IMPORTANT: Grad School Application Info Session Moved to December 12

Attention ELSA members/English students:

The info session on Applications to Graduate Studies that had been scheduled for January 15 has been moved up, to Wednesday, December 12.

Andrew Burke will be leading the info session, which will take place in the English Common Room from 12:30-2:00. The session has also been lengthened by a half hour so that there will be more time to go over the applications process in detail.

The session has been moved to an earlier date as application deadlines now begin in mid-December, rather than January.

Hope you can make it! 

Attention English Students with an Interest in Cultural Studies:

Trash Talking: New Directions in Popular Culture and Creative Writing

An interdisciplinary conference for undergraduate and graduate students on popular culture and creative writing, hosted by students of the University of Regina, March 8th and 9th, 2013.

The fifth annual Trash Talking conference presents an opportunity to discuss popular culture in a serious academic environment, including any topic that isn’t studied in your ordinary classes or academic field.

Trash Talking invites scholarly and creative work that explores, celebrates, and interrogates the intersections between popular culture and academic discourse.

You know that paper you always wanted to write about Lady Gaga and Jacques Lacan? Well this conference is a perfect forum for you to discuss your ideas in front an engaged, enthusiastic audience of academics.

Scholarly papers, creative writing, visual art, and film, from students of all disciplines, from any theoretical or methodological perspective, on any aspect of popular culture, will be considered.

Past conferences have included presentations on a variety of subjects, including:

ñ    Harry Potter

ñ    Autism and The Big Bang Theory

ñ    Inglorious Bastards and Captain America

ñ    Futurama and Faith

ñ    Edgar Allen Poe, Sheridan LeFanu, and H. P. Lovecraft

ñ    Postmodern Civic Architecture

ñ    Heidegger, Game Theory, and Dungeons and Dragons

ñ    Homosexuality in Supernatural

Submissions should be no longer than 20 minutes (approximately 8-10 double spaced pages). Papers must also be included for any formal visual arts presentation. Film submissions must include a complete copy of the film to be presented.

If you wish to form a panel, organizers of that panel must include complete papers or presentations as part of their proposal.

Multimedia presentations are encouraged. All papers, panels, and presentations will be refereed.

Submissions must be received by January 31, 2013, via email or hard copy:

Email to:
sinkathryn@gmail.com

Marcel.decoste@uregina.ca

Mail to:

Trash Talking Conference ℅ ESA
Department of English
University of Regina
3737 Wascana Parkway

Archival Studies MA Information Session

For graduating students or anyone who is pursuing options for after graduation:

Professor Tom Nesmith from the University of Manitoba History Department will be hosting an information session on the Archival Studies MA on Wednesday, November 14th, 2012 from 12:30-1:30 p.m. in room 3M56. 

The information session will show how an MA in Archival Studies educates archivists to create a rich and documental archive of societal memories. Professor Nesmith will be joined by the UW History Department’s Joint Masters Program chair Professor Mark Meuwese.

Study Abroad this Summer!

 

STUDY ABROAD OPPORTUNITIES
UWinnipeg’s Department of Religion and Culture in The Faculty of Arts
is sponsoring two study abroad opportunities for the Summer of 2013: one
in Bordeaux, France, and one in Kyoto, Japan (in conjunction with the
Program in East Asian Languages and Cultures). These opportunities are
aimed at all UWinnipeg students, regardless of discipline. No prior
language or other course preparation is required.

For more information on the field school opportunity in Bordeaux,
students are invited to contact Dr. Carlos Colorado (Office: 4M32;
Phone: 204 786-9171; c.colarado@uwinnipeg.ca).

For more information on the field school opportunity in Kyoto, students
are invited to contact Dr. Jeffrey Newmark (Office: 4M36; Phone: 204 786-9438  j.newmark@uwinnipeg.ca).

Premier National Undergraduate Conference

The Premier National Undergraduate Conference in Canada is Accepting Essays for its Fourth Annual Conference: March 15-16, 2013

With three great successes behind us, QUEUC 2013 is shaping up to be the best conference yet! The fourth annual Quebec Universities English Undergraduate Conference starts on Friday, March 15, 2013 and ends on Sunday, March 17th, 2013.

