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Volume 52 | October 5, 2007 | Number 7

FROM THE GRADUATE STUDIES OFFICE

Fellowship Payment
Graduate students on fellowship for the Fall semester (8/16/07-12/15/07), will receive their last fellowship payment on 12/16/07.

Graduate Students
Due to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), we now need to obtain photo release forms from ALL (new and returning) graduate students to publicize your photo and/or to acknowledge your activities and accomplishments in Footnotes. Please see Chris in 210 EB for a release form.

Congratulations!
Terra Walston successfully passed her Special Field exam on Victorian Literature and Imperialism, 1830-1900 (Goodlad, Ch.; Nazar, Burton, Saville) on 9/27/07.

FALL 2007 - DATES TO REMEMBER
October 15: Oct. degree conferral (no commencement)
October 15: Second half-session courses begin
October 29: Registration for spring begins
November 2: Last day to add a second half-session course
November 9: Last day for student to drop a semester course without a grade of W (without approval)
November 9: Last day to add name to Dec. degree list
November 9: Last day to elect credit-no-credit option for a semester course or to change from credit-no-credit option to a regular grade
November 9: Last day to withdraw from the current term without a grade of W
Nov 17 - 25: Fall vacation for students
Nov 22 - 23: Thanksgiving Break (all campus holiday)
November 26: Instruction resumes
November 30: Last day to drop a second half-session course
November 30: Last day to elect credit-no-credit option for a second half-session course or to change from credit-no-credit option to a regular grade
November 30: Last day to take final exam for Dec. doctoral degree
December 7: Instruction ends
December 7: Last day to deposit Dec. master's theses December 8: Last day to add or drop a second half-session course with approval (a W is recorded)
December 8: Last day to add or drop a semester course with approval (a W is recorded)
December 8: Reading Day
Dec 10 – 15: Final examination period
December 10: Last day to change an I grade from spring or summer to prevent F by rule
December 14: Last day to deposit Dec. doctoral dissertations
December 17: Dec. degree conferral (no commencement)

CALL FOR PAPERS

Power of Form and Forms of Power
Annual AEGIS Conference at SIUC
Carbondale Illinois
April 3rd -5 th 2008

The Association of English Graduate Instructors and Students (AEGIS) of Southern Illinois University at Carbondale would like to invite you to participate in a conference that explores the myriad possibilities presented by examining authorial control. Form, whether defined traditionally, as in the sonnet, or pushed to new limits in the postmodern, poses challenges, limitations, possibilities, and inspiration for literary expression. In addition, formal choices are often made as a result of the influence of political and cultural control. Insomuch as examining literary form gives insight into the intentional manipulation of a text, forms of power often influence the subject matter, themes, and/or style.

We encourage those submitting proposals to consider our theme in a variety of ways including, but not limited to:

The ways form influences subject
The role of new-formalism in current literary studies
The ways hegemonies influence literature
The effect of ideologies on art
The way in which language and national discourse drive creative production

Featured speakers at this conference will include Kevin J.H. Dettmar the author of The Illicit Joyce of Postmodernism: Reading Against the Grain (1996), and Is Rock Dead? (2005), and editor of Rereading the New: A Backward Glance at Modernism (1992); Marketing Modernisms: Self-Promotion, Canonization, and Rereading (1996); Reading Rock & Roll: Authenticity, Appropriation, Aesthetics (1999); and the Blackwell Companion to British Literature and Culture (2005). Also featured is Pinckney Benedict the author of Town Smokes, The Wrecking Yard, and Dogs of God .

In addition to guest speakers, this conference will feature an exhibit of some of SIUC's extensive collection of rare manuscripts, letters and photographs from James Joyce, the Abbey Theatre, Richard Aldington, Henry Miller, as well as other expatriate and modernist materials.

We invite individual paper proposals of 350-500 words for a 20-minute conference presentation. We also encourage panel submissions (of three papers per panel totaling 60 minutes). Panel paper proposals should be sent together, and should be accompanied by a rationale for why these papers are grouped together as well as a panel title (as it is to appear on the program). Proposals should be sent to Krystal McMillen at yvonnec@siu.edu by October 28, 2007.

32nd Comparative Drama Conference Text & Presentation
Papers reporting on new research and development in any aspect of drama are invited for the 32nd Comparative Drama Conference that will take place at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles , March 27-29, 2008. Papers may be comparative across nationalities, periods and disciplines; and may deal with any issue in dramatic literature, criticism, theory, and performance, or any method of historiography, translation, or production. Papers should be 15 minutes in length and should be accessible to a multi-disciplinary audience. Scholars and artists in all languages and literatures are invited to email a 250 word abstract (with paper title, author's name, institutional affiliation, and postal address at top left – please also include any technical requirements for your presentation such as powerpoint or slide projectors, VCR, etc. – please note, AV that is not requested with the abstract cannot be guaranteed) to Dr. Kevin Wetmore at compdram@lmu.edu by 11 December 2007. Those whose abstracts are accepted for presentation are expected to attend the conference. Abstracts will be printed in the conference program. For conference information visit: http://myweb.lmu.edu/compdrama/ . See file in 213 EB (Journals Room) for more information.

POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT

Multicultural Teaching Scholars Instructors
The English department at the University of Missouri , Columbia http://english.missouri.edu/ seeks applications for the summer 2008 Multicultural Teaching Scholars Program (MTS), sponsored by the Graduate School. MTS is a program that brings individuals who are members of U.S. racial minorities or other underrepresented groups to the MU campus to teach one summer course. In addition to a stipend of $5,500, MTS scholars receive $1,500 for travel expenses. We seek applicants who have completed the PhD or expect to receive their degrees within the next year.

With nearly fifty tenured and tenure-track faculty, the English department is one of the largest departments on the MU campus; we offer courses in British and American literature, African diaspora studies, English language and linguistics, creative writing, rhetoric and composition, folklore and oral tradition, film studies, critical theory, and women's and gender studies.

We seek applicants in any area of English studies, with particular interest in scholars who can contribute to one of the following areas: African Diaspora Studies (including Caribbean literature and African American studies), Latino literature, and American literature

More information about the MTS program is available at: http://gradschool.missouri.edu/about-us/initiatives/multicultural-teaching-scholars/ .

To apply, please send letter of interest, curriculum vitae, official transcripts, and three letters of recommendation concerning teaching and research skills by December 1, 2007 to:

Patricia Okker, Chair
Department of English
University of Missouri , Columbia
107 Tate Hall
Columbia , MO 65211

For more information, please contact Patricia Okker at OkkerP@missouri.edu .

FACULTY ACTIVITIES AND PUBLICATIONS

LeAnne Howe
--- Miko Kings, an Indian Baseball Story. Aunt Lute Books, 2007. Miko Kings is set in Indian Territory's queen city, Ada , during the baseball fever of 1907, but quickly moves back and forth in time from 1969 during the Vietnam War, to present-day Ada , Oklahoma . In Howe's novel, playing baseball in the 19th century was not merely a sport for natives—it was a politically charged act against a history of genocide and displacement where a Native pitcher could access his own power, and the power of ancient ballplayers who'd been playing the game long before immigrants began arriving in the New World .



