EGSA Update: 3/5/12
Another opportunity, EGSA:
“Does American Culture Have a Future?”
- Monday, March 5 @ 4pm in Mabee Theater in Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center
“Why Louis Armstrong Still Matters”
- Tuesday, March 6 @ 4pm in Alexander Reading Room in Alexander Residence Hall
- Wall Street Journal drama critic and author Terry Teachout will give two presentations at Baylor University Monday, March 5, and Tuesday, March 6 — one about the future of American culture and the other about the legacy of jazz great Louis Armstrong. Teachout’s book “Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong” is his first book about music, but “I’ve been listening to jazz ever since my mother told me to come see Satchmo singing “Hello, Dolly!” on “The Ed Sullivan Show” in 1964,” Teachout said. The book is “the definitive biography of Louis Armstrong,” said Thomas Hibbs, Ph.D., Honors College Dean and Distinguished Professor of Ethics and Culture at Baylor University. “Terry Teachout is a true Renaissance man, someone whose knowledge embraces all the arts,” Hibbs said. “He writes with learning, insight, and wit about low and high culture alike. It is both an honor and a delight to welcome him to Baylor.”
- Teachout, a biographer, playwright, arts blogger and chief culture critic of Commentary Magazine, was a professional bassist before becoming a full-time writer. The Honors College and the Department of Theatre Arts at Baylor are hosting the events, which are free and open to the public. Other books by Teachout include “All in the Dances: A Brief Life of George Balanchine” and “A Terry Teachout Reader.” In addition to his work as an author, Teachout wrote the libretto for Paul Moravec’s “The Letter,” which was premiered by the Santa Fe Opera in July of 2009. Teachout contributed notes on recordings by Louis Armstrong, Gene Krupa, and Oscar Peterson for Jazz: The Smithsonian Anthology. He also wrote liner notes for Diana Krall’s “All for You” album, Maria Schneider’s “Coming About,” Karrin Allyson’s “Daydream,” Marian McPartland’s “Just Friends,” Luciana Souza’s “Neruda,” and Roger Kellaway’s “Live at the Jazz Standard.”
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Please take note of the following notices and events regarding the next two weeks of English Graduate Student life, as well as upcoming and ongoing events.
SBA, Secretary
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The E.G.S.A. Reporter: English Gossip, Sources Anonymous
- In lieu of an actual report here this week, I’ll include this disclaimer: I AM NOT THE “ANONYMOUS†REPORTER —it really isn’t me (and I cannot be held responsible). My sources are quite secret.
Bad Wine/Bad Poetry
- Mark your calendars, EGSA! The date for this infamous annual event has been set: March 24 @ 7 pm. Details to follow. (It’s not too early to start scouring your shelves for some awful verse, and it’s certainly within the realm of the game to write your own. I might bring some of mine from high school.)
In the Next Two Weeks (Feb 24-March 9)
IRG: Irish Reading Group – Yeats; Please RSVP!
- Tuesday, March 6 @ 7:30-8:30pm in Alice Room, second floor of SUB
- Last meeting ended up being a Sarah party, so we’re instigating a new policy. We are super excited about reading Irish literature aloud with peers, but we do not want to keep investing time and energy in the endeavor if no one is coming to the meetings. Therefore, we are requesting people to “rsvp†to one of the Sarahs; if only two of you commit to attending, we’ll go ahead with the meeting. If not, we’ll wait until the next meeting where we will again require 2 rsvps. Again, the calendar of readings can be found here.
- Questions? Want to rsvp to the Yeats reading? Email Sarah_Clark1@baylor.edu or Sarah_Aspen@baylor.edu.
PROFF Workshop: Alternative Paths*
- Wednesday, March 7 @ 3:30-5pm in Creekmore Conference Room, Jones 202
- Semester after semester of classrooms full of students, syllabi and assignments, office hours and a departmental committee here and there: employment as full-time faculty is not the only career path in higher education after your graduate education. Professional interests, personal circumstances, particular skills and talents, and external factors are just a handful of the conditions that lead to higher education employment in administration, student life, program leadership and other types of work, whether in combination with or in lieu of teaching. Are you walking or contemplating an alternative path? Come learn about the challenges, opportunities and special characteristics of job searches and early career development in non-faculty higher education employment. * Registration required.
Heteroglossia: Prelims
- Thursday, March 8 @ 3-4pm in the fourth floor lounge
- Doctoral preliminary exams. If those words summon a crowd of anxious feelings and a cloud of uncertainty about what (exactly) prelims entail, then join your fellow English graduate students in the fourth floor lounge Thursday, March 8, from 3-4 PM. A panel of students will be available to answer all your most pressing questions, such as how do I choose my examiners? How many credit hours should I sign up for? Who assembles my reading lists? How do I best manage my study time? When should I schedule my exams? How should I select my “areas”? Anyone who anticipates having to take prelims will benefit from this session (and from the snacks too). We hope to see you there. Email Joshua_Boyd@baylor.edu or DeAnn_Barta@baylor.edu for more info.
Spring Break: March 10-18
- You know what this means.