New Lay Spirituality Society

The Lay Spirituality Society

Exploring the life of faith from the perspectives of the academic disciplines

Please join us for our inaugural meeting
featuring a talk by Mahlika Hopwood, English Department

"Asking the Question: Perceval, Job, and the Discourse of Suffering"

Friday, November 21, 2008 at 4:30pm
Music Room
McGinley Center, 2 nd Floor

Dinner will be provided

Sponsored by Campus Ministry

Webpage Building Workshop

FCAP Graduate & Professional Workshop Series

2008-2009

Introduction to Webpage Building

Leave with your own personal Webpage!

Friday, November 21, 2008
9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Walsh Library Room 047

$10 cash at the door includes materials and lunch

To RSVP go to: http://fcap.chajewski.com


Presented by FCAP and the Department of Psychology

Interdisciplinary Graduate Colloquium

GSA Interdisciplinary Graduate Colloquium
Green/Eco Something

Erica DaCosta, English, "Utopia, 'Vaporware' and Embodiment in the Idea of Enlightenment"
Han Hui Por, Psychology, "Improving Communication of Uncertainty in the IPCC Reports"
Christopher Rice, Philosophy, "Why is biodiversity good?"

Friday, November 14, 2008
4:30 pm
Economics Department Conference Room (Dealy E-530)

Wine and cheese will be served!

Social This Friday, 11/7

Come relax before the semester really gets nuts!

Friday, November 7
Duane Commons (2nd Floor of Duane Library)
5-7 pm
Open bar and snacks

Interdisciplinary Graduate Colloquium--CFP

GSA Interdisciplinary Graduate Colloquia
November 14, 2008
“Green/Eco Something”

Whether through images of upscale eco-friendly apartment complexes in Manhattan, advertisements for organic produce at Whole Foods, sound-bites of the presidential candidates debating global warming, or simply the reality of escalating gas prices, we are reminded constantly of local and global efforts to create greener pastures. As scholars, teachers, and thinkers, how can we position ourselves in relation to this green revolution? Since when have these ecological issues become social, political, and cultural concerns? Should ethical debates, or even government actions, play a role in responding to environmental happenings, which, some would say, are solely scientific phenomena? This interdisciplinary panel, entitled “Green/Eco Something,” explores the scientific, psychological, philosophical, literary, historical, and economic aspects of the greening phenomenon. We welcome scholarly papers, presentations, talks, etc. responding to these environmental questions, ecological concerns, and green debates.

Some Potential Topics:
1.) The Global Warming Debate
2.) Urban Renewal
3.) Space and Place
4.) Biodynamic Farming
5.) Environmental Justice
6.) From Nature Writing to Eco-Criticism
7.) Green Merchandize and Eco-Friendly Marketing
8.) Water Rights (Rivers, Oceans, Lakes, etc.)

We are soliciting papers for an interdisciplinary panel, to be held Friday, November 14, 2008 at 4:30 pm, location TBA. Please submit abstracts of no more than 300 words to intergradcolloquium@gmail.com by Friday, October 31.

Nightlife Survery

Help us make plan the best GSA social events to date...
take a few minutes and fill out our nightlife survey: Click Here to take survey

Impact Initiative

The United Nations Academic Impact is a program of the Outreach Division of the Department of Public Information. It is open to all institutions of higher education granting degrees or their equivalent, as well as bodies whose substantive responsibilities relate to the conduct of research.

Now added to our links (right hand column)
go directly to it here: http://impactinitiative.blogspot.com/

Welcome Back Social

Welcome Back!!
Kick off the Semester on top of the library....

Tuesday, September 2nd 4-6 PM

Walsh Library 4th Floor (O'Hare Terrace)

GSA End of Year Social

Friday, May 9, 2008
4-7 pm
Keating Terrace
**Rain Location: To Be Determined**
Come by to relax, and celebrate the closing of another semester.
Food and drinks will be served!

