Category: Department News

ENG 475 (Topics in Comparative Literature: Colonialism and Its Legacy) Now on Winter Quarter Roster

ENG 475 Topics in Comparative Literature: Colonialism and Its Legacy Tuesdays, 6 p.m.–9:15 p.m. Professor James Fairhall MAE: 20th-/21st-Century Requirement; Elective MAWP: Language, Literature, Publishing, and Teaching (LLPT) Requirement; Open Elective   View a more detailed course description here, or see below. ENG 475 examines colonialism in its late phase, during the 19th and 20th centuries, and the period of postcolonialism in which we…Continue reading ENG 475 (Topics in Comparative Literature: Colonialism and Its Legacy) Now on Winter Quarter Roster

Update to Winter Quarter 2015 Course Descriptions (12/8/14)

The English department has replaced a section of ENG 429 (Topics in Renaissance Literature: Renaissance Revenge Drama) with Topics in Renaissance Literature: Women in Shakespeare. View the updated winter quarter 2015 graduate course descriptions here.

Slag Glass City’s New Website

The new website for Slag Glass City has launched. Created by Professor Barrie Jean Borich with support from DePaul’s English department/MAWP program, the journal accepts general submissions on a rolling basis from September 15 to June 15. Click here to submit to Slag Glass City.  The magazine is looking for “new, original nonfiction literature and art from, by, and about cities,…Continue reading Slag Glass City’s New Website

Winter Quarter Graduate Course Spotlight: Bibliography and Literary Research

Waffling about winter 2015 courses? See below for one possibility.   ENG 471 (Hybrid)  Bibliography and Literary Research Thursdays, 6 p.m.–9:15 p.m. Class meets face-to-face: 1/8, 1/22, 2/5, 2/26, and 3/12 Professor John Shanahan MAE: Core Requirement   “Our investigation will cover theoretical topics in book and media history from the first decades of printing to the present. The course…Continue reading Winter Quarter Graduate Course Spotlight: Bibliography and Literary Research

Reminder: Complete Autumn Quarter Teaching Evaluations by Tuesday, 11/18/14, at 11:59 p.m.

Remember to fill out your autumn quarter teaching evaluations, DePaulians. The online teaching evaluation system will close tonight—Tuesday, November 18, 2014—at 11:59 p.m. To quote the email from English department chair Lucy Rinehart: “Low rates of response have been a growing problem since the implementation of the online evaluation system in 2009.  For the last two…Continue reading Reminder: Complete Autumn Quarter Teaching Evaluations by Tuesday, 11/18/14, at 11:59 p.m.

Winter Quarter Graduate Course Spotlight: Science and Nature Writing

MAE and MAWP students: here’s one course to consider for next quarter.   ENG 491-201 Science and Nature Writing Wednesdays, 6 p.m.–9:15 p.m. Professor Theodore Anton MAE: Elective MAWP: Writing Workshop Requirement; Open Elective     “It’s a great course for well-paying jobs with travel, every bit as creative as fiction and poetry.” – Professor Anton   View a more detailed course description…Continue reading Winter Quarter Graduate Course Spotlight: Science and Nature Writing

DePaul English Department’s 2015–2016 Graduate Assistantships (Deadline: 1/15/15)

Any current or prospective student in DePaul’s MA in English or MA in Writing and Publishing programs may apply for one of the English department’s graduate assistantships. Graduate assistants receive a full tuition waiver and a $7,500 stipend, payable September through May. The deadline for applying for a 2015–2016 graduate assistantship is January 15, 2015. Applicants submit the following…Continue reading DePaul English Department’s 2015–2016 Graduate Assistantships (Deadline: 1/15/15)

NIU’s 51st Allerton English Articulation Conference Seeks Proposals (Deadline: 2/1/15)

Call for Proposals and Participation Metaphors We Teach By NIU’s 51st Allerton English Articulation Conference April 15 –16, 2015 Allerton Park and Retreat Center Monticello, Illinois   Proposal Deadline: February 1, 2015 Applicants email a title and one-paragraph abstract of their panel or individual presentation proposal to AllertonConference@niu.edu. Those accepted will be notified by March 1. See Northern Illinois…Continue reading NIU’s 51st Allerton English Articulation Conference Seeks Proposals (Deadline: 2/1/15)

Native American Poet and DePaul Professor Mark Turcotte’s Upcoming Readings

Join Native American poet Mark Turcotte, a visiting assistant professor in DePaul’s English department since 2009, for his upcoming in-state readings on November 13 and November 20. The November 13 reading takes place at the University of Illinois at Springfield. Can’t make the trek to our illustrious state capital? The November 20 reading will be closer to home, at…Continue reading Native American Poet and DePaul Professor Mark Turcotte’s Upcoming Readings

DePaul Faculty Member Emily Gray Tedrowe to Read at Sunday Salon Chicago November 23

Join Emily Gray Tedrowe—a visiting assistant professor in DePaul’s English department—at Sunday Salon Chicago on Sunday, November 23, at 7 p.m. The free literary reading series takes place at Riverview Tavern (1958 West Roscoe Street). Suzanne Clores, James Finn Garner, and Sharon Solwitz will also be reading at this month’s installment of Sunday Salon Chicago.