The Weekly: Undergraduate News
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Issue #6 for the week of 9/28/2020
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From the Director of Studies: |
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Welcome to week five, everyone—
seniors, your topic sheets are due on Thursday, first step on that great journey. (You submit the sheets to your advisor, for comments; they submit it in turn to the department.) For all, let me call your attention to one event among many in the days upcoming, the first Humanities Innovation Forum, beginning at 1 PM on Tuesday, sponsored by the Keller Center and the Humanities Council. The forum will feature several humanities faculty talking about new approaches to pedagogy and new extensions and applications of humanities research beyond Fitzrandolph Gate (where, as it happens, we all already are).
That recommendation is also by way of reminding you how much is going on over at the Humanities Council. Veterans of the HUM Sequence and HUM certificate students will know the activities at (the virtual) Joseph Henry House well, but for everyone, a regular look at their events calendar will make your life better. You can attend a panel on food security; you can watch “Stan and Ollie” and then talk about it with Michael Wood. The Council is an umbrella organization for all the departments and programs in the humanities at Princeton, and a good way to get a sense of how our department fits into a larger, ever-expanding project of inquiry that takes human being and making as its basic concern.
But don’t go anywhere before you finish reading this newsletter, and an afterword from Professor Nigel Smith, waiting to reward you at the bottom.
Director of Undergraduate Studies
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Other Sources of Assistance: |
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Undergraduate Administrator
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October 2020
October 5-9
Midterm Examination Week
October 10 - 13
Fall Recess - No Classes
October 14
6:00 a.m. | TigerHub
Undergraduate Selection of P/D/F Option begins
October 14
12:30 p.m. | Zoom TBA
UG Graduate School Admissions Workshop
October 21
12:00 p.m. | Zoom TBA
Intersections Working Group presents: Lindsay Reckson
Event details TBA
October 22
7:30 p.m. | Zoom TBA
Common Works Lecture: Justin Torres, We the Animals
November 2020
November 3
11:59 p.m.
Undergraduate Deadline to Select P/D/F Option
November 24
Final Day of Regularly Schedule Classes
November 25 - 27
Thanksgiving Recess
November 26 - 27
University Holiday
Administrative Offices Closed
November 30
Reading Period Begins
December 2020
December 8
Reading Period Ends
Dean's Date: Deadline for Student Submission of Written Work
December 9 - 15
Fall Term Final Examinations
December 12
Deadline for Submission of Take-Home Exercises
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Additional Dates for Juniors: |
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November 17
JP Topic Sheet DUE to Junior Seminar Faculty (ENG 300)
December 2
7:30 a.m.
Junior Spring Term Course Selection Begins
January 15
Deadline for Submitting Junior Independent Work
Please see the below information regarding O.U.R.'s funding cycles and the Departmental resources for research funding support.
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Additional Dates for Seniors: |
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October 1
12:00 p.m.
Senior Topic Sheet DUE to Your Advisor(s).
October 9
O.U.R. Fall Funding Decisions Posted
S.A.F.E.
November 16
O.U.R. Winter Funding Application Opens
S.A.F.E.
November 24
Senior's 20-page minimum thesis chapter DUE to advisors and Dropbox
(link TBA)
December 1
7:30 a.m.
Senior Spring Term Course Selection Begins
April 13, 2021
Senior Thesis DUE
Please see the below information regarding O.U.R.'s funding cycles and the Departmental resources for research funding support.
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LINK TO DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH UG WEBSITE
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RESEARCH FUNDING INFORMATION: |
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Department of English's Sources of Support and Departmental Fellowships |
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The Maren Grant for Senior Thesis Research
The Maren Grant for Senior Thesis Research supports work toward the thesis for seniors in the English Department. Students should apply through SAFE, and choose the Maren Grant among their funding sources.
Please apply to all funding sources for which you are eligible.
Applications to the Maren Grant for Senior Thesis Research may be made in any of the three OUR funding cycles:
- for thesis research in the summer before senior year;
- in the fall of senior year;
- or in the winter before the thesis is due.
Awards are typically between $200 and $1200.
Deadlines are early: be sure you consult OUR and plan ahead.
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The Maren-Annan Grant for Departmental Research
The Maren-Annan Grant for Departmental Research supports student research for the Junior Paper and, under special circumstances, for other work for juniors or seniors within the context of a course in the English Department (excluding the senior thesis).
Applications should be made through SAFE, by choosing “Undergraduate Independent Projects” under “ACTIVITY.”
Please apply to all funds for which you are eligible along with the Maren Grant.
Allowable expenses correspond to those listed for senior thesis research on the OUR website.
Applications may be made at any time, but we recommend submission at least four weeks before any planned travel.
Awards are typically between $200 and $1200.
Consultation with your JP advisor or the instructor for your class is essential.
