Lecture by Professor James Bednarz

"Incorporate Selves: Shakespeare's Mythmaking"

A lecture by Professor James Bednarz of Long Island University

Sponsored by the CUNY Graduate Center Early Modern Interdisciplinary Group (EMIG)

Professor Bednarz is the author of Shakespeare and the Poets' War and the forthcoming Shakespeare and the Truth of Love: The Mystery of the Phoenix and the Turtle.

March 30th
2pm

at the CUNY Graduate Center 
365 5th Ave. at 34th St.
Room 4108

All are welcome. A reception will follow the event.

Spring 2012 Graduation Deadlines

I've been getting a few questions about deadlines for people who want to graduate this May.

MA Portfolios are due by Monday April 16 to the dept office.

Dissertations are due by Monday April 2 to all three members of the committee; doctoral students should also schedule a defense before the end of April with these committee members.  There are also multiple forms to fill out, which you can find here.

Please contact me if you have any questions about this.  Those dates are as late as we can make them and still have you graduate on time, so we can't allow any extensions.

Update:  I've also added a new Page to the blog that has these dates on it.  See the upper left of the blog homepage.

On Campus Reading w/Caribbean Writers

This announcement came through the St. John's e-blast a few days ago, and I thought it would be a great event to repost on the blog in case you missed it. It does require pre-registration, so check out the link at the bottom.

Readings and Conversation with Caribbean Writers

Date: Thursday, April 19th, 2012
Time: 1:45 PM (Common Hour)
Location: Belson/Finley Hall, Law School Atrium, 4th Floor, Queens Campus

Guest Speaker: Diana McCaulay & Yolaine M. St. Fort

Diana McCaulay, is an award winning Jamaican writer, newspaper columnist and environmental activist. Her short story, The Mango, the Ackee and the Breadfruit won the Lifestyle Short Story competition in 1991.

Yolaine M. St. Fort, a writer of Haitian descent holds a M.A. in Creative Writing from Long Island University. The recipient of recent fellowships from the MacDowell Colony in New Hampshire and Cave Canem in New York, her stark and haunting poetry was prominently featured in General Authority: Haiti Earthquake 1-12-2010.

Readings, Q & A session and Book Signing – Lunch included.

CLICK HERE to register for the event!!  Space is limited, so register now!

Congratulations, Sarah!

Congratulations to Sarah Goncalves! Sarah will be having an original short story published in The Garbanzo Literary Journal, which she wrote for Professor Brownstein's class last year. Her story is entitled, "Not My Story," and will be published on May 25 in both digital and print forms.

Check out the journal's website here, and high five Sarah when you see her!

Thinking Outside the Triangle

Thinking Outside the Triangle: Comp/Rhet Research, Performance Studies, & Queer Theory

Mark McBeth, Associate Professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice & CUNY English Ph.D. Program, explores the connections between the theories of comp/rhet research, performance studies, and Queer theory, and consequentially how their intersections can inform classroom practice.

The talk will be held at the St. John's Manhattan Campus, 101 Murray Street in Room 227 on Thursday, March 29 from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. Please RSVP to Tara Roeder at roedert@stjohns.edu by March 20.

You can find directions to the Manhattan Campus here:

http://www.stjohns.edu/about/general/directions/directions/manhattan

Roundtable on Fall Grad Classes: Tomorrow!

Don't forget to attend tomorrow afternoon's roundtable discussion with faculty teaching graduate courses in the fall. The discussion will be held from 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. in the IWS. Refreshments will be served.

See the full post on the discussion and which faculty members will be attending here. See the full post of graduate course offerings for the fall here.

Reminder: St. John's Grad Conference Submissions due Thursday!

Many of you are compiling panels to submit for the graduate conference, and we can't wait to see all the proposals! Don't forget that we will also accept individual papers. The deadline is Thursday. Please submit abstracts to stjgradconference@gmail.com.

CFP: St. John's Graduate Conference

St. John’s University English Graduate Conference Call for Papers

Discourses of Power: Subjugation, Struggle and Sacrifice in Literary and Political Cultures

Saturday, April 21, 2012

St. John’s University

8000 Utopia Parkway

Jamaica, NY 11439

“The oppressors do not perceive their monopoly on having moreas a privilege which dehumanizes others and themselves.” - Paulo Freire

What motivates humanity’s desire to gain and retain power? Competition for control has permeated society through struggles of class, race, gender, sexuality and ability, in both the public and domestic spheres. Subjugated classes fight for empowerment, while dominant classes struggle to maintain the status quo. Literary, cultural, and political studies have attempted to challenge dominant discourse and shatter hegemony. During the St. John’s University Graduate Conference we will explore issues of power in the private and public spheres. We are seeking submissions considering the discourses of power.

Individual papers may be submitted, but panel submissions are encouraged. Multimedia will be available for Power Point presentations, music, or video. Abstracts (150 words or less) are due by March 15 to stjgradconference@gmail.com. Include abstracts in email as a PDF or MS Word attachment. If submitting as a panel, please include an abstract for each individual paper. The names and contact information for each panelist should be included in the email submission but NOT on the abstract attachments.

You may direct any questions to stjgradconference@gmail.com. Serving on the St. John’s English Graduate Conference Committee are Dr. Steve Mentz, Tara Bradway, Regina Duthely, and Elizabeth Walsh. Please feel free to forward this to any other possibly interested parties.

Paper topics might include, but are certainly not limited to:

• Class relations in literature
• Writing Pedagogy and Compositional Theory
• Power relationships in drama
• Political discourse
• African-American rhetoric
• Trauma Studies
• Disability Studies
• New Media and the Digital Culture
• Queer Studies
• Post-colonialism
• Feminism
• Law and Literature
• Topics related to history or social sciences