Last chance for Strange
If you haven’t yet seen the nine wonderful images paired with quotations from Shakespeare currently on display in the IWS, or if you’ve seen them […]
Month: November 2011
Happy Holidays!
Classes are quickly coming to a close and final papers are looming on the horizon. Why not take a break from your studies and come […]
Graduate Student Association Holiday Potluck
The Graduate Student Association (GSA) is hosting a Holiday Potluck Dinner on Thursday, December 1 — co-sponsored by our very own English Department. Date: Thursday, […]
The Super Sad State: Shteyngart, Zamyatin and Dystopias
It would be beneficial to most, if not everyone, to read a dystopian novel at least once in their career as a graduate student whether […]
CFP: In Progress Journal
Publishing is something that is on most grad students’ minds right now, even if it’s percolating on the back burner. I’m running through ideas for […]
CFP: Tufts Univ Graduate Conference
Tufts University will be hosting its first annual Graduate Humanities Conference on “Curiosities.” The conference will take place on Friday, February 17th, 2012 from 8:30am […]
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 […]
Poetry Reading this Friday
Poetry Reading + Q & AWendy S. WaltersFriday, November 18th, 201112:30pmDr. Geoffrey Yeh Art GallerySunyat Sen BuildingSt. John’s UniversityQueens CampusBio:Wendy S. Walters’ work resides at […]
Call for Sessions from the BABEL Working Group
If you are interested in Medieval Studies and you’re not yet familiar with the blog In the Middle, take a minute and head over there! They […]
Don’t forget today’s event!
Please join us today for a talk with Professor Rachel Brownstein of the CUNY Graduate Center and Brooklyn College. Her talk is drawn from her […]
Advice from Dr. Amy King
On the first day of Dr. King’s “Jane Austen Today” class, I read over the syllabus and did a double-take. Sitting on the page next […]
CFP: Northeastern U Grad Conference
Northeastern UniversityEnglish Graduate Student Association ConferenceMarch 31-April 1, 2012Call for PapersSpecial Topics Panel—Writing, Memory, and TeachingAs part of the sixth annual Northeastern University English Graduate […]
CFP: Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference at Stony Brook Univ.
Instrument, Image, Ekphrasis: Intersecting Genres of Knowledge The English Department at Stony Brook University is proud to offer an interdisciplinary call for papers that asks […]
Graduate Courses: Update to Dr. Geller’s Course Description
English 170 Authorship, Ownership, Appropriation and the RemixTuesday, 7:10-9:10pmIn Authorship, Ownership, Appropriation and the Remix we will consider why everyone inside and outside of education […]
Undergraduate Summer Research Opportunity
Attention Juniors! Here is an amazing opportunity for summer research offered through UCLA and the Bunche Center Summer Humanities Institute (SHI). This is an opportunity […]
Reminder: Bookmarks and Registration
Graduate registration begins tomorrow, November 9 at 7:00 a.m. Make sure you have received your registration access number from Gina or Lana. Log in through UIS […]
She Leads a Lonely Life
My fellow students, we have hit November with a bang. Or maybe a whimper? We have successfully turned in our midterm papers and are anxiously […]
Problems in Pride and Prejudice
Before I begin, I would like to clarify that I enjoy Jane Austen. By no means would I profess myself as a Janeite but I […]
Pride and Prejudice Becomes Personal
A 2007 UK-based poll boasted Pride and Prejudice as the number one text, self-titled Janeites often claim it as their favorite of the Austen canon, […]
Landscapes of the Passing Strange
Check out some images from last Thursday’s Landscapes of the Passing Strange. If you were as unlucky to miss this event as I was, come […]
Jane Austen and the Dawn of the Information Age – 11/14
Please join us next Monday, November 14 for a talk with Professor Rachel Brownstein of the CUNY Graduate Center and Brooklyn College. Her talk is […]