Issue 2.10 the week of 11/8/2021 |
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The Weekly Undergraduate E-Newsletter
Coming to your inbox Mondays with updates to calendar, events, and information for our English Concentrators.
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Looking Ahead: Academic Dates
& Deadlines Fall 2021
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November
November 8
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SENIORS: By Special Permission, Prof. Rachel DeLue The Bluest Eye lecture,AMS 101, 11:00 - 12:20 p.m. Guyot Hall 10
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Common Works Essentials: Sula & The Bluest Eye; 12:30 p.m. The Hinds Library, B14 McCosh Hall Basement. Registration
- O.U.R. Winter Research Funding Application Opens in S.A.F.E.
November 11
12:00 p.m. Princeton University Press Event
November 12
11:59 p.m. Undergraduate Deadline to Drop Fall Term Courses
November 24 - 28
HOLIDAY - THANKSGIVING - OFFICES CLOSED
November 29- CHANGED DATE
SENIORS - DUE to Advisors & DropBox 20-page (min) thesis chapter
November 30
7:30 a.m. Senior Spring Term Course Selection
December
December 1
- 7:30 a.m. Junior Spring Term Course Selection
- O.U.R. Winter Research Funding Application Closes in S.A.F.E. -DEADLINES are early.
December 2
7:30 a.m. Sophomore Spring Term Course Selection
December 3
7:30 a.m. First-Year Spring Term Course Selection
December 6
Last Day of Regularly Scheduled Classes
December 7-14
READING PERIOD
December 14
- 12:00 p.m. Bread Loaf Application Due (Juniors)
December 15- 21
FALL TERM FINAL EXAMS
December 18
DEADLINE Submission of Fall Term Take-Home Exercises
December 22
LAST DAY FALL SEMESTER / WINTER BREAK BEGINS
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Department's Undergraduate Research Funding Information |
Undergraduate research funding happens from a variety of source, through our Department, other departments, and the Office of Undergraduate Research (O.U.R.).
The below funding opportunities are available to English Concentrators only. You may search for additional funding opportunities through S.A.F.E.
S.A.F.E. has streamlined your application process: for each funding cycle, you submit only one application for all funding opportunities; however, the earliest funding opportunity deadline is the due date for your entire application.
Check your deadlines as they are often early for other departments and programs within the University. Please review the section below for more information about O.U.R.'s deadlines and processes.
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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-Annan 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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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 in S.A.F.E. are early: be sure you consult O.U.R. and plan ahead.
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Additional Dates for Juniors: |
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Additional Dates for Seniors:
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2021
December 1
7:30 a.m. Junior Spring Term Course Selection
December 13
12:00 p.m. Bread Loaf Application 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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2021
November 29
SENIORS - DUE to Advisors & DropBox 20-page (min) thesis chapter
November 30
7:30 a.m. Senior Spring Term Course Selection
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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Student Work:
Margaret King '22
ENG 339 Jane Austen Then and Now
Fall 2020
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In Fall 2020, Margaret King '22 was a student in Prof. Claudia Johnson's ENG 399: Jane Austen Then and Now, a Topics in 18th Century Literature course. Redesigned from the top down for a pandemic enforced on-line learning experience, the class explored Austen's modernity and her difference. King's final project video may be accessed below or by clicking on her photo.
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Concentrators, did you know? You can access supplemental information about our Common Works through the website linked in the above Common Works image. |
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Class of 2023
Common Works Texts Are In!
Sign-up to pick up:
Monday, November 8 or Wednesday, November 10
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JUNIOR CONCENTRATORS!
Nine of the Common Work texts are in for the Class of 2023. Please sign up for a pick up time. Other times will be available if these do not work for you.
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Common Works Essentials:
Sula & The Bluest Eye
Monday, November 8, 2021
12:20 - 1:30 p.m.
The Hinds Library, McCosh Hall
Registration
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A lunchtime conversation with Profs. Anne Cheng and Kinohi Nishikawa about Morrison's novels, for beginners and seasoned readers alike (and anyone who just might be taking the Common Exam in the spring). We will read some passages together and dare to ask the question, what are these novels about, anyhow?
Lunch provided to those concentrators who RSVP by Thursday, November 4, 2021.
