Richard Sieburth Receives Guggenheim Fellowship, 2012

Draper is pleased to congratulate Richard Sieburth, Draper’s master teacher in Literary Cultures, for receiving a 2012 Guggenheim fellowship for translation. He is working on a new edition of Late Baudelaire.

Sieburth, who holds appointments in NYU's Comparative Literature and French departments, is an accomplished translator, whose previous publications include a dozen translations from the French and German, such as Georg Büchner’s Lenz, Walter Benjamin’s Moscow Diary and Gérard de Nerval’s Selected Writings and The Salt Smugglers, as well as critical volumes in the field of Pound studies. Most recently, he released Ezra Pound, New Selected Poems & Translations through New Directions.

Brooklyn Rail offers an excellent interview with the Guggenheim fellow circa 2010. Read Sieburth’s thoughts on the exact craft of translation and on the role of the author’s ego. http://www.brooklynrail.org/2012/03/books/richard-sieburth-with-adam-fitzgerald

Message for Grads from NYU Libraries as End of Semester Nears

It's hard to believe the end of the semester is almost here already!

Please keep in mind that the librarians at NYU Libraries are here to help you with your last research tasks during this crunch time such as chasing down those difficult citations and keeping yourself organized. Make an appointment for consultation help by filling out the form at http://library.nyu.edu/forms/research/consultations.html or use our Ask a Librarian service to get immediate help at http://library.nyu.edu/ask.

-- The NYU Libraries Graduate Student Working Group

http://library.nyu.edu/grads

Proposals Invited by the NYU Animal Studies Initiative: Grants Available

The NYU Animal Studies Initiative invites proposals from NYU graduate students working in animal studies.  The ASI will support a range of projects and activities including research and travel to animal studies related conferences or to present animal studies related work.  Normally these grants will not exceed $3,000, but exceptions may be made in special cases.  Applications will be viewed at the end of each semester for the following semester, but can also be considered on a rolling basis when necessary.  To apply for funding, please fill out the application available online at http://animalstudies.as.nyu.edu/object/animalstudies.graduatesupport. For questions contact animal.studies@nyu.edu.  Please forward to interested graduate students.
For further information about the initiative, visit http://animalstudies.as.nyu.edu. 

A Talk Presented by NYU's Romanticist Reading Group, 4/18

The NYU Department of English &  
The Romanticist Reading Group of NYU 

(nyurrg.org) 

PRESENT:

"Modern Nature; or, Imagination Revisited"

Anahid J. Nersessian (Presenter, Columbia English and Comparative Literature)

Maureen N. McLane (Respondent, NYU Department of English)

20 Cooper Square, 4th Floor Flex Space

Wednesday, April 18th

6 - 8 pm

**Snacks and wine will be served**

"This talk suggests some new possibilities for ecological critique by revisiting the familiar, gently antiquated concept of the Romantic imagination. Through readings of William Cowper, Dorothy Wordsworth, and the late-Romantic artist and filmmaker Derek Jarman, I propose a return to literary and aesthetic questions about how we imagine, represent, and make sensible phenomena which are intermittently or not at all available to the senses." 

- Anahid J. Nersessian

Spivak Lecture, April 5 @ NYU

You’re cordially invited to the…

COMP LIT UNDERGRADUATE MAJORS’ CHOICE LECTURE with

Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak

“Comparative Literature and the Subaltern”

Thursday, APRIL 5th

Silver Center, Room 703  -  6:30-8:30pm

Reminder: On Limits, Grad Conference at NYU: March 22-23

New York University Department of Comparative Literature

Graduate Student Conference—March 22-23, 2012

For the full schedule, see the website, here: http://onlimitsnyu.wordpress.com/schedule/

The concept of the limit figures centrally, yet in different ways, across a wide range of discourses and disciplines. But what precisely constitutes a limit? We propose to examine both different conceptualizations of the limit and whether and how the limit may be productive of its own transgressions, exceptions, and excesses. Further, what tensions arise from understanding limits to be either immanent or transcendent? And how have understandings of the limit changed with the advent and subsequent transformations of modernity?

With this conference, we seek to stage an interdisciplinary engagement with different ways of understanding the limit, in its formal and structural as well as textual and historical manifestations. We thus invite participants to address the question of the limit as it emerges across the spectrum of theoretical discourses as well as social and aesthetic practices. Submissions are encouraged from the literature and language fields and from disciplines throughout the humanities and social sciences.

Sponsored by the Department of Comparative Literature and the Graduate School of Arts & Science, New York University.

