Footnotes: The English Department Newsletter
Volume 54 | August 24, 2009 | Number 1
WELCOME NEW GRADUATE STUDENTS!
What is Footnotes?
For those of you who are new to the department, Footnotes is the English Department’s weekly newsletter. Footnotes will contain important Graduate College deadlines, submission deadlines for call for papers, conference announcements, registration deadlines, faculty accomplishments and graduate student accomplishments (if permission form is turned in) as well as other valuable information.
To submit information for future editions, please send the information to ckclark@illinois.edu or put the flyer or brochure that contains the information in mailbox #94. All information needs to be received by Thursday in order to be included in the following Monday’s edition.
FROM THE GRADUATE STUDIES OFFICE
Fellowship Payment
Graduate students on fellowship for the Fall semester (8/16/09-12/15/09), will receive their last fellowship payment on 12/16/09.
Dissertation Travel Grants
Information regarding Graduate College Dissertation Travel Grants has been distributedby email. If you did not receive the information but feel that you should have,contact Stephanie Shockey at
shockey@illinois.edu . Applications are due to Stephanie Shockey on September 7.
Conference Travel Grants
Applications for fall 2009 Conference Travel Grants will be distributed by email sometime this week. Applications will be due to Stephanie Shockey on September 14.
Reminder to Grad Students
The Registrar does not take account of teaching and research appointments when certifying full-time status of students. TAs with student loans must carry 12 hours when full-time certification is necessary. (Requirements can differ; check with your loan company.) If you have any questions concerning your status, check with Stephanie Shockey in 210 EB.
Pictures
Anyone wanting an updated picture should see Chris in 210 EB by September 11. These pictures will be posted in the glass case outside 208 EB.
Congratulations!
Ellen McWhorter successfully defended her dissertation “UNSAYABLE SOMETHINGS: MODERN AMERICAN POETRY, LANGUAGE, AND THE LOGIC OF EXPERIENCE.” (Nelson, Ch; Hansen, Somerville, Walker) on5/21/09.
KristenNash successfully defended her dissertation “NUNC STUDE, NUNC ORA, NUNC CUM FERUORE LABORA:SAINT KATHERINE OF ALEXANDRIA AND THE ENGLISH VITA MIXTA, 1200-1500.” (Barrett, Ch.; Camargo, Trilling, C. Wright) on6/26/09.
Steven Fraiberg successfully defended his dissertation “ENGLISH, ISRAEL, AND GLOBALIZATION: A SOCIOHISTORIC STUDY ON LANGUAGE AND CULTURAL SHIFT.” (Prior, Ch.; Hawisher, Koven Cintron) on7/24/09.
Elizabeth Kolkovich successfully defendedher dissertation “WORK IN PROGRESS: GENDER AND POLITICS IN LATE ELIZABETHAN PROGRESS ENTERTAINMENTS.” (Neely, Ch.; Gray, Lesser, L. Newcomb) on7/24/09.
Nicole Walls successfully defended her dissertation “WHERE LANGUAGE IS MADE: LANGUAGE PLANNING AT THE INTERSECTIONS OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LITERACY AND LANGUAGE WORK.” (Prendergast, Ch.; Baron, McCarthy, Mortensen) on8/6/09.
Melissa Girard successfully defendedher dissertation “LINES OF FEELING: MODERNIST WOMEN'S POETRY AND THE LIMITS OF SENTIMENTALITY.” (Nelson, Ch.; Foote, Somerville, Esty) on8/11/09.
Lisa Dunick successfully defendedher dissertation “SELLING OUT: THE AMERICAN LITERARY MARKET PLACE AND THE MODERNIST NOVEL.” (Foote, Ch.; Reed, Parker, Rothberg) on8/21/09.
Melissa Free successfully defendedher dissertation “ELSEWHERE ENGLAND: SOUTHERN AFRICA, BRITISH IDENTITY, AND THE AUTHORIAL INFORMANT, 1883-1914.” (Valente, Ch.; Burton, Garrett, Esty) on8/21/09.