Last year QUEUC had submissions from coast to coast, from UBC to Dalhousie! We hope to boast such national representation again this year. Come and join us in the beautiful Eastern Townships for a weekend of academia, camaraderie, and entertainment with others who share your passion for literature and learning. Our schedule is very exciting: in addition to a host of engaging panels, we have organized an English-themed Cranium Night, a wine and cheese, a book launch, a plenary speaker, and a poetry slam! The cost of registration is $20 per student and $40 per non-student! This fee covers 5 meals, 2 wine and cheese receptions, admission into all events, and lots of stimulating panels!

Students from all areas of the Humanities, not just English, are encouraged to submit their research essays. Papers on all literary time periods and genres, including films and cultural media studies, will be considered.

Don't have a paper to present? No problem! Everyone is invited to attend: if you do not wish to present, come as a participant!

The deadline to submit an essay is January 18, 2013

Check out http://www.ubishops.ca/queuc/submit-a-paper.html for information on how to submit a research essay.

The deadline to register as a presenter or a delegate is March 1, 2013

Check out http://www2.ubishops.ca/formprocess/queuc/registration-form.html to register!

The essays are already rolling in! Don't miss this fabulous opportunity to share your work. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to email us at queuc@ubishops.ca. Check out our website for information about how to submit papers, how to register, and to answer all your burning questions: http://www.ubishops.ca/queuc/

We look forward to seeing you all in March!

Contact:

Dr. Jessica Riddell:

jriddell@ubishops.ca

Zöe Costanzo:

QUEUC@Ubishops.ca

costanzo.zoe@gmail.com

 

 

Time for the theatre!

Manitoba Theatre for Young People: Potted Potter, November 7 - 11

Calling all Harry Potter fans!

ONE WEEK ONLY, ONLY AT MANITOBA THEATRE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

POTTED POTTER
The Unauthorized Harry Experience / A Parody by Dan and Jeff

A smash hit in London, Toronto, and New York, Potted Potter arrives in Winnipeg for a one-week engagement (November 7 – 11) at MTYP! It’s all seven Harry Potter books in seventy hilarious minutes.

Written and performed by former BBC Television hosts Daniel Clarkson and Jefferson Turner, the play takes on the ultimate challenge of condensing, or “potting”, all seven Harry Potter books into 70 minutes, aided only by quick costume changes, brilliant songs, ridiculous props and a generous helping of Hogwarts magic.

Tickets available by calling the MTYP box office
at 204-942-8898 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 204-942-8898 end_of_the_skype_highlighting or buy online at http://www.mtyp.ca


For more information, visit http://www.mtyp.ca

Shakespeare in the Ruins: A Stripped-Down Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare, adapted by Debbie Patterson, November 9 & 10

At St Luke’s Church: 130 Naussau St. North (entrance off of Stradbrook) on the following date & times:

• Friday, November 9: Show at 8pm, doors open at 7pm
• Saturday, November 10: Show at 3pm, doors open at 2pm
• Saturday, November 10: Show at 8pm, doors open at 7pm

Tickets are only $15. Call Matt at 204 957 1753 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 204 957 1753 end_of_the_skype_highlighting to purchase yours today!
For more information, visit http://www.shakespeareintheruins.com

Upcoming Events

Manitoba Writer's Guild: In Dialogue Reading with George Amabile & Roo Borson, November 5

The 2012-13 In Dialogue Reading Series is in full swing! Join them for their second reading with George Amabile & Roo Borson. These two strong lyric voices will give a joint reading of their poetry.

Monday, November 5 at 7:30 PM
Winnipeg Free Press News Café (237 McDermot Avenue)
Single Tickets – $10. Tickets are sold at the door. As seating is limited, advance reservations are encouraged by emailing info@mbwriter.mb.ca , but not required

See http://www.winnipegarts.ca/index.php?/wac/article/7722/ for more info!

Westwood Library: Imagining Winnipeg Book Launch, November 6, 6:30 p.m.

Please join historian Esyllt W. Jones for a slideshow and discussion of Imagining Winnipeg: History Through the Photographs of L.B. Foote.

aceartinc: Book Launch of Notes from the Fort by Michelle Elrick, November 9

Notes from the Fort
by: Michelle Elrick
November 9, 8:30pm
Ace Art Inc.

A poetic of inhabited space created by Michelle Elrick.
Notes from the Fort is a series of performance installations that create intimate places in unfamiliar environments through the play act of fort building. Using only existing structures and a suitcase full of hand-crafted materials, each fort is constructed, inhabited noted and dismantled in a live poetic document of sense of place and the origins of home.
Featuring music by Jenny Berkel, David Simard & Brie Neilson & new poetry by Michelle Elrick.