GSAS Awards Ceremony - Friday May 2 4:00 pm

The GSAS and will be holding its annual awards ceremony for GSAS students this Friday, May 2 at 4:00 pm in Tognino Hall (2nd fl.) in Duane Library.

In addition to the student awards presented, the GSA will also be presenting the Lydia Ocasio, Graduate Professor of the Year, and Graduate Student Teachers of the Year awards. Reception to follow at 5:00 pm.

Come join us in celebrating the achievements of our fellow graduate students here at Fordham - all are welcome!

(more info available on the GSAS website here)

Fordham Film Festival

Fordham's first official film festival showcasing student movies!

Wednesday, April 30th
Keating 1st Auditorium
6pm – 10:30pm
FREE FOOD, FILMS, FUN

Questions about the event or to submit a movie contact FordhamFestival@gmail.com

Sponsored and Supported by GSA, Dept. of Communication & Media Studies

GSA Council Meeting: Mon. Apr. 14 12:30pm

Just a reminder that the next (and second to last!) Council meeting of the year will be on Monday from 12:30 - 1:30 pm. The meeting should be a shorter one, but on the agenda include the planning for the upcoming VP election and discussing draft revisions to Article 7 of the GSA Constitution.

The meeting will take place in Keating 124, and snacks will be available.

All are welcome.

Interdisciplinary Graduate Colloquium, 4/4

GSA Interdisciplinary Graduate Colloquium

“The Body”

Friday, April 4, 2008
4:30 pm

Dealy E-530
(Economics Dept Conference Room)

Ana Janssen, Philosophy, "The Gendered Body: An Historical Survey of the Concepts of Sex and Gender”
Heidi Febert, History, “Adorning All: Women and Metal Dress Accessories in Late Medieval England”
Danielle Spratt, English, “Mannerly Members of Science and the Curious Members of Man: Castration as Metaphor in New Scientific Writing”

Wine and cheese will be served!

Interdisciplinary Graduate Colloquium: Call for Papers

Consider submitting a paper for the next meeting of the Interdisciplinary Graduate Colloquia series, to be held Friday, April 4 on the topic "The Body." Abstracts are due by Tuesday, March 25 to intergradcolloquium@gmail.com . Colloquia are an informal way to present new or developing research and receive feedback from peers in a variety of disciplines. Plus, there will be wine and cheese!

The body may rightly be understood as the center of cultural, ethical, and aesthetic discourses, contributing explicitly and implicitly to our constructs of race, economy, law, desire, nationhood, textuality, and language. How do bodies and/or their materiality figure into these discourses? How can we “flesh out” the body and the texts that theorize or engage with it? How do bodies interact with each other and the world? How do they interact with that which is internal, that is with some kind of notion of spirit or soul?

GSA Social - The Jolly Tinker (Bronx)

It's that time again. Pizza. Beer. Wine. The best well drinks that the Tinker has to offer. Yes, it's a Tinker Social.

When: Thursday, Mar 6 - 9:00 pm - 12:00 am
Where: The Jolly Tinker, 387 Bedford Park Blvd , at the corner of Webster Ave.

Come to take a well-deserved break at the middle of the semester, before the 3-week March spring and Easter "break" which far too many grad students will be working through anyways. All GSAS students are welcome, and be sure to bring your Fordham GSAS ID !

Philosophy / Psychology Symposium: Wed. 3/5

The Philosophy and Psychology Departments are pleased to announce a joint symposium on the topic of Self, Identity, and Context. Papers to be Presented:

"The Contextual Person: Explorations into the Multicultural Personality"
Miraj Desai (Psychology)

"The Persistently Transgressive Subject"
A. Janssen (Philosophy)

Respondents:
Dr. John Drummond (Philosophy)
Dr. Fred Wertz (Psychology)

Location:
O'Hare Special Collections, Walsh Library, 4th floor


Date & Time:
Wed., 3/5: 6-8 pm

Come early for wine and socializing! All are invited!

