UIUC English Graduate Student Association

08/16/2020

Hi there! My name is Amanda stiegal and I am a current vet student at UIUC looking to sublease my room. It is a townhouse in Urbana about a 5-7 minute drive from campus. The rent would be $530 and that’s including water, landscaping and shoveling in the winter. The room available would be a master bedroom with own full bath. There would be 2 other female vet students living there too. Please message me on Facebook for more details!

07/21/2020

Tonight, 6-7:30, EGSA's hosting another round of Zoom Trivia! The whole English Department is welcome, and friends of the department, and that means most of you. Message Azlan Smith for login information or check your school email. We play in teams, and if you've been curious but never joined, tonight's a great night to hop in.

06/29/2020

EGSA's hosting Zoom Trivia tomorrow, Tuesday, from 6-7:30. All grad students, faculty, and friends are welcome. Check your email or contact Azlan Smith for log in information!

03/25/2018

Join the EGSA's Advisory Committee Adjuncts to discuss the results of the
English Department Climate Survey.


We will present the areas of strength and areas for improvement found by the study and discuss the next steps for our results.

**Refreshments Provided**

Wednesday, March 28, 2018
5-6 PM
English Building 119

01/26/2018

[sorry for the double posting!] Hey frands! Just another friendly reminder to take the EGSA climate survey. Your earnest feedback is really important if we want to make real change in the department.

You can find the survey here:

Choose your home organisation to authenticate

12/12/2017

Sorry for the cross posting, y'all, but when you get a breather from grading and seminar-papering, take a few minutes to complete this super important climate survey. Plz plz plz

Choose your home organisation to authenticate

09/25/2017

English graduate students are invited to a presentation by prospective hire Adrienne Brown Monday from 4:00-5:15. Hors d'oevres and drinks (alcoholic and non-alcoholic) will be provided!

From Dr. Tim Newcomb:
Adrienne Brown, who is a candidate for an Associate Professor position in English and FAA, will give a presentation on Monday, September 25, from 4:00-5:15 in Room 1092 Lincoln Hall.

Dr. Brown, currently Assistant Professor of English at the University of Chicago, is a specialist in African-American literature and culture, with particular interest in the intersections of architecture and race. Her book The Black Skyscraper: Architecture and the Perception of Race will be published by Johns Hopkins UP in November. She has also co-edited a collection entitled Race and Real Estate (Oxford UP, 2015).

09/07/2017

The annual potluck *is* happening. Sep 30th is the date! More info coming soon!

08/21/2017

Don't forget to join us at Murphy's Pub (604 E Green St, Champaign) this Wed, August 23 at 5:30 pm to meet the new Literature, MFA, and Writing Studies graduate students and to reconnect with old friends!

The EGSA Executive Committee-- Liz Matresse, Chekwube Danladi, Patrick Kimutis, and María Carvajal

08/02/2016

The new semester will be here before we know it! Incoming first-years, do you have any questions about what to expect? Feel free to share your questions about anything grad-school-related as comments below.

01/12/2015

Our very own British Modernities Group is seeking poster, paper, and panel proposals for their May 2015 interdisciplinary graduate conference on "badness" in British literature, media, and material culture!

Abstracts are due Jan. 31, so you've got nearly 3 weeks left to share your "bad" ideas with them!

https://modernities.wordpress.com/2014/12/22/call-for-papers-bad-books-mass-genres-material-cultures-and-aesthetic-valuation/

Call for Papers and Posters: “‘Bad Books’: Mass Genres, Material Cultures, and Aesthetic Valuation” British Modernities Group, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign May 1-2, 2015 Keynote Sp...