Lynn Povich talk on 4/15
Lynn Povich, award winning journalist and author of The Good Girls Revolt ,will give a talk during common hour on April 15th (DAC 416C). See […]
Open Mic Night with Headliner Steve Herrera
Doctoral student Daniel Dissinger’s “Poetry Teachers NYC” is hosting an open mic night at Milk & Roses. The event will feature musician Steve Herrera. An […]
Interested in teaching?: Bard College Teaching Program
From Carol Meyer, the Director of the Bard College Master of Arts in Teaching Program: We are seeking those students who are passionate about literature […]
Scholarship opportunity: Proofreading.com
The Proof-Reading.com Scholarship Program holds an essay contest each year to award one $1,500 scholarship to a student attending classes at an accredited four-year college or […]
Bookmarks: Dr. Kathleen Lubey
St. John’s University Department of English presents Bookmarks: Conversations about Books by our Faculty featuring Dr. Kathleen Lubey in conversation with Dr. Amy King Excitable […]
Music Journalism Internship Opportunity
Music Journalism Intern Zumic Entertainment, Inc. seeks multiple interns with knowledge about music and journalism to assist with information gathering and content creation. We are […]
Paul Witcover reading, Thursday, 03/14
Please join us Thursday, March 13, in the back lounge of the Institute for Writing Studies, at 2 pm, for a reading by Paul Witcover, […]
Disrupting Ourselves: The Problem of Learning in Higher Education
Thursday, March 21 1:50-3:15 PM Bent 101A Join us for this “Digital Humanities” presentation sponsored by the English Department, the Dean of St. John’s College, […]
Fall and Summer Course Offerings now available
On this page, located on the left hand column of our blog, you can now find the course offerings for Fall 2013, undergraduate and graduate, […]
Summer Grad Classes
Once again we’re offering three online grad courses during the summer. A copy of our summer course flyer is here: Summer13Flyer. Feel free to contact Steve […]
STJ English Grad Conference
Come explore “Monstrous Spaces in Literature and Pedagogy” with graduate student panelists from St. John’s University and other universities around the country. The event opens […]
PTNYC Fundraiser: Music, Poetry, Comedy, and more!
Check out D.A. student Dan Dissinger as he reads poetry at a fundraising event! There will be music, poetry, comedy, and more at the Comedy […]
SJU Alumnus Michael Jacobs wins Faculty award
Congratulations to SJU English alumnus Michael Jacobs! Mike won the Faculty of the Year award at Berkeley College. From the White Plains Daily Voice article: “Michael […]
CFP: 21st Century Englishes
Graduate Student Conference: “21st Century Englishes” on Oct. 19, 2013 Location: Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH Contact email: bgsucon@gmail.com Proposal Submission Deadline: June […]
David Farley Bookmarks event cancelled for 3/4
Due to a family emergency, Dr. David Farley has had to cancel his upcoming Bookmarks talk on Monday 3/4. We’ll try to reschedule and post a date […]
Kingship Cycle at St John’s
Starting March 8 and lasting through April 21, St. John’s is very lucky to have the Adirondack Shakespeare coming coming to both the Manhattan and […]
Papers in Progress: St John’s Graduate Conference
On March 5th and March 7th from 5:00pm-7:30pm participants in the St. John’s Graduate Conference will be giving a sneak preview of their conference papers […]
Summer NEH Seminar in Early Modern Manuscripts and Printed Books
Here’s a link to a great NEH summer seminar based in NYC on early modern manuscripts and printed books. Application deadline is March 4. Participating Institutions: The […]
Job candidate on campus tomorrow
A quick reminder that Mecca Sullivan, a candidate for the post-colonial faculty position, will give her job talk in the IWS seminar room at 2 […]
CFP: The Consortium for Critical Reading, Writing, and Thinking
The Consortium for Critical Reading, Writing, and Thinking Annual Conference Saturday, October 26, 2013 Sponsored by Berkeley College and St. John’s University This conference invites […]
Michael Berube, MLA President, on Graduate Education
A great piece in the CHE by Berube on the crisis in graduate education today. This is very much worth reading for all present and future […]
Internal Candidates for MA fellowships
Just a reminder to all our students that the deadline for MA and DA fellowships is coming up on March 1, at the end of […]