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Volume 52 |April 7, 2008| Number 26

CONGRATULATIONS!

Cristina Stanciu has won the 2008-2009 Michigan State University American Indian Studies Program (AISP) Pre-Doctoral Fellowship.

FROM THE GRADUATE STUDIES OFFICE

Fellowship Payment
Graduate students on fellowship for the Spring semester (1/16/08-5/15/08), will receive their first fellowship payment on 2/16/08 and their last payment on 5/16/08. Please let me know if you have any questions.

Congratulations!
Jennifer Lieberman successfully passed her Special Field exam with distinction on American Studies, 1870-1950 with an emphasis on Science and Technology through electrocution, 1870-1950 ( Markley, Ch.; Fouche, Foote, Hansen, Bauer) on 3/24/08.

Mary Unger successfully passed her Special Field exam on American Literature 1870-1950 ( Bauer, Ch.; Maxwell, Parker, Marsh) on 4/2/08.

Elizabeth Savage successfully defended her dissertation “NURSERY OF THE NATION: MOTHERS, MIDWIVES AND NATIONAL IDENTITY ON THE 18TH CENTURY COMEDIC STAGE.” ( Kaul, Ch.; Neely, Markley, Pollock) on 4/4/08.

Deepti Misri successfully defended her dissertation “READING VIOLENCE: GENDER, VIOLENCE AND REPRESENTATION IN INDIA AND PAKISTAN (1947-Present).” ( Loomba, Ch.; Esty, Co-Ch, Burton, Sawhney) on 4/4/08.

Spring 2008 – Dates to Remember
April 11: Last day to withdraw from a current term without a grade of W
April 11: Last day to elect/change credit/no-credit option for a semester course
April 11: Last day for student to drop a semester course without a grade of W (without
approval)
April 11: Last day to take final exam for May doctoral degree
April 25: Last day to elect/change credit/no-credit option for a second half-session course
April 25: Last day to drop a second half-session course
April 25: Last day to deposit May master’s theses
April 30: Last day of instruction
May 1: Reading Day
May 1: Last day to add or drop a semester course with approval (a W is recorded)
May 1: Last day to remove an I grade from fall 2007 to prevent F by rule
May 2-9: Final examination period
May 2 : Last day to deposit May doctoral dissertations
May 11: May degree conferral (Commencement)

DEBATE TOURNAMENT

Illinois Debates-First Intramural Policy Debate Tournament
With sponsorship from the Chancellor's Office, the College of Law, and the Departments of Speech Communication, English and Journalism, the Illinois Policy Debate Team, which is supported by the Institute of Government & Public Affairs and Campus Honors Program, is organizing an intramural debate tournament on the Urbana-Champaign campus. Teams of two members each will be selected and all UIUC students are invited to apply and debate the topic of hateful expression and free speech.

Awards: Grand Prize: $500, Finalist: $100, Semi-Finalist: $50. Speaker awards for the top 10 individual debaters!

Applications and additional information available here: www.illinoisdebate.org

Applications have been extended to NO LATER than 5 pm on Tuesday, April 8.

Questions?: Contact the project Co-Directors-- Peter Campbell, pcampbe3@uiuc.edu or Chime Asonye, casonye2@uiuc.edu

FELLOWSHIP

Stone Summer Theory Institute at the Art Institute of Chicago, July 2008
Fifteen places are available for Fellows; accommodation is provided, and there are funds for travel expenses. Fellows attend 27 hours of closed seminars with the Faculty; there are also public panel discussions and evening lectures. A full schedule is on our website: www.stonesummertheoryinstitute.org

The Stone Summer Theory Institute is held each July at the School of the Art Institute in Chicago. It is designed to investigate some of the principal themes of contemporary art. Each event will be produced as a book.

The theme for 2008: What is an Image?
Images and pictures are the subjects of an enormous literature, very little of which articulates or even implies what might make visual objects different from written objects. Few critics, historians, or philosophers develop theories of the visual, or of visual objects; most work empirically, relying on received accounts for foundational conceptualizations of what visual objects are and how they create meaning. As a result, academia and the art world tend to operate pragmatically, assuming that the nature of the visual is well understood. This event gathers some of the most influential historians and theorists working on images, in order to come to an understanding of what the visual has come to mean. Faculty include: W.J.T. Mitchell, Marie-José Mondzain, and Jacqueline Lichtenstein; the event is co-organized by James Elkins and Gottfried Boehm.

