UConn Conference on the Teaching of Writing

“Knowledge and Networks”

The University of Connecticut’s Freshman English Program is calling for presentation, panel, and roundtable proposals from instructors of writing (in all disciplines and programs) for our Sixth Annual Conference on the Teaching of Writing. We invite creative engagement with this year’s conference theme, construed broadly, in the hopes of expanding our understanding of knowledge (including how we construct knowledge and writing’s relationship to knowledge) and networks (including how networks of all kinds affect knowledge, writing, and learning). We also invite proposals on related topics, such as:

Writing as Inquiry Multimodal Writing Revision Individual & Small    Group Conferences

Collaboration Social Networking  Service Learning ESOL/EFL Diversity

Institutional Practices Interdisciplinarity     (Networking across      disciplines) Mentoring

Globalization Public Sphere Dynamics Contingent Faculty Case Studies of Writers Assessment

Reminder to M.A. Students

If you are an M.A. student and you are graduating this spring, the deadline to submit M.A. portfolios to the English Department is Monday, March 21.

View requirements on the St. John's English Department website here.

St. John's English Graduate Conference

Mark your calendars! The date for the 2011 St. John's English Graduate Student Conference has been changed to Saturday, April 16. The conference will be held on the Queens campus from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Please note, the deadline for conference proposals has also been extended to Monday, February 28.

Proposals are welcome on any topic related to literary, cultural, and writing studies. This includes proposals for creative writing presentations. We are seeking proposals for group panel presentations and individuals presentations, and we encourage panel and presentation formats that will generate dialogue among the panelists and between the panelists and their audience.

Proposals for individual presentations should be one-page abstracts of what you plan to present at the conference. Proposals for group panels should include one-page summaries of each presentation as well as a brief (one-page) rationale for the panel. Each session will last about an hour, so you should plan on brief individual presentations (about 15-20 minutes) and panels of three people to leave enough time for dialogue.

Please submit proposals to Dr. Sicari's office, or by email to Dr. Lowney.

Date Change for St John's Graduate Conference: Sat April 16

The 2011 St. John's English Graduate Student Conference will be held on Saturday, April 16.  The conference will be held on the Queens campus, 9:00-3:30.  

The deadline for proposals has been extended to Monday, February 28.  

Proposals on any topic related to literary, cultural, and writing studies are welcome.  This includes proposals for creative writing presentations.  We are seeking proposals for group panel presentations and individual presentations, and we encourage panel and presentation formats that will generate dialogue among the panelists and between the panelists and their audience.

Proposals for individual presentations should be one-page abstracts of what you plan to present at the conference.  Proposals for group panels should include one-page summaries of each presentation as well as a brief (one-page) rationale for the panel.  Each session will last about an hour, so you should plan on brief individual presentations (about 15-20 minutes) and panels of three people to leave enough time for dialogue.

Please submit proposals to Dr. Sicari's office or by email to John Lowny, Director of Graduate Studies (lownyj@stjohns.edu).  

We look forward to seeing your proposals & to the conference!

Reminder: Summer Teaching Opportunities

The Institute of Reading Development is seeking candidates for summer 2011 teaching positions. We seek applicants with an undergraduate degree or higher from any discipline. We provide a paid training program and comprehensive on-going support.

Summer teaching positions with the Institute offer the opportunity to:

*  Earn more than $6,000 during the summer. Teachers typically earn between $500 and $700 per week while teaching.
*  Gain over 500 hours of teacher-training and teaching experience with a variety of age groups.
*  Help students of all ages develop their reading skills and ability to become imaginatively absorbed in books.

The Institute is an educational service provider that teaches developmental reading programs in partnership with the continuing education departments of more than 100 colleges and universities across the United States. Our classes for students of all ages improve their reading skills and teach them to experience absorption in literature.

Brooklyn College Graduate English Conference

Call for Papers
The New Urgency: Emerging, Evolving, and Redefining Literature
Fourth Annual Brooklyn College Graduate English Conference
April 30, 2011, Brooklyn College

Keynote Speaker: Cyrus R. K. Patell, New York University

“One is surprised, one is disturbed, one desires something familiar to hold on to- As soon as we are shown something old in the new, we are calmed. The supposed instinct for causality is only fear of the unfamiliar and the attempt to discover something familiar in it- a search, not for causes, but for the familiar.”

– Friedrich Nietzsche, from The Will to Power

As new literatures emerge, they expand the boundaries of our cultural understanding. New beginnings are accompanied by an urgency to preserve older methods while adapting to the new.  Most recently, our modern technological era has compelled us to revise our understanding of literature and what constitutes writing. Yet the technological advancements of contemporary times are not the only change to have transformed our perception of literature: the English and French Renaissance, Romanticism, Marxism, Post-Colonialism, and Eco-Criticism are just a few other cultural and intellectual developments that have emerged to challenge our sense of what literature is and what it does in the world.

Although they may appear to be frightening at first, new cultural ideas often become accepted over time, but can also later appear archaic; new discourses and movements that are deemed more adept in engaging the present replace established ones. Hence, emergence is a cycle of urgency, whereby we seek to replace what is old at an almost constant pace, even as the replacement of the old by the new can be an unnerving and unwelcome process. In literature, this cycle sometimes represents itself as a dichotomous narrative: We see the idea that the novel is rising or that the novel is falling; that discourse is too dense or too reductive in the face of social media; that academia in the humanities is too exclusionary or overly-inclusive in the post-national world; that free-verse either democratized and expanded the thrust of poetry or ruined its penchant for transcendent majesty and skill. In the face of an historic change, a debate arises between the detractors and the proponents any time a given movement develops and spreads. How we face change manifests itself in myriad ways: fear, enthusiasm, confusion, and a sense of urgency. We wish to examine the sources of this urgency, the literature that emerges and re-emerges within periods of change, and the drive to anoint an emergence as a movement by giving it a name.

We invite papers from all literary disciplines and welcome papers not just in the meta-literary idiom, but on specific texts and authors as well.

MoMA Summer Internship Opportunity

Summer 2011 Internship Program at MoMA
The Museum of Modern Art is currently accepting applications for the Summer 2011 Internship Program.     


Description:
The Summer 2011 Internship Program provides participants in-depth exposure to the workings of individual departments and practical and theoretical training in museum practices, and acquaints them with the role of museums in contemporary society. Working under the supervision of one of the Museum's professional staff, interns contribute to timely projects, gain insight into the functions of individual departments, and learn about the Museum's various collections, exhibitions, and programs for visitors.  Internship projects are based on Museum needs and requirements and are assigned to interns with the appropriate skills and interests.  This unpaid internship runs from June 7^th through August 12^th, 2011.


Eligibility:
College students (must be at least junior status starting in Fall 2011), recent graduates, graduate students, and beginning museum professionals.  The Museum encourages candidates from diverse backgrounds and academic disciplines to apply.  Summer internships require a minimum commitment of three full days per week, one of which must be Tuesday.


To Apply:
Please see the following link for more information, including application instructions:http://moma.org/learn/courses/internships.  Email internships@moma.org with questions. Completed applications must be postmarked by January 28th, 2011, and mailed to:

The Museum of Modern Art
Attn: Internship Coordinator
11 West 53 Street
New York, NY 10019


The Museum of Modern Art is an equal opportunity employer and considers all candidates for employment regardless of race, color, sex, age, national origin, creed, disability, marital status, sexual orientation or political affiliation.