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Rhetoric Program Instructor Meeting
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English Student Council Presents - Shakespeare Scavenger Hunt
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The 10th Annual Gesa E. Kirsch and Center for Writing Studies Graduate Student Symposium. This year, our keynote speakers are Gesa Kirsch, Professor of English, Bentley University, and Michael Burns, Associate Professor of English, West Chester University.
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Graduate Student Workshop, Led by Dr Michael Sterling Burns A collaborative space for grads to talk through current research projects-in-progress, writing, and teaching.
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Poetry is Not a Luxury - A reading by students in ENGL/GWS 280 Featuring poetry by Gwendolyn Brooks, Jackie Kay, Audre Lorder and Claudia Rankine
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Welcome back to campus, students!
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An informal get-together for new and continuing students in English and Creative Writing.
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New Member Information Session
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Study Abroad Information Session for English and Creative Writing majors.
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Singing, dancing, stand up comedy, rapping, poetry, fiction. Whatever your thing is, we want to see it.
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Re:Search is seeking submissions for its sixth issue in Spring 2020! If you are interested in submitting a proposal, please attend the first information session, where the editors will explain the requirements for the proposal and you will have the opportunity to ask questions. The deadline to submit a proposal is 11:59 pm on Sunday, October 20, 2019.
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Info session for students interested in teaching English as a second language.
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Professor Anderson's topic is "Literary Spirits: Eighteenth-Century Authorship and Invisible Labor."
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Award-winning and celebrated poets J. Allyn Rosser and Mark Halliday will read from their popular poetry collections.
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Corey Van Landingham will read from Antidote, her award-winning poetry collection.
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Rhetoric Instructor Meeting State of the Program Address and Student Support Services Guest - TBD
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Professor Doane's topic is "Engines of Desire: Erotic Horror and Queer Excess."
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Local educators talk about what their daily lives are like as teachers.
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Presentations by English department faculty on the courses they will be offering in Spring 2020.
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Modern Critical Theory Lecture Series - Indigenous Studies Kelly Wisecup specializes in Native American literatures, early American literatures, and science and literature in the Atlantic world. She is the author of two books, Medical Encounters: Knowledge and Identity in Early American Literatures (University of Massachusetts Press, 2013) and of “Good News from New Eng
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Rhetoric Instructor Meeting Reviewing I Write Student Survey Results and Students Support Services Guest - TBD
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Augustinian Creation Science in the Old English Poem - The Order of the World Charles Wright
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Modern Critical Theory Lecture Series - Feminist Theory
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Exploring and Contemplating College in Prison - Chelsea Catt will be delivering a talk based on her dissertation research titled "Exploring and Contemplating College in Prison."
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For the next installment of our series The New Academy, Mary Rose Cottingham will discuss her experiences in local theater interspersed with prepared monologues. Mary Rose Cottingham is Senior Instructor in English here at UI, and teaches Rhetoric, conducts tutorials, and occasionally teaches literature. She’s a graduate of the University of Illinois.
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Modern Critical Theory Lecture Series - "Queer Theory" Toby Beauchamp (GWS)
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Elizabeth Duquette - Gettysburg College Ubiquity and Tyranny in the Long Age of Napoleon: Victor Séjour’s Richard III Sponsored by the Departments of English, French & Italian, and the Program in Comparative and World Literature, and by the Trowbridge Initiative in American Cultures.
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Modern Critical Theory Lecture Series - Ecocriticism Clara Bosak-Schroeder - (Classics)
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Rhetoric Instructor Meeting Preparing Teacher Portfolio
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A CAS Noonhour presentation - Oceans od Oil: Moby-Dick, Energy, and the Environmental Humanities Featuring: Jamie Jones| CAS Fellow 2018-19; Department of English
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Center for Writing Studies presents - John Gallagher on his book Update Culture and the Afterlife of Digital Writing
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Unit Distinguished Faculty Lecture - Lilya Kaganovsky "Nine Days of One Year: Soviet 1960s Cinema and the Nuclear Catastrophe"
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The UIUC Ulysses Reading Group Meeting
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Writers Workshop - Avoiding Plagiarism: Using Sources Effectively
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The New Academy, presents Dave Morris. Dave will discuss his book project, Public Religions in the Future World: Post-Secularism and Utopia (forthcoming from University of Georgia Press).
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National Book Award winner, Susan Choi will read from her celebrated works.
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University of Illinois Press - 2020 Spring Publishing Symposium Register Now for Spring Publishing Symposium
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Rhetoric Program Instructor Meeting
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Writers Workshop - Preparing for the Job Search: Cover Letters & Resumes This workshop will help you prepare two documents that you’ll use frequently during your job search: the cover letter and resume. Learn basic formatting, effective word choice, and tips for tailoring your documents to specific employers!
