Upcoming Events

Oct

5

5:15 PM to 6:30 PM

Material Texts: Derrick Spires (Cornell): "Aliened American Women: Tracing Fanny Homewood and Pseudonymity in the Black Press"

Zoom

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Oct

6

4:30 PM to 6:00 PM

Job Talk

Location: Zoom

Details to follow in email
Oct

9

(All day)

WIPs Sign-up Deadline

FBH

WIPs Sign-up for Wednesday, November 28, 2018 Deadline
Oct

9

3:00 PM to 4:30 PM

AmLit: Melanie Abeygunawardana WIP: "American-Human Speaking Personalities: Asiatic Flesh and the Object of History"

Location: Zoom

Please email Melanie Abeygunawardana (meeno@sas.upenn.edu) to request a copy of the work-in-progress.
Oct

12

5:15 PM to 6:30 PM

Material Texts: Neeraja Poddar (Philadelphia Museum of Art): "The Philadelphia Museum of Art's Gosainkund Painting: Visualizing the Routes and Sites of Pilgrimage in Nepal"

Zoom

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Oct

13

4:30 PM to 6:00 PM

Faculty Meeting

Location TBA

Second half: tenured faculty only
Oct

16

(All day)

Field Exams Scheduled

Third Years and Faculty Committees
FBH
Dates for written and oral portions of Field Exams should be scheduled. Written Field Exams begin no sooner than 2 weeks before Thanksgiving and no later than last day of fall classes (Thursday, November 8- Monday, December 10, 2018). Oral portion of Field Exam takes place with 2 weeks of the written exam no later than Thursday, December 20, 2018.
Oct

16

1:00 PM to 2:30 PM

Career Paths Panel

Location: Zoom

This panel discussion will feature Penn English PhDs who have gone on to a variety of careers and have kindly agreed to share their experiences and answer questions. Helen Pho from Career Services will also speak briefly about how to explore career options and what forms of support Career Services offers to those seeking both academic and nonacademic positions. Please contact Emily Steinlight for the meeting link.
Oct

19

(All day)

Graduate Fall Language Exam

Fisher-Bennett Hall
Oct

19

5:15 PM to 6:30 PM

Material Texts: Kinohi Nishikawa (Princeton): "Towards a Black Book Aesthetic"

Zoom

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Oct

23

12:00 PM to 1:30 PM

Mod/Con: Discussion of Short Stories by Octavia Butler

Zoom

Join the Mod/Con Graduate Group for a discussion of Octavia Butler's short fiction. Please email Alex Millen (millen@sas.upenn.edu), JS Wu (jswu@sas.upenn.edu), or Jonathan Dick (jondick@sas.upenn.edu) for a copy of the readings or for our Zoom information.
Oct

26

5:15 PM to 6:30 PM

Material Texts: Jessa Lingel (Penn): "'It's kind of fun because it's more stark': Web 1.0 nostalgia and craigslist's material form"

Zoom

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Nov

2

5:15 PM to 6:30 PM

Material Texts: Lara Cohen (Swarthmore): "Paschal Beverly Randolph's Occult Undergrounds"

Zoom

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Nov

8

(All day)

Graduate Field Exams (Written)

Third Years and Faculty Committees
FBH
Written Field Exams begin no sooner than 2 weeks before Thanksgiving and no later than last day of fall classes (Thursday, November 8- Monday, December 10, 2018). Oral portion of Field Exam takes place within 2 weeks of the written exam no later than Thursday, December 20, 2018.
Nov

9

5:15 PM to 6:30 PM

Material Texts: Simcha Gross (Penn): "“Whoever is hungry, come and eat”: On the Origins and Winding Reception of a Puzzling Passover Passage"

Zoom

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Nov

10

4:30 PM to 6:00 PM

Faculty Meeting

Location TBA

Second half: tenured faculty only
Nov

13

(All day)

Kislak Fellowship Due to Ann Marie Pitts by 12pm

FBH
Nov

16

5:15 PM to 6:30 PM

Material Texts: Jesse R. Erickson (Delaware): "Cut, Paste, Curate: Print Culture and Bibliography for the Scrapbook"

Zoom

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Nov

20

12:00 PM to 1:30 PM

Mod/Con: Jed Esty, WIP: "Russian Plots Revisited: The Long Cold Wars of Conrad and Nabokov"

Zoom

Join the Mod/Con Graduate Group for a discussion of a work-in-progress by Jed Esty. Please email Alex Millen (millen@sas.upenn.edu), JS Wu (jswu@sas.upenn.edu), Jonathan Dick (jondick@sas.upenn.edu), or Jed Esty (esty@sas.upenn.edu) for a copy of the reading or for our Zoom information.
Nov

