Thursday, November 19, 2009

CFP: Sex, Death, and Boredom


SEX, DEATH, AND BOREDOM
Call For Papers

This year’s one-day Graduate English Association conference to be held on February 12, 2010 asks presenters to engage the interconnections amongst sex, death, and boredom and to challenge conventional definitions of each.

Each panel will consist of three, possibly four short ten-minute presentations followed by a twenty or thirty minute discussion amongst panelists, conference attendees, and a moderator.

In addition to traditional academic papers, the committee encourages creative literary work, performance art, and multimedia presentations.

The deadline for submissions is December 12, 2009 .

Please send papers (300-word abstracts), creative work (ten pages or three to five poems), or performance piece and multimedia presentation proposals (single document) to: sexdeathandboredom@gmail.com

For more information, please visit: www.fordham.edu/sexdeathandboredomwww.fordham.edu/sexdeathandboredom

Friday, October 23, 2009

GSA Interdisciplinary Graduate Colloquium - Fall 2009

GSA Interdisciplinary Graduate Colloquium

October 28, 2009

4pm-6pm

“Gender Studies & Queer Theory”

Location: TBA

Refreshments will be served!


JESSICA THOMPSON
"Behind the Statistics: The Worldview and Realities of Poor, Young, and Unwed Mothers"

JESSICA HAUTSCH
"Journeying Even Deeper into a Fetish-Country: Erotic Objectification, Sexual Possessiveness, and the Blurring Between Object and Human in American and British Literature from the 1960s and 1970s"

WILLIAM HUGHES
"Erotic Triangles, Robinson Crusoe, and J.M. Coetzee's Foe"


Thursday, October 1, 2009

Call for abstracts: GSA Interdisciplinary Graduate Colloquium

GSA Interdisciplinary Graduate Colloquium

October 28, 2009

“Gender Studies & Queer Theory”


Deadline for submission of abstracts: October 16, 2009

From the popularity of Lady Gaga and our fascination with Michael Jackson to the passing of California's Preposition 8 and the Miss America controversy last year, gender politics and sexuality have proven to be truly timely topics. As American identity becomes increasingly global and pluralistic, so too do categories of gender, sex, and sexual preference; we recognize this plurality in various forms of popular culture and media, including films like Milk and Brokeback Mountain , as well as daily talk shows on sex-change operations. Whether through political debates about the sanctity of marriage, the creation of transsexual student groups on campus, and/or the popularity of Queer Studies, identity politics continue to fascinate us all. As scholars, teachers, thinkers, etc., how can we position ourselves in relation to these timely topics? How do sexual politics influence our world, from daily interactions to college classroom discussions? To what extend does gender seem socially crafted, culturally contracted, and/or a performance?

This interdisciplinary panel, entitled "Gender Studies & Queer Theory" , explores the scientific, psychological, philosophical, literary, historical, and economic aspects of gay culture, sexual identity, and gender distinctions (or lack thereof).

We welcome scholarly papers, presentations, talks, etc. that explore ideas about gender, sexuality, sexual preference, and/or any other aspect of identity politics that you find helpful to this discussion.

Some Potential Topics:

1.) What is gender?

2.) Homosexuality and the Catholic tradition

3.) Gender and public discourse/religious identity/civic responsibility/family values

4.) Feminism and embodiment

5.) Queer realities of transgender and intersex

6.) Queer Approaches to Literature

7.) Transsexuality on Campus

8.) A Psychological History of Homosexuality

9.) Identity Politics on Television, in Film, etc.

10.) Representations of Gays in Art and Music

11.) Gays in Corporate America (Think: Tom Hanks in Philadelphia)

12.) Historical studies of the relationship between the sciences and feminist thought

13.) Discussions of the role of the sciences/humanities in supporting modes of thought that perpetuate bad practices

14.) Discussions of the sciences’/humanitites’ emancipatory potential for women and others


Please submit abstracts of no more than 300 words to
intergradcolloquium@gmail.com by Friday, October 16, 2009.

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Friday, August 21, 2009

GSA / GSAS New Student Orientation

Dear New GSAS Students,

Welcome to Fordham University. The Graduate Student Association (GSA) invites you to attend the GSA/GSAS New Student Orientation so you can get acquainted with the university and get some tips on how to navigate academic life at Fordham. Below is the detailed schedule of events.

