Long time, no post

So, it's been a while since anyone used this but it sure seems like an effective means of communication so I thought I'd clean out the internet cobwebs and give it a try.

First, Jamie and I are hard at work planning events for the upcoming year. Orientation is coming together and we've already penciled in August 31st as the date of the rooftop social in the library. We're also in the initial stages of planning colloquia and other social activities for the graduate student community. Ideas are greatly appreciated so feel free to post any thoughts below.

While we plan these events, we also are working on the crucial issues that impact the lives of graduate students such as better health care, better pay and job placement. We are also trying to expand research opportunities and the profile of graduate students in the greater Fordham community.

Jame and I are both really excited about the up coming year and please check in here to find out more about what we are planning.

--John Lash
President
Fordham Graduate Student Association

Theology Lecture

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GSA Thanksdrinking Social - November 12, 2010

Please note that you must arrive before 8:30pm to get an open-bar bracelet.

GSA 2010 Welcome (Back) Social: join the cool kids!

Awards Ceremony 2010

The GSA would like to congratulate all students who received awards at the 2010 GSAS Awards Ceremony, with special mention to:

Dr. Charles Lewis (Psychology), who received the Graduate Professor of the Year award, for excellence in graduate teaching and mentoring;

Maria Barbieri (Psychology), who received the Lydia Ocasio Award in appreciation for excellence in service to graduate students;

Daniel (Reg) Kim (Theology), who received the Teaching Fellow of the Year Award for excellence in undergraduate teaching;

and Matthew Merson (History), who also received the Teaching Fellow of the Year Award for excellence in undergraduate teaching.

GSA End-of-Year Social

Bronx Food Summit - volunteers needed

Interested in food and sustainability?

Here's a great chance to help: volunteer at the Bronx Food Summit!

For more info, e-mail GSA Vice President, Aline Ramos at aalramos(at)fordham.edu

If you would like to attend the event, even without volunteering, all you have to do is go to this link and register:

http://bronxboropres.nyc.gov/bronxfood.html

Admission is free!

Dagger John's Graduate Club

GSA ♥s Éire Spring Social

A reminder:

GSA Spring Social: GSA ♥s Éire This Friday (7-10pm) at Sláinte Pub (304 Bowery).

Yeah, that's right: free drinks for all GSAS students.

And if you're following March Madness, do not worry: there will be TVs with basketball on!

Getting there is pretty simple: Slainte is three blocks away from the 6 Train (Bleecker), the B, D Trains (Broadway-Lafayette), R, W Trains (Prince St.), or F, V Trains (2nd Ave - Lower East Side)

Map here:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=slainte+bowery+new+york&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=31.784549,86.572266&ie=UTF8&hq=slainte&hnear=Bowery,+New+York,+NY+10116&ll=40.726218,-73.992748&spn=0.007415,0.021136&z=16&iwloc=A

GSA ♥s Éire Social

Spring 2010 Interdisciplinary Graduate Colloquium

Spring 2010 Interdisciplinary Graduate Colloquium
New date: Friday, April 9th, 2010
5:30-7:00 pm
Philosophy Department Conference Room (Collins Hall, Room 139)


Mark Mossa, S.J. (Theology Department)
"Abandoning the Will to Power for a Will to Community: John Courtney Murray's Family Values and the Future of the American Catholic Church"

Rebecca Bates (English Department)
"Shit Theory: Excremental Identities in Djurna Barnes' Nightwood"

Ken Kurihara (History Department)
"Celestial Visions in 16th-Century Germany: 'Windows' Into the Inner World"

Emily Mkrtichian (English Department)
"Anxious Duplicities: Nationalism, Cosmopolitanism, and Hybridity in Wilkie Collins and Matthew Arnold"


As usual, refreshments will be served. Please join us for some interdisciplinary conversation!

For more info, e-mail intergradcolloquium@gmail.com

Call for Abstracts: Spring 2010 GSA InterGrad Colloquium

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

Spring 2010 GSA Interdisciplinary Graduate Colloquium

Friday, February 26

Graduate students are invited to

submit abstracts for papers on

any interdisciplinary topic

(e.g. a paper you are preparing for a conference, a final paper you wrote for a class, a summary of a dissertation chapter, writing samples from your grad school application etc., which could be of interest to people in departments other than your own)

• gain valuable presentation experience
• get feedback on your work from other graduate students in a supportive environment
• first-year students are encouraged to submit, as well as advanced students

Papers must have 25-minute reading time (about 10-12 pages double-spaced)

Submission deadline: Thursday, February 11

Submit abstracts of about 300 words to: intergradcolloquium@gmail.com

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

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"

GSA ♥ NY Social: Friday, October 23rd, 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.

GSA Welcome (back) social

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!

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.

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.