Category Archives: General News
“Future of the Humanities” Event
Hi All, This post is devoted to the event GAC plans to host this spring, the proposed topic of which is “the future of the humanities.” The aim of this event is to bring together graduate students and faculty to … Continue reading
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
English Grad Study Room!!
A message from the Amazing Aaron: As you have probably heard, the English Grad Study Room in Firestone (B-9-J) has been undergoing renovation, and will soon be completed, rejuvenated and ready for your use. Thanks to the generous support of … Continue reading
A few announcements
Gayle Salamon is completing her term as Cotsen Postdoctoral Fellow here at Princeton and will join our department as an assistant professor in the fall. Gayle received her Ph.D. in Rhetoric from the University of California at Berkeley with a … Continue reading
The Latest
Yes, all’s been quiet on the blogging front, but we’re still here! I won’t be posting the usual digest of weekly events over the summer, but will continue to update the blog when “news” breaks or helpful information becomes available. … Continue reading
A Message from Starry
Dear Students: I greet you at the beginning of the spring term. As you’ve heard, I will be the DGS this spring and I look forward to working with you. Some years ago, I served as DGS for three years, … Continue reading
Theory of the Novel Course
NOTICE TO ALL GRADUATE STUDENTS IN LITERATURE DEPARTMENTS: CORRECTION TO SPRING COURSE OFFERINGS: NOVEL THEORIES (COM 535) is a new graduate seminar in comparative literature open to graduate students from all departments. This course was INCORRECTLY described as a “dissertation … Continue reading
Spring 2008 Course Note – DuBois & Gramsci with Spivak
I’m not sure if this will be corrected on the SCORE page or not, but for now at least: Those who’d like to sign up for the course on DuBois and Gramsci (which is listed as taught by “staff” though … Continue reading
A Blog is Born!
Welcome! After thoroughly irritating most of the OIT staff and being forced to admit the extent of my cyber-ignorance, this site– a temporary website devoted to English Department Grad Student issues, updates, business, and such– is at least operational. As … Continue reading