The GEA would like to invite all English graduate students to the second professionalization workshop of the semester Wednesday 10/16/13 at 11:00am in Anderson 1006. The focus of this workshop will be writing … Continue reading GEA Graduate Student Professionalization Workshop
The Student-Faculty Theory Reading Group will reconvene on Wednesday, 10/23 @ 11:30 in AH 1006. With Altieri behind us we will move on to a real philosopher: Husserl. We will be focusing on a lecture … Continue reading Student-Faculty Theory Reading Group
The GEA would like to invite you to our fall graduate student outing, a visit to the Philadelphia Museum of Art for the October 25 Art After Five. On October 25th, the Art After Five series will feature some short films of Charlie Chaplin, live music by Brian Carpenter’s Ghost Orchestra, and performances by Vaudevillian … Continue reading FRIDAY: Art After 5 Graduate English social outing
For the next gathering of the student-faculty theory reading group, the group will read and discuss Derrida's first book, Voice/Speech and Phenomenon, as it seems an appropriate place to begin thinking about the legacy of phenomenology. You can purchase the new translation on Amazon (it is only 87 pages as well). For those who do not wish to … Continue reading Student-Faculty Theory Reading Group meeting
This month's GEA Happy Hour is at Sugar Mom's, a basement bar in Old City (225 Church St.). Sugar Mom's is kitschy and casual, with a great selection of beers and comfort food snacks. Come early for a cozy, quieter atmosphere, and stay a few hours as the energy picks up to kick off your … Continue reading November Happy Hour at Sugar Mom’s
The Student-Faculty Theory Reading Group will meet at a new date and time this week to accommodate a wider audience that has expressed interest in. The group will continue to discuss Derrida this week, turning to his seminal essay "Différance." If you cannot make this time or would like to make suggestions about where the … Continue reading Student-Faculty Theory Reading Group
On Thursday, the GEA will be hosting our second works-in-progress workshop. Lindsay Bartkowski will be presenting a conference length paper entitled “Silence and Violence in Tillie Olsen’s Yonnodio: From the Thirties.” If you plan … Continue reading Works-In-Progress workshop