Wednesday, 7 September 2000
READING MATTERS Vol VI, No 3
Very Late (er, umm, ah. . . Friday) Special Edition
Reminder
This Saturday Miriam Gilbert Kicks off the Fall 2000 Saturday Scholars: Tailgaiting for the Mind Series
The presentations--all at 10:00 am in Room 40 in Schaeffer Hall--are pitched to a broad audience, are made by some of the College's best and best-known professors, and are very enjoyable. Check out the full schedule and more details here.
On September 9, Miriam Gilbert will present "Shakespeare: Side by Side"
The following job descriptions were approved at our faculty meeting on Thursday.
Literature of the Americas:Tenure-track assistant professor in the Literature of the Americas, with a specialty in one or more of the following: Latino/a, Chicano/a, and/or Asian American.
We are especially interested in a candidate whose work spans the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; is informed by historical, cultural, and social research; examines border crossings of various kinds; and investigates the meaning and complexity of "the Americas."
Ph.D. by August 2001 and evidence of potential for outstanding teaching and research required. Send letter and CV to Professor Phillip Round, Literature of the Americas Search, Department of English, 308 EPB, University of Iowa. Iowa City, IA 52242.
Applications should be received by November 15, 2000. The University of Iowa is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage applications from women and minorities.
English/CFB Book Studies:
Tenure-track assistant professor to be appointed jointly in the Department of English and the University of Iowa Center for the Book. Applicants must have expertise both in book studies and in an area of literature in English. The candidate will be expected to contribute to the teaching and research mission of both the English Department and the Center for the Book.
We are particularly interested in candidates who work in book studies broadly defined with expertise in the history of the book, the future of the book, or any specialization that employs the analysis of book design, production, distribution, and consumption. Allied specialties include but are not limited to the intersection of literature and reading communities; the relationship between shifts in communication technologies and the nature of literature; and questions of authorship and literary production in the electronic age.
Ph.D. by August 2001 and evidence of potential for outstanding teaching and research required. Send letter and CV to Professor Jonathan Wilcox, English/Center for the Book Search, Department of English, 308 EPB, University of Iowa. Iowa City, IA 52242.
Applications should be received by November 15, 2000. The University of Iowa is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage applications from women and minorities.
British Drama:
This job description has not yet been determined
Congratulations to
Lara Trubowitz, whose Contemporary Italian Women Poets: A Bilingual Anthology, co-edited with Cinzia Sartini Blum from the department of Italian, has been given a publication date of January, 2001 by Italica Press. The book focuses on the work of twenty-five women poets published in Italy since W.W. II and includes an introduction, notes on each poet, and bibliography. More on this book can be found at http://www.italicapress.com/index173.html
Panel Discussions
Wednesdays, 3:00 - 4:30PMJohn C. Gerber Lounge, 304 EPB
September 13: Writing a Myth: Creating a National Identity Through Literature Motti Lerner (Israel); Abubakar Gimba (Nigeria); Piotr Sliwinski (Poland)
September 20: Playwriting and the Dialogue Between Language and ActionMike Finn (Ireland); Shivaprakash (India); Motti Lerner (Israel).
September 27: Writing in a Non-Native Language Heng Siok Tian (Singapore); Pascal Adyeeri Mugarra (Uganda); Viktoriya Fomina (Russia); Yves-Emmanuel Dogbe (Togo).
October 4: Appropriated Voices: Writing Across Genders and Cultures Izabella Filipiak (Poland); Ogaga Ifowodo (Nigeria); Shivaprakash (India)
October 18: Literature and Politics Abubakar Gimba and Ogaga Ifowodo (Nigeria); Viktoriya Fomina (Russia); Hwang Ji-Woo (Korea); Anuar Othman (Singapore); Nu Nu Yee (Burma).
