AEOLIAN HARPINGS
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April 2, 2008 Department of English Volume XLII, Number 8
Baylor University
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Dr. Kara Poe Alexander received a Baylor University Research Grant in the amount of $2,570 for a research study entitled, "Multimodality and Technical Writing: The Case of Instructions."
Dr. Kara Poe Alexander had an essay entitled, "More about reading, responding, and revising" published inMultimodal composition for the 21st century: A resource book for teachers (pp. 113-131). Ed. C. L. Selfe. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.
Dr. Kara Poe Alexander had a digital video composition ("Literacy practices and literacy events of a 21st century American child") republished in Multimodal composition for the 21st century: A resource book for teachers. Ed. C. L. Selfe. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.
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The most recent issue of The Willa Cather Newsletter and Review(Winter 2008) is a special issue on Cather and material culture, with a keynote essay by Janis Stout, photographs of artifacts in the Cather Foundation's collection, and brief commentsfrom twenty-four scholars and readers on images of the Turkish Lady from O, Pioneers!,the "slave girl" cardholder from A Lost Lady, Cather's girlhood wallpaper, her baby cup, her hand brace, her pocket watch, her ubiquitous green jacket. Among the five comments concerning the cardholder is one by Nancy Chinn.
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Dr. William V. Davis’ has been selected as President of The Texas Institute of Letters.
Dr. William V. Davis gave a reading of his poetry in Santa Cruz, California, February 15th.
Dr. William V. Davis gave a lecture on Robinson Jeffers and R. S. Thomas at the 14th Annual Robinson Jeffers Association Conference held at Cabrillo College in California, February 15-17th.
As President of the Texas Institute of Letters, Dr. William V. Davis spoke at the 40th Anniversary Celebration of the Dobie Paisano Fellowship Program—co-sponsored by the Texas Institute of Letters and the University of Texas. The celebration was held at the Dobie ranch near Austin and many of the former Fellows were in attendance. The other speakers were Michael Adams, Directory of the Dobie Paisano Program, Steven W. Leslie, Executive Vice-President and Provost of U T, and Victoria Rodriguez, Vice Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies at U T.
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Dr. Martha Kalnin Diede, Associate Professor of English at Northwest University (Seattle, WA), has published Shakespeare's Knowledgeable Body (New York: Peter Lang Publishing, 2008) 176 pp. Dr. Diede received her M.A. and Ph.D. (2002) from the Baylor Department of English. Her recent book,a progressive analysis of the bodypolitic motif in Richard II, 1 and 2 Henry IV, Hamlet, and Antony and Cleopatra,grew out of her dissertation directed by Dr. Maurice Hunt.
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Dr. Richard Russell has been invited to contribute an 8,000 word essayentitled, “Belfast Poets: Michael Longley, Derek Mahon, Medbh McGuckian,” for the forthcoming Companion to Irish Literature, edited byJulia Wright, to be published by Blackwell in 2010.
Dr. Russell chaired the session on Contemporary Irish Poetry and gave a paper for that session entitled "Transcending Polarities: Michael Longley's Exotic Musical Identities in 'Words for Jazz Perhaps'" at the Southern Regional Meeting of the American Conference for Irish Studies in Savannah, Georgia, which was held March 6-8.
Dr. Richard Russell has been chosen to participate in a National Endowment for the Humanities
Instituteon W.B. Yeats,in Galway, Ireland, fromJuly 7-August 1, 2008, which will be led by eight major Yeats scholars and will cover Yeatsian biography; Yeats's mystical writings, especially A Vision; textual Yeats; and diverse critical approaches to Yeats.
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Jordan Gibson will bepresentingher paper"Its Not that Simple: Graham Swift, Feminism and Waterland" atthe 2008 American Comparative Literature Association Annual Conference, April 24-28 in Long Beach, CA.
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
Information has been received from Selnate International School concerning openings for Assistant Language Teachers in Japan. Applicants must meet the following requirements to obtain a working visa in Japan: 12 years of English-language instruction, obtained a B.A. or educational equivalency, hold a valid passport, attend and pass a personal interview, and be professional in all aspects of behavior. To apply, go to www.interac.co.jp/recruit and fill out the online application form. For more information, please see the flier on file in CS 106 and the faculty workroom.
Information has been received from Southern Methodist University concerning its position for a first-year writing Lecturer to begin August 2008. The teaching load is 4/4, and the successful candidate will participate in the shared responsibilities of the Program faculty, including reviewing disputed grades and making occasional presentation at Program workshops. M.A. in English or other relevant field is required; Ph.D. is preferred. The application deadline is April 28, 2008. For more information, please see the flier on file in CS 106.
CONFERENCES – CALLS FOR PAPERS
Information has been received from The Graduate Center and Brooklyn College of The City University of New York concerning its Latin Greek Institute for summer 2008. The basic programs in Latin and Greek will take place June 9-August 19, 2008. The deadline for applying to the basic programs is May 2, 2008. For more information, please see the flier posted on the bulletin board in the faculty workroom.
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Information has been received from the University of Oklahoma concerning its summer in Santa Fe travel study program scheduled to take place August 3-10, 2008. For more information, please see the flier on file in CS 106.
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Information has been received from Oklahoma Baptist University concerning its Southwest Conference on Christianity and Literature taking place October 2-3, 2008. The topic of this year’s conference and call for papers is Christianity and the “Things of this World.” Abstracts consisting of 300-600 words (including your name, institutional affiliation, and contact information) may be sent as an attachment (.doc, .rtf, or .pdf) to no later than May 15, 2008. For more information, please see the flier on file in CS 106.
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Information has been received from St. Francis College concerning its upcoming American Drama Conference to be held November 7-9, 2008. The conference invites papers on any aspect of American drama, playwrights, and theater. Of particular interest are discussions connecting playwrights to each other and to social, political, historical, and aesthetic issues. Papers are also welcomed on stagecraft, performance, and production history. Papers should not exceed 10 pages for a twenty minute presentation. The deadline for submissions is June 15, 2008. For more information, please see the flier on file in CS 106.
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Echoes of the Aeolian Harp
Through the generosity of Mrs. Virginia B. Ball of Muncie, Indiana, an endowed series of lectures to be called the Beall-Russell Lectures in the Humanities has been created. This series honors the mother of Mrs. John Beall (the mother of Mrs. Ball) and Mrs. Lily Russell. From the Department of English, Professor Ann Miller and Dean Robert Collmer (ex officio) will serve on the planning committee.
-- From Aeolian Harpings 20:22 (4 February 1981).