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Fall Semester O.U.R. 2020 Funding Cycle:
O.U.R.'s Application Opened: Friday, August 28
O.U.R.'s Application Closes: Sunday, Sept. 27
O.U.R.'s Award posted: Friday, October 9
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Winter Break/ January Winter Semester O.U.R. Funding Cycle:
O.U.R.'s Application Opens: Monday, November 16, 2020
O.U.R.'s Application Closes: Sunday, December 6, 2020
O.U.R.'s Award posted: Friday, January 8, 2021
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Summer O.U.R. Funding Cycle:
O.U.R.'s Application Opens: Friday, February 19, 2021
O.U.R.'s Application Closes: Sunday, March 21, 2021
O.U.R.'s Award posted: Friday, April 16, 2021
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Your application for all funding must be made through S.A.F.E.
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Students applying to the OUR senior thesis research funding program are required to apply for all departmental and programmatic funds for which they are eligible in one single application.
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You will be able to save your application in SAFE and go back to it, but you must complete and submit the application by the earliest deadline of all the funding sources to which you are applying; no changes will be accepted once applications are submitted and locked, except for the selection of additional funding opportunities when eligible.
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Student Activity Funding Engine (S.A.F.E.)
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Check Out the Lit Review and Podcasts
Below!
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NEW CALENDAR AVAILABLE:
Access Princeton's
Virtual Activities Calendar
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Towards a Lyric Poetics
Ayesha Ramachandran
October 1, 2020 at 4:30 p.m.
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Presented by The World Republic of Letters and The Department of Comparative Literature Lecture Series |
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Intersections Working Group presents |
The first 20 Princeton affiliates to register for the event below will be reimbursed for a copy of the book (Digital or Paperback) available on Amazon.com or at New York University Press (links provided below)
Book reimbursements can only be provided to University affiliates but the event is open to the public and all are welcome and encouraged to attend.
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SAVE THE DATE:
Thursday 7:30 p.m.
October 22, 2020
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A reading and Q&A
with
JUSTIN TORRES
author of
We the Animals
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS:
The Foundationalist
Due Date: October 25, 2020 midnight.
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The Foundationalist accepts literary essays, poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction. We would also be happy to accept anything that had been written for class. There are no page limits or themes. We simply want students to submit their best work! In the past, we have published works from across the globe; giving writers the opportunity to join a community of over 100+ other authors from 70+ universities. If selected, the author’s writing will be published on academia.edu and in print format.
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Ever wanted to know what your professors have been working on when they're not teaching your classes?
Visit the Humanities Council's Faculty Bookshelf! Browse by author or discipline to explore the University's cutting-edge humanities scholarship. (Check out our Department's Faculty Author Q&A: CLaudia Johnson on "30 Great Myths about Jane Austen" here!)
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80-minute, Discipline-Specific Appointments: From formulating a plan for semester- and year-long projects to conducting research and drafting and revising, our trained Graduate Fellows are available as students tackle the challenges of independent work! Make an appointment now: https://writingcenter.princeton.edu/s/80MIN
The Virtual Writing Lab (Sunday-Thursday 8 p.m. – 11 p.m. ET): Having a hard time getting motivated working on your JP or Thesis? Looking for a sense of community? Don’t go it alone! Join our Zoom-based virtual lab to write with peers, consult Fellows as needed, and tackle your short and long-term writing goals! Join here any time we’re open.
Writing Partnerships: Pair up with an experienced Graduate Fellow for a standing weekly appointment to structure the JP or thesis writing process and avoid a pile-up of writing at the end of the semester. If you’re interested in setting up a partnership, write to Dr. Creedon (greedon@princeton.edu).
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Online access to millions of books from PUL's print collection resumes through HathiTrust emergency access service
In response to the needs of an increased number of students and faculty researching, teaching, and learning remotely this fall, Princeton University Library is pleased to announce the resumption of the HathiTrust Emergency Temporary Access Service (ETAS) effective August 31. Through this service, millions of books from our print collection will be accessible online. Full article.
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Princeton University Library to launch Study-Browse Service on August 10
Princeton University Library (PUL) will launch a new service, the PUL Study-Browse Service, beginning Aug. 10 with a pilot at Firestone Library. Through an online reservation system, Princeton University students and faculty with an active PUID will be able to book a seat in a designated Library location for a specified period of time. The Library remains closed to the public and other patrons. The start date of the Study-Browse Service at branch libraries and Special Collections will be determined within the coming days. Access to Special Collections is not available at this time. More information.
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Afterword:
This week's contribution is
From Ben Johnson's "A Fit of Rhyme against Rhyme" (1640)
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Vulgar languages that want
Words and sweetness, and be scant
Of true measure,
Tyrant rhyme hath so abused,
That they long since have refused
Other cæsure.
He that first invented thee,
May his joints tormented be,
Cramp'd forever.
Still may syllabes jar with time,
Still may reason war with rhyme,
Resting never.
May his sense when it would meet
The cold tumor in his feet,
Grow unsounder;
And his title be long fool,
That in rearing such a school
Was the founder.
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Photo Credit:"Ferry Building Reflections, Part 2" by Thomas Hawk is licensed with CC BY-NC 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/
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Suggestions, events, additions, or questions: contact The Department of English's Undergraduate Administrator, Kelly Lake kalake@princeton.edu
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Department of English
22 McCosh Hall
Princeton, NJ 08544
(609) 258-4061
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