News and Events
The English department is delighted to announce that three outstanding graduating seniors have been awarded prizes for their work in ETS: Congratulations to Mina Raj, the winner of this year’s Nu Sigma Nu Award for the best essay in ETS. Mina was selected for her thoughtful, original, and insightful essay, “Creating Masala through Cinematography in a Neorealist Film: Pather Panchali.” Congratulations to ETS major Bailey Fitzgerald, who has been selected as a 2012 Syracuse University Scholar— the highest academic accolade given to graduating seniors. The twelve SU Scholars will lead the student processional at Commencement. Paul Czuprysnki has been selected as the Outstanding Graduating Senior in Medieval and Renaissance Studies for 2012. Congratulations, Paul! ETS Major Daniel Powell has been named a 2012-2013 Engagement Fellow. The fellowship includes a graduate tuition scholarship, which Dan will be using to take classes in music and audio engineering. He’ll also work as a teaching assistant in the Belfer Audio Lab. Congratulations, Dan! ETS Major Olivia Rhinehart has been named a 2012-2013 Engagement Fellow. The fellowship includes a graduate tuition scholarship, which Olivia will be using to pursue a Certificate of Advanced Study in Teaching English as a Second Language. She’ll also work with the English Language Institute at University College. Congratulations, Olivia! CREATIVE WRITING CONTEST SPONSORED BY THE CREATIVE WRITING PROGRAM OF THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY POETRY The Joyce Carol Oates Award in Poetry: $500.00 for best group of poems by a graduate student. Erin Mullikin Poems: "You, Reader, As Freud", "We Twinned Last Night", "What Draws the Horse", "The Braiding", "Full of Cars", "Sewing", "From the mouth of the gold animal", "Shells", "How to Remember What You Have Not Seen" The Edwin T. Whiffen Poetry Prize: $50 for best poem by an undergrad. Kelly Baug “BK Lounge” FICTION The Joyce Carol Oates Award in Fiction: $500.00 for best short story by a graduate student Caitlin Hayes for “Rough” The Stephen Crane Fiction Prize: $50.00 for best story by an undergrad. Olga Rodriguez for “Noemi and 5th Avenue” NONFICTION The Joyce Carol Oates Award in Nonfiction: $500.00 for best nonfiction piece by a graduate student. Rebecca Fishow for “Your Chemical Self” The Dorothy Burman Award for Outstanding Work in Creative Writing Awarded by the Creative Writing Committee (Fiction, 2012) Emma DeMilta Judges: Join an open conversation of the controversies and debates The Hunger Games has ignited. Beyond Empire - English Department Colloquium: April 6th, 3:00 PM, 107 HL AND April 20th, 3:00 PM, HL 107 Congratulatins Dana Spiotta and Bruce Smith for being named finalists yesterday for the National Book Critics Circle Awards! The School of Education and the iSchool are partnering once again to host a site for the 2012 Global Game Jam (GGJ). This year the College of Arts and Sciences will be joining as a sponsor/partner. GGJ brings together thousands of game enthusiasts participating through many local jams around the world. See GGJ trailer http://vimeo.com/34729381 . The idea is that participants (mostly students, but anyone over 18 can join in) create a game in 48 hours. Reflecting on the increasing importance of board games in game design classes, the hosts of the event have once again added a board game design track to the traditional video game design track. Do you have interest in participating? We had a very successful event last year, and it was valuable to be there to witness firsthand the various design and share ideas with teams. You don't need technicalexpertise; just a willingness to be engaged with the students and an interest in games. The event will start in the afternoon at 3pm on Friday January 27th when the theme for the games will be announced. Teams will develop games over Friday evening, Saturday, and Sunday morning. Participants will contribute games to the Global Game Jam project to live alongside all of the other games made over the weekend from other venues around the world. We will come back together on Sunday afternoon and demonstrate what folks have made. Further information about the event is at:http://globalgamejam.org/sites/2012/su-game-jam To register for the event go to: http://gamejam.syr.edu/ You can also view last year submission here as well. Please contact Chris Hanson cphanson@syr.edu or Alan Foley afoley@syr.edu if you have any specific questions. Congratulations to PhD students Elizabeth Stearns and Gohar Siddiqui for winning the James Elson Teaching Award. Organizer: Soumitree Gupta, 2011-12 HC Dissertation Fellow and PhD Candidate in the Department of English and Women’s and Gender Studies Intimate Landscapes: Queer Diasporic Re-Visions of the Region The Bruns Graduate Essay Prize, in honor of Edward F. Bruns, is awarded annually to the best essay written by a graduate student member of the Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts. Graduate students. Jessica's submission was an essay-length version of the presentation she gave in the spring 2011 for the Syracuse University English Department 19C Conference, titled “Our Mutual Engine: The Economics of Victorian Thermodynamics,” and it is currently under review at Victorian Literature & Culture.
