Category: Department News
Call for Planners: Third Annual Interdisciplinary Conference
The Third Annual LAS Graduate Student Interdisciplinary Conference will be held again this year in early March. The Conference Steering Committee and the LAS Graduate Directors Council are searching for interested graduate students to get involved in the conference’s planning and recruiting this year. Students interested in working on the conference can contact Professor Janet…Continue reading Call for Planners: Third Annual Interdisciplinary Conference
Reminder: Teaching Evaluations Open
A friendly reminder that online teaching evaluations for Autumn Quarter 2016 opened today! Teaching evaluations are important both to the DePaul administration during the tenure process and professors looking to improve on their courses. Not to mention it is a unique chance for your student voice to be heard! Find evaluations online at Campus Connect.
Winter 2016 Course Descriptions for Digital Humanities Certificate
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…Continue reading Winter 2016 Course Descriptions for Digital Humanities Certificate
Dr. Francesca Royster at the DWN Fall Faculty Forum
DePaul Women’s Network (DWN) is hosting their 2015 Fall Faculty Forum and English Department Chair Francesca Royster will be delivering the keynote address “Rejuvenate!:Eartha Kitt, Dance, and Life-writing as a form of Re-animation.” The event is Wednesday, October 14 from 4:00-5:30 pm in the Lincoln Park Student Center Room 324. Registration closes on October 12 and seats are…Continue reading Dr. Francesca Royster at the DWN Fall Faculty Forum
Two-Year College Teaching Internships and Opportunities
Save the date! An upcoming be an information session covering two-year college teaching will be held on October 26 from 4:30-6:00 pm in A&L 210-11 (the student lounge). The session will cover: How to apply for a job What to expect in an adjunct teaching position Benefits of teaching internships What college employers want to know about you…Continue reading Two-Year College Teaching Internships and Opportunities
Spotlight: ENG 477 Topics in Publishing with Barrie Jean Borich
With course carts opening in a few days, MAWP students please consider ENG 477 Topics in Publishing: American Literary Magazine – Idealists and Happy Fools with Barrie Jean Borich. “There will always be idealists and happy fools, so there will always be literary magazines.” -Rob Spillman of Tin House This hybrid course examines the American literary magazine,…Continue reading Spotlight: ENG 477 Topics in Publishing with Barrie Jean Borich
“Versions, Versioning, and Versionality” hosted by Loyola University
Loyola University is hosting a day conference called Versions, Versioning, and Versionality. It takes place Saturday, October 31 in Information Commons 4th Floor on the Lake Shore Campus of Loyola University, 6501 North Kenmore Avenue between 8:45 am and 5:00 pm. The conference is about versions as things, versions as implemented editorially or in performance or for particular audiences, and leads…Continue reading “Versions, Versioning, and Versionality” hosted by Loyola University
Kathleen Rooney at The Open Door Reading Series
DePaul MAWP professor Kathleen Rooney will be reading for the Poetry Foundation’s Open Door Reading Series this October. The reading is Tuesday, October 20th at 7:00 pm at the Poetry Foundation 61 West Superior Street. The Open Door series presents work from Chicago’s new and emerging poets and highlights the area’s outstanding writing programs. Each hour-long…Continue reading Kathleen Rooney at The Open Door Reading Series
Spotlight: ENG 469 Latino/a Literature
Check out ENG 469 Latino/a Literature with Professor Bill Johnson Gonzalez Tuesdays 6:00-9:15 pm. This course provides an introduction to the history of Latino/a writing in the United States. Examine texts by Mexican Americans/Chicano/as, Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, and Central Americans to trace both how these communities have constructed their individual identities, as well as how they have…Continue reading Spotlight: ENG 469 Latino/a Literature