We are excited to announce our schedule for Autumn 2014!
All events will be held from 4:30 to 6:00 pm in Rosenwald 405, unless otherwise noted.
Papers will be circulated one week in advance of each workshop.
Wednesday, October 8: Hillary Chute, Associate Professor of English, University of Chicago
“Seeing New,” Introduction to “Disaster is My Muse”: Visual Witnessing, Comics, and Documentary Form
“Seeing New,” Introduction to “Disaster is My Muse”: Visual Witnessing, Comics, and Documentary Form
Wednesday, October 15: Karen Sanchez-Eppler, Professor of English and American Studies, Amherst College
“‘Remember, Dear, when the Yankees came through here I was only ten years old’: Valuing the Enslaved Child of the WPA Slave Narratives”
“‘Remember, Dear, when the Yankees came through here I was only ten years old’: Valuing the Enslaved Child of the WPA Slave Narratives”
Tuesday, October 28 in Walker 403: Richard Jean So, Assistant Professor of English, University of Chicago
“Globalization of the MFA: Chinese and Taiwanese Writers at Iowa”
(Please note unusual day and location)
“Globalization of the MFA: Chinese and Taiwanese Writers at Iowa”
(Please note unusual day and location)
Wednesday, November 5: Alexander Whitlyn Jacobs, Department of English, University of Chicago
“”Discouraging Realism: Black Self-Help Guides at the Turn of the Century”
“”Discouraging Realism: Black Self-Help Guides at the Turn of the Century”
Wednesday, December 3: Jeffrey Hamilton Boggs, Department of English, University of Chicago
“Planetary Air”
“Planetary Air”
These events are free and open to the public. We are committed to making our workshop fully accessible to persons with disabilities. Questions or concerns should be directed to Andrew Inchiosa at andrew.inchiosa@gmail.com.