Fall 2009 – Dates to Remember
September 4: Last day to add a first-half session course
September 4: Last day for student to add or drop a semester course on Web Self-Service
September 4: Last day to add name to Dec. degree list using Web Self-Service
September 4: Last day to add name to Oct. degree list
September 7: Labor Day (all campus holiday)
September 18: Last day to take final doctoral exam for Oct. degree
September 25: Last day to deposit Oct. master's theses
October 2: Last day for student to add a semester course through Graduate Registration and Records without written dept approval
October 2: Last day to deposit Oct. doctoral dissertations
October 2: Last day to drop a first half-session course
October 2: Last day to elect credit-no-credit option for a first half-session course or to change from credit-no-credit option to a regular grade
October 15: Oct. degree conferral (no commencement)
October 15: Last date for guaranteed review of petitions for graduating students
October 19: Second half-session courses begin
November 2: Registration for spring begins
November 6: Last day to add a second half-session course
November 13: Last day for student to drop a semester course without a grade of W (without approval)
November 13: 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 13: Last day to withdraw from the current term without a grade of W
November 13: Last day to add name to Dec. degree list
November 13: Last day to take final exam for Dec. doctoral degree
Nov 21 - 29: Fall vacation for students
Nov 26 - 27: Thanksgiving Break (all campus holiday)
November 30: Instruction resumes
December 4: Last day to drop a second half-session course
December 4: 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
December 4: Last day to deposit Dec. doctoral dissertations
December 4: Deadline for Office of the Registrar to receive the final exam Certificate of Result
December 9: Instruction ends
December 10: Last day to add or drop a second half-session course with approval (a W is recorded)
December 10: Last day to add or drop a semester course with approval (a W is recorded)
December 10: Reading Day
December 10: Last day to change a grade of DFR (in a non-thesis course) or I, awarded last spring or summer to prevent F by rule
December 11: Last day to deposit Dec. master’s theses
Dec 11 – 18: Final examination period
December 21: Dec. degree conferral (no commencement)
REMINDER TO FACULTY & GRAD STUDENTS
As you are preparing for classes next week and making copies of your syllabus, please remember that the English Department also needs a copy for each class you will be teaching. You can bring your copy to room 200 or put it in mailbox #92 in the English building.
CALL FOR PAPERS
8th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Arts & Humanities
Call for Papers/Abstracts/Submissions
January13 - 16, 2010
Waikiki Beach Marriot Resort & Spa and Hilton Waikiki Prince Kuhio Hotel Honolulu Hawaii, USA
Submission Deadline: August 21, 2009
(Submit well in advance of the above deadline and take advantage of our NEW low early bird registration rate. See website for details!)
Sponsored by:
University of Louisville - Center for Sustainable Urban Neighborhoods
Web address: http://www.hichumanities.org Email address: humanities@hichumanities.org
The 8th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Arts & Humanities will be held from January 13 (Wednesday) to January 16 (Saturday), 2010 at the Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort & Spa and the Hilton Waikiki Prince Kuhio Hotel in Honolulu, Hawaii. The conference will provide many opportunities for academicians and professionals from arts and humanities related fields to interact with members inside and outside their own particular disciplines. Cross-disciplinary submissions with other fields are welcome.
Topic Areas (All Areas of Arts & Humanities are Invited):
*Anthropology
*American Studies
*Archeology
*Architecture
*Art
*Art History
*Dance
*English
*Ethnic Studies
*Film
*Folklore
*Geography
*Graphic Design
*History
*Landscape Architecture
*Languages
*Literature
*Linguistics
*Music
*Performing Arts
*Philosophy
*Postcolonial Identities
*Product Design
*Religion
*Second Language Studies
*Speech/Communication
*Theatre
*Visual Arts
*Other Areas of Arts and Humanities
*Cross-disciplinary areas of the above related to each other or other areas..
Submitting a Proposal:
You may now submit your paper/proposal by using our online submission system! To use the system, and for detailed information about submitting see: http://www.hichumanities.org/cfp_artshumanities.htm
Hawaii International Conference on Arts & Humanities P.O. Box 75036 Honolulu, HI 96836 USA
Telephone: (808) 542-4385
Fax: (808) 947-2420
E-mail: humanities@hichumanities.org
Website: http://www.hichumanities.org
EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NEW DIRECTIONS IN THE HUMANITIES
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), USA
29 June - 2 July 2010
http://www.HumanitiesConference.com/
We are very pleased to be holding this year's conference in Los Angeles, California. Los Angeles is one of the most diverse and dynamic cities in the United States, attracting immigrants and visitors from around the world to its wide range of attractions, activities and professional opportunities. Although Los Angeles is perhaps most well recognized as the center of U.S. movie and television production, its cultural role exceeds that of its most famous industry. Its music, literary and visual and performing arts communities, for instance, reflect the diverse perspectives of Angelinos and are internationally influential. The Los Angeles area is home to some of the best galleries and museums in the country and to distinguished centers for humanities research, such as the Getty Center, the Huntington Library and the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library. The city is also a center of higher education, boasting many of the finest colleges and universities in the United States, including the host of this year's International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities, the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
The Humanities Conference provides a space for dialogue and for the publication of new knowledge that builds on the past traditions of the humanities whilst setting a renewed agenda for their future.
