Dear members of CELCE,
On behalf of my co-coordinator and myself, I’d like to welcome you to another exciting year with the Colloquium on Early Literature and Culture in English. We’ll be putting out our full schedule soon, but in the meantime, make sure to keep your Thursday evenings free in Fall 2008, as we’ve got space reserved on Thursdays from 6-8pm. Details to follow.
As a way of welcoming all those you soon-to-be-new to NYU grad students, we've prepared a list of resources that might be helpful to you as an incoming med/ren student.
CELCE blog. If you’re already here, this probably seems obvious, but make sure to check back or add us to your blogroll as we’ll use this space to announce upcoming events, CFPs, and other useful info for CELCE members.
NYU listservs. These will keep you up to date on upcoming area events and relevant CFPs. You can add yourselves to lists from the NYU homepage. “medren-nyu” pertains to events in the greater New York area. “margnet” is the list for MaRGiN, the interdisciplinary med/ren graduate group at NYU. And don’t forget to sign up for “celce”!
Medieval and Renaissance Center (MARC). This is an interdisciplinary center that organizes speakers and events throughout the academic school year. Their website sometimes helpfully collects courses of interest across departments and schools in the doctoral consortium. The graduate student portion of MARC, the Medieval and Renaissance Graduate Information Network (MaRGiN), brings together graduate students from across disciplines for events.
The Medieval Club of New York (MCoNY). Run out of CUNY, but connecting medievalists across the city, the MCoNY organizes speakers and other events throughout the year. They also operate a blog.
New York Libraries. We’re in the middle of university central: take advantage of it. The Columbia Library, CUNY grad center library, and New York Public Library (just to name a few!) all provide great backup to our own NYU library. Don’t forget also opportunities to access rare books at the libraries already mentioned, as well as at the Morgan and, for those interested in history of science and medicine, the New York Academy of Medicine Library.
We'll be back on this blog with a list of events later in the summer. In the meantime, keep checking back and we look forward to seeing you this fall!
Liza and Katie