"Walt Whitman's Faces": NYU, 3/27

The New York University

Colloquium in American Literature and Culture

presents

Walt Whitman’s “Faces”:

A Typographical Reading

Tuesday, March 27, 6:30 p.m.

19 University Place, Great Room

Internationally recognized letterpress artist Barbara Henry and Whitman scholar Karen Karbiener offer a first look at their collaborative effort, a letterpress book introducing a “typographical reading” of Whitman’s poem, “Faces.” Karbiener will discuss the poet’s interests in physiology, phrenology, and the faces he encountered on the streets of New York. Henry will present Whitman’s peculiar fascination with typefaces and relate how his work as a printer inspired her innovative setting of the poem.

www.nyucalc.com

The Object Ethnography Project Launches March 15, 7:00. Online and live in NYC!

The Object Ethnography Project
launches
Thursday, March 15th
7:00 pm
Silver Center, Room 120
31 Washington Place
between Greene Street & Washington Square East
New York University

and online at
objectethnography.wordpress.com

Starting at 7:00, the OEP will be open to exchanges for objects based on swapping stories.
Come in person, or email your exchange-stories to max.liboiron@nyu.edu

You still have time to submit an object! We will be accepting objects until March 31.
Mail or drop them off to:
Lucrece Project
Att: Object Ethnography Project
NYU English Department
19 University Place, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10003

The project will continue until all objects have been exchanged for new stories.
More information about the Object Ethnography Project.

The Object Ethnography Project is sponsored by The Lucrece Project, NYU.

NYU Libraries Research Breakfast & Spring Classes for Grad Students

Hello from the NYU Libraries:

We have 2 spring programs to announce to help you "clean up" your research and organizational skills! Join us for a "Research Breakfast" or one of our annual "Spring Clean-up Workshops." See more details below or register now.

1. Spring Research Breakfast

Come have breakfast, talk with our librarians about your project, and take care of those lingering research to-do list items. This informal event lasts for two hours, and you can come and go as you like during that time.

Thursday, March 8, 10:00am-12:00noon
Bobst Library
10th-floor Graduate Research Exchange (northwest corner)


2. Spring "Clean Up" Workshops for Grad Students
The NYU Libraries are holding a series of workshops and clinics especially for graduate students, led by expert librarians. These sessions focus on core research skills like:

* Identifying key resources in your discipline
* Organizing your research using an easy personal database called RefWorks
* Finding and ordering research materials from other institutions
* ...And much more


Workshops will be held March 14-21. Find all the details and sign up at http://library.nyu.edu/grads.

Reminder: Call for Papers: DSO Grad Conference -- Arriving at Confluence

Don't forget! Submissions Due to dsonyu@gmail.com by March 1, 2012

Arriving at Confluence

An Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference at New York University

“Thus I have made as it were a small globe of the intellectual world, as truly and faithfully as I could discover.”

Francis Bacon, 1605

The John W. Draper Interdisciplinary Master’s Program in Humanities and Social Thought at New York University is pleased to announce a call for papers for our first graduate conference, Arriving at Confluence. The conference will be held on Saturday, April 28th, 2012.

Confluence here means bringing the knowledge and methodologies of multiple academic disciplines together. The modern world in particular may best be understood at the points where different bodies of knowledge, different means of exploring the world, and different ways of expressing insight meet. This interdisciplinary conference aims to explore how contemporary issues and recent global phenomena can be better understood through the interaction of multiple discourses in a variety of academic fields, including not only the social sciences but also the natural sciences and humanities.

Understanding the knowledge enterprise as a search for answers to questions that often transcend traditional disciplinary limits has implications for discussions on a variety of topics, including (but certainly not limited to): the state and popular government,  capitalism and markets, revolution and evolution, socialism, nationalism, globalization, corporatism, mass media and technology, modernism and postmodernism, identity and diversity.

We invite papers by current graduate students from all disciplines. These may be theoretical, empirical, applied, or narrative (or a combination of the above). We are particularly interested in work that crosses traditional academic boundaries, applying ‘conventional’ insights and methodologies to novel problems, and/or applying new ways of thinking and organizing knowledge to old questions. We are also interested in work that considers new ways of expressing insight in a heavily mediated world where traditional forms of narrative and exposition may (or may not) be giving way to paradigms in digital mediation. We are interested in contributors who examine the questions of modernity through the lenses multiple disciplines.

Arriving at Confluence will also feature work by selected contributors to the Fall 2011 and Spring 2012 issues of Anamesa, the Draper Program’s interdisciplinary journal.