Book Launch

Launch for Ruth Madeleine Hodder's A Requiem, Armenian Style: A Memoir

Sunday, October 28, 2012 @ 2 p.m., Millennium Library, Carol Shields Auditorium (2nd floor)

See http://shushanigsgirl.blogspot.ca/ for more details!

Upcoming Events

Thanks to everyone who made it to the meeting on Monday!

Here are some upcoming events that may be of interest:


Juice Issue 11 Launch 
Wednesday, October 24
Room 2M70
6-9 p.m.
Snacks, Drinks, Print Copies for Sale!
http://juice.uwinnipeg.ca/

 
Student Night at the Opera
Centennial Concert Hall
Thursday, November 22
7:30 p.m.

Rigoletto: Verdi's dark story of passion, vengeance and murder in a sixteenth-century court!

Tickets are only $10 
http://www.manitobaopera.mb.ca/cms-assets/documents/82670-764413.fall-student-mailout.pdf

ELSA Meeting Next Week

Thanks to everyone who came out to the Student Group Fair this afternoon and stopped by at the ELSA table to chat!

We hope to see some new faces (as well as familiar ones) at our upcoming ELSA meeting. The next meeting is scheduled for:

Monday, October 15
12:30 p.m.
English Common Room

Everyone is welcome - even if you're just taking a few English courses and haven't decided on a major yet but would like to know more about ELSA - we would love to meet you!

Hilary and Melissa

Upcoming Arts Event: Ming Hon's The Exhibitionist

Hey hey!

Local performance artist Ming Hon will be presenting her new work, "The Exhibitionist" at the U of M School of Art Gallery October 19-20. 

For anyone interested in performance art or in art that explores issues of race, cultural identity, technology and the female body, check it out!

Find more information below the image.

Admission is free.

Upcoming Event:

The Languages and Cultures Circle of Manitoba and North Dakota (LCMND) and the University of Manitoba announce the 2012 interdisciplinary and international conference,

“Languages and Cultures of Conflicts and Atrocities”
in Winnipeg, Manitoba, October 11-13, 2012 (UM Fort Garry Campus and Inn at the Forks)

Keynote lectures by Alyson Landsberg (Oct. 11) and James Dawes (Oct. 12) are open to the public and free; to listen to the Lunch Keynote by Jill Scott (Oct. 13) a one-day registration for Oct. 13 is required. This conference will also feature speakers from the UW faculty and student body so please come by to support them and this great event!

Please visit http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/german_and_slavic/3278.html for more information on fees and a detailed list of presenters, locations, and much more.

Call for Submissions:

Geez Magazine: Call for Pitches, Deadline October 20

Geez invites pitches for articles or nonfiction stories on the theme of feminism from anyone who identifies as female, trans or genderqueer. They also welcome submissions of poetry, photos and other visual art. 

For more info, check out: http://www.winnipegarts.ca/index.php?/wac/article/7456/

The Banff Centre (Banff, AB): Call to Writers, Deadline November 15

Topics include: In(ter)ventions: Literary Practice at the Edge, Spoken Word, and Writing Studio

See http://www.winnipegarts.ca/index.php?/wac/article/7464/ for details on each topic and presentation dates 

 

 Upcoming Events:

The Azrieli Foundation and B’nai Brith Canada: If Home is Not Here Book Launch, October 15

The Azrieli Foundation’s Holocaust Survivor Memoirs Program: Holocaust survivor Max Bornstein returns home to launch his memoir abd Winnipeg residents get the opportunity to meet three survivor authors - Max Bornstein, Judy Abrams and Felix Opatowski.

October 15 (Public) at 7 p.m. (location not specified) See http://www.winnipegarts.ca/index.php?/wac/article/7451/ for more info.

 

 

First ELSA Meeting!

Hey all!
The time has finally come for our first ELSA meeting! We'll be having it on Monday, Oct. 1st during the free period (12:30-1:20) in the English common room.
We'll be throwing around ideas for future social and academic events, as well as providing opportunities for those who want to get involved with running the student group.
Please help us spread the word to other English students; we hope to see a lot of you there!

