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Graduate Student GroupsEvening Papers (MA Colloquium)
Evening Papers is a forum for Masters students in literature to present and receive feedback on their work. The forum convenes semi-monthly on Thursdays, from 9:00 to 10:00pm; two MA students present per forum, and the forums are held in the evenings so that students who work and/or enroll in night classes may participate. Information regarding the forum is regularly updated at http://eveningpapers.wordpress.com. Students interested in presenting may contact conveners at eveningpapers@gmail.com. All periods, fields, and disciplines are welcomed.
Conveners:
- Professor Elizabeth McHenry
- Professor Hal Momma
- Professor John Maynard
- Lindsay Bogner
Colloquium on American Literature and Culture (CALC)
The Colloquium on American Literature and Culture (CALC) is a forum for the presentation and discussion of new Americanist scholarship by both junior and senior researchers. CALC encourages paper proposals by graduate students and faculty that focus on any subject or period relevant to American literature and culture. A typical CALC event features two presentations of 20-25 minutes, followed by audience questions and discussion. Past speakers have presented on such diverse topics as early twentieth-century suffrage cookbooks, antebellum children's literature, and early American structures of feeling. We invite the attendance of all faculty and graduate students, regardless of specialty, to CALC events.
Conveners:
- Professor Thomas Augst
- Professor Patricia Crain
- Professor Bryan Waterman
- Matthew Bruen
- Jane Carr
- Kristen Highland
Modern Colloquium
The Modern Colloquium offers a collegial environment for graduate students working primarily in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries to meet and share their work with each other and with faculty. The Modern Colloquium is an interdisciplinary forum dedicated to offering the opportunity for graduate students to interact with their peers and with faculty in various fields and disciplines that engage with the study of modern and contemporary literature and culture. Our sessions take the form of open discussions of key texts in modern literature, culture, and theory, panel presentations of MA and Doctoral students' work with faculty and student respondents, and the presentation and discussion of longer papers by graduate students, NYU faculty, and visiting speakers. Each session is typically followed by informal conversation, wine and cheese.
We welcome suggestions for future topics, sessions, and speakers. Please contact our conveners to be added to our listserv and visit our website at: http://moderncolloquium.pbwiki.com.
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The Colloquium for Early Literatures and Cultures in English (CELCE)
The Colloquium for Early Literatures and Cultures in English (CELCE) works to promote scholarship and conversations in medieval and early modern literary studies. The group sponsors graduate and faculty seminars and roundtables, invited speakers, and an annual conference. If there is enough interest, CELCE could involve workshops or an occasional informal reading group to discuss important primary and critical works.
CELCE has traditionally also encompassed work on the eighteenth century and the early Americas. This year we wish to focus our energies particularly on the Medieval and Renaissance periods (so as to distinguish ourselves from the American and long eighteenth century groups), although in the spirit of retaining CELCE's trans-period and trans-Atlantic emphasis, we have opened dialog with other colloquia on the possibility of overlapping events. For the coming year, we plan a variety of events, both inviting current students and faculty to share their work with one another, as well as bringing in speakers from outside the university.
Subgroups:
The Medieval Forum meets in parallel with CELCE (which often co-sponsors its talks) and the Early Modern Forum (which meets on alternate Thursdays), sponsoring talks and roundtables on topics in medieval English. Its primary aim is to bring innovative scholars and their work to NYU, particularly those working at other institutions in the New York area. It was founded for the benefit of NYU's growing population of graduate students working in the medieval period, but its meetings are open to all and it is therefore hoped that the forum will become another part of the rich and broad and ongoing conversation among all medievalists in the city.
The Early Modern Forum meets in parallel with CELCE (which often co-sponsors its talks) and the Medieval Forum (which meets on alternate Thursdays), sponsoring talks and workshops on topics in early modern English. Drawing particularly on the strong early modern community in New York City, it spotlights innovative research and fresh methodologies. The forum aims to foster conversations among Renaissance graduate students and faculty within the English department and beyond.
Conveners:
- Professor Haruko Momma
- Professor Christopher Cannon
- Professor John Guillory
- Elizabeth Blake
- Kathryn Vomero
The Long 18th Century Colloquium
Eighteenth-century studies is an important locus of intellectual activity in the NYU English department for a significant and still increasing number of faculty members and graduate students. As an expansive field of inquiry, the long eighteenth century colloquium serves as a vital commons at NYU which joins professors and students of numerous periods and interests, ranging from transatlantic studies, Restoration, Enlightenment, Romanticism, print culture, literary history, and poetics, to name just a few focal points of study.
Conveners:
- Professor Paula McDowell
- Professor Clifford Siskin
- Johanna Devereaux
- Collin Jennings
- Rachael King
Post Colonial Colloquium
The postcolonial colloquium aims to foster conversation amongst graduate students and faculty across NYU disciplines and schools, and from the wider NYC area. Our speakers and discussion series will address issues of empire, the cultures of postcolonialism and the global south, gender, diaspora, and globalization. In addition to being a forum in which established scholars can share their work, the colloquium is an opportunity for graduate students to benefit from more informal presentations of their works-in-progress.
Conveners:
- Professor Robert Young
- Professor Raji Sunder Rajan
- Professor Jini Watson
- Joseph Napolitano
- Laurie Lambert
- Durba Basu
- Shirley Wong
The Nineteenth-Century Colloquium
The Nineteenth-Century Colloquium brings together graduate students and faculty working in the entire nineteenth century--in the British, American, and trans-Atlantic area. The colloquium seeks to forge intellectual connections among sub-fields that are now somewhat segregated, to identify and cultivate study of theoretical, literary, and historical topics of particular interest to its participants, and to provide a forum for the discussion of work-in-progress. The Nineteenth-Century Colloquium welcomes papers and presentations from graduate students who are writing their dissertations, and from students at an earlier stage of their work, as well as discussions about texts and topics that are already in print. The colloquium's sessions involve discussion of precirculated papers, posted on the colloquium Blackboard site, as well as talks by visiting speakers.
Conveners:
- Professor Mary Poovey
- Professor John Waters
- Professor Maureen McLane (fall)
- Professor Jennifer Baker (spring)
- Leslie Barnes
- Rabia Shahzad
- Rebecca Starkins
Graduate English Organization (GEO)
Anyone enrolled in one of the English department’s graduate programs is a member of the Graduate English Organization (GEO). In its current configuration, the GEO has three objectives: to enhance students’ intellectual and professional experiences through organization and delivery of social events, panel discussions, and workshops, and through facilitation of an online forum specifically for English graduate students; to manage a budget of graduate-school-disbursed funds that underwrites GEO events and many other departmental student organizations; and to represent the interests and concerns of English graduate students through participation in the department’s Graduate Programs Committee and the Graduate School’s Student Council.
The GEO is managed by two student representatives, appointed by their peers in staggered biennial elections. The current representatives are Bridget McFarland and Yair Solan. Please contact Bridget and Yair with any questions, concerns, or ideas you may have about the department’s graduate programs.
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