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Medieval Studies Colloquium Nahir Otaño Gracia, University of New Mexico Language Politics and Imperial Ambitions in Guillem de Torroella’s La Faula Tuesday, February 18, 5-6:30 pm Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 FLB Co-sponsored by the Department of Spanish and Portuguese
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The Poiesis of Cinematic Allusionism: Exploring Audiovisual Intertextuality in the Video Essay Catherine Grant on Videographic Criticism - Professor of Digital Media & Screen Studies at Birkbeck, University of London
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A Year of the Creative Writers - Anna Deavere Smith
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Writers Workshop - Proposal Writing in Undergraduate Research Want to write a proposal for your research but don't know how? This workshop, offered in collaboration with the Office of Undergraduate Research, will guide students to formulate successful research projects and explain their research in a concise and compelling
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The department’s Kirkpatrick and lecture series committee would like to invite you to three events that are taking place in Spring 2020. Our first event, the Kirkpatrick Symposium, includes research presentations by three scholars from our departmental units: Peter Mortensen (Writing Studies), Irvin Hunt (Literature), and Amy Hassinger (Creative Writing).
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Brownbag Series - Multimodal Pedagogy How can multimodal pedagogy be implemented in different classroom spaces? In this panel conversation, current and past instructors of Informatics/Writing Studies 303: Writing Across Media will discuss their approaches to multimodal pedagogy and how they have applied their WAM experience across different instructional spaces.
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Bruce Erickson's Retirement Open House Please Join Us to Celebrate the Retirement of Bruce Erickson! Stop By and Say Aloha to Bruce! **Pizza and Cake will be served.
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Nicholson Distinguished Scholar Lecture - David Scott (Anthropology, Columbia)
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Medieval Movie Knights Presents - The 13th Warrior Snacks provided, discussion with graduate student experts following the screening.
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Nicholson Distinguished Scholar Lecture - David Scott (Anthropology, Columbia)
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Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory - Moinak Biswas - Jadavpur University Public Screening - "Thinking History: Ritwik Ghatak’s Subarnarekha" Introduction by Anustup Basu
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Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory - Moinak Biswas - Jadavpur University "Thinking History: Ritwik Ghatak's Subarnarekha" Lecture Introduction by Anustup Basu
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CAS - Abolitions Series: Indigenous Resistance, Anti-Colonial Politics, and Global Environmental Justice Center for Advanced Studies Resident Associates Naomi Paik (Assoc. Professor in Asian American Studies) and Toby Beauchamp (Asst. Professor in Gender and Women's Studies) have been facilitating an excellent series on Abolition through CAS this academic year.
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Writers Workshop - Writing Effective Personal Statements Learn how to write an effective personal statement, also called an "application essay" or "statement of purpose." This presentation will review successful strategies and help you develop a plan for you own personal statement.
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CWS Brownbag - Emerging Trends in Bilingual Education We're pleased to announce CWS Brownbag event for next Wednesday, March 4th, from 1.00p-1.50p in Lincoln Hall 1066.
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Writing Across the Curriculum Workshop - "Supporting Communicative Diversity Across the Curriculum"
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2019 Faculty Fellows Symposium This event will be a symposium recognizing and sharing the recent work of the Unit's faculty fellows.
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The New Academy Series Presents Pallabi Gupta "Homes and Anti-homes: Where Does Jane Eyre Live?"
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Writers Workshop - Proposal Writing in Undergraduate Research Want to write a proposal for your research but don't know how? This workshop, offered in collaboration with the Office of Undergraduate Research, will guide students to formulate successful research projects and explain their research in a concise and compelling
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A reading by two celebrated and award-winning authors: Luis Alberto Urrea and Meagan Cass sponsored but the Presidential Initiative to Celebrate the Impact of the Arts and the Humanities.
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Ancestral Animalities and Queer Futurities in Naomi Rincón Gallardo’s Multimedia Speculative Fictions Laura G. Gutiérrez (Mexican American and Latina/o Studies, UT-Austin)
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Writers Workshop - Developing Arguments and Revising for the Big Picture This presentation will review the basic principles for creating effective thesis statements. It will also help students review common essay structures and strategies. You will have the opportunity to put these principles into practice, so bring a current assignment to work on.
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Writers Workshop - Overcoming Writer's Block Tired of those last-minute all-nighters or staring at a blank page to get started on your writing? Join us to learn effective strategies for getting started early and meeting your deadlines! This event will be held through Zoom. Please register by 5:00pm by 4/21, and we will send an email with the Zoom link and password.
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Writers Workshop - Cite Right: MLA & APA Curious about effective reading strategies? Not quite sure what to do with different kinds of sources you spent time finding and reading? This presentation reviews tips for reading efficiently and incorporating sources effectively.
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Rare Book & Manuscript Library Savvy Researcher Info Session
