Our Executive Director and long-time Board member, Lauren De La Vars will host the fall 2008 conference on close readings at St. Bonaventure from 10/24-25. Please see our sister-site for further details: www.nycea.org
The deadline for panel proposals and abstracts is September 15th; Graduate Student Prize submisions of no more than nine double-spaced pages are also due on September 15th to Rebecca Housel: housereb@rochester.rr.com
NYCEA membership is required for conference participation; membership is $10 for one year or $40 for five--a bargain in the sea of rising professional dues. Membership dues help to defer conference costs, provide funding for the biannual Graduate Student Prizes and contribute to our national affiliate, CEA, through NYCEA sponsored panels at the annual national conference. Please see the website mentioned above on how to become a NYCEA member.
I would like to take a moment to thank the 2006-2008 President and 2004-2006 Vice President, Fr. Michael Callaghan, for his service these past four years. Michael is a fearless leader, eloquent speaker and warm colleague--we were fortunate in his leadership. We wish you all the best with your future endeavors, Michael! One of which will be the spring 2009 conference at St. John's University, co-hosted by former NYCEA President, Angela Belli and our new Vice President, Juliet Emmanuel! A warm welcome is also offered to Juliet, who generously accepted a nomination as Vice President for 2008-2010; in 2010, Juliet will become President and I will have completed my administrative tenure with NYCEA. I can only hope to fill Michael's shoes as best I can and plan to continue working with our Executive Director, active Board, and lively members to maintain the positive impact of NYCEA through sponsored CEA panels at the annual conference, biannual regional conferences in New York State, the Graduate Student Prize offerings, and our new e-zine. I invite members to contact me anytime with comments, solutions, or ideas: housereb@rochester.rr.com
Best wishes for a wonderful fall!
Rebecca
Great question, n'est pas? I'm in Rochester, just 90 minutes or so from the Canadian border and brrr(!), it's cold outside! In two days, we leap into March from a fairly frigid February--so let me take this opportunity to remind everyone to check out the CFP for Juliet Emmanuel's BMCC conference, April 11-12, 2008 in glorious Manhattan at our sister-site: www.nycea.org as well as the H-net and UPenn listservs. The deadline approaches for proposals. Please plan on sending something to Juliet.
I'd like to wish our CEA colleagues the best of luck with their upcoming March conference, Joe Pestino and Charles Ernst, as well as any other NYCEA-member representatives who may be attending.
I also wanted to point out that there have been updates to the "Graduate Student Prize" and "Editorials, Essays & More" pages. You'll find fall 2007 Graduate Student Prize winner, Mary Foltz's contribution, as well as Honorable Mention, Kara Manning's piece under "Editorials..." following Dr. Howard Wolf's key-note speech from the Daemen 2007 conference.
Speaking of Dr. Howard Wolf, I'd like to give a shout-out for his latest work, FARAWAY PLACES. It's a beautiful blend of experience articulated in eloquent poetic prose that take the reader on a literal adventure of a lifetime, spanning Hong Kong, the middle East, England, and more. A wealth of knowledge is within this gem of a read.
We have a conference opening (again!) for fall 2010--if there is any kinder colleague in western or upstate New York willing to lend us your institution, college, or university for a night and a full day beginning on a Friday in October 2010, please contact me as soon as possible. Thank you.
I hope you are all well and wish each of you the very best for March, movig strongly, boldly, toward a much-missed springtime.
Until April, my friends--au revoir!
Winter is here! Snow is on the ground, and the air is crisp, if not down-right chilly. I want to wish my far-flung colleagues the best at this time of year. Whether you celebrate Chanukah, which began at sundown on December 4th, Christmas, or Kwanzaa, please know that I send my warmest regards for a happy, healthy holiday season to you!
If you're staying indoors to stay warm, please think about submitting a proposal to Juliet Emmanuel (see nycea.org for more details) for the BMCC conference, taking place on Friday, April 11th through the 12th in glorious New York City! Springtime in NYC--think Serendipity for some frozen hot chocolate, and Macy's and Bloomingdales, the park, MOMA, the Museum of Natural History--oh, there's just so much to do and see! I'm looking forward to seeing it all, but especially, to seeing you at the conference.
Happy 2008! Until next time....
Please check out our featured Graduate Student Prize essay of the month, the Daemen key-note speech by Dr. Howard Wolf under "Editorials...", a Kudos! shout-out to Deb Vanderbilt, and the new link to our mother-site on the Home page.
Just a quick reminder to folks who attended the Daemen conference, paid conference fees, but did not send in their membership dues to please do so. See www.nycea.org for more information.
Wishing you all the best for a filling Thanksgiving and peaceful holiday season!
For our far-flung members who couldn't make it, the Daemen Conference, hosted by Dr. Peter Siedlecki and Margee Weiss, was a terrific success! The food was great, the entertainment was awesome, and the presentations were engaging and informative! Everyone enjoyed spending the time together--including our newest Board members, Ellen, Theresa, and Suzanne--Suzanne winning the book raffle at Dr. Howard Wolf's plenary-talk!
Keep watch for future blog-details on the spring conference at BMCC in exciting Manhattan, hosted by Dr. Juliet Emanuel and her team on Friday, April 11-12, 2008. Juliet is also nominated for the upcomimg position of Vice President for fall 2008-2010.
The readers from the Buffalo Irish Theatre were so wonderful! They had us all at Joyce...with reeling renditions of Beckett, too! We were a lucky audience at Daemen this weekend--perhaps lucky enough to have found this pot-o-gold treasure at the end of the rainbow, right in our own backyard, in Buffalo, New York!
A Blog, or web log, can function as a mode of accessible communication to a larger audience about pertinent information, relevent to a particular topic. The NYCEA NEWS Blog space will be used as a way to impart quick updates to members.
In June 2007, Ellen Higgins was officially granted a position on the Board, as well as Theresa Desmond. We welcome both Ellen and Theresa, and wish them good tidings as our newest Board members!
Suzanne Buffamanti is welcomed as a new member of the NYCEA Board! Suzanne will be joined by Ellen Higgins and Theresa Desmond at the October Board meeting held at Daemen College to be inducted--best wishes to all three of our new Board members!
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