Thin Air: Winnipeg International Writers Festival

Hello English students and lovers of literature,

Thin Air: Winnipeg International Writers Festival begins this Friday, September 21 and runs until Saturday, September 29th. Thin Air features readings, workshops and live interviews with local, national and international writers and storytellers. Featured authors this year include Richard Ford, Lorna Crozier, Patrick Lane, David Bergen, Méira Cook and Pasha Malla.

You can view the 2012 schedule of events here.
Buy tickets for Thin Air here.

As part of Thin Air's Campus Program, renowned American author Richard Ford will be reading from his new novel, Canada, at the University of Winnipeg on Tuesday, September 25 from 4:00 - 5:15 p.m.
The reading will take place in Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall and admission is free.

Hope to see you there!

Upcoming Workshops and Info Sessions

There are several upcoming worshops and information sessions which will be useful for English students. The first is the Student Marker Orientation this Wednesday, which will provide information on the application process and offer helpful tips for the job itself.

Working as a marker is a great way to  become involved in the English department, make connections with professors and improve your own essay-writing skills. There are also several workshops coming up which will be of interest to those students who plan to apply for Graduate Studies in the next few years.

Here is a list of all upcoming workshops and info sessions:

If you have questions about any of these workshops or would like to find out more about becoming a Student Marker, contact the English Honours Chair, Professor Andrew Burke at a.burke@uwinnipeg.ca

Rhubarb: Call to Writers, Deadline December 15; MENNONITE SEX CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS (their title, not ours!)
Rhubarb magazine is publishing a special issue with sex as its theme as part of their series on Mennonite taboos. T

hey are looking for new, unpublished work about or including sex in some way from writers and artists who self-define as Mennonites, whether practicing, declined or resistant, and also accept writing and visual art by non-Mennonites about Mennonites.
For more info, see http://www.winnipegarts.ca/index.php?/wac/article/7429/

 

Freeze Frame Media Arts Centre for Young People: The Manitoba Storybook, Free Screening, September 20
Freeze Frame Media Arts Centre for Young People is holding a FREE screening of Manitoba Storybook documentaries at Hugh John MacDonald School as part of a project that uses the art of documentary, media production, and the power of personal stories to bring young Manitobans from northern, rural, suburban, and inner city communities together. For details, see:  http://www.winnipegarts.ca/index.php?/wac/article/7083/

Some upcoming events in and around Winnipeg:

Victor Enns: An Invitation to a Live Taping, September 17th at the Yellow Dog Tavern. Taping begins at 7:30, seats are available by reserve for $25. See http://www.winnipegarts.ca/index.php?/wac/article/7273/http://www.winnipegarts.ca/index.php?/wac/article/7273/ for more information!

On September 13, McNally Robinson (1120 Grant Avenue) will be hosting “On the Same Page: Reading from Shortlisted Works” at 7pm. This will involve readings from: A Thousand Farewells, by Nahlah Ayed; Queen of Hearts, by Martha Brooks; Manitowapow: Aboriginal Writings from the Land of Water, edited by Warren Cariou & Niigaanwewidam Sinclair; and A Large Harmonium, by Sue Sorensen. Visit http://www.winnipegarts.ca/index.php?/wac/article/7370/http://www.winnipegarts.ca/index.php?/wac/article/7370/ for more info!

Also, if you happen to be heading out to Neepawa on September 28, the Manitoba Writers' Guild will be presenting “An Evening at Margaret Laurence Home” (525 1st Ave, Neepawa) at 7pm. The evening will include readings by Laurie Block of Brandon, and Chris Rutkowski and Dora Dueck of Winnipeg, and will also feature a reading from Margaret Laurence’s works by a local resident. Visit http://www.winnipegarts.ca/index.php?/wac/article/7384/http://www.winnipegarts.ca/index.php?/wac/article/7384/ for more details!

Hello everyone, welcome to ELSA!

This site is created by English students, for English students. Here we will post information about up-coming lectures, guest speakers, exhibits and seminars that take place within the community. It will also act as message board where we will inform students of upcoming social events that ELSA has planned.

As a new addition to the selection of UW student groups, one of our main goals for the upcoming term is to let students know that we exist!
Help us spread the word by inviting fellow English students to like our Facebook page and check in with us here regularly for posts on fun upcoming social and academic events. 

Also, check out our page, "Research Resources" (located on the right side of your screen), for a list of both general and specialized databases and websites which have been compiled to aid in your research endeavours!