DePaul University will be conducting a national search during the 2015-2016 academic year to identify the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences’ next permanent dean. On Tuesday, September 29 at 4:15 – 5:00 pm there will be an open forum with students to discuss the appointment of the new dean in the Student Center room 120A, LPC. To…Continue reading Open Forum Discussing the LAS Dean Search
Category: Department News
Course Cart Opens October 5th!
A reminder to all MAE and MAWP students that Winter Quarter 2016 course cart opens on October 5th. Find your course cart through DePaul Campus Connect. Most recent Winter Quarter 2016 course descriptions can be found here. Registration begins October 19th.
Reminder PTS Awards Deadline September 24!
The M.A. in English and M.A. in Writing and Publishing programs are offering Partial Tuition Scholarships (PTS) to recognize outstanding academic achievement of students in the English department’s two graduate programs. Partial Tuition Scholarships provide a partial reimbursement for tuition paid for 2015 autumn graduate courses in English taken toward the MAE and MAWP degrees.…Continue reading Reminder PTS Awards Deadline September 24!
Welcome from the New Director of the MA in English Richard Squibbs
Last Spring Quarter Prof. John Shanahan became the Associate Dean and Director of Liberal Studies leaving his position as Director of the MA in English. This Fall Prof. Richard Squibbs has officially assumed the position of Director of the MA in English and MAE program advisor. Prof. Squibbs’s teaching and scholarship range across the British and…Continue reading Welcome from the New Director of the MA in English Richard Squibbs
Upcoming Research Funding Deadlines!
MAE and MAWP students take notice that two different opportunities to receive research funding from DePaul have approaching deadlines. Applications for both the Graduate Research Funding (GRF) program and the Vincentian Endowment Fund Grant are due in under a month’s time. Graduate Research Funding Program: The college supports the research, scholarship, and creative work of…Continue reading Upcoming Research Funding Deadlines!
Sunday Salon Chicago Prose Reading with Professor Barrie Jean Borich!
This month DePaul’s own MAWP associate professor Barrie Jean Borich will be reading at Sunday Salon! Sunday Salon is a prose reading series hosted the last Sunday of every month that serves up the Windy City’s tastiest prose. This month Salon takes place September 27 at 7 PM at the Riverview Tavern, 1958 W. Roscoe Street in the Roscoe…Continue reading Sunday Salon Chicago Prose Reading with Professor Barrie Jean Borich!
Faculty Publications: “A Born-Again Faith in Graffiti”
Wilson Quarterly (May 25, 2015) “A born-again faith in graffiti” Congratulations to DePaul English professor Jonathan Gross, who published this piece about graffiti in Greece in the summer 2015 issue of the Wilson Quarterly.
DePaul in the News: “Lit 50 2015: Who Really Books in Chicago”
Newcity Lit (June 4, 2015) “Lit 50 2015: Who Really Books in Chicago” Newcity Lit, a Web site about Chicago’s culture of writing, just released this year’s Lit 50 list. The list of Chicago’s literary luminaries features DePaul associate professor and MAWP director Michele Morano (#28) and visiting assistant professor Kathleen Rooney (#37). Congratulations!
Write ON Chicago/HERE is WHERE on Sunday, June 7
DePaul assistant professor, Humanities Center 2014–2015 faculty fellow, and Slag Glass City editor Barrie Jean Borich will host Write ON Chicago/HERE is WHERE this Sunday, June 7, from noon to 4 p.m. at the Comfort Station in Logan Square (2579 North Milwaukee Avenue). The free pop-up event invites participants to document their Chicago-based memories by…Continue reading Write ON Chicago/HERE is WHERE on Sunday, June 7
Printers Row Lit Fest on June 6 and 7
The 31st annual Printers Row Lit Fest, the Midwest’s largest outdoor literary festival, will take place June 6–7, 2015, in the historic Printers Row district (at Dearborn Street, from Congress to Polk Streets) in the South Loop. Now in its thirtieth year, the fest will feature more than 200 booksellers from across the country and more than 200 authors participating in…Continue reading Printers Row Lit Fest on June 6 and 7
English Department Year-End Celebration
The English department’s end-of-the-year celebration will take place on Friday, June 5, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. in Arts & Letters Hall.
DePaul English Faculty to Lead Workshops at Northwestern Summer Writers’ Conference
DePaul associate professor Miles Harvey and visiting assistant professor Kathleen Rooney will be leading writing workshops at the 2015 Northwestern Summer Writers’ Conference, which will take place July 30–August 1. Writers can register here.