The Mark Claster Mamolen Dissertation Workshop on Afro-Latin American Studies
Type: Workshop Date: May 6, 2016 to May 7, 2016 Location: Massachusetts, United States Subject Fields: African American History / Studies, Black History / Studies, […]
Student News
Research Bites: NYPL’s Graduate School Reception
An invitation to ‘Research Bites: New York Public Library’s Graduate School Reception’, taking place on September 29, 2015, at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building at […]
Bad Romance; or, Heterosexuality — Sandra Macpherson Talk
On Thursday April 16th, at 4:30pm in the IWS Seminar room, Sandra Macpherson will be giving a talk entitled, “Bad Romance; or, Heterosexuality.”. The talk will […]
NCS Development and Communications Department Internship
NCS Development and Communications Department Internship Administrative Offices, Manhattan The Neighborhood Coalition for Shelter (NCS) is dedicated to providing housing and support that can transform […]
Online Teaching Essentials course
(Please note that the following is open to graduate students as well as faculty) To Faculty Members in St. John’s College: I am writing to […]
SJU Grad Student to give paper at MLA 2015 in Vancouver
St John’s Doctoral student Katelynn Deluca will present a paper at the January 2015 meeting of the Modern Language Association, in Vancouver, British Columbia. Her […]
Ball State University – Call for Papers (Undergrad)
The Digital Literature Review is the Ball State University English Department’s new undergraduate academic journal. Follow the link below for the journal’s Call for Submissions, and […]
Photos from CCCC
Please see the attached document for some pictures from the IWS students’ trip to the CCCC conference! CCCC photos
Creative Writing Reading (and Pizza) at IWS
There will be a student creative writing reading on April 29 in common hour in the Writing Institute Lounge: Sandra Nelson and Emily Gotimer-Strolla will […]
SJU Alumnus Michael Jacobs wins Faculty award
Congratulations to SJU English alumnus Michael Jacobs! Mike won the Faculty of the Year award at Berkeley College. From the White Plains Daily Voice article: “Michael […]
Poetry reading in Brooklyn: Dan Dissinger
Support D. A. student Dan Dissinger as he reads some of his poetry in Brooklyn! Dan was recently published as the Center Stage Poet in […]
In Defense of the English Major (Guest Post by Brendan Latimer)
(The following is a guest post by recent alum Brendan Latimer.) “Hi, I’m Brendan Latimer and I’m an English major”. Photo Credit: nyulocal.com What […]
Kudos to Laura!
Laura Lisabeth, who is one of our DA students, was recently published on the HASTAC blog. HASTAC (pronounced ‘haystack’) stands for Humanities, Arts, Science, and […]
Charles Dickens at the NYPL
A fall exhibition, “Charles Dickens: The Key to Character,” will be at the New York Public Library’s Wertheim Study Sept 14 – Jan 27. This […]
St. John’s student Christina Denny wins Jane Austen essay prize
News release: 2012 JASNA Essay Contest Winners Announced A panel of nine judges has now completed assessing nearly 80 submissions in this […]
Congratulations, Alyssa-Rae!
A belated congratulations to Alyssa-Rae Hug whose proposal was accepted for “A Gateway to Professionalization: An Undergraduate Researcher Poster Session” at the Conference on College Composition […]
Congratulations, Sarah!
Congratulations to Sarah Goncalves! Sarah will be having an original short story published in The Garbanzo Literary Journal, which she wrote for Professor Brownstein’s class […]
One more weekend of The Justice Project in Queens
Thank you to friends, students, and faculty who came out this past weekend to see the Manhattan performances of The Justice Project. It was wonderful […]
Professional Shakespeare on Campus (and FREE!)
As some of you may already know, I run a theatre company – the Adirondack Shakespeare Company. Last year we performed on campus, and this […]
Welcome Back for Spring 2012!
It has been great to see everyone over the last few days as we trickle in from the winter break. There are smiles, hugs, and […]
Publication: the long and dusty road
I have been having a slightly surreal week. When I woke up yesterday morning, I had an email in my inbox informing me that my […]
It’s Shakespeare … IN THE RAW.
And now for my own shameless self-promotion … Last semester I took Introduction to the Profession with Dr. Mentz. For my semester-long project touching on The […]