Thursday, October 9, 2014
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Anthony Ellis Scholarly Speakers Series / Full Season Poster 2014-15
Fresh off the digital presses (hardcopies arriving soon):
Monday, September 29, 2014
STEAM Working Group
Announcement from the
WMU Center for the Humanities STEAM Interdisciplinary
Working Group
Fall 2014
During the
Fall 2014
semester,
the Western Michigan
University Center for the
Humanities will host a series
of discussions on the integration of the humanities and arts into STEM
(science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education
and research at Western Michigan
University. Moderated by Dr.
Maria Gigante (English), Dr. Steve Malcolm (Biological Sciences), Dr. Jocelyn
Steinke (Communication), and Dr.
Gwen Tarbox (English), this interdisciplinary working group will facilitate discussion among graduate
students, staff and faculty related
to a number of STEM to STEAM
(science,
technology, engineering, arts, and
mathematics) initiatives, including:
• developing
or redesigning interdisciplinary courses according
to STEAM
values;
• promoting
educational and
professional opportunities
in STEAM
for
students;
• broadening participation of women and other
underrepresented groups in STEM
through
STEAM transformations;
• discussing and
disseminating tools and
techniques from
the Arts to enhance
the
effective
communication and
understanding of STEM topics; and,
• showing how
an understanding of STEAM enhances
life-‐long
learning in a
world full
of complex technologies.
The STEAM interdisciplinary working
group will meet 4 times during
the semester to assess opportunities for developing STEAM projects at WMU and to provide
recommendations for supporting
these efforts.
Session 1:
Practical Applications of STEAM
for Instructors and Students
Tuesday, September
23, 2014,
1:00 – 2:30 pm
3025 Brown
Hall
At our
first meeting, participants will discuss selected
readings on STEAM and explore the STEAM initiatives that are already
underway at WMU. During the second half of the session,
participants will engage in a
brainstorming session to generate potential
interdisciplinary STEAM
projects (educational and research) and strategies for integrating
writing and argumentation into the
science
classroom.
Session 2: “Science
on the Campaign Trail:
Climate Change in the
Clements-‐ Upton Congressional Race”
A Speech and Q&A
with Paul Clements,
WMU Political Science
Professor
Tuesday, October
14, 2014, 1:00 –
2:30 pm
University Center for the
Humanities, 2500 Knauss
Hall
WMU professor Paul Clements will discuss the interconnectedness of humanities and STEM fields
as he recounts the way that he has used rhetorical practices to convert
economic theory and environmental science into information that he can use to communicate to area residents
as he runs for the US Congress for the MI Sixth
District.
Session 3: STEAM Funding
Opportunities
October 28, 2014, 1:00 –
2:30 pm
University Center
for the Humanities, 2500 Knauss Hall
The working group will
discuss funding for STEAM initiatives at WMU. Guests from the Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR)
and the College of Arts and Sciences
Dean’s office will provide participants with
information on external and internal
funding related to STEAM projects.
Session 4: STEAM Initiatives at WMU in 2015
Tuesday, November
11, 1:00-‐2:30 pm
University Center for the
Humanities, 2500 Knauss
Hall
For its final session the STEAM interdisciplinary working group discuss suggestions for STEAM initiatives that could be implemented in 2015. The group will also determine whether it should continue
to meet during
the Spring 2015 semester.
Faculty, staff,
and graduate students
are welcome to attend and participate.
Questions and RSVP: maria.gigante@wmich.edu.
As part of your message,
please indicate which session(s) you wish to attend.
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
New Issues Poet Khaled Mattawa Named 2014 MacArthur Fellow
Congratulations, Khaled Mattawa!
The 2014 MacArthur Fellows From the LA Times:
"The poet, translator and University of Michigan professor won admiration from the MacArthur Foundation for 'rendering the beauty and meaning of contemporary Arab poetry to an English reader and highlighting the invaluable role of literary translation in bridging cultural divides.'"
Khaled Mattawa's most recent collection of original poetry, Tocqueville, was published by New Issues Poetry & Prose (2010).
Ecclesiastes
The trick is that you're willing to help them.
