Join Penguin Books for “Remember, Resist, Discover”—A Banned Books Week Event
St. John’s University students are invited to join Penguin Books for “Remember, Resist, Discover”, a banned books week event. Please see the flier below for details, […]
Month: September 2017
A Course With Dr. Raj Chetty: Race, Baseball, Culture and Literature
English majors and minors, Please consider enrolling in the Spring 2018 course on Race, Baseball, Culture, and Literature (English 3690)—with a study abroad component to […]
LATIN HERITAGE MONTH PRESENTS: “One of a Kind” Afro-Latinx Panel
St. John’s University Students are invited to join a slew of university partners for a “One of a Kind” Afro-Latinx panel in celebration of Latin […]
Women and Gender Studies Welcomes YOU to Lunch — September 28th
St. John’s University Students interested in gender studies and women’s issues are encouraged to join the Women and Gender Studies department during common hour for […]
Congrats, Dr. Timothy Woods!
Congratulations to Dr. Timm Woods, who defended his dissertation on role-playing games: “Anything Can Be Attempted: Table-Top Role Playing Games as Learning and Pedagogy.” He defended on September […]
JOB ANNOUNCEMENT: English Faculty Position at Berea College
St. John’s University Postdoc Students are Invited to Apply for a faculty position at Berea College’s English department. Please see the following excerpt for details: […]
CFP: NEMLA 49th ANNUAL CONVENTION – Deadline September 30th
St. John’s University Students are invited to submit their abstract proposals for the Northeast Modern Language Association’s 49th Annual Convention in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Please see […]
Sam McCalla, ABD!
Congrats to Sammantha McCalla on her incredible comp exam defense covering a range of topics on Caribbean childhood, literature, postcolonial theory, Afropessimissim, and colonial education. […]
CFP—The Things We Carry: Strategies for Recognizing and Negotiating Emotional Labor in Writing Program Administration
St. John’s Students are welcomed and encouraged to submit materials for the following edited collection by OCTOBER 15, 2017. Please read the following: Editors: Courtney Adams Wooten, […]
UNDERGRADUATE PUBLISHING OPPORTUNITY: Red Cedar Review
Attention Undergraduates, You are invited to submit materials for publishing to the Red Cedar Review, a Michigan State University journal. Please see the following message […]
JOB LISTING: Professor, African American Literary and Cultural Studies – U of Miami
Please review the following job posting and description, courtesy of MLA and the University of Miami. Tenured or Tenure-Track Professor, African American Literary and […]
CONFERENCE – Novel Theory: Society For Novel Studies, in Conjunction With V21
NOVEL THEORY –the biannual conference of The Society for Novel Studies— in conjunction with V21 Collective May 31-June 2, 2018 at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY […]
Congrats to Dr. Danielle Lee!
On Friday afternoon, after the office lights had gone out and the campus rushed off into this gorgeous late-summer weather, a committee of Drs. Mentz, […]
Congrats to Dr. Regina Corallo!
Another new St. John’s English PhD! Her committee of Drs. Dohra Ahmad, Jen Travis, and Scott Combs send congratulations to Dr. Regina Corallo. Her innovative […]
Founder’s Week – Poetry for Shelter and Social Justice (Reading & Open Mic)
Join us for poetry reading and open mic Friday, September 22 Poetry Reading: 11 am – 2 pm Open Mic: 2 – 4.30 pm Reception: 4.30 – 6 pm Open […]
Congrats to Dr. Tara Bradway!
Yesterday afternoon St. John’s doctoral candidate Tara Bradway treated her committee of Drs. Mentz, Hollander, and Sicari to a dazzling conversation about Shakespeare, performance, and […]
NeMLA 2018
The 2018 keynote speaker will be Professor Rob Nixon, the Currie C. and Thomas A. Barron Family Professor in the Humanities and the Environment at […]