Monday, August 24th, 2009

8:00am -8:50am - Breakfast and Registration Keating Hall Rotunda
9:00am -11:00am – “GSAS Welcomes You” Keating 1st Auditorium Rev. Joseph M. McShane, S.J., President
Dr. Nancy Busch, GSAS Dean
Dr. Stephen Freedman, Senior Vice President and Chief Academic Officer Nicol Gotsis, GSAS Director of Student Development
Zach Smith, GSA President
11:00am -1:00pm - Campus Tour & Student Services Information Campus Tour – Meet in Keating Hall Rotunda
Student Service Reps – Keating Hall Basement
1:00pm -2:00pm – BBQ (Weather permitting) Keating Hall Front Steps/Terrace Rain Location – Keating Hall Rotunda
2:00pm-4:00pm – Department Orientations
4:00pm-6:00pm – President’s Reception Keating Hall Front Steps/Terrace Rain Location –Keating Hall Rotunda


Tuesday, August 25th, 2009


9:00am-9:30am – Breakfast Keating Hall Basement Lounge
9:30am-11:00am – “Navigating Academic Life at Fordham University” Workshop Keating Hall Basement Lounge
11:00am-12:00pm – “Life after GSAS” Workshop - Keating Hall Basement Lounge
12:00pm-1:00pm – Lunch & Community Service Presentation - Keating Hall Basement Lounge
1:00pm-5:00pm – Community Service Project & Reflection - Meet in Keating Rotunda


Tuesday, September 1st, 2009

4:00pm-5:00pm- GSAS Town Hall Meeting - Flom Auditorium (Walsh Library Basement)
5:00pm-7:00pm- GSA New Student Social - O’Hare Special Collections (4th Floor Walsh Library)

Hope to see you there!

Thursday, June 11, 2009

A word from your new officers


Dear GSAS students,

We, Zach Smith, Ph.D. candidate in Theology, and Aline Ramos, M.A. candidate in Ethics & Society, are your new GSA officers (GSA President and Vice President, respectively).

We would like to wish everyone a great summer!

Looking forward to seeing you in the Fall.

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Better than Bono Social

Friday, March 27, 2009
8-10 pm
The SkinNY
174 Orchard St
New York, NY

Now that we're all back from break, join us once again for two hours of free booze, great music and the comforts of downtown....
FULL open bar from 8 to 10.
afterparty at Arlo & Esme (see DJ for details)

*Make sure to bring your Fordham IDs!!!

DIRECTIONS
Subway:
Take the F or V trains (2nd ave/Lower East Side)
If you're coming from either Campus take the D train downtown, stay on the same line and just transfer to the F or V.
Once out head 4 blocks east on the south side Houston to Orchard st and head south...

(Cross Streets)
The SkinNY is located on Orchard St. between Houston and Stanton.

Monday, February 23, 2009

Interdisciplinary Graduate Colloquium

GSA Interdisciplinary Graduate Colloquium
Money Trouble

Ken Kurihara, History, "Till Eulenspiegel: A Medieval Trickster in Class Struggle?"

Brandon Vick, Economics, "From Revolution to Evolution: Charting the Main Features of Microfinance 2.0"


Friday, February 27, 2009
4:30 pm
Economics Department Conference Room (Dealy E-530)
Wine and cheese will be served!

Lay Sprituality Society

Eleanor Helms (Ph.D. Candidate, Philosophy)
"Belief and Illusions: Kierkegaard and the Perils of Imagination."
Friday, February 27, 2009
4:00 pm
Music Room, 2nd Floor, McGinley Center

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Colloquium Abstracts Extended to 2/20

GSA Interdisciplinary Graduate Colloquia

February 27, 2009

“Money Trouble”

Recent economic troubles have made financial stress, which is perennially a trouble for graduate students, of larger societal concern. Given its current valence, the GSA Interdisciplinary Graduate Colloquia will be organizing an interdisciplinary panel to explore scientific, psychological, philosophical, literary, historical, and economic aspects of economic struggle, in particular how this relates to issues of class.

We are soliciting papers for an interdisciplinary panel, to be held Friday, February 27 at 4:30 pm, location TBA. Please submit abstracts of no more than 300 words to intergradcolloquium@gmail.com by Tuesday, February 17, EXTENDED TO FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20.

Thursday, February 5, 2009

Introduction to Visual Basic

Introduction to Visual Basic Workshop

Friday, February 20, 2009
JMH 3429am-4pm
Fee: $20 payable in cash at door
Lunch and materials are included.
To register please go to: http://fcap.chajewski.com/

Learn the basics of Microsoft Visual Basic 2008. This informative, hands-on session will teach the basics of programming in Microsoft Visual Basic with a focus on the first time programmer. Topics will include the basics of navigating through MSVB, good overall programming style, guidelines for user interfaces, and the use of functions and subroutines.

Sponsored by the Fordham Council on Applied Psychometrics and the Department of Psychology

Thursday, January 29, 2009

Dreamweaver Course

Build Your Own Graduate Student Website!

Basic Dreamweaver Course Now Offered: This course is designed for GSAS Graduate students new to web design and development that would like to use Dreamweaver CS3 to build basic websites to post professional CV's that will be accessible using Fordham University's online storage system, MyFiles.

When? February 12, 2009 - 9am - 1pm

February 18, 2009 - 1pm - 5pm


Where? Information Technology Training Room, Dealy 205

UPDATED LINK All students MUST create a training account and register for the class at: http://www.fordhamitac.org/registration/registration.cgi/courses/list/?page=2

Please Sign Up ASAP : There is a limit of 18 students per session ( # of machines in room)