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.