The rule is to sound like you’re doing them a favor.
The rule is to create a commission system.
The trick is to get their number.
The trick is to make it personal:
No one in the world suffers like you.
The trick is that you’re providing a service.
The rule is to keep the conversation going.
The rule is their parents were foolish,
their children are greedy or insane.
The rule is to make them feel they've come too late.
The trick is that you're willing to make exceptions.
The rule is to assume their parents abused them.
The trick is to sound like the one teacher they loved.
And when they say "too much,"
give them a plan.
And when they say "anger" or "rage" or "love,"
say "give me an example."
The rule is everyone is a gypsy now.
Everyone is searching for his tribe.
The rule is you don't care if they ever find it.
The trick is that they feel they can.
Khaled Mattawa was born in Benghazi, Libya in 1964 and immigrated to the
U.S. in his teens. He is the author of three previous books of poetry, Ismailia Eclipse (Sheep Meadow, 1995), Zodiac of Echoes (Ausable, 2003), and Amorisco
(Ausable, 2008). Mattawa has translated eight
volumes of contemporary Arabic poetry and co-edited two
anthologies of Arab American literature. He is currently a Chancellor
for the Academy of American Poetry, and has received a Guggenheim
fellowship, an NEA translation grant, the Alfred Hodder Fellowship from
Princeton University, the PEN American Center Poetry Translation Prize,
and three Pushcart Prizes. Mattawa teaches in the MFA (Creative Writing)
Program at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Sunday, August 31, 2014
2015 Multidisciplinary Graduate Student Conference (Newberry Library, Chicago/Deadline: Oct.15)
2015 Multidisciplinary Graduate Student Conference
Renaissance Graduate Programs
Thursday, January 22, 2015 to Saturday, January 24, 2015
CFP deadline: October 15
The Center for Renaissance Studies’ annual graduate student conference, organized and run by advanced doctoral students, has become a premier opportunity for emerging scholars to present papers, participate in discussions, and develop collaborations across the field of medieval, Renaissance, and early modern studies.
Participants from a wide variety of disciplines find a supportive and collegial forum for their work, meet future colleagues from other institutions and disciplines, and become familiar with the Newberry Library and its resources.
This year’s conference will comprise twenty-four sessions with three twenty-minute papers each, for a total of seventy-two presenters.
Each year since 2007, selected papers have been published in a peer-edited online conference proceedings.
Call for Papers
We invite abstracts for 20-minute papers from master’s or PhD students from any discipline on any medieval, Renaissance, or early modern topic in Europe, the Americas, or the Mediterranean world. We encourage submissions from disciplines as varied as the literature of any language, history, classics, anthropology, art history, music, comparative literature, theater arts, philosophy, political science, religious studies, transatlantic studies, disability studies, and manuscript studies. Because of the conference’s multidisciplinary nature, all papers must be in English.
Eligibility: Proposals are accepted only from students at member institutions of the Center for Renaissance Studies consortium. Students who presented a paper at the previous year’s conference are given lower priority, though they are still eligible to submit a proposal.
Proposals must be submitted online, by midnight CDT Wednesday, October 15. Complete this online submission form. The organizing committee will meet November 2 to select presenters to invite; we will notify everyone who submits an abstract of their decisions within a week of that meeting.
Download a PDF Call for Papers flyer to post and distribute.
Conference organizers
Eight advanced graduate students from consortium schools will organize the conference and chair sessions. Selection is currently under way; more names will be added in the coming weeks.