Please submit a 300-350 word abstract for a 15-20 minute paper/presentation to dsonyu@gmail.com by March 1st, 2012. Accepted presenters will be notified by email no later than March 8th, 2012.

Two Upcoming Talks: Latin American Media Today / Building American Indian Studies Inside and Outside of Academia

Two Upcoming Talks of Interest at NYU:

Latin American Media Today

NYU Steinhardt professor Juan Pinon, visiting scholars, and journalists will examine the nature and ongoing global configuration of Latin American media today. The panel will analyze new developments in traditional media and discuss issues of representation, diversity, and democracy. The event will be held on Thursday, Feb. 16, 5:30 pm at 20 Cooper Square, 4^th floor. For details, click here.

Building American Indian Studies Inside and Outside of Academia

Join us for a presentation by Dr. Ned Blackhawk, Professor of History and American Studies at Yale, and Dr. Theodore Van Alst, Assistant Dean of Yale College and Director of Yale’s Native American Cultural Center. All are welcome. Thursday, Feb. 23, 12:00 noon at the NYU School of Law, Vanderbilt Hall, Room 201. Please RSVP at cmep@nyu.edu.

via the NYU Minute e-newsletter

Aberrant Waste: Ocean Plastics: A talk by Max Liboiron, 2/15

NYU Bobst Library's Coles Science Center presents:

"Aberrant Waste: Ocean Plastics" A talk by Max Liboiron

DATE: Wednesday, February 15, 2012
TIME: 5:30-7:00PM
LOCATION: Bobst Library, 2nd floor, South wing, Avery Room
RSVP required: http://tinyurl.com/oceanplastics

There is plastic in every ocean in the world. Plastic is a unique pollutant that defies current theories and practices of pollution control we have come to depend upon. This illustrated talk will focus on a single sample of ocean plastics taken from the North Pacific Ocean and follow the threads of how it was collected, how samples are used in science and advocacy, their place in the popular imagination, and how an individual specimen can and cannot scale up to illuminate a new global pollution that will characterize the twenty-first century.

Max Liboiron is a PhD candidate in the Department of Media, Culture, and Communication at NYU and is the Regional Co-Director of the Plastic Pollution Coalition East Coast. You can find more about Max's work on plastics at http://maxliboiron.com/.

For more information about the talk, please contact Jill Conte at jill.conte@nyu.edu.

Recycle Your Old Cell Phones, Glasses, Greeting Cards at NYU in February!

Dear Members of the NYU Community,

The NYU Administrative Management Council's Community Service Committee is running a recycling items collection drive during the months of January and February for the NYU community.

Drop Off Collection Items being sought include:

old cell phones

eyeglasses

holiday, birthday, and general greeting cards -- only the front of the cards, please -- please rip the back of the card off before donating it.

Collection Item sought for that will be picked up include:

canes, crutches and walkers

Please see the following web location for further information, including drop off locations :

http://www.nyu.edu/amc/committees/RecycleFlyer.pdf

Please circulate this information within your area to others.

Dalai Lama Fellowship Available, 2012 - 2013

New York University is one of eight universities to offer the Dalai Lama Fellowship, an international program of the Dalai Lama Center.

One fellow will be chosen from each university to receive up to $10,000 toward a year-long project of his of her design in one of four focus areas:
1. diminishing violence;
2. mitigating income and wealth inequities;
3. encouraging cross-cultural and inter-religious communications and understanding;
4. promoting environmental sustainability.

All full-time students - undergraduate, graduate and professional students - who will be enrolled at NYU in Academic Year 2012 – 2013, are invited to apply. Dalai Lama Fellowship Application

Application Deadline: February 21, 2012

Please direct any inquiries to civic.engagement@nyu.edu or 212 998-2329.

GREEN CARD STORIES - THE FACE OF IMMIGRATION AND REFORM

Monday, January 30

7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Kimmel Center, 60 Washington Square South, Room 802
Free; Open to public; photo ID required for entry into Kimmel
RSVP: calina@umbragebooks.com

Attend this conversation about the face of immigration and reform in 2012. The event coincides with the release of the book, Green Card Stories. Panelists are Saundra Amrhein (journalist and Green Card Stories author), Stephen Yale-Loehr (immigration lawyer and Cornell professor), and Randolph Sealey (orthopedic surgeon and green card holder). Photo ID is required for the Kimmel Center. For more information, click here. Co-sponsored by Umbrage Editions and the NYU Office for International Students and Scholars.

Call for Objects: Lucrece Project, NYU English

Call For Objects!

