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NeMLA 2012: “Of Queen’s Gardens”: Victorian Ecofeminism contact: Margaret S. Kennedy contact email: Margaret.Kennedy@stonybrook.edu Call for Papers: “Of Queen’s Gardens”: Victorian Ecofeminism This panel invites ecofeminist readings […]

In my whole single year of experience as a graduate student, there’s one thing I’m glad that I found out early on in the process: […]

As professional academics, present and future, we trade in ideas. And, sometimes, it’s enough just to be surrounded by those ideas and not necessarily knee […]

A few interesting reads from The Chronicle. Although many of us are quite far away from interviews, I think it is important to place them […]

Don’t forget next Wednesday’s roundtable commemorating the events of 9/11. Here are some snippets from the flyer. For more information, please contact Dr. Fanuzzi. Join […]

BLOG – the four letter word that actually gets you into trouble if you don’t use it! Blogging today is not only for those who […]

An interesting article from the “Professor Hacker” column in the Chronicle of Higher Ed about the pros and cons of graduate students building personal websites.  […]

There never seems to be sufficient words to describe the events of September 11, 2001. Even, or perhaps especially, as we prepare to mark its […]

This is the second year that I’ve been teaching our Introduction to the Profession graduate seminar, and this year the students and I will be […]

We hope you all had a wonderful summer. Perhaps relaxing. Perhaps productive. Perhaps crazy. We are glad to welcome you back for the fall semester. […]

Here’s the view from outside the Hotel Rott, where I’m staying this week for the World Shakespeare Congress.  The hotel is in the center of […]

This Wednesday, June 8, is, as you all know World Oceans Day.  If you’d like to watch me moderate a panel on recent ocean-themed books […]

St. John’s DA student Josh Pangborn’s new play, Don Gio, will be part of the Midtown International Theatre Festival this summer.  Tickets are going fast! […]

A quick re-post of the three summer grad courses the English department is offering online this summer, on starting on May 31 (Trauma Theory with […]

Environmental Rhetoric: Ecologies of Place Peter N. Goggin, editor Essay proposals are invited for a collection of original papers titled Environmental Rhetoric: Ecologies of Place. […]

Mostly we write books or work on other long-term projects during our time away from the classroom, but this spring I’ve also got a couple […]

I just wanted to take the time to congratulate everyone who participated in the Grad Conference this past Saturday. The discussions were quite interesting and […]