• Bruce Springsteen’s Darkness on the Edge of Town: An International Symposium

    Join us for the inaugural academic conference sponsored by the Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music. Convened on the beautiful campus of Monmouth University in West Long Branch, New Jersey, the conference will celebrate the 40th anniversary of Bruce Springsteen’s 1978 classic album Darkness on the Edge of Town. Pre-conference activities will commence on Thursday, April 12th, and conclude on the afternoon of Sunday, April 15th. The conference will welcome an international roster of participants, as well as a host of keynote speakers and musical acts celebrating the life and times of the Jersey Shore and popular music.

  • Annual Graduate Symposium (English Dept.)

    Call for Papers The Graduate Symposium presents students with the unique opportunity to not only present their work before their peers, but also to hone their speaking skills while simultaneously building their resume. All English Graduate students are welcome to submit papers and presentation proposals to Jennifer Broman (jennifer.l.broman@monmouth.edu). Threesis Competition What is the Threesis? […]

  • Council of Endowed Chairs Fall Lecture

    Pozycki Hall Auditorium

    Future generations, wildlife, and natural resources – collectively referred to as “the voiceless” in this presentation – are the most vulnerable and least equipped populations to protect themselves from the impacts of global climate change. This presentation first identifies the common vulnerabilities of the voiceless in the Anthropocene era. It then proposes how the law […]

  • Reproductive Justice 2019: Perils and Prospects

    Anacon Hall, 2nd Floor, Student Center

    The personal is the political has been a part of the American vocabulary since at least the 1960s. Initially this argument was a source of identity and politics-making in the male public arena, not the female domestic space. Recently, this personal has been targeted in both Western Europe and North America where varying nationalist resurgences […]

  • Graduate English Meet-Up

    Withey Chapel – the Great Hall

    A goosebump inducing evening of perfect readings for the season. Enjoy spooky readings of the season from faculty members and students. Meet and mingle with other Graduate students. For more information, contact Michele McBride at mmcbride@monmouth.edu.

  • Ink & Electricity Lecture Series

    The Great Hall -104

    This annual lecture series brings top scholars in the fields of digital humanities, media studies, the history of the book, print culture, and children’s literature to Monmouth University every fall. STRANGER THAN FICTION: THE NOVEL IN WEB 2.0 A Talk by Dr. Priya Joshi Professor of English Temple University Fan sites, new writing platforms, and […]

  • 6th Biennial Interdisciplinary Conference on Race

    Monmouth University

    Click to View Conference Program Monmouth University’s upcoming 6th biennial Interdisciplinary Conference on Race is themed Race, Memory and Identity and brings distinguished speakers and cultural performances. This conference aims to bring together scholars from multiple disciplinary perspectives to broadly explore the intersections of Race, Memory, and Identity. Contemporary social, political, and media discourses demonstrate […]

  • Toni Morrison Day

    Join us for a celebration of the life and works of Toni Morrison: author, activist, academic, and Nobel Laureate. These events are free and open to the public. For questions or additional information, please contact Professor Linda Sacks at lsacks@monmouth.edu. Sponsored by the Department of English, the Guggenheim Memorial Library and the Honors School. Schedule […]

  • Cancelled: Lives of the ‘Brows’: Autobiography, Taste, Ethics

    Bey Hall 222

    Everyone loves a good autobiography, from high art to lowbrow tell-alls of gossipy celebrity. Come hear expert guest speaker Dr. Max Cavitch talk about what it all means– for book lovers, aspiring writers, English majors, and the humanities.

  • ArtNOW Art+Feminism Wikipedia-Edit-a-thon

    Wikipedia is a worldwide collaborative encyclopedia project made up of a globalized network of volunteers who give their time to edit the site. Within this globalized network, there still lacks a diversity of voices. “In a 2011 survey, the Wikimedia Foundation found that less than 10% of its contributors identify as female; more recent research puts that number at 16% globally and 23% in the United States.”  (Mandiberg, M., Prajapati, S., & Schrock, R., 2020). Who contributes to a database matters. Especially when in 2015, that database was “the 7th most visited website in the world” (Paling, E., 2015). A 2011 study from the Pew Research Center, shows that “the more educated someone is, the more likely he or she is to consult Wikipedia. Almost 70 percent of Americans with college degrees read Wikipedia” (Paling, E., 2015). If college-educated people and students are using Wikipedia as a main source of information, there is an argument for students learning how to edit and contribute to the online encyclopedia that they use.

    Free and open to the public