Join MARCH on March 27 for “Humanities Writing for the Public”

The Mid-Atlantic Regional Center for the Humanities (MARCH) will host a series of workshops in March. On Monday, March 27, join us for “Humanities Writing for the Public,” hosted by Dr. William FitzGerald, Associate Professor of English. This event begins at 11:20 a.m. on the first floor of 325 Cooper Street.  About this workshop Writing … Continue reading Join MARCH on March 27 for “Humanities Writing for the Public”

Join the Institute for the Study of Global Racial Justice on March 15 for Writing Workshop with Vanessa Martir

The Institute for the Study of Global Racial Justice (ISGRJ) will host a writing workshop with Vanessa Mártir on Wednesday, March 15, from 1 p.m. – 3 p.m., on the Rutgers-Camden campus.  This generative writing workshop, inspired by the forthcoming anthology So We Can Know: Writers of Color on Pregnancy, Loss, Abortion, and Birth, and presented by … Continue reading Join the Institute for the Study of Global Racial Justice on March 15 for Writing Workshop with Vanessa Martir

Congratulations to the Chancellor’s Grant Recipients!

The Office of the Chancellor sponsored a host of faculty awards this academic year as part of their “15 in 5” Strategic Initiatives. We are so proud of our faculty! Chancellor’s Grant for Assistant Professor Research Development Chancellor’s Grant for Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Vice Chancellor’s Fund for Research Chancellor’s Grant for Part-Time Lecturers  Chancellor’s Grants … Continue reading Congratulations to the Chancellor’s Grant Recipients!

Registration Open for “The Queer Life of Everyday Objects” Lecture with Dr. Aaron Hostetter

Dr. Aaron Hostetter, Associate Professor of English, will present “The Queer Life of Everyday Objects: A Translation Reading,” on Wednesday, November 16, at 11:20 a.m. This free event will take place at the Writers House, Room 104. Registration is requested.   Translation theory has always hinged on a problematic reality: all translations are inherently failures. No … Continue reading Registration Open for “The Queer Life of Everyday Objects” Lecture with Dr. Aaron Hostetter

Dr. Keith Green Delivers NEA Big Read Lecture on Nov. 7

Dr. Keith Green, Associate Professor of English, will deliver the National Endowed Arts (NEA) Big Read Lecture, “Can I kick it? Yes, you can: Mournful Joy in Ross Gay’s Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude” on Monday, November 7. This free event, sponsored by the Rutgers–Camden Center for the Arts, will take place at 11:30 a.m. in the … Continue reading Dr. Keith Green Delivers NEA Big Read Lecture on Nov. 7

Join us Oct. 18 for a Conversation and Reading with Ross Gay

On Tuesday, October 18, author Ross Gay will read from his award-winning book Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude, which received the 2015 National Book Critics Circle Award and the 2016 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, and is now the National Endowment for the Arts’ (NEA) Big Read. Poet Patrick Rosal, Professor of English and co-director of the … Continue reading Join us Oct. 18 for a Conversation and Reading with Ross Gay

Registration Open for Cooper Street Writing Workshops

This fall, the Writers House will sponsor multiple one-day Cooper Street Writing Workshops: “Exercising the Mind’s Eye: A Writing and Drawing Workshop,” taught by Carrie Simpson   Saturday, October 8, from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.  The Writers House, 305 Cooper Street $60 general/$10 for Camden residents “Jump-Start Your Fiction,” taught by Stephanie Manuzak Saturday, October 15, … Continue reading Registration Open for Cooper Street Writing Workshops

Join us Sept. 22 for the Summer Undergraduate Research Grant Edition of CURCA

Join us Thursday, September 22, for a special edition of the Celebration of Undergraduate Research and Education (CURCA), featuring the twenty undergraduate students who received Summer Undergraduate Research Grants. You will learn about the research these students conducted over the summer, from projects ranging from a study of nostalgia to the mathematical modeling of cancer. … Continue reading Join us Sept. 22 for the Summer Undergraduate Research Grant Edition of CURCA

The Writers in Camden Series Kicks Off Sept. 28 with Krys Malcolm Belc

The Writers House will begin its Fall 2022 Writers in Camden Series on Wednesday, September 28 with a reading by memoirist and nonfiction writer Krys Malcolm Belc. Registration is required.  This free event runs from 7 – 8:30 PM EST in the Campus Center’s Multi-Purpose Room.  About the Author Krys Malcolm Belc is the author of The … Continue reading The Writers in Camden Series Kicks Off Sept. 28 with Krys Malcolm Belc