Fall 2017 English Program Friday Forum talk: The CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue (between 34th and 35th St.), room 4406 Friday March 24th, 4pm, open to all Matthew Hart (Assistant Professor, English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University):  “City-State: Setting and … Continue reading →

The 20th/21st Century Studies Workshop Series for Spring 2017: The aim of the monthly series is for us to come together informally around our largely independent research and works in progress focused in the 20th or 21st century: to learn … Continue reading →

Two upcoming talks on 11/11 and 11/18, reception to follow The CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue (between 34th and 35th St.), room 4406 Friday, November 11th, 4 pm, room 4406 Vicki Mahaffey, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign – “Adultery and … Continue reading →

The 20th/21st Century Studies Workshop Series for Fall 2016: The aim of the monthly series is for us to come together informally around our largely independent research and works in progress: to learn about each other’s projects, give or get … Continue reading →

Jane Marcus Feminist University is a day-long celebration of the life and scholarship of Jane Marcus organized by her former students. Distinguished Professor of English at City College and the Graduate Center, CUNY, Jane Marcus was a radical scholar, mentor, … Continue reading →

Friday, April 5th, 6pm – 7:30pm in the English program Thesis Room, informal conversation with program alum Jean Mills (GC graduate) of John Jay. Professionalization workshop: Discussion and questions covering student questions about the field of modernist studies, the profession … Continue reading →

The Twentieth Century Area Studies Group is co-sponsor of this year’s English Student Association Conference – The Way of All Flesh on April 7th & 8th, 2016.

The 20th/21st Century Studies Workshop Series for Spring 2016: The aim of the monthly series is for us to come together informally around our largely independent research and works in progress: to learn about each other’s projects, give or get … Continue reading →

09/11/15, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm, room 4406 Friday Forum: “Periodizing the Twentieth Century How does literary criticism today periodize the twentieth century? How do scholars organize artifacts of the (relatively) recent past given their temporal proximity to the present? … Continue reading →

02/16/15 – 4:00pm – 6:00pm – Friday Forum, room 4406 – “Teaching CUNY at CUNY: Engaging with CUNY Histories and Archives” (co-sponsor) 02/23/15 – 2:00 pm – 4:00pm – Modernist Studies Reading Group meeting to discuss Layne Parish Craig’s When … Continue reading →