The YAWP: Villanova's Graduate English Program Blog

Students in Megan Quigley’s graduate Ulysses course presented their final research papers while decking the halls for their final class of the semester! Note the three creative James Joyce themed tree ornaments! Parallax and Henry Flower (the nom de plume of Bloom when he writes love letters to Martha Clifford)... ...and, of course, a “corpse of milk” man!

Gender and Women's Studies Student Research Conference CALL FOR PAPERS The 29th Annual Gender & Women’s Studies Student Research Conference is on  Friday, April 6, 2018 . It is an exciting opportunity to showcase your work, discuss your interests with students and faculty from Villanova and other area universities, and see the broad range of intellectual disciplines encompassed by Gender and Women’s Studies. Essays and creative work must engage gender, sexuality, or feminist theories. All papers must have been written during Spring or Fall 2017 or written specifically for the conference. Paper Eligibility and Submission Guidelines : http://www1.villanova.edu/villanova/artsci/gws/ecs_conference/papers.html Submission Deadline: Friday, February 16, 2018 Conference presented by Villanova's Gender & Women's Studies Program and The Greater Philadelphia Women's Studies Consortium.  Questions? Email gws@villanova.edu

The Department of English at St. John's University invites papers that think about narrative across literary and writing studies. The Department of English at St. John's University invites papers that think about narrative across literary and writing studies. Our topic for this year's graduate conference, "Telling Stories: Rethinking Narrative in Literary and Writing Studies," asks us to consider what is entailed in generating narrative(s). We seek work that explores the cultural place of stories and their various modes of telling-through drama, poetry, prose forms, performance, digital media, translation--as well as the role of narrative in pedagogy and writing studies, in any historical, national, or diasporic tradition. Conceiving of "telling stories" broadly, we welcome work that critically engages or reconceptualizes storytelling, including analyses of individual, collective, or representative texts or performances; considerations of the making ...

Seasonal festivities, bountiful grub, and a spirit of nearly-done-with-term-paper-relaxation abounded at our annual Holiday Decorating Party! Thanks to all who attended!

Georgetown University has issued a call for papers for their upcoming conference, "New Biopolitics: An Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference." The conference will take place on   Saturday, February 24, 2018. Visit our post on the Conferences page for comprehensive information. As always, remember that if you decide to submit proposals to any conferences, be sure to consider applying for funding. See the Graduate Studies Office’s webpage on  Conference Travel Funding . And remember that you have to apply for the funding before you attend the conference. (In recent years, the funding has tended to run out early in the spring semester.)

The society of students in the Master of Arts in Holocaust and Genocide Studies (MAHG) Program at Stockton University would like to invite graduate students in English at Villanova University to submit presentation proposals for an emerging scholars conference,  "In the Name of Conscience": An Emerging Scholars Conference on Genocide, Mass Atrocity, and Human Rights . The conference will take place on  Tuesday, March 27, 2018. Visit the full post on our Conferences page for all the information! As always, remember that if you decide to submit proposals to any conferences, be sure to consider applying for funding. See the Graduate Studies Office’s webpage on  Conference Travel Funding . And remember that you have to apply for the funding before you attend the conference. (In recent years, the funding has tended to run out early in the spring semester.)

Our annual proposal writing workshop, which is specifically geared to the Graduate Summer Research Fellowships , will take place on Thursday, Dec. 7, at 7:30 pm, in SAC 310 [note: not SAC 300].  We’ll go over the various elements of putting together an application, from the “rationale/background for the proposed work” through the “description of the research plan and proposed methodology” to the “statement of the impact of the award on the student’s progress toward graduation.” See you there.

We know you're all ready for Thanksgiving, but put this on your radar: there's an upcoming information session for the 2018 Irish Theatre Summer Studio ! When: Wednesday, Nov. 29th at 4:30 p.m.  Where: SAC 300 The Summer Studio, a Villanova University summer course, invites graduate students and advanced undergraduates to Dublin to immerse themselves in Irish theatre. This unique three-credit study-abroad course examines the major works and history of the Abbey Theatre and trains students in the production of Irish Theatre. From the studio to the stage, students will develop work for a final showing at the Lir Theatre, the National Academy of Dramatic Arts Here's some more information about the program from Dr. Lennon: Irish Theatre Summer Studio From the studio to the stage, students will study the workings and history of Ireland's world-class national theatre while developing their own theatre skills, knowledge, and practice. Students from Villano...