Date Change: Medieval Thought & Society Working Group: Thurs. 3/6

The next meeting of the GSA Medieval Thought and Society Working Group has been rescheduled to Thursday, Mar. 6 from 4:15 - 5:45 p.m. in Keating 124.

Kim Durkota will be presenting on her work in feminism and medieval English literature. For a copy of Kim's paper, email Nathan Melson at nsmelson@hotmail.com.

Food and drinks will be served. All are invited.

Jazz Concert Tues. 2/26

JAZZ IT UP!

The next installment of Fordham's immensely popular Jazz It Up! series of concerts takes place tomorrow, Tuesday, Feb 26th at 8.00pm in the University Commons, 3rd floor, Duane library.

Entertaining us will be the Lage Lund Quartet featuring:

Bryn Roberts: Piano
Orlando Le Fleming: Bass
Jochen Reuckert: Drums

Lage Lund : Guitar

Professional Development Workshop Series

“Putting Your Degree to Work in a Non-Academic Setting”
Gerry Siuta, Ph.D., Chemistry, GSAS' 74
Monday, March 3rd, 2008, 2:00-3:00 p.m.
Keating 124
Please RSVP to Nicol Gotsis, Director of Student Development
gotsis@fordham.edu

Teaching the Middle Ages Workshops

The Center for Medieval Studies runs a fabulous workshop on teaching strategies. Although it is primarily of interest for people who will be teaching in areas of medieval studies in the future, they also are very good for teaching strategies and ideas in general. They are all highly recommended.

The Spring '08 schedule is:

Wednesday, February 20, 3:15 p.m.
Teaching Middle English Through Translations
Dr Catherine Batt
FMH 416

Wednesday, March 5, 3:15 p.m.
Teaching With Primary Sources
Dr Nicholas Paul
FMH 416

Wednesday, April 9, 3:15 p.m.
Teaching the Middle Ages Through Contemporary Texts
Dr Katie Little
FMH 416

Thursday, April 24, 12:30 p.m.
Teaching Devotional Literature
Dr Patrick Hornbeck
FMH 216

Medieval Thought & Society Working Group: Thurs. 3/6

The next meeting of the GSA Medieval Thought and Society Working Group will take place Thursday, Mar. 6 from 4:15 - 5:45 p.m. in Keating 124.

Kim Durkota will be presenting on her work in feminism and medieval English literature. For a copy of Kim's paper, email Nathan Melson at nsmelson@hotmail.com.

Food and drinks will be served. All are invited.

GSA Council Meeting: Mon. 2/25

The next GSA Council meeting will take place on Monday, Feb. 25 from 11:30 - 12:45 in Keating 124. All are welcome to attend.

GSA News & Changes

A few changes that the GSA has made this semester:

(1) GSA Travel Grant Awards

In addition to those who present papers or posters, the $400 annual GSA travel grant awards will now be eligible to students who travel to academic conferences for the purposes of job interviews. Supporting documentation is required. This change takes effect retroactively to include any interview in the 2007-08 academic year. For more information, see here .

(2) GSA Council Meeting Schedule

GSA Council meetings have always have been open to all Fordham GSAS graduate students; however, because of varying schedules of the meetings, students often did not know the dates and locations of GSA Council meetings. To address this, we have instituted regularly scheduled Council meetings. The schedule for the Spring semester is:

Mon. Feb. 25 - 11:30 - 12:45
Mon. Mar. 10 – 12:30 - 1:45
Mon. Mar. 31 – 11:30 - 12:45
Mon. Apr. 14 – 12:30 - 1:30
Mon. May 5 – 11:30 - 12:45

Meeting will be held in Keating 124.

All graduate students are encouraged to attend. If you would like a copy of the agenda, please email the GSA Vice President Gary Gabor at gsa@fordham.edu the preceding Friday.

(3) GSA Office Hours

In a similar vein, the GSA has scheduled regular office hours for 2007-08. If you have any questions / concerns, please stop by.

