Seminars


English Major Job Bootcamp: Application Materials
Tue, 04/04/2017 - 2:44pm
During this second English Major Job Bootcamp session, we will cover best practices when putting together cover letters and résumés.  We will also talk a bit about how social media plays into your job search.  While this event is geared toward English majors, the skills discussed would be beneficial for everyone entering the job and/or internship market, and all are welcome!  This event is sponsored by the UGA Creative Writing Program.

English Major Job Bootcamp: Job Ads
Tue, 04/04/2017 - 2:36pm
During this first English Major Job Bootcamp session, we will cover potential careers for English majors and tools for finding jobs, reading job ads, and researching companies.  While this event is geared toward English majors, the skills discussed would be beneficial for everyone entering the job and/or internship market, and all are welcome!  This event is sponsored by the UGA Creative Writing Program.

Bedchamber Scenes: "Shakespeare's Dead in Bed"
Thu, 03/23/2017 - 7:21pm
The University of Georgia (UGA) and the Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3 (UPVM), the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts, and IRCL (UMR5186 CNRS) are delighted to announce a conference, “Bedchamber Scenes/Scènes de lit,” as part of their new collaboration, “Scene-Stealing/Ravir la scène,” sponsored by UGA, UPVM, CNRS, the Partner University Fund of the French Embassy, and the FACE Foundation. All events are free and open to the public;…

BEDCHAMBER SCENES / SCENES DE LIT IN EUROPEAN EARLY MODERN DRAMA
Thu, 03/23/2017 - 2:05pm
The University of Georgia (UGA) and the Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3 (UPVM), the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts, and IRCL (UMR5186 CNRS) are delighted to announce a conference, “Bedchamber Scenes/Scènes de lit,” as part of their new collaboration, “Scene-Stealing/Ravir la scène,” sponsored by UGA, UPVM, CNRS, the Partner University Fund of the French Embassy, and the FACE Foundation. The conference will take place 12-13 April…

Bedchamber Scenes: Concert
Thu, 03/23/2017 - 2:04pm
The University of Georgia (UGA) and the Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3 (UPVM), the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts, and IRCL (UMR5186 CNRS) are delighted to announce a conference, “Bedchamber Scenes/Scènes de lit,” as part of their new collaboration, “Scene-Stealing/Ravir la scène,” sponsored by UGA, UPVM, CNRS, the Partner University Fund of the French Embassy, and the FACE Foundation. All events are free and open to the public;…

Bedchamber Scenes: "Deathbed Deceptions"
Thu, 03/23/2017 - 1:23pm
The University of Georgia (UGA) and the Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3 (UPVM), the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts, and IRCL (UMR5186 CNRS) are delighted to announce a conference, “Bedchamber Scenes/Scènes de lit,” as part of their new collaboration, “Scene-Stealing/Ravir la scène,” sponsored by UGA, UPVM, CNRS, the Partner University Fund of the French Embassy, and the FACE Foundation. All events are free and open to the public;…

UGA Symposium on the Book: Living Texts
Mon, 02/20/2017 - 3:07pm
9:30am Teaching Roundtable: Making Archival Material Come Alive in the Classroom 10:45am Coffee and Refreshments Break 11:00am Plenary talk, Diane Dugaw: "Fighting and Sailing Women in Anglo-American Prints, Songs, and History (1600—present)" Lunch on your own 2:00pm Rare Books Workshop: song books, play texts, toy theaters, etc.  

THATCamp Shakespeare
Tue, 02/14/2017 - 2:28pm
The Folger Shakespeare Library and the University of Georgia are hosting a THATCamp at the University of Georgia’s DigiLab on Wednesday, April 5th, 2017. A unique kind of “unconference,” THATCamp stands for The Humanities And Technology Camp. We encourage local digital humanists as well as far-flung Shakespeareans coming to Atlanta for the SAA Annual Meeting to visit our new digital learning environment, to discover our new initiatives in…

Writing for Love, Money, and Applause (and to Snag Academic Jobs, Tenure, and Promotions)
Thu, 02/02/2017 - 10:02am
As with the weather, everyone talks about how bad academic writing is, but no one does anything about it. So much of graduate education is focused on mastering content that there’s little time to think about sentences, about how to craft a narrative that entertains as it enlightens, about how to keep the reader engaged—or even acknowledge the wacky notion that if you want to be read, you need to think about the reader. In this session, Rachel…

Crafting a Nonfiction Book Proposal: Workshop for Faculty
Thu, 02/02/2017 - 10:00am
In this workshop, Rachel Toor will describe the components of a book proposal, which are simple and straight-forward. But a good book proposal is an act of seduction and you ignore the experience of the reader at your own peril. Based on her years working as a book editor and an author who has sold six books on proposal, Rachel Toor will offer some strategies for success. Participants are encouraged to come with an idea for a book, a draft of a…
Subscribe to Seminars

Support English at UGA

We greatly appreciate your generosity. Your gift enables us to offer our students and faculty opportunities for research, travel, and any number of educational events that augment the classroom experience. Support the efforts of the Department of English by visiting our giving section. 
Give Now 

EVERY DOLLAR CONTRIBUTED TO THE DEPARTMENT HAS A DIRECT IMPACT ON OUR STUDENTS AND FACULTY.