St. John’s student Christina Denny wins Jane Austen essay prize
News release: 2012 JASNA Essay Contest Winners Announced A panel of nine judges has now completed assessing nearly 80 submissions in this […]
On-Campus Job Fair: Mon 9/10
Stop by the Big Top and join in the excitement of the first annual Employment Fair for On-Campus Jobs and Internships. Human Resources and Career Services are […]
Recruitment event for PhD program at CUNY Grad Center
The Ph.D. Program in English at the CUNY Graduate Center seeks to encourage African American and Latino/Latina students to apply to our doctoral program (the […]
Reception and Blog Launch: Th 9/6, 6-8 pm
Come gather with the English department faculty and students next Thursday night to celebrate the new semester and the re-launch of this blog! We’ll be […]
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Be sure to go to our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/stjenglish for updates and announcements. Have a great semester!
The Future of Authorship in the Digital Age: Lecture on 9/24
Coming soon — the first in a series of talks on the Digital Humanities! The Future of Authorship: Writing in the Digital Age Dr. Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Director […]
Welcome to Fall 2012!
Welcome to the St. John’s English Department! For those who don’t know me yet, I’m Dr. Steve Mentz, Professor of English, Director of Graduate Studies, […]
October Grad Conference in Renaissance Studies at U Mass – Amherst
The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst will host its tenth annual graduate student conference on Saturday, October 6, […]
Calling All Students!!
Graduate course English 830 (Allegory and Epic) is in danger of being cancelled due to low enrollment. If you are interested in taking this course, […]
Meet Dr. Ganter
I have been at St. John’s since 1998. My teaching typically covers colonial and nineteenth century U.S. literature, but my research has focused on oratory, […]
Meet Dr. Mowry!
Dr. Melissa Mowry has been at St. John’s since 2001. An eighteenth-century specialist, she enjoys teaching classes in the novel. Dr. Mowry also teaches and […]
Meet Dr. Harry Denny!
If you’ve been to the Writing Center at the Institute for Writing Studies, you’ve probably seen its Director, Dr. Harry Denny, in his office or […]
Meet Dr. Ahmad!
Dr. Ahmad first arrived at St. John’s in 2004, after having taught at various other institutions since 1995. She has also taught out-of-school youth and […]
Meet Professor Brown!
Professor Lee Ann Brown is our resident poetry expert at St. John’s. She has been teaching poetry courses since 1990 when she was still in […]
Meet Dr. Lubey!
Dr. Kathleen Lubey has been a favorite at St. John’s since 2005, when she first began teaching here. She focuses on eighteenth-century British literature and […]
NY Shakespeare Exchange: 2012 Internships
The deadline is June 30 (Saturday!), so not much lead time, but these look like fun internships for the fall. NY Shakespeare Exchange 2012 INTERNSHIPSAs part of […]
First-Year Composition Job at Manhattan College
First Year Composition Job AdThe Department of English at Manhattan College seeks two part-time adjuncts to teach two sections each of first-year composition in Fall […]
Loeb Classics available for downloads
You can find a link for all the public domain Loeb classics, the standard bilingual Greek and Latin texts, here. This will be very useful for any […]
MLA to provide e-dossiers for job candidates
Here’s some good news for future job-seekers: starting this fall, the MLA will partner with Interfolio, a leading e-dossier service, to offer dossier- and document-delivery […]
New Shakespeare Journal from Stratford-upon-Avon
New Journal: Shakespeare Institute Review – Call For Papers The Shakespeare Institute Review is a new online academic journal, which is funded by the University […]
The CUNY Annual Victorian Conference
It’s tomorrow! Here’s the link. WelcomeMario DiGangi Executive OfficerPhD Program in EnglishCUNY Graduate Center ModeratorNicholas Birns The New School Victorians Abroad David Pike American University, […]
2012 Norman Mailer Writing Awards
The application deadline for the 2012 Norman Mailer Writing Awards is this Monday, April 30, at Noon CDT.These awards, cosponsored by The Norman Mailer Center and the […]