The deadline for applying for Spring ’16 Degree Conferral was February 1, 2016. This information was sent to all graduate students in the English Department via email, posted in Ex Libris, on our website and on the monitor on the second floor of Arts & Letters right outside of the English Department. The LA&S Graduate…Continue reading Spring ’16 Degree Conferral Appeal
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Spring 2016 PTS Awards
Applications for Spring Quarter 2016 Partial Tuition Scholarships (PTS) are now available. Find out more below, or fill out the form here. For the fall, winter, and spring quarters the MA programs in English and Writing and Publishing offer Partial Tuition Scholarships (PTS) to recognize outstanding academic achievement of students in the department’s two graduate programs in…Continue reading Spring 2016 PTS Awards
Congrats to MAE Students Participating in this Weekend’s Newberry Seminar!
This Saturday the Newberry library will be hosting “The Turn to Religion: Women and Writing in Early Modern England.” The conference will focus on a new and exciting field of scholarship that explores the role of women’s devotional writing in shaping the English Reformation and Counter-Reformation. The conference is also in part a research methods…Continue reading Congrats to MAE Students Participating in this Weekend’s Newberry Seminar!
Course Spotlight: Reading the Medieval Body with Anne Clark Bartlett
Find full Spring Quarter 2016 course listing here.
English Department Alum Teresa Villa-Ignacio Presents at the University of Chicago
DePaul English Department alum Teresa Villa-Ignacio, who earned a bachelors degree in English in 2000, will be presenting “Aspirational Images and Posthuman Ethics: Cole Swensen, Suzanne Doppelt, and Pierre Alferi” at the University of Chicago this Thursday, February 18. Find out more on the flyer below.
Digital Humanities Courses Spring Quarter 2016
Digital Humanities, or just simply “DH,” is the name for a set of computer-based tools and methods used by people in the humanities that are increasingly important for students in virtually every field of study. This interdisciplinary program taught by faculty from across the university focuses on training students and providing hands on experience with the…Continue reading Digital Humanities Courses Spring Quarter 2016
Interview with MAE Alumnus Carolyn Rudinsky, Communications Coordinator for Gads Hill Center
Ex Libris contributor Matt Adams recently interviewed MAE alumnus Carolyn Rudinsky. Carolyn graduated from DePaul in June 2015 and now works as a Communications Coordinator for Gads Hill Center, an educational non-profit based in Pilsen. Here, Carolyn offers her insights into what inspired her to pursue opportunities in the non-profit sector and how she leveraged her connections…Continue reading Interview with MAE Alumnus Carolyn Rudinsky, Communications Coordinator for Gads Hill Center
Nominate a Faculty Member for an Excellence in Teaching Award!
Nominations for DePaul’s Excellence in Teaching Award are now open. See the flyer below for details, and submit your nominations here. Submissions are due February 15.
Thesis and Dissertation Conference 2016
DePaul will be hosting their 2016 Thesis and Dissertation Conference this Saturday, February 6 from 9:00 am – 3:00 pm in Lincoln Park Student Center. See the flyer below for more information and RSVP here.
Announcing a New MAWP Scholarship
The Department of English is pleased to announce The Dontrey Britt-Hart Endowed Scholarship, a new funding opportunity for MAWP students. Consideration for this scholarship shall be given to a student enrolled in the Writing and Publishing Program in the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences who is in good academic standing and has financial…Continue reading Announcing a New MAWP Scholarship
Critic Becomes Creator in Marcus Emanuel’s Autumn Quarter Reflection
Flipping the Script: An MAE Student’s Experiment in Creative Writing Fellow MAE students, picture this: your reading list for class is just one book. For the entire quarter, one 250 page book. Sure, there are a few supplemental readings thrown in, but those are only “if you have time this week.” Otherwise, for the next…Continue reading Critic Becomes Creator in Marcus Emanuel’s Autumn Quarter Reflection
Spanning the Globe with Anthony Louis Troyke in His Autumn Quarter Reflection
Shanghaied, Restored, and Grateful: Experiencing the Global Learning Experience Little did I expect, when I signed up for Professor John Shanahan’s Restoration Drama course last autumn, that our class would journey beyond the shores of 17th and 18th Century England and across two continents to Fudan University in Shanghai, China. Fulfilling the goals of DePaul’s…Continue reading Spanning the Globe with Anthony Louis Troyke in His Autumn Quarter Reflection