour (1:50 […]

Young Adult Literature and Disability Studies scholar Tolonda Henderson (MA, MLIS) will be giving an online presentation for Dr. Ahmad’s Young Adult Literature senior seminar […]

Solitary confinement is anything but quiet. Sammy scatters crumbs from his meals to bring out a mouse, who he named, to talk to. All to […]

Dr. Victoria Schanoes, Associate Professor of English at Queens College, and author of Burning Girls and Other Stories will be a guest lecturer in Dr. […]

The Laura Bassi Scholarship was established in 2018 with the aim of providing editorial assistance to postgraduates and junior academics whose research focuses on neglected […]

The American Trust for the British Library is hosting a symposium at the Grolier Club on March 20th at 5:30 PM featuring speakers including St. […]

It’s here! The CFP for this spring annual English Grad Conference! Here’s the Word doc, with a link to a google form for submission: CFP_SJU […]

On Sat Feb 3, Steve Mentz will be a guest of the Barge Museum in Red Hook, Brooklyn, for an hour-ish of informal conversation about […]

Sigma Tau Delta is now accepting priority consideration applications for the Penguin Random House fall 2024/spring 2025 internship. The Penguin Random House internship program offers […]

Last Friday night I had the great pleasure of hearing SJU doctoral alumna Dr. Danielle Lee speak at the Columbia Shakespeare Seminar. As expected, her […]

Congratulations to our PhD candidate Sonia Adams for being a recipient of the Edward Guiliano Global Fellowship from the MLA! (The MLA, or Modern Language […]

Come join us for the final Bookmarks of the Fall ’23 semester, featuring Dr. Nicole Rice in dialogue with Dr. Steve Mentz about her new […]

The Modern Language Association is accepting proposals for their new volume, The Humanities at Work in US Community Colleges, edited by Michael Jacobs (a St. […]

The Composition and Cultural Rhetoric (CCR) Program at Syracuse University is accepting applications from MA students for its 2024-25 doctoral cohort.  The program “is a community […]

Sigma Tau Delta is partnering with the W. W. Norton college division to offer Sigma Tau Delta students the opportunity to gain experience in college/university publishing through […]