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Footnotes Directory	Footnotes: The Department Newsletter Volume 52 \| October 5, 2007 \| Number 7 FROM THE GRADUATE STUDIES OFFICE Fellowship Payment Graduate students on fellowship for the Fall semester (8/16/07-12/15/07), will receive their last fellowship payment on 12/16/07. Graduate Students Due to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), we now need to obtain photo release forms from ALL (new and returning) graduate students to publicize your photo and/or to acknowledge your activities and accomplishments in Footnotes. Please see Chris in 210 EB for a release form. Congratulations! Terra Walston successfully passed her Special Field exam on Victorian Literature and Imperialism, 1830-1900 (Goodlad, Ch.; Nazar, Burton, Saville) on 9/27/07. FALL 2007 - DATES TO REMEMBER October 15: Oct. degree conferral (no commencement) October 15: Second half-session courses begin October 29: Registration for spring begins November 2: Last day to add a second half-session course November 9: Last day for student to drop a semester course without a grade of W (without approval) November 9: Last day to add name to Dec. degree list November 9: Last day to elect credit-no-credit option for a semester course or to change from credit-no-credit option to a regular grade November 9: Last day to withdraw from the current term without a grade of W Nov 17 - 25: Fall vacation for students Nov 22 - 23: Thanksgiving Break (all campus holiday) November 26: Instruction resumes November 30: Last day to drop a second half-session course November 30: Last day to elect credit-no-credit option for a second half-session course or to change from credit-no-credit option to a regular grade November 30: Last day to take final exam for Dec. doctoral degree December 7: Instruction ends December 7: Last day to deposit Dec. master's theses December 8: Last day to add or drop a second half-session course with approval (a W is recorded) December 8: Last day to add or drop a semester course with approval (a W is recorded) December 8: Reading Day Dec 10 – 15: Final examination period December 10: Last day to change an I grade from spring or summer to prevent F by rule December 14: Last day to deposit Dec. doctoral dissertations December 17: Dec. degree conferral (no commencement) CALL FOR PAPERS Power of Form and Forms of Power Annual AEGIS Conference at SIUC Carbondale Illinois April 3rd -5 th 2008 The Association of English Graduate Instructors and Students (AEGIS) of Southern Illinois University at Carbondale would like to invite you to participate in a conference that explores the myriad possibilities presented by examining authorial control. Form, whether defined traditionally, as in the sonnet, or pushed to new limits in the postmodern, poses challenges, limitations, possibilities, and inspiration for literary expression. In addition, formal choices are often made as a result of the influence of political and cultural control. Insomuch as examining literary form gives insight into the intentional manipulation of a text, forms of power often influence the subject matter, themes, and/or style. We encourage those submitting proposals to consider our theme in a variety of ways including, but not limited to: The ways form influences subject The role of new-formalism in current literary studies The ways hegemonies influence literature The effect of ideologies on art The way in which language and national discourse drive creative production Featured speakers at this conference will include Kevin J.H. Dettmar the author of The Illicit Joyce of Postmodernism: Reading Against the Grain (1996), and Is Rock Dead? (2005), and editor of Rereading the New: A Backward Glance at Modernism (1992); Marketing Modernisms: Self-Promotion, Canonization, and Rereading (1996); Reading Rock & Roll: Authenticity, Appropriation, Aesthetics (1999); and the Blackwell Companion to British Literature and Culture (2005). Also featured is Pinckney Benedict the author of Town Smokes, The Wrecking Yard, and Dogs of God . In addition to guest speakers, this conference will feature an exhibit of some of SIUC's extensive collection of rare manuscripts, letters and photographs from James Joyce, the Abbey Theatre, Richard Aldington, Henry Miller, as well as other expatriate and modernist materials. We invite individual paper proposals of 350-500 words for a 20-minute conference presentation. We also encourage panel submissions (of three papers per panel totaling 60 minutes). Panel paper proposals should be sent together, and should be accompanied by a rationale for why these papers are grouped together as well as a panel title (as it is to appear on the program). Proposals should be sent to Krystal McMillen at yvonnec@siu.edu by October 28, 2007. 32nd Comparative Drama Conference Text & Presentation Papers reporting on new research and development in any aspect of drama are invited for the 32nd Comparative Drama Conference that will take place at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles , March 27-29, 2008. Papers may be comparative across nationalities, periods and disciplines; and may deal with any issue in dramatic literature, criticism, theory, and performance, or any method of historiography, translation, or production. Papers should be 15 minutes in length and should be accessible to a multi-disciplinary audience. Scholars and artists in all languages and literatures are invited to email a 250 word abstract (with paper title, author's name, institutional affiliation, and postal address at top left – please also include any technical requirements for your presentation such as powerpoint or slide projectors, VCR, etc. – please note, AV that is not requested with the abstract cannot be guaranteed) to Dr. Kevin Wetmore at compdram@lmu.edu by 11 December 2007. Those whose abstracts are accepted for presentation are expected to attend the conference. Abstracts will be printed in the conference program. For conference information visit: http://myweb.lmu.edu/compdrama/ . See file in 213 EB (Journals Room) for more information. POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT Multicultural Teaching Scholars Instructors The English department at the University of Missouri , Columbia http://english.missouri.edu/ seeks applications for the summer 2008 Multicultural Teaching Scholars Program (MTS), sponsored by the Graduate School. MTS is a program that brings individuals who are members of U.S. racial minorities or other underrepresented groups to the MU campus to teach one summer course. In addition to a stipend of $5,500, MTS scholars receive $1,500 for travel expenses. We seek applicants who have completed the PhD or expect to receive their degrees within the next year. With nearly fifty tenured and tenure-track faculty, the English department is one of the largest departments on the MU campus; we offer courses in British and American literature, African diaspora studies, English language and linguistics, creative writing, rhetoric and composition, folklore and oral tradition, film studies, critical theory, and women's and gender studies. We seek applicants in any area of English studies, with particular interest in scholars who can contribute to one of the following areas: African Diaspora Studies (including Caribbean literature and African American studies), Latino literature, and American literature More information about the MTS program is available at: http://gradschool.missouri.edu/about-us/initiatives/multicultural-teaching-scholars/ . To apply, please send letter of interest, curriculum vitae, official transcripts, and three letters of recommendation concerning teaching and research skills by December 1, 2007 to: Patricia Okker, Chair Department of English University of Missouri , Columbia 107 Tate Hall Columbia , MO 65211 For more information, please contact Patricia Okker at OkkerP@missouri.edu . FACULTY ACTIVITIES AND PUBLICATIONS LeAnne Howe --- Miko Kings, an Indian Baseball Story. Aunt Lute Books, 2007. Miko Kings is set in Indian Territory's queen city, Ada , during the baseball fever of 1907, but quickly moves back and forth in time from 1969 during the Vietnam War, to present-day Ada , Oklahoma . In Howe's novel, playing baseball in the 19th century was not merely a sport for natives—it was a politically charged act against a history of genocide and displacement where a Native pitcher could access his own power, and the power of ancient ballplayers who'd been playing the game long before immigrants began arriving in the New World .

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