Structure of the event
The event is July 14-19, at the School of the Art Institute, Chicago. It is centered on seminar discussions; no papers are given by Fellows. The public events are taped, and will form the basis of the book (the 2008 event will be the second book in the series). The Theory Institute is limited to 15 Fellows. Applications are currently invited from faculty and advanced graduate students. To apply, visit the website for full information:
http://www.stonesummertheoryinstitute.org and then send an informal two-page letter of intent, stating your interest in, or knowledge of, the topic, along with a CV and any pertinent texts (published or unpublished), to: conference@stonesummertheoryinstitute.org . Please put all information including contact details in a single pdf file. Deadline May 5; applicants will be notified May 15. Successful candidates are eligible for travel funds. See file in 213 EB (Journals Room).

CALL FOR PAPERS

WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY - Thirty-Second Colloquium on Literature and Film
Revisiting the Past in Contemporary Literature and Film
Sept. 11-13, 2008

Submissions are invited on the many ways that contemporary authors and filmmakers find their inspiration in history. Topics include, but are not limited to the following:

Historical Novels
Writing Colonial History
Comparative Perspectives on Historical Events
Constructing the Present by Interpreting the Past
Rereading History through New Eyes and Ideologies
Cinematic Versions of Epics
Dramatizing History
HerStory: Re-Placing Women in History
Literary and Cinematic Subversions of History
Minority Writers and History
Science Fiction and History
History in Popular Culture
History as Theater for the Present
Literary Representations of Pre-History
Theories of the Historical Novel
Teaching History through Film
Historical Novels into Film
Historical Events Across Genres
Cross-Cultural Readings of the Past
Literature and Cinema: Filling the Silences of History

Please submit 300-word proposals for papers and/or panels by May 15, 2008 to WVUCOLL@ MAIL.WVU.EDU. The program will allow twenty minutes for the reading of each paper. Include a cover letter containing the proposal’s title, complete contact information, and institutional affiliation.

A limited number of papers read at the Colloquium and submitted to the Editorial Board after their delivery will be considered for refereed publication in the West Virginia University Philological Papers. Papers may be read in English, French, German, or Spanish, but only manuscripts submitted in English can be considered for publication.

POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT

Position Opening: Editorial
Dalkey Archive Press has an opening for an editorial position, the nature of which will depend upon the qualifications of the applicant, ranging from an entry-level editorial assistant to a more advanced position.

Essential requirements for any applicant:

* superior copy editing and proofreading skills
* extensive reading background in literature
* extensive reading knowledge of Dalkey Archive Press books an publications
* superior writing skills

Preference will be given to those with previous experience in literary book publishing and those who possess reading knowledge of at least one foreign language.

Duties will include: copy editing of book texts, the Review of Contemporary Fiction, and Context magazine, as well as other materials produced by the Press. Person will also be responsible for acquiring materials for these

publications and identifying books for publication, as well as reviewing all submissions to the Press. After a short time, this person will also be responsible for arranging for author contracts. The position may also require extensive travel domestically and internationally.

This will be an ideal position for the right person who is ready to undertake challenging work and play a leading role at Dalkey Archive Press.

Starting Date: June, 2008.

Applications should be submitted via email as soon as possible to: John O’Brien (obrien@dalkeyarchive.com). Applications should include a cover letter that explains the candidates background and qualifications for this position as related to the requirements above, and an explanation of interest in this position. A detailed resume should also be included, along with three references.

FACULTY ACTIVITIES AND PUBLICATIONS

Philip Graham
---- “Um Americano em Lisboa,” interview with Philip Graham (by Fernanda Pratas), accompanied by an article about his Lisbon Dispatches (including excerpts in Portuguese translation) in Notícias Magazine, Lisbon, Portugal, January 20, 2008. Pages 34-39.

----Gave a reading and ran workshops on literary travel writing at the 6 th Geneva Writers’ Conference, Geneva, Switzerland. February 2-3, 2008.

----Gave a reading, with Alma Gottlieb, from the manuscript of Braided Worlds, the second volume of their memoir of Africa (forthcoming, University of Chicago Press, 2009); also visited classes where he gave a craft lecture and a reading of fiction. University of North Carolina, Asheville, February 20, 2008.

----“Bird With Stone,” chapter from the novel-in-progress Invisible Country, in F Magazine #7, Chicago, Illinois. Pages 259-278.

----Served as judge for the fiction contest of the MFA Program at Virginia Commonwealth University.

