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Reading Groups, Social Groups, and Forums

The Americanist Reading Group, a new reading group to begin this Autumn Quarter, will meet quarterly to discuss current critical and theoretical works on American literature. We welcome everyone interested in American literature. Contact: Anne Langendorfer, langendorfer.2@osu.edu, or Andrew Kopec, kopec.7@osu.edu.

The Center for Folklore Studies coordinates folklore research and teaching activities across the university. It advises students concentrating in folklore and organizes a wide variety of interdisciplinary, international, and multicultural events, including lectures, conferences, and performances. To see a calendar of events and learn more about the folklore program, please explore the Center’s Web site at http://cfs.osu.edu/. Contact: Prof. Dorry Noyes, noyes.10@osu.edu.

The Center will hold a reception (with food!) on Thursday, September 27, from 5 to 7 p.m. (location TBA)—all are welcome. An informational meeting for new students interested in folklore will be held on Friday, September 28, in Dulles 308, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. (noon).

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The Cinema Studies Listserv is open to graduate students with an interest in film. At present, the listserv includes about 30 OSU graduate students, faculty members, and community people. Contact: Robert Preissle, preissle.1@osu.edu.

To subscribe to the cinemastdlist listserv:

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The Comics and Graphic Narrative Listserv currently serves as a place where interested members of the OSU community can find out about events and exhibitions on campus and in Columbus, and in 2007 a reading group will be started. The list is comics@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu. Contact: Prof. Jared Gardner, gardner.236@osu.edu.

The Creative Writing Listserv, creatwrite@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu, provides a forum for creative writing faculty and students. To subscribe, contact Christopher Griffin, griffin.6@osu.edu.

The Eighteenth-Century Studies Reading Group reads current critical and theoretical essays on eighteenth-century culture, literature, and history. Contact: Prof. Roxann Wheeler, wheeler.213@osu.edu.

The Folklore Student Association (FSA) encourages all graduate and undergraduate students interested in folklore to become members of FSA. In 2006, FSA sponsored a highly successful student and alumni conference, “Negotiating the Boundaries of Folklore Theory and Practice,” followed by another highly successful conference in 2007, “FSA Presents: A Symposium of Folklore Graduate and Undergraduate Research.” Join us as we plan this year's activities and select the new officers at our introductory meeting on Friday, September 21, at 12:00 pm, at the Center for Folklore Studies, 308 Dulles Hall, 230 W. 17th Ave. Contact: Kirsi Haenninen at haenninen.1@osu.edu or visit http://cfs.osu.edu/activities/fsa.cfm.

The Graduate Student Interdisciplinary Seminar on Literacy Studies
Graduate students from more than twenty disciplinary areas meet monthly to talk about their research interests, discuss relevant scholarship, review works-in-progress, and exchange ideas. Lunch is provided by LiteracyStudies@OSU. To receive announcements of Grad Sem activities, contact: Karin Hooks, hooks.28@gmail.com.

The History of the Book Group meets two to three times per quarter to discuss works-in-progress and both canonical studies and specialized research in the field of book history. All graduate students are encouraged to participate, and those interested in submitting their work should contact Prof. Alan Farmer, farmer.109@osu.edu.

Literacy Studies @ OSU
Literacy Studies @ OSU formed with the goal of fostering a campus-wide conversation about literacy and literacy studies. The groups hosts a wide range of activities. If you would like to receive email announcements about upcoming programs, events, and news, contact Susan Hanson, hanson.94@osu.edu.

The Medieval Latin Reading Group meets quarterly to read texts in Latin. Recent readings include poems by Catullus, Lollard heresy trials, a play by Hroswitha, and a medieval letter writing manual. Contact: Prof. Richard Green, green.693@osu.edu.

The Medieval Reading Group meets quarterly to discuss either a primary medieval text or some current criticism/scholarship on medieval studies. Contact: Prof. Lisa Kiser, kiser.1@osu.edu.

The Medieval Work-in-Progress Group meets twice a year and allows graduate students in medieval studies to present to all of us their work-in-progress (i.e., drafts of conference papers, etc.). Contact: Prof. Lisa Kiser, kiser.1@osu.edu.

The Narrative Theory Reading Group meets several times a year to talk about contemporary stylistics, poetics, and narrative theory as they apply to literary texts. Typical sessions involve the pairing of a short literary text with a critical essay and often a fair measure of eating and hobnobbery. Contact: Paul McCormick, mccormick.150@osu.edu.

The Nineteenth-Century British Studies Reading Group reads both primary and secondary texts in nineteenth and late-eighteenth century British literature and culture. There is a listserv called Brit19C@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu, which anyone (not just people in eighteenth and nineteenth-century British studies) is welcome to join. It is used to distribute interesting news, calls for papers and conferences, and information about the Reading Group meetings. The group usually meets once a quarter. Contact: Prof. Les Tannenbaum, tannenbaum.1@osu.edu

Project Narrative aims to promote state-of-the art research and teaching in the field of narrative studies. If you’d like to receive news and announcements about talks, workshops, and other events sponsored by Project Narrative (http://projectnarrative.osu.edu), you are invited to subscribe to the Project Narrative listserv, projectnarr@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu. Contact: Project Director Prof. David Herman, herman.145@osu.edu.

The Queer Theory Reading Group is open to anyone who is interested in queer theory and meets approximately once a quarter. Contact: Prof. Debra Moddelmog, moddelmog.1@osu.edu, and/or Anne Langendorfer, langendorfer.2@osu.edu.

The Renaissance Reading Group meets once or twice a quarter, usually at the George Wells Knight House (Institute for Collaborative Research and Public Humanities) to discuss a primary text or a recent work of criticism. Graduate students are encouraged to attend and to help set the agenda. Contact: Prof. Luke Wilson, wilson.501@osu.edu

The Renaissance Dissertation Seminar meets once or twice a quarter to discuss graduate student work-in-progress. All graduate students working in the Renaissance are encouraged to participate, and those interested in submitting their work should contact Prof. Alan Farmer, farmer.109@osu.edu.

The Rhetoric/Composition Reading and Discussion Group. Contact: Prof. Jim Fredal, fredal.1@osu.edu or the rhetoric/composition listserv at comprhet@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu.

Saga Club meets once a month to read Old Norse-Icelandic literature in the original language. If interested, contact Prof. Merrill Kaplan, kaplan.103@osu.edu

Interested in forming your own formal or informal reading group? You are encouraged to do so. You might speak to a current group organizer to find out the details and logistics involved. Information on setting up a listserv can be found on the OIT Web site with specific articles about listserv questions and problems: http://8help.osu.edu/cat_listserv.html

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