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Dear Colleagues,English Studies at LargeAn Undergraduate Conference at Illinois State University Sponsored by the English Department and Sigma Tau DeltaG/great W/writers do all sorts of […]

Regina Corallo, DA student in the department and an adjunct instructor, was kind enough to share her experience at the Annual Medieval Guild Conference earlier […]

Via Dr. Lubey, here’s a link to a sample syllabus for Dr. Chris Denny’s Theology 3270: Theology and Literature, a course that satisfies the 3000-level […]

I read Christopher Isherwood’s review in the Times after taking my class to see the stage-play of “Throne of Blood” at BAM last Thursday.   What […]

Cahiers n°5 – The Rhetoric of Violence in the Early Modern Era We invite submissions for the 2011 issue of Cahiers Shakespeare en devenir-Shakespearean Afterlives. […]

Don’t forget the informational meeting for M.A. Portfolio requirements is scheduled for this Tuesday, November 16 at 4:00 p.m. in the English Department Lounge.  Although […]

The deadline for this CFP (at the bottom) is Jan 15, 2011. Science and Magic: Ways of Knowing in the Renaissance Princeton University, Princeton, New […]

Registration for Spring 2011 Graduate courses begins tomorrow, November 10th! If you have not already done so, please see Gina or Lana in the English […]

The description of this spring Distance Learning senior seminar seems to have been missing from our earlier post.  Please contact Dr. Melissa Mowry (mowrym@stjohns.edu) for […]

Come join the St. John’s English Department tomorrow afternoon, 11/9, at 3 pm in the Institute for Writing Studies, to celebrate and discuss the latest […]

I’m taking my Elizabethan Shakespeare students (E. 3140) to the Brooklyn Academy of Music next week to see a play with a strange relationship to […]

Via English major Brittni Kanhai, here’s a link to a reading at NYU featuring Junot Diaz, whose work has featured in a few recent classes.  […]

The English Department has a limited number of M.A. graduate assistantships available each year.  All full-time M.A. students currently in the graduate program and incoming […]

There will be an informational meeting for all English M.A. students regarding the M.A. portfolio requirements on Tuesday, November 16 at 4:00 p.m. in the […]

Here’s a link to a newly-funded doctoral program sponsored by the European Union.  At least 5 of what my friend Bernhard Klein at the University […]

Via Anne Geller, here’s a link to a student writing contest sponsored by The Atlantic magazine — http://assets.theatlantic.com/static/front/docs/studentWritingContest/2010.pdf

Happy November!! I know we are all very busy with projects and research and possibly even having a small dose of panic right about now, […]

Perhaps most of you already know where the English Department is located on campus and how to find it.  Well, I remember my first visit […]

Please note: There is a correction for the day slot for Prof. Maertz’s Eng 100: Modern Critical Theories.  The correct date and time is highlighted […]

Please note: The time for Prof. Scott Combs’s Forms and Themes in Film course has been corrected. The correct date and time is highlighted in […]

The Staten Island Spring 2011 Course offerings are out! Below are course titles, professors, and dates/times for each class. For a PDF with complete course […]

Happy Monday! You may have already noticed that we have a section on the left-hand side of the blog titled “Call For Papers.” The links […]