The Object Ethnography Project investigates how objects accumulate stories as they move from one life to another. We are looking for donations of objects—any kind of object—and the stories that come with them. Members of the public are invited to take these objects in exchange for a new story about them starting March 15th, 2012. The final online exhibit will include a photograph of theobject, its original story, and its adoption story. Examples here: http://objectethnography.wordpress.com/

We are now seeking objects! If you have an item with a story, from a sentimental oven mitt to a first generation iPod, and you would like to donate to this project, please mail it and its story to:

Lucrece Project
Att: Object Ethnography Project
NYU English Department
19 University Place, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10003

Stories can be handwritten, typed, or emailed (to max.liboron at nyu.edu). They can be any length, format, or language. All objects must include a story.

You can also hand-deliver objects and stories to Max Liboiron, Marisa Solomon, or Vincent Lai within New York City.

We are accepting objects until March 31st, 2012.

If your object is broken, members of the Fixers Collective have generously offered fix-it workshops on February 23^rd, March 8^th and March 22^nd, 2012 at New York University’s Kimmel Center, Room 901, 7-10 pm. If you would like to join a Fixers Collective workshop to fix any item, whether it is donated, adopted, or otherwise, please contact Vincent Lai (Vincent at fixerscollective.org).

Grant in Arts Inclusion: Disability, Design, Curation (Deadline Feb. 15)

Call for Applications:

Graduate Student Summer School Grant

Theme:

Arts Inclusion: Disability, Design, Curation

Location and Dates:

University of California Humanities Research Institute (UCHRI) at UC Irvine

June 12-20, 2012

Program Details:

A one-week residency for 8 artists and 12-14 graduate students. Three NYU graduate students will be selected to attend, funded by the NYU Council for the Study of Disability, the GSAS Dean’s Office, and the Steinhardt Dean’s Office. Leading scholars in disability studies will offer daily workshops on disability and access in the arts. Other events include film screenings, performances, and open studios with artists-in-residence. The summer school will culminate in a final day of informal public presentations, with participants sharing their questions and findings.

Travel, accommodations, and most meals will be provided for graduate student attendees.

Participating scholars include Patrick Anderson, Georgina Kleege, Catherine Kudlick, Heather Love, Mara Mills, Susan Schweik, Joshua Miele, and others still to be announced.

Participating artists include Terry Galloway, Sara Hendren, Jürg Koch, Victoria Ann Lewis, Catherine Lord, Victoria Marks, Darrin Martin, and Alison O’Daniel.

Application Details:

NYU graduate students should submit the following via e-mail to Mara Mills, <mmills@nyu.edu>, by February 15, 2012:

· a 1-page c.v.

· a 1-2 page written statement regarding your interest/experience in disability, access, and the arts

Awards will be announced by mid-March.

Note: The grant recipients will be asked to report on the summer school at a meeting of the NYU Council for the Study of Disability during the 2012-2013 schoolyear.

Recycle Your Old Cell Phones, Glasses, Greeting Cards at NYU in February!

Dear Members of the NYU Community,

The NYU Administrative Management Council's Community Service Committee is running a recycling items collection drive during the months of January and February for the NYU community.

Drop Off Collection Items being sought include:

old cell phones

eyeglasses

holiday, birthday, and general greeting cards -- only the front of the cards, please -- please rip the back of the card off before donating it.

Collection Item sought for that will be picked up include:

canes, crutches and walkers

Please see the following web location for further information, including drop off locations :

http://www.nyu.edu/amc/committees/RecycleFlyer.pdf

Please circulate this information within your area to others.

Graduate Students: Join NYU Libraries for Spring Welcome Week Workshops

From the NYU Libraries:

As another spring semester kicks off, we're offering a chance to brush up your skills with a series of Graduate Student workshops. These workshops focus on learning how to organize your bibliographies, finding out to how to track down tricky citations, understanding the intricacies of processing and analyzing data, and even simply knowing your way around an American research library. For the complete listing of these sessions, and to sign up, go to:

--> http://library.nyu.edu/grads 

Graduate Student Workshops at Bobst

A Message from the NYU Libraries:

As another spring semester kicks off, we're offering a chance to brush up your skills with a series of Graduate Student workshops. These workshops focus on learning how to organize your bibliographies, finding out to how to track down tricky citations, understanding the intricacies of processing and analyzing data, and even simply knowing your way around an American research library. For the complete listing of these sessions, and to sign up, go to:

--> http://library.nyu.edu/grads 

We look forward to meeting you and wish you the best of luck this semester!

-- The NYU Libraries Graduate Student Working Group