October 10, 2019
Ann Snitow May 9, 1943-August 10, 2019 Ann Snitow, a founding faculty member of Lang College and the creator of the Gender Studies Program at the New School, passed away on August 10, 2019. She was a beloved member of the Literary Studies faculty. While indeed her books and essays are crucial texts in feminist studies and in the life of the mind, as Literary Studies colleagues our remembrances here are more personal, testaments not just to her work but to the power of her being.
April 16, 2016
We are excited to announce that in addition to the concentrations in Writing or Literature, undergraduate students across The New School may now also minor in these fields. Our programs have been designed with the goal of giving students rigor and flexibility in their course of study. MINOR IN WRITING Overview Students in Writing develop a unique authorial voice informed by an acquired familiarity with contemporary and classic styles. […]
Saturday October 22, 2016
Wollman Hall, 65 West 11th Street, New York
10:00am – Welcome
James Fuerst and Elaine Savory (The New School)
Rhys Tweets
10:15-11:45 – Session I:
Erica Johnson (Pace) and Elaine Savory (The New School)
“I must remember”: Memory and Wide Sargasso Sea
Chair: Christopher Winks (CUNY)
11:45 -12 noon
Coffee, tea, and bagels served
12-1:15 pm – Session II:
Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert (Vassar)
Who Writes for the Trees?: Wide Sargasso Sea, The Orchid House, and the Dominican Forests
Chair: Juan Decastro (The New School)
1:20-1.50 pm
Alexa Rocannova (The New School)
A Student Project on Wide Sargasso Sea
2:00-3:00 pm
Lunch Break (participants on their own)
3:00-4:00 pm
Coffee, tea, and pastries served
Rhys’s Process
Audiovisual archives
4:00-5:30 pm – Session Ill:
Conversation between Robert Antoni (Pan-European MFA)
and Caryl Phillips (Yale) about Wide Sargasso Sea
Chair: Tracyann Williams (The New School)
