Author Archives: swasserm
Americanist Hire Updates
A message from Bill regarding the Americanist Hires: Dear all — Claudia has authorized me to write with updates on both the current Junior Americanist job search and the ongoing Senior Americanist search. As of late last week, the department faculty voted … Continue reading
Also This Week: Michael Fried
Michael Fried, art historian, art critic, cultural historian, and poet, who teaches at Johns Hopkins, is going to be at Princeton this week as a Short Term Fellow of the Humanities Council, owing to the initiative of Comparative Literature, and … Continue reading
Events for the Week of 12/1/08
**Please remember to sign up for Spring courses in the binder located on Pat’s desk.** Monday, 12/1 12:00 PM. American Studies Workshop: The Treasure Hunt of Tradition: Re-visiting the archives of Jewish-American music; McCosh 40 4:30 PM. Lapidus Lecture: And … Continue reading
GAC Meeting Minutes from 11/18/08
GAC Meeting Minutes 11/18/08 I. Updates from previous GAC Meeting A. Travel Funding: Bill has reworded the passage in the handbook about accessing departmental funds so that it is recommended, but not required that students first seek funding from other … Continue reading
Events for the Week of 11/24/08
Monday 11/24 4:30 PM. Simon Gaunt, King’s College London: Translating Diversity in the Middle Ages, East Pyne 010 4:30 PM. Rajeswari Sunder Rajan: The Crisis of Feminism in Some Recent Indian Fiction in English, 216 Aaron Burr Hall 6:00 PM. … Continue reading
Grad Study Room Book Collection
We Need Your Input!! Please read and respond to the following wonderful initiative described here and headed by Greg Londe. As part of the continuing renovation and awesome-ification project of the English Graduate Study Room in Firestone, we are in … Continue reading
Events for 11/11/08-11/21/08
Tuesday, 11/11 12:00 PM. Louis Menand Seminar; Hinds 8:00 PM. A Tribute to Mahmoud Darwish: Cafe Vivian, Frist Campus Center Wednesday, 11/12 12:30 PM. Works in Progress: Ariana Reilly, “Trends from a Major Fashion House: Representations of Fashion in Bleak … Continue reading
Mark Sanders at Cuny
So I’ve been quite the blog delinquent– I promise to begin posting events again, but for now, here’s one at Cuny that’s been passed along to me: The CUNY Graduate Center Postcolonial Studies Group Colloquium Series 2008-2009 The Postcolonial Studies … Continue reading
GAC Meeting Minutes from 10/14/08
1. Generals scheduling: The present third-year students expressed concern about the late scheduling of generals exams. Most students did not learn their exam dates until after the exam period had begun. WGGI discussed this issue last year as well, but … Continue reading
Events for the Week of 10/13/08
Monday, 10/13 Tuesday, 10/14 5:30 PM. GAC Meeting! Hinds Library 5:30 PM. (Sorry about the scheduling conflict!) Toni Morrison reading; Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall Wednesday, 10/15 4:30 PM. Olga Taxidou: ‘”Utopia And Failure In Modernist Performance: The Craig/Stanislavksy ‘Hamlet’ And … Continue reading
