Welcome back MAE and MAWP students! After the long winter break, Ex Libris is excited as you are for Winter Quarter 2016. A few important dates to remember as we strap in for the cold weeks ahead: DePaul’s 3rd annual LAS Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference is now accepting submissions. The conference will be held on March 4th…Continue reading Welcome to Winter Quarter 2016!
Category: Conferences
Winter Intercession Updates
Ex Libris would like to announce it will be on a short hiatus for Winter Intercession. Over the next few weeks of December, the site will be working on some small updates and will not be making any new posts. Ex Libris will still be fully operational and providing access to previous posts, class lists, and…Continue reading Winter Intercession Updates
The First Purdue Languages and Cultures Conference
Purdue University has announced a call for submissions to a new symposium focusing on interdisciplinary research in the fields of linguistics and language use. They invite submissions of original research papers from all areas of linguistics, applied linguistics, literature, second language studies, and cultural studies of any language or language group to be presented in 20-minute…Continue reading The First Purdue Languages and Cultures Conference
Callaloo Creative Writing Workshop Submissions Open
Callaloo, the premier literary journal of the African Diaspora, is now accepting applications for the 2016 Brown Callaloo Creative Writing Workshop (CCWW). They invite submissions of poetry or fiction for admission consideration for this two-week workshop, which will be hosted by the Department of Africana Studies and the Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice…Continue reading Callaloo Creative Writing Workshop Submissions Open
Deadline Extended: Chicago Humanities Festival Graduate Student Seminar with Timothy Snyder
The Chicago Humanities Festival, in partnership with the Baskes Family, has extended the deadline for a special graduate student seminar with Timothy Snyder, Housum Professor of History at Yale. Successful applicants will be invited to hear Professor Snyder’s public lecture “The Holocaust as History and Warning” on Saturday, November 7th at 4:00 pm at the UIC Forum, 725 W Roosevelt…Continue reading Deadline Extended: Chicago Humanities Festival Graduate Student Seminar with Timothy Snyder
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
“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
Newberry Library 2016 Multidisciplinary Graduate Student Conference
MAE students: Chicago’s Newberry Library Center for Renaissance Studies is calling for submissions to their 2016 Multidisciplinary Graduate Student Conference. They invite abstracts for 20-minute papers from master’s or PhD students from any discipline on any medieval, Renaissance, or early modern topic in Europe, the Americas, or the Mediterranean world. Submissions from disciplines as varied…Continue reading Newberry Library 2016 Multidisciplinary Graduate Student Conference
The Chicago Writers Conference is this weekend!
A reminder to all MAWP students that this weekend September 25-27 is the Chicago Writers Conference (CWC). CWC is unique opportunity to connect with authors, publishers, and other figures in the Chicago literary community. Events are structured for writers of all genres, all ages, at all stages! In addition to general sessions, CWC features small sessions,…Continue reading The Chicago Writers Conference is this weekend!
2015 Chicago Writers Conference Deadline Approaching
A reminder to MAWP students and all interested writers, regular registration for the Chicago Writers Conference ends today! Tomorrow, Sept. 7th, late registration begins and admission prices increase. The Chicago Writers Conference is an annual event taking place September 25-27 this year. The conference is a unique opportunity to connect with publishers, authors, writers, and…Continue reading 2015 Chicago Writers Conference Deadline Approaching
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.
Alumna Spotlight: Amanda Licastro
Digital Scholar Amanda Licastro, MAE ’08, teases out insights from student course blogs, online academic genealogies, and Twitter. BY HANA YOO Amanda Licastro has more than 1,000 Twitter followers. One week, she recalls, her tweets garnered more than 29,000 views. Generally, her Twitter account averages a couple thousand views per week. “I joke that…Continue reading Alumna Spotlight: Amanda Licastro