The YAWP: Villanova's Graduate English Program Blog

On Monday, February 8, Villanova English professor Dr. Travis Foster will join Dr. Lara Langer Cohen (Swarthmore College)  and Dr. Edlie Wong (University of Maryland) for a conversation about his recently published book  Genre and White Supremacy in the Postemancipation United States .   T he event starts at 7.30pm. Please register here to receive the Zoom link. You can also visit this link to receive a discount of 30% on the book.  

This April, Carnegie Mellon University’s English Colloquia hosts their first-ever graduate conference on "Bridges and Borders: Navigating Problems and Possibilities in Language and Culture." They encourage any graduate student in the humanities to propose a paper, poster presentation, or roundtable. The conference keynote speaker is Dr. Jasbir K. Puar. The submission deadline is January 29, and the conference will be held virtually on April 23. Visit the conference website for the full call for papers and submission details. 

George Washington University's annual English Graduate Student Association Symposium is looking for presentation proposals for their virtual symposium this March. See the original CFP and symposium details below:  The George Washington University's English Graduate Student Association (EGSA) is pleased to circulate a call for papers for its annual spring symposium.  This year, the conference theme is "Decay and Regeneration," and our keynote speaker will be Anna Mollow, co-editor of Duke UP's Sex and Disability .  The conference will be held over Zoom on Friday March 5, 2021 from approximately 9 am to 4 pm EST.   GW EGSA Syposium : Decay and Regeneration Keynote: Anna Mollow March 5th, 2021 The theme of decay and regeneration captures our current global moment of political uncertainty, environmental catastrophe, public health crises, and mass protest. In the past few years, we have witnessed a once-in-a-century pandemic; global protests in response to police bru...

Boston College's Comhfhios Irish Studies conference is looking for proposals for a virtual conference this March. In the past, a number of Villanova grad students have presented at this conference. This year, the conference will be virtual, but if there are costs, the Irish Studies Program can provide support. See the original CFP below: Call for Papers Comhfhios Boston College Conflict and Resolution: Looking Back and Looking Forward March 5th, 2021 Boston College, Connolly House, Chestnut Hill, MA The Irish Studies Graduate Students of Boston College, in conjunction with the Irish Studies Program, are pleased to be hosting the fourth annual Comhfhios Boston College conference. Comhfhios (pronounced “co-is”) meaning “knowledge together,” or “open to all knowledge,” invites emerging scholars in all Irish Studies fields to gather again in Boston. This year, we will discuss the themes of conflict and resolution in Irish Studies; from military struggles to social quarrels, from cent...

 All events will take place online!