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Additional Event: Prof. Anne Cheng has shared that on Monday, November 8, 2021 11:00 - 12:20 p.m. in Guuyot Hall 10, prior to Prof. Cheng and Nishikawa's session, Prof. Rachael DeLue will be lecturing on the topic of belonging and unbelonging in The Bluest Eye.
This lecture is by permission for our ENG SENIORS ONLY.
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Careers in Academic Publishing:
Princeton University Press
Thursday, November 11, 2021
12:30 p.m. via Zoom
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Come Learn about the ins and outs of academic publishing with the staff of Princeton University Press. Find out about career paths, internship opportunites, and more.
Q & A to follow.
Open to undergraduate and graduate students in the Humanities.
Before you attend, please take a moment to fill out this quick survey. This is your opportunity to let the staff at Princeton University Press know what kinds of questions and concerns you might have. All responses will be kept anonymous. You may answer as many or as few questions as you like. Survey: https://bit.ly/PUPSurvey2021
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Other Events & Opportunities
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Project 55 HPA Sessions with Alumni Guests
Monday, November 8, 2021
and Friday, November 12, 2021
Registration Required
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Project 55 HPA Session with Alumni Guests
Date and Time: November 8th, 6:30-7:30 pm ET (Monday)
Description: Join 2020-21 Project 55 Fellow alumni Arielle Lawson '20, Connor Bridges '19, Jaein Jung '20, and Maggie Orlova '20 as they share about their experience in our program and their respective pre-health journey. Come learn about the ways you can make lasting change as a pre-health graduate. Project 55’s Program Manager will also be available to answer any questions you have around the 2022-23 application process. Applications are due Dec 1st!
Project 55 Alumni Panel and Q&R Session
Date and Time: November 12th, 5-6 pm ET (Friday)
Description: Join Project 55 program alumni Will Grear ‘20 and current Fellow, Gray Collins ‘21 as they share about their experience in Princeton AlumniCorps supportive program. Come learn about the unique Project 55 Fellowship program and get answers to your application questions. Project 55’s Program Manager will also be available to answer any questions you have around the 2022-23 application process.
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Magical Habits, Labyrinth Books,
and Princeton Public Library present:
Personal Limits
Professor Monica Huerta
in virtual conversation
November 11, 2021 6:00 p.m. ET
Lili Loofbourow, award-winning staff writer at Slate
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Personal Limits: a conversation series presented by Magical Habits, Labyrinth Books and the Princeton Public Library, convened by Prof. Monica Huerta presents: A conversation with Slate staff writer Lili Loofbourow
November 11, 2021 at 6:00 p.m.
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Intersections Working Group: Race, Difference and Social Justice Lecture Series presents Prof. Cajetan Iheka
November 16, 2021 at 4:30 p.m.
virtual
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Professor Cajetan Iheka, Yale University, Associate Professor of English
"Media Convergence: Cecil the Lion Meets Black Lives Matter."
The Intersections Lecture Series this year represents a department wide collaboration to bring to campus scholars whose work on race, difference, and social justice has remapped disciplinary boundaries and redefined how we think about the relationship between critical theory and social activism.
Join us on November 16, 2021 at 4:30pm with guest speaker Associate Professor of English Cajetan Iheka, Yale University.
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Marvelous Extinctions: Melville on Animal Suffering
November 17, 2021 at 4:30pm
via Zoom
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Branka Arsić is Class of 1932 Long-Term Visiting Fellow in the Humanities Council and Department of English and Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University
Beginning with Melville's remarks left in his Encantadas concerning the Galapagos tortoises this lecture examines the scientific and historical archives to which he had recourse, from Cuvier and Broderip to Porter and Delano. On that basis it seek to reconstruct exactly what, in the early 19th century, prompted scientists, doctors, and naturalists, as well as traders and ordinary seamen, to obsess about the tortoise as a life form, one that was brought to the brink of extinction by the middle of the century.
Register here:
More information about this event:
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Call for Undergraduate Research Assistant for "Organizing Stories"
November 28, 2021 at 5:00 p.m.
