4/3/17 – Documentary Viewing: “Trans Youth”
St. John’s students, faculty and staff are invited to join us in welcoming journalist and documentarian JP Olsen, who will share his VICE documentary “Trans […]
Activism
4/1/17 – SJU English Conference Short Form Program
Activism & Humanities Graduate Student Conference Saturday, April 1st Attached and pasted below is the short form program for tomorrow’s graduate English conference. We will […]
4/1/17 – SJU Grad Student Conference: “Activism and the Humanities”
SJU Graduate Student Conference “Activism and the Humanities” Saturday, April 1st, 2017 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Plenary to begin in St. Albert Hall, Room […]
CFP: NYCEA 2017 Conference – “Marking the Margins and Setting the Center”
Marking the Margins and Setting the Center deadline for submissions: August 15, 2017 full name / name of organization: New York College English Association contact […]
CFP: NYU – “The Aesthetics and Ethics of Teaching Writing”, A Panel Series
“The Aesthetics and Ethics of Teaching Writing” A Panel Series deadline for submissions: April 25, 2017 full name / name of organization: New York University […]
CFP: 2017 MMLA Conference – “Artists and Activists”
Call for Papers 2017 MMLA Conference – “Artists and Activists” Call for Papers 2017 MMLA Conference “Artists and Activists” November 9-12, 2017 Cincinnati, Ohio The […]
CFP: The Peer Review – “Writing Centers and Relationality: Constellating Stories”
Attached to this email you will find a call for proposals for a special issue of The Peer Review. If you aren’t familiar with the journal […]
CFP: 5th Annual Conference of the Consortium for Critical Reading, Writing, and Thinking – Due 6/30/17
The 5th annual conference of the Consortium for Critical Reading, Writing, and Thinking: Hold Steady and Rock the Boat: Stability and Transformation in the Twenty-First Century […]
Call for Barnard Library Research Awards 2017/18: Gender & Sexuality Studies
Announcing: Call for Barnard Library Research Awards 2017/18: (https://library.barnard.edu/news/Announcing-Library-Research-Awards-201718) The Barnard Library will award two grants of $2,500 to researchers using its Archives, Zine Library or Barnard Center for […]
Dr. Shanté Paradigm Smalls & Dr. Raj Chetty – new members of the Editorial Board for “The Black Scholar”
HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to . . . Dr. Shanté Paradigm Smalls & Dr. Raj Chetty on their membership of the Editorial Board for The Black Scholar. For […]
SUNY COW Conference 2017: “Defining Success in College Composition: Rethinking Writers, Writing, and Pedagogy”
SUNYCouncil on Writing Conference 2017 Theme: “Defining Success in College Composition: Rethinking Writers, Writing, and Pedagogy” Dates: Friday, Sept. 8 and Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017 […]
Standing Against Racism in the Field of Writing: Dr. Asao Inoue (UW Tacoma)
Putting Writing at the Center of Inclusivity The UW Tacoma Writing Center’s new antiracism and social justice statement aims to confront practices that are systemic […]
Support the SJU Slam Poetry Team’s GoFundMe Campaign (ends April 2017)
From Dr. Dohra Ahmad: One of our wonderful English majors, Tom Hill, asked that I send out this gofundme request. He and some other […]
Film Series: “Woman with a Movie Camera”
The co-founders of WOMAN WITH A MOVIE CAMERA (from5to7.com), a global platform committed to increasing the visibility of trans/cis women filmmakers and all genderqueer/trans filmmakers, […]
CFP: WPA, for Collection on Undocumented Youth
CFP for Collection on Undocumented Youth After winning a presidential race characterized by scandal and bigotry, President-elect Donald Trump has set his sights on undocumented […]
3/16/17 – 2017 Women’s History Month Lecture: Dr. Yevette Richards, George Mason University
2017 Women’s History Month Lecture Dr. Yevette Richards, George Mason University Distinguished Lecturer, Organization of American Historians ”The 1928 Christmas Day Murders in Eros, Louisiana: Race, […]
Call for Submissions: Disability Studies Undergraduate Essay Contest, The Ohio State University
Call for Submissions: Disability Studies Undergraduate Essay Contest The Ohio State University Disability Studies Graduate Student Association (DSGSA) solicits entries for our inaugural undergraduate essay […]
SJU’s Spectrum February Newsletter
We’re Social! Facebook Twitter Instagram Email IMPORTANT: READ BELOW! ↑ Check out our calendar for the month of February ↑ Keep scrolling to read more about all the […]
4/1/2017 “Activism and the Humanities” Graduate Conference
Just a note to remind you all that proposals for the English Department’s Grad Conference will be accepted until Feb. 15, 2017. This year the […]
CFP: 2017 CUNY Conference – “The Professoriat at the Global University”
CALL FOR PAPERS The Professoriat at the Global University Saturday, April 1, 2017 Hunter College CUNY’s 245,000 undergraduates speak 189 different languages, 43% are non-native […]
Call for Papers: Queer Places, Practices, and Lives III at Ohio State University
Call for Papers Queer Places, Practices, and Lives III The Ohio State University Columbus, OH May 12-13, 2017 Confirmed keynote speakers: Miss Major Griffin-Gracy and […]
EVENT: Critically Engaging Race and Racism in Higher Education, DEC 6
Educators at CUNY are doing some great work and want to shed some light on their efforts. They have an event on Dec. 6th titled […]