23

5:15 PM to 6:30 PM

Material Texts: Material Texts Roadshow, “Writing on Objects”: feat. Chris Faraone (Chicago), Shannon Mattern (The New School), Jennifer Park (UNC-Greensboro), and Suzanne Karr Schmidt (Newberry Library)

Zoom

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Nov

25

12:00 PM to 2:00 PM

Works-in-Progress Workshop for Fifth Years

Faculty and Students
Fisher-Bennett Hall Faculty Lounge
Nov

26

(All day)

Thanksgiving Break

https://fall-2020-planning.upenn.edu/
Nov

30

5:15 PM to 6:30 PM

Material Texts: Thomas D. Conlan (Princeton): "The Transmission of Omission: Understanding Japan’s 14th-15th Centuries Through Altered Histories"

Zoom

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Dec

7

5:15 PM to 6:30 PM

Material Texts: Priya Joshi (Temple): " A Book History of the Novel"

Zoom

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Dec

8

4:30 PM to 6:00 PM

Faculty Meeting

Location TBA
Dec

10

(All day)

Last day of classes

https://fall-2020-planning.upenn.edu/

Monday class schedule on a Thursday
Feb

10

12:00 PM to 2:00 PM

50-Book and Field Exam Discussion

Fisher-Bennett Hall Faculty Lounge

50-Book Exam Discussion (12-1pm)

(First Years)

Field Exam List Discussion (1-2pm)

(Second Years)
Feb

12

(All day)

King’s College Fellowship Applications Due to Ann Marie Pitts by 12pm

FBH
Feb

12

(All day)

WIPs Sign-up for Wednesday, April 24, 2019 Deadline

FBH
Feb

12

10:00 AM to 3:00 PM

Graduate Admissions Final Meeting

Graduate Admissions Committee
Fisher-Bennett Hall Faculty Lounge
Feb

15

(All day)

SAS Dissertation Completion Fellowship and SAS Dissertation Research Fellowships Due to Graduate Division

FBH
Mar

1

(All day)

Junior Research Seminar (JRS) Graduate Student Mentor Application due to Ann Marie Pitts by 12pm

FBH
Mar

25

(All day)

CTL Graduate Fellowship Application due to Ann Marie Pitts by 12pm

FBH
Apr

12

(All day)

Graduate Spring Language Exams

Fisher-Bennett Hall
Aug

30

10:00 AM to 4:00 PM

Graduate 50 Book Exams

Exams will be held 10-12 PM or 2-4 PM by Zoom. Information will be sent to you by your 50-Book Chair.
Aug

30

2:00 PM to 3:30 PM

GAS New student Orientation remotely

English Department New student Orientation by Zoom
TBA
Sep

4

(All day)

Graduate 50 Book Exams Reports due to Ann Marie Pitts

FBH
Sep

9

5:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Collation and Department Party

Log in with Penn Key for location details
Sep

17

5:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Collation

Location: Zoom

Material Texts: Derrick Spires (Cornell): "Aliened American Women: Tracing Fanny Homewood and Pseudonymity in the Black Press"

AmLit: Melanie Abeygunawardana WIP: "American-Human Speaking Personalities: Asiatic Flesh and the Object of History"

Material Texts: Neeraja Poddar (Philadelphia Museum of Art): "The Philadelphia Museum of Art's Gosainkund Painting: Visualizing the Routes and Sites of Pilgrimage in Nepal"

Material Texts: Kinohi Nishikawa (Princeton): "Towards a Black Book Aesthetic"

Mod/Con: Discussion of Short Stories by Octavia Butler

Material Texts: Jessa Lingel (Penn): "'It's kind of fun because it's more stark': Web 1.0 nostalgia and craigslist's material form"

Material Texts: Lara Cohen (Swarthmore): "Paschal Beverly Randolph's Occult Undergrounds"

Material Texts: Simcha Gross (Penn): "“Whoever is hungry, come and eat”: On the Origins and Winding Reception of a Puzzling Passover Passage"

Material Texts: Jesse R. Erickson (Delaware): "Cut, Paste, Curate: Print Culture and Bibliography for the Scrapbook"

Mod/Con: Jed Esty, WIP: "Russian Plots Revisited: The Long Cold Wars of Conrad and Nabokov"

Material Texts: Material Texts Roadshow, “Writing on Objects”: feat. Chris Faraone (Chicago), Shannon Mattern (The New School), Jennifer Park (UNC-Greensboro), and Suzanne Karr Schmidt (Newberry Library)

Material Texts: Thomas D. Conlan (Princeton): "The Transmission of Omission: Understanding Japan’s 14th-15th Centuries Through Altered Histories"

Material Texts: Priya Joshi (Temple): " A Book History of the Novel"