Newsworthy: Call for Abstracts for 2nd Annual EGO Research Colloquium

Following last spring's very successful conference, the English Graduate Organization is once again soliciting abstracts in all English-related fields (Literature, Rhetoric, Professional and Technical Communication, Linguistics, Theory) for the second annual intra-departmental English research colloquium. The deadline for abstracts is Wednesday, February 8.

The goal of the colloquium is the same as last year: to promote active participation in the academic scholarship of our field in an informal, friendly atmosphere. We are interested in submissions from faculty, graduate students, and junior and senior English majors.

We invite research at all levels of completion, whether recently published or still in progress. Please let us know if you need any technical equipment.

Once we have received all submissions, we will organize panels and print out and distribute a schedule of panel times and locations. The colloquium is Saturday, March 18 in Haley Center.

To submit an abstract or ask questions, please contact a member of the EGO Colloquium Committee: Stephanie Bogle, Sarah Godwin, Jeri Peters, or Mary Ann Rygiel.

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January 19 - Breakfast with Juliet Shields, Candidate for the British Romanticism Position - 8 am - HC 8009

The English Department is offering graduate students the opportunity to have breakfast with visiting job candidates.  On Thursday, Jan. 19, Juliet Shields, a candidate for the British Romanticism position, will be the first of three candidates for this position to tour Auburn's campus and meet members of the department. Please stop by the 8th floor lounge (HC 8009) anytime between 8-9 am to have breakfast and welcome Juliet.     

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January 20 - Deadline for Nominations for World Literature Essay Awards

Nominations for the World Literature Essay Awards are due January 20. Note that submission of essays is a joint process involving both student and instructor, so be sure to inform students that you intend to nominate their work in time for them to gather the required materials. Guidelines for the essay awards are available online.  

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January 21 - Empty Bowls Dinner, Lecture, and Auction - JCSM - 5:30 pm

The College of Human Sciences Committee of 19 and the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art cordially invite you and a guest to attend the Empty Bowls Dinner, Lecture, and Auction on Saturday, January 21 at the JCSM.

The silent auction will begin at 5:30 pm with dinner, live auction, and a lecture featuring Dr. Michael Panhorst to follow at 6:30 pm. The event benefits the Auburn University/World Food Programme War on Hunger. The cost is $19 per person for dinner (ticket cost does not include cash bar).

Seating is limited, so please RSVP to Lindsay Newlin 844-4478 by January 19. Business casual attire is appropriate, and payment will be received at the door.

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January 25 - Professorial Faculty Meeting - 3 pm - HC 3104

A Professorial Faculty Meeting will be Wednesday, January 25 at 3 pm in HC 3104.  

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January 26 - CLA Series on Censorship- 4 pm - JCS Museum

Dr. Taylor Littleton and Dr. Michael L. Krenn will each give a talk on "Advancing American Art" as part of the CLA Series on Censorship. Littleton will speak at 4 pm, and Krenn will follow at 4:30 pm.  

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January 26-29 - AU Theatre Presents dAUnce

The Auburn University Theatre Company will present dAUnce, a production featuring dance pieces choreographed by AU faculty member Judith Nelson.

Weeknight and Saturday performances begin at 7:30 pm, and Sunday performances begin at 2:30 pm. Admission is free to Auburn students with valid University ID. Tickets are $18 for faculty, staff, and senior citizens and $20 for the general public. 

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February 1 - Professorial Faculty Meeting - 3 pm - HC 3104

A Professorial Faculty Meeting will be Wednesday, February 1 at 3 pm in HC 3104.  

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February 17 - Promoting Excellence in Teaching and Learning Award Nomination Deadline Extended

The College of Liberal Arts Promoting Excellence in Teaching and Learning Committee is extending the deadline for nominations for the PETL teaching awards. The original deadline for those nominations, January 13, has passed with no nominees in several categories. The new deadline to submit nominations is February 17.

The following awards are up for nomination:

• Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching

  Multiple awardees each receive a plaque.

• Instructional Excellence

  For part-time or affiliated teachers; multiple awardees each receive a plaque.

• Advising Award in the College of Liberal Arts

  One award; winner receives $500 and a plaque.

• Members of the Teaching Academy

  Your finest teachers who have been at Auburn for more than 10 years; multiple awardees each receive a plaque.

• Alumni Achievement in Humanities

  Honor your top alumni with these two $500 scholarships in the recipient's name.

• Faculty Achievement in Humanities

  For research or teaching; $500 award to the recipient.

• Bradley Award for Graduate Student Achievement in Humanities

  Honors the College's top humanities graduate student with a $500 award.

• Bradley Award for Undergraduate Achievement in Humanities

  Honors the College's top humanities undergrad with a $500 award.

The PETL Committee would like to continue to receive nominations in all of these areas. For more information on the awards and how to nominate someone, visit the PETL website.  

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Publication Announcement - Jim Ryan

Jim Ryan's essay "Literary Criticism" has just been published in a new book entitled American History through Literature, 1820-1870. (Ed. Janet Gabler-Hover and Robert Sattelmeyer.  Detroit: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2006). His article surveys the pre-Civil War literary criticism and theory of antebellum luminaries such as Margaret Fuller, Orestes Brownson, Walt Whitman, Edgar Allan Poe, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and many others. 

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Publication Announcement - Diana Curtis

An essay by Diana Curtis entitled “Sylvia Plath's ‘Tulips'” has been accepted for publication in The Explicator.  

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Publication Announcement - Chris Keirstead

Chris Keirstead presented a paper at the recent MLA Conference in Washington. His paper, "William Morris and the Spatial Poetics of Europe" was delivered at the panel "Mapping the Pre-Raphaelite Aesthetic."   

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