Caroline Carpenter, English, Claremont Graduate University
Patrick McGrath, English, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Sarah Morris, English, Miami University
James Seth, English, Oklahoma State University
Amanda Taylor, English, University of Minnesota
Preliminary schedule
Thursday January 22
1:30-3: Concurrent sessions 1 through 4
3-3:30: Coffee break
3:30-5: Plenary session
5-6:30: Opening reception
Friday, January 23
9: Coffee and continental breakfast
9:30-11: Concurrent sessions 5 through 8
11-11:30: Coffee break
11:30-1: Concurrent sessions 9 through 12
1-2:30: Lunch break
2:30-4: Concurrent sessions 13 through 16
Saturday, January 24
9: Coffee and continental breakfast
9:30-11: Concurrent sessions 17 through 20
11-11:30: Coffee break
11:30-1: Concurrent sessions 21 through 24
1:30: Organizer’s luncheon/editorial meeting
Faculty and graduate students of Center for Renaissance Studies consortium institutions may be eligible to apply for travel funds to attend CRS programs or to do research at the Newberry Library. Each member university sets its own policies and deadlines and some may limit eligibility to certain colleges or departments. Be sure to contact your Representative Council member in advance, as early as possible, for details.
Cost and registration information:
Online conference registration will open in December 2014.
The early conference registration fee will be $30 for students from consortium member universities and their guests and $40 for those from other institutions. Late registration (after January 10) will be $45 and $55, respectively.
Thursday, January 22, 2015 to Saturday, January 24, 2015
CFP deadline: October 15
The Center for Renaissance Studies’ annual graduate student conference, organized and run by advanced doctoral students, has become a premier opportunity for emerging scholars to present papers, participate in discussions, and develop collaborations across the field of medieval, Renaissance, and early modern studies.
Participants from a wide variety of disciplines find a supportive and collegial forum for their work, meet future colleagues from other institutions and disciplines, and become familiar with the Newberry Library and its resources.
This year’s conference will comprise twenty-four sessions with three twenty-minute papers each, for a total of seventy-two presenters.
Each year since 2007, selected papers have been published in a peer-edited online conference proceedings.
Call for Papers
We invite abstracts for 20-minute papers from master’s or PhD students from any discipline on any medieval, Renaissance, or early modern topic in Europe, the Americas, or the Mediterranean world. We encourage submissions from disciplines as varied as the literature of any language, history, classics, anthropology, art history, music, comparative literature, theater arts, philosophy, political science, religious studies, transatlantic studies, disability studies, and manuscript studies. Because of the conference’s multidisciplinary nature, all papers must be in English.
Eligibility: Proposals are accepted only from students at member institutions of the Center for Renaissance Studies consortium. Students who presented a paper at the previous year’s conference are given lower priority, though they are still eligible to submit a proposal.
Proposals must be submitted online, by midnight CDT Wednesday, October 15. Complete this online submission form. The organizing committee will meet November 2 to select presenters to invite; we will notify everyone who submits an abstract of their decisions within a week of that meeting.
Download a PDF Call for Papers flyer to post and distribute.
Conference organizers
Eight advanced graduate students from consortium schools will organize the conference and chair sessions. Selection is currently under way; more names will be added in the coming weeks.
Caroline Carpenter, English, Claremont Graduate University
Patrick McGrath, English, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Sarah Morris, English, Miami University
James Seth, English, Oklahoma State University
Amanda Taylor, English, University of Minnesota
Preliminary schedule
Thursday January 22
1:30-3: Concurrent sessions 1 through 4
3-3:30: Coffee break
3:30-5: Plenary session
5-6:30: Opening reception
Friday, January 23
9: Coffee and continental breakfast
9:30-11: Concurrent sessions 5 through 8
11-11:30: Coffee break
11:30-1: Concurrent sessions 9 through 12
1-2:30: Lunch break
2:30-4: Concurrent sessions 13 through 16
Saturday, January 24
9: Coffee and continental breakfast
9:30-11: Concurrent sessions 17 through 20
11-11:30: Coffee break
11:30-1: Concurrent sessions 21 through 24
1:30: Organizer’s luncheon/editorial meeting
Faculty and graduate students of Center for Renaissance Studies consortium institutions may be eligible to apply for travel funds to attend CRS programs or to do research at the Newberry Library. Each member university sets its own policies and deadlines and some may limit eligibility to certain colleges or departments. Be sure to contact your Representative Council member in advance, as early as possible, for details.
Cost and registration information:
Online conference registration will open in December 2014.
The early conference registration fee will be $30 for students from consortium member universities and their guests and $40 for those from other institutions. Late registration (after January 10) will be $45 and $55, respectively.
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