Rising Scholars Postdoctoral Fellows Program (application due April 12)
The UVA Graduate School of Arts and Sciences seeks to fund scholars through their Rising Scholars Postdoctoral Fellows Program. It is described on their website […]
“Building the Fugitive Academy” Workshops and Seminars Hosted by Boston College (March 5-May 7)
Boston College is hosting “Building the Fugitive Academy: Communication, Culture, Media, & Rhetoric Scholars on the Work of Transformation” as a conference divided into two […]
NEPCA 2021 Virtual Conference: Thursday, October 21-Saturday, October 23 (abstracts due Aug 1)
NEPCA 2021 Virtual Conference: Thursday, October 21-Saturday, October 23 Science and Technology Area Current Co-Chairs: Jessica Hautsch , Stony Brook University , jessica.hautsch@stonybrook.edu; Jon Heggestad, Stony […]
Poem Published by Phoebe Miller
We are pleased to celebrate the publication of an original poem by a St. John’s student. Phoebe Miller wrote her poem “Growing Pains” in English […]
Tenure-Track Positions available for Critical Race and Ethnicity Studies (CRES) Department at Augsburg University
Dr. Tricia Matthew (@triciamatthew) has posted a short Twitter thread of job opportunities for the newly established Critical Race and Ethnicity Studies (CRES) Department at […]
NAP Scholarship Deadline: March 31
@stevengfullwood summarizes the scholarship as: The NAP Scholarship is an annual fund awarded to students, early career, and independent archivists of African descent who wish […]
Library Resource for Students, Faculty and Staff
In order to request materials from the library, students, faculty and staff can use the acquisitions link here.
Poetry Manuscript Announcement
An exciting announcement from one of our own English Ph.D. students—in addition to the pre-release of his chapbook celestial navigation, Peter Vanderberg’s first full-length poetry […]
Nothing Old, Nothing New: Resonances in Black Film and Media Webinar March 17
CUNY’s Intellectual Publics will be presenting a webinar entitled “Nothing Old, Nothing New: Resonances in Black Film and Media” via Zoom on March 17, 2021 […]
Laura Bassi Scholarship: application deadline March 31
The Laura Bassi Scholarship, which awards a total of $8,000 thrice per annum, was established by Editing Press in 2018 with the aim of providing […]
Beyond Academia Conference 2021
Berkeley is hosting their 9th consecutive Beyond Academia conference (though fully virtual this year!) from February 25th-26th. There will be nearly 100 speakers who discuss […]
Plants and Poetics: A Panel Discussion (Noon March 31 on YouTube)
…featuring St. John’s own Professor Lee Ann Brown! at University of Pennsylvania Kelly Writers House: http://writing.upenn.edu/wh/calendar/0321.php#31 PLANTS AND POETICS: A PANEL DISCUSSION Lee Ann Brown, […]
Congratulations to Nancy Alvarez and Raquel Corona on their publication!
Dr. Nancy Alvarez (PhD ’17) and Dr. Raquel Corona (PhD 2021) had their chapter “Estamos Locas? Narratives of Resistance in an English PhD Program” about […]
Junior English majors: Internship Opportunity at Plough Magazine
The internship is described below by Dana Wiser, its coordinator: “We offer 8 seats, 4 at a time for a month each. Interns assist editorially […]
Spring Bookmarks #1: Dr. Gregory Maertz on 3/15
Bookmarks, Dr. Maertz Poster Our first Bookmarks event of the spring semester will feature Dr. Gregory Maertz in dialogue with Dr. Stephen Sicari about Nostalgia for […]
Dr. Phillip Grayson, Assistant Professor of English at Tennessee State University
News from St. John’s English Ph.D. alumnae! Dr. Phillip Grayson, who graduated from St. John’s with his Ph.D. in English in 2017, is currently a […]
Book Release Announcement
An exciting announcement from one of St. John’s own Ph.D. students—Peter Vanderberg’s chapbook, celestial navigation, is being published spring 2021 by Finishing Line Press! On […]
Bigger 6 / CECS Article Prize
Bigger 6 / CECS Article Prize We’re pleased to announce a prize for the best article from 2020 in Romanticist studies by an emerging scholar […]
NYCDH Week Workshop Registration Is Open (1/22)
NYCDH Week Workshop Registration Is Open: as of 4:53 am, January 22, 2021 It’s Time to Register for NYCDH Week 2021!!! The workshops have been […]
The St. John’s University Humanities Review Volume 17, Issue 1, Winter 2020
This issue of The St. John’s University Humanities Review seeks to provide educators with invigorating, practical, and effective pedagogical methods to apply to their classrooms. […]
Princeton University Press Diversify Publishing Fellowship (deadline 2/15/21)
Below please find information regarding the Princeton University Press Diversify Publishing Fellowship, taken directly from their Twitter thread: Applications are open for our Diversify Publishing […]
UMass Amherst Graduate History Association 17th Annual Conference (proposals due January 29)
The Graduate History Association of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst invites proposals for its 17th annual interdisciplinary conference. This year’s conference is entitled “Stories of (In)Equality: […]