Submissions are now open for contests from the 2017 Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival. The festival is accepting works of fiction (deadline November 30), poetry (deadline November 15), and one-act plays (deadline November 1) with prizes up to $1,500, publication, and airfare to the festival. Find full details on the call for submissions below: Hello Coordinators,…Continue reading 2017 Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival Writing Contests
Category: Conferences
A Chance to Attend Three Sold-Out Chicago Humanities Festival lectures
The Chicago Humanities Festival in partnership with the Newberry library and the Karla Scherer Center for the Study of American Culture at the University of Chicago, is pleased to offer an opportunity to graduate students in history, literature, media, and related disciplines to attend three sold-out lectures. Join Harvard law professor Annette Gordon-Reed, New York…Continue reading A Chance to Attend Three Sold-Out Chicago Humanities Festival lectures
Call for Submissions: The Newberry Multidisciplinary Graduate Student Conference
The Newberry Center for Renaissance Studies is hosting its annual Multidisciplinary Graduate Student Conference on January 26-28. The conference is a unique and enriching opportunity for graduate students interested in Renaissance, medieval and early modern research to meet peers from across the nation, an globally, to share and collaborate on work. Due to its interdisciplinary nature…Continue reading Call for Submissions: The Newberry Multidisciplinary Graduate Student Conference
Submit Proposals to the DHChicago Conference
DHChicago, in collaboration with the Macroanalysis and the Humanities Working Group, is accepting proposals for their digital humanities conference, “New Archival Knowledges,” being held at the University of Chicago May 19-20. DHChicago seeks to bring together scholars from across the Chicagoland area and across disciplines to present work on macroanalysis, or the computational analysis of…Continue reading Submit Proposals to the DHChicago Conference
Firday: The Spring English Conference!
A final reminder that the 7th Annual Spring English Conference will be held Friday, April 29th from 10:00 am to 4:15pm on the 4th floor of Arts and Letters Hall. The conference is unique opportunity to engage in the academic and creative work of your DePaul English peers and is an important part of fostering communication within the DePaul English…Continue reading Firday: The Spring English Conference!
REMINDER: Friday April 1st is the Final Day to Submit to the Spring English Conference
This is a final reminder for students to submit to DePaul’s seventh annual Spring English Conference. The conference takes place on Friday, April 29th and submissions are due this Friday, April 1st. Find out more on the flyer below, see full submission requirements here, and send submissions to englishconference.dpu@gmail.com. Find out more about keynote speaker Brian T. Edwards…Continue reading REMINDER: Friday April 1st is the Final Day to Submit to the Spring English Conference
Faculty Research Symposium
Tomorrow, Wednesday March 16, the winter quarter LAS Faculty Research Symposium, “Constructions of History” will be held in the Student Center Room 314 A from 12:00-2:00 PM. The English Department’s own Paula McQuade will be presenting her work, “Second-Wave Feminism and the Recovery of Women Writers.” Find the full schedule below.
Call for Conversation Prompts from SAIC’s Learning Symposium
This year SAIC’s learning symposium, titled Going Off(Shore), attempts to flatten the typical hierarchical design of conferences and take on a conversational format, inviting graduate students to submit generative conversational prompts that provoke a departure from stable ground, so as to rethink learning and curriculum. The symposium takes place Saturday, April 9th from 10:00 am to 2:30 pm. Submissions are due…Continue reading Call for Conversation Prompts from SAIC’s Learning Symposium
The DePaul Spring English Conference Wants Your Academic and Creative Work!
Below is a call for submissions for DePaul’s 7th annual Spring English Conference. Here is a .pdf or .docx of submission guidelines. Submissions are due April 1st. Call for Submissions – Academic and Creative Work 7th Annual Spring English Conference Hosted by Students of the Department of English Organizers: Anastasia Sasewich (MAWP) and Jordan Weber…Continue reading The DePaul Spring English Conference Wants Your Academic and Creative Work!
Third Annual LAS Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference this Friday!
This Friday, March 4th the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences will be hosting Crossing Boundaries the third annual LAS Interdisciplinary Conference. The event will be held between 12:00-5:00 pm in McGowan South. The conference will feature graduate research from students across the humanities as well as a keynote, “Scholarship Outside the Box” hosted by LAS faculty. A…Continue reading Third Annual LAS Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference this Friday!
Save the Date! The Spring English Conference
Mark your calendars! The 7th Annual the Spring English Conference will be held on Friday, April 29th. Submissions, open for both creative and academic writing, are due April 1st. Stay tuned for further details on guidelines, requirements, and the announcement of the keynote speaker!
Reminder: Abstracts for MCLLM Due Next Week
The 24th annual Midwestern Conference on Literature, Langauage and Media (MCLLM) deadline for 15 minute research proposals is fast approaching! MCLLM encourages proposals from a broad range of topics, particularly ones that explore the conferences 2016 theme: Keep the Change. Proposals of 200-500 words will be accepted until February 19 and may be submitted to mcllm@niu.edu with name,…Continue reading Reminder: Abstracts for MCLLM Due Next Week