In addition to an impressive line-up of international plenary speakers, the Conference will also include numerous paper, workshop and colloquium presentations by practitioners, teachers and researchers. We would particularly like to invite you to respond to the Conference Call-for-Papers. Presenters may choose to submit written papers for publication in the fully refereed International Journal of the Humanities. If you are unable to attend the Conference in person, virtual registrations are also available which allow you to submit a paper for refereeing and possible publication in this fully refereed academic Journal.
Whether you are a virtual or in-person presenter at this Conference, we also encourage you to present on the Conference YouTube Channel. Please select the Online Sessions link on the Conference website for further details.
The deadline for the next round in the call for papers (a title and short abstract) is 13 August 2009. Future deadlines will be announced on the Conference website after this date. Proposals are reviewed within two weeks of submission. Full details of the Conference, including an online proposal submission form, are to be found at the Conference website - http://www.HumanitiesConference.com/.
We look forward to receiving your proposal and hope you will be able to join us in Los Angeles in summer 2010.
Tom Nairn
Globalism Institute, RMIT University
Melbourne, Australia
For the Advisory Board, International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities and International Journal of the Humanities
SEVENTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE BOOK
The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
16-18 October 2009
http://book-conference.com
The Book Conference serves as an inclusive forum for examining the past, current and future role of the book. It proceeds from recognition that although the book is an old medium of expression, it embodies thousands of years' experience of recording knowledge. The pervasive influence of this experience continues to shape newer forms of information technology, while at the same time providing a reference point for innovation.
Keynote speakers include:
* Bill Bell, Director of the Centre for the History of the Book, The University of Edinburgh, UK
* Gobinda Chowdhury, Professor of Information and Knowledge Management, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
* Lorraine Fannin, Board of Trustees, National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK
* Michael Fraser, Director of the Communications Law Centre, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
* John Man, British historian and travel writer, UK
* Alistair McCleery, Professor of Literature and Culture, Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, UK
* Martyn Wade, National Librarian, National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK
* John W. Warren, Director of Marketing, Publications, RAND Corporation, USA
The Book Conference not only considers the book and other information technologies as artefacts or discrete objects, it also examines other key aspects of the information society, including publishing, libraries, information systems, literacy and education. Broadly speaking, the Conference engages the interrelation between changes in thought, creation, production and distribution, and the role and meaning of the book and other information technologies. The Book Conference welcomes a wide range of participants from the world of books including authors, publishers, printers, librarians, IT specialists, book retailers, editors, literacy educators, and academic researchers and scholars from all disciplinary traditions.
The Conference includes plenary presentations by accomplished researchers, scholars and practitioners, as well as numerous paper, workshop and colloquium presentations. Presenters may choose to submit written papers for publication in The International Journal of the Book. If you are unable to attend the Conference in person, virtual registrations are also available which allow you to submit a paper for refereeing and possible publication in this fully refereed academic Journal.
Whether you are a virtual or in-person presenter at this Conference, we also encourage you to present on the Conference YouTube Channel. Please select the Online Sessions link on the Conference website for further details.
The deadline for the next round in the call for papers (a title and short abstract) is 20 August 2009. Future deadlines will be announced on the Conference website after this date. Full details of the Conference, including an online proposal submission form, are to be found at the Conference website - http://book-conference.com
In addition, we will be offering a tour to the 2009 Frankfurt Book Fair. Please continue to check the Activities and Extras link on the Conference website for updates.
We look forward to receiving your proposals and hope you will be able to join us in Edinburgh, UK in October.
Garett Gietzen
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA
For the Advisory Board, International Conference on the Book and International Journal of the Book
