November 2020 - maenglish@lists.qc.cuny.edu

[EnglishMA] Signing up for ENGL 791/795 in Spring 2021
by Caroline K. Hong 02 Dec '20

02 Dec '20

Dear Graduate Students, Hope you are all continuing to take care as best you can and are staying safe and healthy. A reminder that Hillary and I are here if you need any advising or have questions as the semester wraps up. We may be a little slower than usual to respond in these challenging times, but if you email both of us, one of us should reply within a few days. (If you don't receive a reply within a week, please feel free to follow up.) If you are planning on signing up for ENGL 791 or 795 in the Spring 2021 semester, please read on for more info. ENGL 791: THESIS COURSE If you are planning to register for ENGL 791 and write your thesis essay in Spring 2021, please *fill out this Doodle poll* with your full name and availability for a virtual info session: https://www.doodle.com/poll/z69ib87rrh8vntpi?utm_source=poll&utm_medium=link. (If those days/times don't work for you, please email us and we can send you the info and/or meet with you individually.) In the info session, we'll go over the ENGL 791 Guide and discuss the thesis essay process and requirements, including how to sign up for ENGL 791 (see the sign-up form attached here), write an effective proposal, find an advisor and second reader, etc. It'll also be a great opportunity to connect with your peers who'll be going through this process with you in the spring. And in the meantime, you can find general info about the thesis essay on our website <http://english.qc.cuny.edu/graduate-programs/ma-in-english/ma-thesis/>. Please note the spring deadline to submit your ENGL 791 sign-up form and proposal to me (at caroline.hong(a)qc.cuny.edu) is *Thursday, January 7, 2021*. Once your form/proposal has been approved, you will be registered for 791. ENGL 795: INDEPENDENT STUDY If there is a particular topic or field you're interested in that hasn't been taught recently in our regular course offerings, you can email a full-time English faculty member <http://english.qc.cuny.edu/people/> with expertise in that topic/field and ask if they might be available and willing to do an independent study with you. If they agree, please fill out the ENGL 795 sign-up form (see attached) together with your professor, outlining the aims, scope, content, and assignments of your proposed study. The spring deadline to submit your ENGL 795 sign-up form to me (at caroline.hong(a)qc.cuny.edu) is *Thursday, January 7, 2021*. Once your form/proposal has been approved, you will be registered for 795. As always, if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to email us. Best, Caroline -- Caroline Kyungah Hong Associate Professor of English Director of Graduate Studies (English MA) Queens College, CUNY *she/her/hers* * Please note that I am off email on weekends and will respond to your email during business hours, Monday–Friday 8am–5pm. At this time, there may be a delay in response time.

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[EnglishMA] Fwd: Everyone is invited! A Public Writing Convo with Sarah Blackwood and Bri Hopper on Wed Nov 18 at 4.30 (link to register below)
by Caroline K. Hong 17 Nov '20

17 Nov '20

Hi again, all! Please see below re: a fantastic event tomorrow on public writing with Prof. Sarah Blackwood (who was a keynote speaker for our MA conference back in 2018!) and our own Prof. Briallen Hopper. ---------- Forwarded message --------- Dear colleagues, I'm delighted to invite you to my next public writing conversation! I'll be talking with writer, editor, and scholar Sarah Blackwood. *This event is open to all CUNY grad students and faculty, **so please forward this email to your students! * Among many other things, Sarah is one of the founders of *Avidly*. If you want to get a sense of what Sarah is about in terms of public writing, you can read the *Avidly *manifesto "The New Enthusiasm <https://avidly.lareviewofbooks.org/2014/05/08/the-new-enthusiasm-a-manifest…> !" and/or some of her pieces <https://muckrack.com/sarah-blackwood/articles> for *The New Yorker* and elsewhere. Link to register and deets below! The Writing Center at the Grad Center is pleased to announce the second and final event in its Writing for the Public Speaker Series, featuring Sarah Blackwood. It will be held over Zoom on November 18, from 4:30 to 5:30 PM. This event is open to all members of the CUNY community. *To register* for this event, go to https://gc-cuny.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwrd-qrqz0rGdNP9BtHH4oV9jhJDomReb… Sarah Blackwood is associate professor of English at Pace University and author of *The Portrait’s Subject: Inventing Inner Life in the Nineteenth-Century United States* <https://bookshop.org/books/the-portrait-s-subject-inventing-inner-life-in-t…> (Studies in U.S. Cultures Series, University of North Carolina Press, 2019). She is co-editor of the Avidly Reads short book series with NYU Press <https://nyupress.org/avidly-reads/> and wrote the Introduction for the Penguin Classics centennial edition of Edith Wharton’s *The Age of Innocence* <https://bookshop.org/books/the-age-of-innocence-9780140189704/9780140189704>. Her public writing has appeared in *The New Yorker, The New Republic, Slate, The Hairpin, *and *Los Angeles Review of Books. * Sarah will be interviewed by Briallen Hopper, an Assistant Professor of English at Queens College, CUNY who is currently teaching "Public Writing for Academics" at the GC.

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[EnglishMA] Awesome events today and Thursday!
by Caroline K. Hong 10 Nov '20

10 Nov '20

Dear Graduate Students, I'm behind on email and will be in touch with more updates soon, but in the meantime please note these two awesome, not-to-be-missed events happening this week! + TODAY, *Tuesday, November 10, from 7:00-8:00pm*, as part of the Kupferberg Center's Off the Page series, our department's own brilliant creative-writing professors, *Maaza Mengiste and Kimiko Hahn*, will be reading from their recent works and in conversation with each other, moderated by our own Prof. Vanessa Pérez Rosario. You can find more info and the links to the YouTube and Facebook pages where the event will be livestreamed at http://kupferbergcenter.org/event/off-the-page-maaza-mengiste-and-kimiko-ha… . + This *Thursday, November 12, from 12:15-1:30pm*, we're kicking off our department's new seminar series for our students on the topic of "*Decolonizing the Curriculum*." Thursday's speaker is Prof. *Shanna Benjamin*, who will be discussing her forthcoming biography of Nellie McKay, a trailblazing scholar of African American literature. McKay also received her BA in English from our department in 1969 (!), and Prof. Benjamin will be sharing some of that history. You can join via Zoom at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88234573515. Hope to see you (virtually) at these events, and more updates coming soon! Best, Caroline -- Caroline Kyungah Hong Associate Professor of English Director of Graduate Studies (English MA) Queens College, CUNY *she/her/hers* * Please note that I am off email on weekends and will respond to your email during business hours, Monday–Friday 8am–5pm. At this time, there may be a delay in response time.

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