Upcoming Events
4/27/12
A Night of Creative Writing. The English Graduate Student Society invites you to enjoy the poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction of our MFA students in Creative Writing.
7 PM. House Chambers (SU), on the Boca Raton campus.
Past Events
10/20/11
National Day On Writing. Join us for a wine & cheese reception honoring the winners of the "NDOW Writing" contests and featuring a reading and book-signing by novelist Cristina Garcia.
5 PM. Boca Raton campus, GS 215.
10/26/11
English Major Workshop. Undergraduate students majoring in English or anyone interested in pursuing a degree in English, are invited to attend an information workshop.
6:45 PM. Davie campus, LA 445
10/28/11
Brown Bag Symposium Series: "Wares from 'The Winter Market': William Gibson, Cyberpunk Fiction, and Digital Culture"
11:30 AM. Boca Raton campus, CU 321
11/2/11
Graduate School Information Session. The Graduate Committee is holding a Graduate School Information Session for undergraduate or graduate students thinking of applying to MA, MFA or PhD programs. The session will feature a panel of faculty members and FAU alums who are now in grad school. The panel will discuss the following: deciding on where to apply, writing a statement of purpose, letters of recommendation, etc.Â
11:00 AM. Boca Raton campus, CU 321
11/3/11
Dr. Wendy Wolters Hinshaw, "Making Ourselves Vulnerable: A Feminist Pedagogy of Listening." Â Fall Colloquium Series, Center for Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies
12:00 PM. Boca Raton campus, SU 132
11/7/11
Fiona McCrae, Editorial Director of Graywolf Press, will be on campus to meet with MFA students.
7 PM. Boca Raton campus, Live Oak Pavilion in the Student Union.
11/17/11 - 11/18/11
English Graduate Student Society (EGSS) Conference and Reading Event. The conference is scheduled for Nov. 17th and 18th from 9am to 3pm in Majestic Palm Room A. At this portion of the conference, graduate students in English and other discplines will present their work in literary studies, composition and rhetoric, craft and pedagogy.
On the evening of the 18th, at 7PM in CU301 (tentatively), we will hold the EGSS Night of Creative Writing, which presents the creative work of the graduate students in the English Department. Â
11/18/11
Taylor Hagood: Brown Bag Symposium Presentation: “Ghosts of Southern Imperialism: Caribbean Space and Thomas Nelson Page's ‘No Haid Pawn’â€
12:00 PM. Boca Raton campus, CU 301
1/18/12
Poetry Reading and Lecture on Writing by Professor Mark Scroggins, Wednesday, January 18th.
7 pm, Live Oak Pavilion, Room D
1/19/12- 1/20/12
Mindful Body in Healing and the Arts: Keynote Speaker Anne Harrington, D. Phil., Professor for the History of Science,Harvard University and author of The Cure Within.
The Center for Body, Mind and Culture will host a 2-day conference, January 19-20, 2011 at Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton. Regarding the body as sentient, purposive subjectivity (rather than mere physical flesh), the conference will focus on ways that somatic mindfulness can contribute to health, healing, and aesthetic experience. Papers dealing with disciplines of mindful body consciousness (Asian and Western) and their applications in the areas of wellness, fitness, and the arts are especially welcome.
The conference panels on Thursday and Friday (from 9:30-5:30 Thursday, 9:00-5:00 Friday) are in AH 205.
The keynote address (from 6:00-7:00 p.m. on Thursday) will be in PA 101, with a reception in the gallery following.
1/20/12
Dr. Jeff Galin, "Open Access Scholarship in the Humanities: Your Rights and Incentives/Responsibilities." Brown Bag Symposium.Â
12 pm, Boca Raton campus, CU 321
1/28/12
Dr. Dalleo will be launching his book, Caribbean Literature and the Public Sphere, at Books and Books bookstore in Miami on Saturday, January 28th. For more information, view the flyer attached.
Saturday January 28, 2012 7:00 p.m.
Books & Books, 265 Aragon Ave. Coral Gables
Reception prior to launch at 6:00 p.m.
2/2/12
Poetry Reading by Blossom/Bingham Visiting Poet Christina Davis, Thursday, February 2nd.
3:30 pm, Board of Trustees Room, Administration Bldg (AD 305)
2/14/12 - 4/10/12
“Writing Fictionâ€
Tuesday evenings, 6-8 pm
February 14-April 10
(no class during spring break, March 6)
$250 fee, $180 for FAU employees (or their immediate family), students or alumni
“Writing Creative Nonfictionâ€
Tuesday evenings, 6-8 pm
February 14-April 10
(no class during spring break, March 6)
$250 fee, $180 for FAU employees (or their immediate family), students or alumni
Seating is limited. Registration deadline: February 7.
For additional information or a registration form, please contact Mary Sheffield at msheffi3@fau.edu or 561-297-2974.
2/23/12
Literary Agent Laura Strachan will be delivering a lecture, "To Query or Not to Query," on Thursday, Feb. 23rd. Laura Strachan established her literary agency in 1998 to combine her lifetime love of books and good writing with her background as a licensed attorney. She is a current member of both the Maryland and District of Columbia Bars, as well as the Author's Guild, and was cited in the Jan/Feb 2008 issue of Poets & Writer's Magazine as one of "21 Agents You Should Know."
3 pm, Boca Raton campus, CU 321
3/13/12
“Writing Creative Nonfictionâ€, a lecture by Sanders Writer in Residence Eula Biss, Tuesday, March 13th.
7 pm, Live Oak Pavilion, Room D
3/15/12
Nonfiction Reading by Sanders Writer in Residence Eula Biss, Thursday, March 15th.
7 pm, Live Oak Pavilion, Room A
3/19/12
Gerald Vizenor will be delivering a lecture, “Chair of Tears: A Reading,†on Monday, March 19, 2012, at 7:00 pm.
7 pm, Boca Raton campus, room location TBA
 3/28/12
Career and Internship Opportunities for English Majors.
Presentations by:  FAU’s Career Development Center and Candace Johnson of HCI Books (publisher of Chicken Soup for the Soul ). Presentations will be followed by a Q&A.
3 pm, Boca Raton campus, CU 321Â Â
4/5/12
Aisling/Coastlines Award Ceremony and Reading, Thursday, April 5th.Â
7 pm, Majestic Palm Room
4/11/12
Michael Branch will be delivering a lecture, "Rants from the Hill: Writing New Environmental Nonfiction," on Wednesday, April 11th.
3 pm, Boca Raton campus, CU 321
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For more information contact the Department of English at 561-297-3830 or at english@fau.edu