The Spring 2008 office hours are:

M 1:30 - 3:00
T 1:30 - 3:00
W 1:30 - 3:00
Th 2:00 - 3:30
F 1:30 - 3:00

The GSA Office is located in Keating B18.

(4) Health Insurance Survey

If you have not already done so, please take the time to take part in the GSA Graduate Student Health Insurance survey, available here . This information will help us to track student satisfaction with the different health insurance options available, and to better serve the interests of graduate students.

If you have any questions or concerns about these changes, or have any other issues which you would like to bring to our attention, please do not hesitate to contact us:

By Email: gsa@fordham.edu
By Phone: 718-817-4408
In Person: Keating B18

Interdisciplinary Graduate Colloquium--Transnationalism

Come hear an interdisciplinary panel on the broadly construed topic "Transnationalism." Wine and cheese will be served!

Friday, February 1, 2008, 4:30 pm
Dealy Hall E-530 (Economics Department Conference Room)

Jared Woodard, "Cosmopolitanism and the Multilateral Agreement on Investment"
Julie Fifelski, "An Anglo-French Romaunt of the Rose?"
Aline Ramos, "Social Semiotics and Contemporary Jewish-American Fiction "

Interdisciplinary Graduate Colloquium: Call for Papers

Consider submitting a paper for the second meeting of the Interdisciplinary Graduate Colloquia series, to be held Friday, February 1 on the topic "Transnationalism." Abstracts are due by Friday, January 25 to intergradcolloquium@gmail.com. Colloquia are an informal way to present new or developing research and receive feedback from peers in a variety of disciplines. Plus, there will be wine and cheese!

GSA Interdisciplinary Graduate Colloquia
February 1, 2008

Transnationalism

According to the University of Chicago’s Transnationalism Project, “Transnational flows of capital, people, information and images are transforming our worlds; they are also challenging researchers to develop new theoretical and methodological practices to study and account for them” (http://transnationalism.uchicago.edu). A recent buzz-word among scholars in the humanities and social sciences alike, transnationalism incorporates ideas regarding globalization, migration, cosmopolitanism, multiculturalism, race and gender theories, and postcolonialism. It can be conceived “as a social morphology, as a type of consciousness, as a mode of political reproduction, as an avenue of capital, as a site of political engagement, and as a reconstruction of ‘place’ or locality”[1]

We are soliciting papers for an interdisciplinary panel, to be held Friday, February 1, 2008 at 4:30 pm, location TBA, which engage with differently and broadly-conceived notions of transnationalism. We particularly encourage papers that are conscious of, and perhaps even spend some time discussing, their theoretical and methodological procedures, with the hope of contributing to the larger scholarly conversation regarding how we might approach this evolving concept.

Please submit abstracts of no more than 300 words to intergradcolloquium@gmail.com by Friday, January 25. This is a great opportunity to receive peer feedback on papers written for fall semester classes, so please interpret this topic as broadly as you like.

[1] Steven Vertovec, Ethnic and Racial Studies, Vol. 22, No. 2 (1999).

Medieval Studies Lecture

Wednesday, January 16, 2008, 4:30 pm
**O'Hare Special Collections, Fourth Floor, Walsh Library** [PLEASE NOTE ROOM CHANGE]

"Lion Knights: Crusades, Memory, and the Culture of the European Nobility"
Dr. Nicholas Paul, Fordham University

Open to the public

Americanist Reading Group Panel Discussion

Wednesday, January 30^th, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

AMERICAN LITERARY STUDIES: THE STATE OF THE FIELD

ROSE HILL CAMPUS
Duane Library
University Commons

For more information email Patty Tarantello at: tarantello@fordham.edu

Spring 2008 Office Hours

The GSA will be holding regular office hours for the Spring 2008 semester every day (Monday through Friday) from 1:30 to 3 pm in our office, Keating B-18.