----“Salvage,” dispatch from Lisbon #15, in McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, March 28, 2008 (http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/philipgraham/28dispatch15.html).



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Footnotes Directory	Footnotes: The Department Newsletter Volume 52 \|April 7, 2008\| Number 26 CONGRATULATIONS! Cristina Stanciu has won the 2008-2009 Michigan State University American Indian Studies Program (AISP) Pre-Doctoral Fellowship. FROM THE GRADUATE STUDIES OFFICE Fellowship Payment Graduate students on fellowship for the Spring semester (1/16/08-5/15/08), will receive their first fellowship payment on 2/16/08 and their last payment on 5/16/08. Please let me know if you have any questions. Congratulations! Jennifer Lieberman successfully passed her Special Field exam with distinction on American Studies, 1870-1950 with an emphasis on Science and Technology through electrocution, 1870-1950 ( Markley, Ch.; Fouche, Foote, Hansen, Bauer) on 3/24/08. Mary Unger successfully passed her Special Field exam on American Literature 1870-1950 ( Bauer, Ch.; Maxwell, Parker, Marsh) on 4/2/08. Elizabeth Savage successfully defended her dissertation “NURSERY OF THE NATION: MOTHERS, MIDWIVES AND NATIONAL IDENTITY ON THE 18TH CENTURY COMEDIC STAGE.” ( Kaul, Ch.; Neely, Markley, Pollock) on 4/4/08. Deepti Misri successfully defended her dissertation “READING VIOLENCE: GENDER, VIOLENCE AND REPRESENTATION IN INDIA AND PAKISTAN (1947-Present).” ( Loomba, Ch.; Esty, Co-Ch, Burton, Sawhney) on 4/4/08. Spring 2008 – Dates to Remember April 11: Last day to withdraw from a current term without a grade of W April 11: Last day to elect/change credit/no-credit option for a semester course April 11: Last day for student to drop a semester course without a grade of W (without approval) April 11: Last day to take final exam for May doctoral degree April 25: Last day to elect/change credit/no-credit option for a second half-session course April 25: Last day to drop a second half-session course April 25: Last day to deposit May master’s theses April 30: Last day of instruction May 1: Reading Day May 1: Last day to add or drop a semester course with approval (a W is recorded) May 1: Last day to remove an I grade from fall 2007 to prevent F by rule May 2-9: Final examination period May 2 : Last day to deposit May doctoral dissertations May 11: May degree conferral (Commencement) DEBATE TOURNAMENT Illinois Debates-First Intramural Policy Debate Tournament With sponsorship from the Chancellor's Office, the College of Law, and the Departments of Speech Communication, English and Journalism, the Illinois Policy Debate Team, which is supported by the Institute of Government & Public Affairs and Campus Honors Program, is organizing an intramural debate tournament on the Urbana-Champaign campus. Teams of two members each will be selected and all UIUC students are invited to apply and debate the topic of hateful expression and free speech. Awards: Grand Prize: $500, Finalist: $100, Semi-Finalist: $50. Speaker awards for the top 10 individual debaters! Applications and additional information available here: www.illinoisdebate.org Applications have been extended to NO LATER than 5 pm on Tuesday, April 8. Questions?: Contact the project Co-Directors-- Peter Campbell, pcampbe3@uiuc.edu or Chime Asonye, casonye2@uiuc.edu FELLOWSHIP Stone Summer Theory Institute at the Art Institute of Chicago, July 2008 Fifteen places are available for Fellows; accommodation is provided, and there are funds for travel expenses. Fellows attend 27 hours of closed seminars with the Faculty; there are also public panel discussions and evening lectures. A full schedule is on our website: www.stonesummertheoryinstitute.org The Stone Summer Theory Institute is held each July at the School of the Art Institute in Chicago. It is designed to investigate some of the principal themes of contemporary art. Each event will be produced as a book. The theme for 2008: What is an Image? Images and pictures are the subjects of an enormous literature, very little of which articulates or even implies what might make visual objects different from written objects. Few critics, historians, or philosophers develop theories of the visual, or of visual objects; most work empirically, relying on received accounts for foundational conceptualizations of what visual objects are and how they create meaning. As a result, academia and the art world tend to operate pragmatically, assuming that the nature of the visual is well understood. This event gathers some of the most influential historians and theorists working on images, in order to come to an understanding of what the visual has come to mean. Faculty include: W.J.T. Mitchell, Marie-José Mondzain, and Jacqueline Lichtenstein; the event is co-organized by James Elkins and Gottfried Boehm. Structure of the event The event is July 14-19, at the School of the Art Institute, Chicago. It is centered on seminar discussions; no papers are given by Fellows. The public events are taped, and will form the basis of the book (the 2008 event will be the second book in the series). The Theory Institute is limited to 15 Fellows. Applications are currently invited