EGSA Digest: Baked Goods! 19th-Century Studies! Much more!! Read all about it!
First, newsies: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOnuGJsEV_8 Now, news:
EGSA and Departmental News (rather important)
1. Conference Study Committee Votes
Many thanks to everyone who has already voted for the last seat on the EGSA Conference Study Committee. You still have until Monday, September 13 at 5 PM to submit your vote.
The nominees are: Joshua Boyd Christina Boyles Lisa Echtenkamp Dustin Morrow Julie Ooms Margy Thomas
You may email your vote to Bethany Bear (Bethany_Bear@Baylor.edu). If you have any questions about the Conference Study Committee, please contact Nathan Kilpatrick (Nathan_Kilpatrick@baylor.edu).
2. Things that Happen Early in the Morning
TAs, don’t forget about the Parent-Faculty breakfast tomorrow (Saturday, September 11) 8 o’clock in the morning..
3. Making the English Department a Sweeter Place
Calling all bakers and baked-good-purchasers! The English Department has issued a call to student organizations to help provide food for one of the Friday teas. Would EGSA like to bring food on one of the days? We have the following dates available: Nov. 5, Nov. 19, and Dec. 3. If you have a preference for the date and would like to bring something, please send your reply to Mary Frank (Mary_Kolner@Baylor.edu) ASAP and I will let Mrs. Callan know to put us on the schedule.
Professional Development News (one day you will be glad you paid attention to this)
1. 19th-Century Studies Seminar
In the spirit of Dr. Ferretter’s very successful Twentieth-Century Studies seminars, Dr. King has begun working on a Nineteenth-Century Studies program. Dr King writes,
Dear Colleagues,
At present, there is no organized forum at Baylor for faculty and graduate students to present and hear fresh research relating to transatlantic literature and culture of the nineteenth century. In the interest of starting a “19th C. Research Seminar,” I have contacted faculty and colleagues in English, History, Great Texts, and the Armstrong Browning Library. Thus far, the response has been overwhelmingly positive, and Rita Patteson and Cyndie Burgess at the Armstrong Browning Library have offered to coordinate visits of distinguished
scholars in nineteenth-century studies (e.g., Marjorie Stone and Herbert Tucker are coming next semester) with meetings for a 19th C. Research Seminar.
I plan to start this seminar next semester (spring 2011), and run it in much the way that Dr. Ferretter has run the 20th C. Research Seminar: we would hold perhaps three to four meetings each semester, in which colleagues and visitors would present original research (often research in progress), followed by time for questions. Near the end of this semester, I plan to hold an interest meeting for faculty and grad students who would be interested in participating in the 19th C. Research Seminar.
For now, I would be grateful if you would contact me to express your interest in participating, pass on names of other grad students and faculty who might wish to join in, and think about what you would most like to see happen in the 19th C. Research Seminar. I look forward to seeing many of you (I hope!) at the interest meeting later this semester, and to talking with you about the seminar whenever you’d like to drop by my office (CS 404).
All the best, Josh King
If you are interested in Dr. King’s project, email him at Joshua_King@Baylor.edu. 2. EGSA Special Interest Groups
Virginia Jarrell has provided a description for the German Reading Group. A complete list of special interest groups is below. From Virginia:
Guten Tag, Freunde!
I am hereby announcing the launch of a German Reading Group. Many of us have emerged victorious from the arduous 5 week German reading course here at Baylor. We learned to tame the case system and to look upon the overloaded adjective construction without fear. Let us not let these newly acquired skills sit gathering dust on the shelves of our minds. Rather let us work together to foster and nurture our relationship with the language of Goethe, Schiller, and ’99 Luftballons.’
After an extensive search for a worthy text, we have decided on: ‘Harry Potter und der Stein des Weisen’ (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone). Our esteemed colleague Bethany Bear has lighted upon a lexicon for the novel that should make this text as easily conquerable as France (was that too much?). The books is easily found on Amazon.com for a reasonable price.
Because we are all very busy and important, I think we should meet every two weeks. If you are interested in joining, what morning/afternoon/night would work best for you?
Please e-mail me (Virginia_Jarrell@baylor.edu) if you plan to join us. You can concerns, or suggestions.
Auf wiedersehen, mein Lieblinge!
Full listing of available groups:
a. Women’s Studies: Lisa Echtenkamp
b. Victorian Studies: Bethany Bear
c. German Reading Group: Virginia Jarrell
d. Poetry Writing: Steve Petersheim
e. Medieval Reading Group: David Clark
f. Contemporary British: Rachel Webster
g. French Reading Group: Kathleen McGinty-Johnston
h. Pedagogy – Dustin Morrow
i. 20th-Century Catholic Writers: Cameron Moore and Reid Makowsky j. Bible Study – Seth Wright and Cameron Moore
also e-mail me with any questions,
If at any point you are interested in starting a group, email Bethany_Bear@Baylor.edu.
Helpful News from English Grad Students, for English Grad Students (feel free to send your own announcement, message, or request to your colleagues)
1. Cheap(er) Books!
Mandy Nydegger has discovered that Amazon.com is offering free one-year membership in Amazon Prime for any university student. Amazon Prime provides FREE, unlimited 2-Day shipping on any item, with no minimum order. You can learn more and sign up at http://www.amazon.com/gp/student/signup/info
2. Local Food, Local Economies
If any of you are interested in eating fresh, local produce, dairy, and meats, you might be interested in Waco’s Local Sustainable Food Movement. Every other Thursday, Waco’s Local Food Movement organizes the Local Farmers Food Festivals which are held at Yowells Boat Yard on 3500 Franklin Ave for only 2 hours (from 5pm-7pm). Here is a description from the Movement’s website:
Waco’s Local Sustainable Food Movement
Be part of making our community of Waco and surrounding area eat Healthy, Fresh, and Tasty Food while supporting local farmers.
Waco’s Local Sustainable Food movement is an educational movement to stimulate a
much-needed and necessary “cultural revolution†through food by changing the mentality
of consumers and their relationship with food. In collaboration with various organizations, churches, schools, doctors, local farmers and
producers through taste education, community projects, activities for kids/adults, training classes, hobby gardens, field trips, shows and events, Waco’s Local Food Movement will help you to discover the joys of eating healthy, fresh, and tasty while supporting our local farmers and artisan food producers. Join us in getting our Waco to eat HEALTHY, FRESH AND TASTY. Yes we can do it:-) To join us call (254)230-9920
During these festivals, members can buy freshly picked and grown, organically produced REAL foods directly from the local farmers/vendors themselves. However, ALL the perishable foods MUST be preordered on Waco’s Local Food Network. To be able to pre-order, you must be a member of the Movement’s website, but membership is totally free. Email Bethany_Bear@Baylor.edu if you would like an invitation.