Application Due
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“Organizing Stories” seeks two undergraduate students for the role of Research Assistant. Students this semester will focus on the project’s theme of feminisms’ archives. Working with Professors Monica Huerta and Autumn Womack as well as a graduate research assistant, the Research Assistants will help build the “Organizing Stories” workshop series by researching potential partner organizations and organizers. Research Assistants will also conduct interviews with organizers and scholar-activists about their work and the role of storytelling in their activism, to be featured on the Organizing Stories website. Applicants should feel comfortable attending workshop events, which will happen in-person/hybrid this semester.
We are seeking students who have a passion for both racial justice movements and the history of feminism. Interested applicants should send a 300-word statement of interest and a current resume to Monica Huerta [mhuerta@princeton.edu] and Autumn Womack [amwomack@princeton.edu] via email by November 28th at 5:00 p.m.
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Bread Loaf School of English
Summer 2022 Program
in Oxford
Applications Due:
December 13, 2021, 12:00 p.m. EST
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In collaboration with the Bread Loaf School of English, the department offers a six-week program of study at Lincoln College, Oxford for rising seniors. Students take a course from an Oxford/Bread Loaf faculty member, choosing among a rich range of topics, from the “Margins of Medieval Literature” to “Shakespeare’s Stage” to the “Modernist Novel.” A Princeton faculty member is also on hand to guide exploration of archives and other resources preparatory to writing the senior thesis.
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Princeton Research Day 2022
Video Submissions due:
March 28, 2022
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We are excited to announce that Princeton Research Day will be held May 5, 2022, from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. Please take a moment to add this event to your planning and public event calendars!
Princeton Research Day is a celebration of early-career research and creative works by undergraduates, graduate students, postdoctoral researchers and other early-career participants. The event is an opportunity for presenters to develop their ability to communicate complex topics to broad, non-specialist audiences.
This opportunity is open to participants from across the campus in the arts and humanities, natural sciences, social sciences and engineering.
Participants will create and submit 3-minute videos about their research and creative work. All videos will be available for viewing online, and the PRD panel of judges will choose the top videos for prizes. Winners will be invited to attend Princeton Research Day in person on May 5, 2022.
Key dates for PRD:
- March 28 - Video submission opens
- April 27 - Final video submission deadline for award consideration
- April 29 - PRD videos online for viewing and judging
- May 5, 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. - PRD Mainstage, poster session, and awards ceremony
Princeton Research Day is produced by the offices of the Dean of the College, the Dean of the Graduate School, the Dean for Research, the Vice President for Campus Life, with support from the offices of the Dean of the Faculty and the Provost.
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Winter Semester Research
(Dec. 22 - Mar. 21, 2022)
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Summer Research
(May 15 - Sept. 7, 2022)
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Application Opens: Monday, November 8, 2021 |
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Application Opens: Friday, February 18, 2021 |
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Application Closes: Wednesday, December 1, 2021 |
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Application Closes: Sunday, March 20, 2022 |
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Funding Decision Posted: Friday, December 20, 2021 |
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Funding Decision Posted: Friday, April 15, 2022 |
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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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The COVID-19 Dashboard now includes data from the undergraduates living on campus and those living locally with access to campus for the spring semester. Please keep in mind that the Dashboard is updated weekly on Mondays with results from the previous week, not in real time.
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Find Help When You Need It |
Princeton is a caring and relatively small place, so it is not difficult to find support if you look for it. The University strives to provide you with the academic, personal and health resources to succeed on campus. We do assume, however, that you will seek out the help you need.
To make the most of your academic experience, you’ll want to take advantage of the many resources designed to enhance your approach to research, writing and problem solving.
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Meet:
John Logan
English's Library Liaison
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John is readily available for any and all requests, advice, information, from faculty and graduate students, and undergrads developing JPs and Senior Theses.
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Useful Services & Information |
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The Center for Career Development is here to help all undergraduate and graduate students of all years to identify their interests and strengths, explore a diverse range of opportunities to build experience and clarity about their goals, and empower them to pursue paths they find personally meaningful.
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Humanities Council Faculty Bookshelf:
Visit the Humanities Council's Faculty Bookshelf! Browse by author or discipline to explore the University's cutting-edge humanities scholarship.
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University Center for Human Values offers events of interest:
To access the events that the University Center of Human Values presents please use this:
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Writing Program
For Juniors and Seniors:
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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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Murray Professor of English Literature
Director of Undergraduate Studies
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Undergraduate Administrator
(609)258-4093
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