from faculty and advanced graduate students. To apply, visit the website for full information: http://www.stonesummertheoryinstitute.org and then send an informal two-page letter of intent, stating your interest in, or knowledge of, the topic, along with a CV and any pertinent texts (published or unpublished), to: conference@stonesummertheoryinstitute.org . Please put all information including contact details in a single pdf file. Deadline May 5; applicants will be notified May 15. Successful candidates are eligible for travel funds. See file in 213 EB (Journals Room). CALL FOR PAPERS WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY - Thirty-Second Colloquium on Literature and Film Revisiting the Past in Contemporary Literature and Film Sept. 11-13, 2008 Submissions are invited on the many ways that contemporary authors and filmmakers find their inspiration in history. Topics include, but are not limited to the following: Historical Novels Writing Colonial History Comparative Perspectives on Historical Events Constructing the Present by Interpreting the Past Rereading History through New Eyes and Ideologies Cinematic Versions of Epics Dramatizing History HerStory: Re-Placing Women in History Literary and Cinematic Subversions of History Minority Writers and History Science Fiction and History History in Popular Culture History as Theater for the Present Literary Representations of Pre-History Theories of the Historical Novel Teaching History through Film Historical Novels into Film Historical Events Across Genres Cross-Cultural Readings of the Past Literature and Cinema: Filling the Silences of History Please submit 300-word proposals for papers and/or panels by May 15, 2008 to WVUCOLL@ MAIL.WVU.EDU. The program will allow twenty minutes for the reading of each paper. Include a cover letter containing the proposal’s title, complete contact information, and institutional affiliation. A limited number of papers read at the Colloquium and submitted to the Editorial Board after their delivery will be considered for refereed publication in the West Virginia University Philological Papers. Papers may be read in English, French, German, or Spanish, but only manuscripts submitted in English can be considered for publication. POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT Position Opening: Editorial Dalkey Archive Press has an opening for an editorial position, the nature of which will depend upon the qualifications of the applicant, ranging from an entry-level editorial assistant to a more advanced position. Essential requirements for any applicant: * superior copy editing and proofreading skills * extensive reading background in literature * extensive reading knowledge of Dalkey Archive Press books an publications * superior writing skills Preference will be given to those with previous experience in literary book publishing and those who possess reading knowledge of at least one foreign language. Duties will include: copy editing of book texts, the Review of Contemporary Fiction, and Context magazine, as well as other materials produced by the Press. Person will also be responsible for acquiring materials for these publications and identifying books for publication, as well as reviewing all submissions to the Press. After a short time, this person will also be responsible for arranging for author contracts. The position may also require extensive travel domestically and internationally. This will be an ideal position for the right person who is ready to undertake challenging work and play a leading role at Dalkey Archive Press. Starting Date: June, 2008. Applications should be submitted via email as soon as possible to: John O’Brien (obrien@dalkeyarchive.com). Applications should include a cover letter that explains the candidates background and qualifications for this position as related to the requirements above, and an explanation of interest in this position. A detailed resume should also be included, along with three references. FACULTY ACTIVITIES AND PUBLICATIONS Philip Graham ---- “Um Americano em Lisboa,” interview with Philip Graham (by Fernanda Pratas), accompanied by an article about his Lisbon Dispatches (including excerpts in Portuguese translation) in Notícias Magazine, Lisbon, Portugal, January 20, 2008. Pages 34-39. ----Gave a reading and ran workshops on literary travel writing at the 6 th Geneva Writers’ Conference, Geneva, Switzerland. February 2-3, 2008. ----Gave a reading, with Alma Gottlieb, from the manuscript of Braided Worlds, the second volume of their memoir of Africa (forthcoming, University of Chicago Press, 2009); also visited classes where he gave a craft lecture and a reading of fiction. University of North Carolina, Asheville, February 20, 2008. ----“Bird With Stone,” chapter from the novel-in-progress Invisible Country, in F Magazine #7, Chicago, Illinois. Pages 259-278. ----Served as judge for the fiction contest of the MFA Program at Virginia Commonwealth University. ----“Salvage,” dispatch from Lisbon #15, in McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, March 28, 2008 (http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/philipgraham/28dispatch15.html).

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