Rachel Weiser has won the Jean Marie Richards Prize for a graduating senior ETS major who demonstrates excellence in English;
Bailey Fitzgerald has won the Anthony J. Pietrafesa Prize for the graduating senior with the highest GPA in ETS courses;
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Jamie Greenwood has won the Lauretta H. McCaffrey Prize for a graduating senior woman with a high GPA in ETS courses.
Congratulations to the winners! The prizes will be listed in the College of Arts and Sciences Convocation program.
Fiction Judge: Christopher Boucher
Poetry Judge: Kelle Groom
Nonfiction Judge: Kelle Groom
David Yaffe Awarded The Center for Fiction’s Roger Shattuck Prize for Criticism
April 17, 2012, New York, NY – The Center for Fiction will present the 2012 Roger Shattuck Prizes for Criticism to Ruth Franklin and David Yaffe. The annual Roger Shattuck Prizes for Criticism are devoted to the support and encouragement of emerging critics, and were established in honor of Roger Shattuck, the late distinguished scholar, writer and literary critic. Each year, two deserving critics receive this award.
The Hunger Games Controversy: An Open Conversation on Oppression and Liberation
Thursday, April 19th at 7 pm
Noble Room, Hendricks Chapel
What is it about The Hunger Games that has captivated our collective imagination? Is Panem a thinly veiled reflection of our own world? Does the economic injustice of Panem resonate with complaints about the concentration of wealth in the top 1% of our nation? Is the Capitol a parallel polis to repressive regimes around the world and perhaps in our own backyard? What does the story say to us about the intricate relationships between class, gender, age, ethnicity and ability? Are we, too, citizens of Panem?< br/>
Sponsored by Hendricks Chapel, Office of Multicultural Affairs, the LGBT Resource Center, Department of English, Department of Religion, Department of Teaching and Leadership and the Disability Cultural Center. For more information, please call Hendricks Chapel at (315)443-5044.
April 12th - Thursday’s lecture by Dan Conaway, senior agent at the prestigious Writer’s House in New York City. Please note that his 5:30 p.m. presentation—sponsored by the English Department in The College of Arts and Sciences--has moved from 500 Hall of Languages to 320 HL. As always, the event is free and open to the public, and includes a Q&A. A must for anyone considering a career in publishing or literary representation! Questions: 315-443-5985.
Jack Halberstam Lecture: February 17, 7:00 P.M., "Low Theory, Gaga Feminism and The End of Normal." In Watson Theater.
Jack Halberstam Seminar: February 17, 2:00 P.M. "Queer Theory/Queer Methods." In HBC 204.
Barbara Klinger Lecture: February 23, 7:00 P.M., "Mutations or Mutilations?: The Never-Ending Versions of Classic Hollywood Films." In the Killian Room
Barbara Klinger Seminar: February 24, 2:00 P.M., "From Cave of Forgotten Dreams to Fright Night: 3D Style and Aesthetics in the 2011 Blockbuster Season.” In HL 202
Dana's Stone Arabia was nominated as a finalist in the fiction category and Bruce's Devotions was named as a finalist in the poetry category. Here's a link to the AP story:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j28flOdS8pFkUy9-lsMwwI4ePOMA?docId=105dc35db1ff426dbea9c58d8bc49dcc
And here's a video of the announcement:
http://bookcritics.org/
2011 SU Global Game Jam 1/27-1/29
Humanities Center Dissertation Fellow Symposium 2012 (February 2 and 3), Syracuse University
SU professor a National Book Award finalist
Bruce Smith, professor of English and author of “Devotions” (The University of Chicago Press, 2011), has been named a finalist for the National Book Awards. This is not the first time Smith has received such an honor. His book “The Other Lover” (The University of Chicago Press, 2000) made him a finalist for both an NBA and The Pulitzer Prize more than a decade ago. Smith is attending a special ceremony in New York City on Wednesday, Nov. 16, hosted by writer, actor, and musician John Lithgow.
Professor Steven Cohan gave the keynote lecture at the European Association of Dance Historians annual conference, which was held 14-16 October 2011 at Rudolf Steiner House, London, England. The conference theme was “Not Just Fred and Ginger: Camaraderie, Collusion and Collisions Between Dance and Film,” and Professor Cohan’s talk was a multi-media presentation entitled “The Manic Bodies of Danny Kaye.”
Ph.D. Student Jessica Kuskey awarded The Bruns Essay Prize