Readings by IWP Participants
Prairie Lights Series (held jointly with the Writers' Workshop)Sundays, 5:00 PM Prairie Lights Books
September 10 Martin Rejtman (fiction, Argentina) Joyelle McSweeney (poetry, Workshop)
September 17 Ogaga Ifowodo (poetry, Nigeria) and Abubakar Gimba (fiction, Nigeria) Faith Adiele (fiction, Workshop)
September 24 HS Shivaprakash (poetry, India) Jacinda Townsend (fiction, Workshop)
October 1 Pascal Adyeeri Mugarra (fiction, Uganda) Cody Petterson (poetry, Workshop)
October 8 Anuar Othman (fiction, Singapore) and Heng Siok Tian (poetry, Singapore) Jim Sidel (fiction, Workshop)
October 15 Viktoriya Fomina (fiction, Russia) Aaron McCullogh (poetry, Workshop)
October 22 Nu Nu Yee (fiction, Burma) and Vo Thi Hao (fiction, Vietnam) David Rosenthal (poetry, Workshop)
October 29 Izabela Filipiak (fiction, Poland) Eduardo C. Corral (poetry, Workshop)
November 5 Yves-Emmanuel Dogbe (fiction, Togo) Sarah McCann (poetry, Workshop)
Other Readings
October 17 IWP Playwrights at the Seacrest Residences Readings of works by Mike Finn (Ireland); Motti Lerner (Israel) ; Shivaprakash (India); Heng Siok Tian (Singapore); Pascal Adyeeri Mugarra (Uganda).
Other Activities
October 11 Paul Engle Literary Festival. Readings by IWP Distinguished Authors David Toscana (Mexico, IWP 1994) and Arnost Lustig (Czech Republic, IWP 1970), 8:00 PM, Richey Ballroom, IMU
October 12-14 6th Biennial International Conference of the Short StoryReadings by Visiting Writers Readings Co-Sponsored with Writers' Workshop
September 15 James Salter, fiction 8 PM, Shambaugh Aud.
Q & A with James Salter 11 AM, Dey House
September 22 Philip Levine, poetry 8 PM, Shambaugh Q & A with Phil Levine 11 AM, Dey House
October 5 Agha Shahid Ali, poetry 8 PM, 221 Chemistry Bldg.
The Fall English Department Party will be on Sunday, 24 September at Garrett Stewart's from 4:00 to 6:00 PM. At 5:00 there will be a brief ceremony honoring Dee for being named our first John C. Gerber Professor of English and honoring John for lending his legend and his name to this professorship. More information and invitations will be forthcoming.
READINGS, LECTURES, WORKSHOPS, AND CONFERENCES
Sep 9 Miriam Gilbert will present "Shakespeare: Side by Side" in the Saturday Scholars: Tailgating for the Mind series in 40 Schaeffer at 10:00 am
Sep 21-22 Deidre Lynch Freedman Lecture and Seminar
Oct 1
Oct 5 John Kasson's lecture, "Strongmen and Escape Artists: The Male Body and the Crisis of Modernity in American Culture, 1893-1917" is set for for Thurs. Oct. 5 at 4 p.m. in the Gerber Lounge
Oct 6 Kasson will deliver another talk, "Houdini's Body, Magic, Masculinity, and Modernity" at noon in American Studies, 204 JB. Brown bag lunches will be served.
Oct 6 Joy Kasson will speak at 4:00 pm in American Studies 204 JB on Buffalo Bill -- no title yet.
Oct 7 Lauren Rabinovitz will present "Yesteryear's Wonderlands: How Amusement Parks Introduced Modernism to America" in the Saturday Scholars: Tailgating for the Mind series in 40 Schaeffer at 10:00 am
Oct 12-13 Herbert Tucker Freedman Lecture and Seminar
Oct 14 Horace Porter will present "all that Jazz: Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington" in the Saturday Scholars: Tailgating for the Mind series in 40 Schaeffer at 10:00 am
Sep 11 Travel plans for 2000-2001 due to Gayle
Sep 15 Proposals for semester assignment due in chair's office
Sep 22 Proposals for Faculty and Global Scholars due in chair's office
Oct 1 Application Deadline for NEH 2001 Summer Stipends. NEH Summer Stipends support two months of full-time work on projects that will make a significant contribution to the humanities. For more information about this and other NEH programs please see http://www.neh.gov/pdf/guidelines/fellowships.pdf
Oct 27 Applications for Instructional Improvement Awards due in the Provost's Office. Information available at www.uiowa.edu/~cot