Hours
The English Advising Office is open Monday through Friday from 9:00 am - 5:00 pm. However, Dr. Lacey is available by appointment only or via Zoom during her drop in hours.
Appointments
Please go to Canvas (under Account--> Settings--> MyPlan--> My Success Network--> Kathleen Lacey). The schedule tab will allow you to see what times are available for individual appointments. You can also search for Kathleen Lacey in the MyPLAN Directory. You are also welcome to call 402-472-3871 to schedule an appointment.
Walk-in Hours
No appointment necessaryZoom drop-in hours are Wednesdays from 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm and Fridays from 10:00 am - 12:00 pm.
To join, follow this link or copy & paste into your browser: https://unl.zoom.us/my/casadvising
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Reminders
Fri, Oct 14: Last day to change a full semester course to or from Pass/No Pass.
Mon, Oct 17 & Tues, Oct 18: NO CLASS. FALL BREAK.
Mon, Oct 24 thru Tues, Nov 8: Priority registration for Spring 2023.
Fri, Nov 11: Last day to drop a full semester course.
Wed, Nov 23 thru Fri, Nov 25: NO CLASS. THANKSGIVING BREAK.
Table of Contents
- Cather Letters Symposium
- McLaughlin Memorial Lecture: Dr. Alicia Andrzejewski
- Silent Film Night: The Phantom of the Opera
- The Wilds
- Danny Elfman’s Music from the Films of Tim Burton
- “Indian Education for All” Education Summit
- Open REACH Training for Students
- UndocuAlly Training
- Larry Yazzie
- LIFE IN LINCOLN: ShakesFear
- JEAN: A one-person play by Ann Truka
- Night of the Living Drag Show
- “Get Big Fast.” How Amazon Accelerated the Commodification of Literature
- On Phone Sex, First Writing Jobs, and Unexpected Teachers
- Why Book Festivals Matter, Even in a Time of War
- “My Journal Became My Confidant.” Coming of Age as a Queer Jamaican Boy in the Belly of America
- Some topical literary Halloween costumes for 2022.
- Audiobooks: Every Minute Counts
Department of English Announcements and Events
Cather Letters Symposium
Date: Oct. 10, 2022
Time: 8:00 am–5:00 pm
Location: Nebraska Union, Platte River Room
Additional Public Info:
Free and open to the public.
McLaughlin Memorial Lecture: Dr. Alicia Andrzejewski
Date: Oct. 11, 2022
Time: 5:15 pm
Location: Great Plains Art Museum
Dr. Andrzejewski’s talk, “Queer Pregnancy in Shakespeare’s Plays: All’s Well That Ends Well” will focus on the pregnant body as conspicuously absent in queer readings of Shakespeare’s work. Early modern scholars who explore homoerotic desire have attended to queer attractions, cohabitations, and alliances in Shakespeare’s plays. To date, however, scholars interested in LGBTQ+ lives tend to read representations of pregnancy in early modern literature as commensurate with heterosexual sex, desire, and partnership. And while feminist scholars have illuminated Shakespeare’s images of pregnancy in innovative ways, these readings usually conflate pregnancy with maternity and rarely address the relationship between pregnancy and what Judith Bennet calls “lesbian-like” intimacies and communities. Using All’s Well That Ends Well as a case study, Dr. Andrezewski will demonstrate how the heteronormative frameworks through which pregnancy continues to be read dull the transgressive force of pregnancy in Shakespeare’s work and the expansive ways in which early moderns thought about the pregnant body. She will call upon the concept of “queer pregnancy” to reorient scholars to pregnancy in Shakespeare’s plays and beyond. As an idea, “queer pregnancy” outlines how high the stakes are for pregnant people who continue to be read and treated through perspectives that do not take queer bodies, identities, and experiences into account.
An assistant professor in William & Mary’s English department, Dr. Andrzejewski is a scholar of cultural studies and critical theory with an expertise in Shakespeare and his contemporaries, the medical humanities, and performance studies. Her peer-reviewed work has appeared in Shakespeare Studies, Shakespeare Bulletin, and The Tennessee Williams Annual Review, and she has also published on her scholarship in online literary magazines such as Literary Hub, American Theater, and Electric Literature. Her current book project is Queer Pregnancy in Shakespeare’s Plays, which argues for the transgressive force of pregnancy in Shakespeare’s oeuvre. In addition, she writes creative nonfiction on everything from houseplants to Machine Gun Kelly to serpent handling, for publications such as The Chronicle, The Boston Globe, Catapult, Outside Magazine, and LA Review of Books.
Additional Public Info:
Free and open to the public. An informal reception will follow the event.
Silent Film Night: The Phantom of the Opera
Date: Oct. 13, 2022
Time: 6:30 pm
Location: Andrews Hall, Room 117
Before the film, there will be a brief introduction from Dr. Michael Page of the Department of English and Film Studies program.
For a complete list of Silent Film Nights this semester, visit the link below.
University Announcements and Events
The Wilds
Oct. 6, 2022 – Oct. 13, 2022
“Extraordinary movement…the body becomes the most versatile of instruments, playing the music of an invisible dimension.”
– LA Weekly
Danny Elfman’s Music from the Films of Tim Burton
Date: Oct. 8, 2022
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Lied Center for Performing Arts
The Lied Center joins the Hollywood Bowl, Live at Lincoln Center, and Coachella as one of the distinctive venues to present one of the world’s top movie with live orchestra experiences joined by international soloists!
The performance features Danny Elfman’s famous Tim Burton film scores brought to life on stage by Lincoln’s Symphony Orchestra, enhanced by visuals on the big screen of original sketches, drawings, and storyboards celebrating the 25-year partnership of two of Hollywood’s top creators.
Featuring music from Batman, Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Alice in Wonderland, and more.
“Indian Education for All” Education Summit
Date: Indigenous Peoples Day; October 10, 2022
Time: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm
Open REACH Training for Students
Date: Oct. 11, 2022
Time: 6:30 pm–8:00 pm
Location: University Health Center, Room 126
REACH is an interactive 90-minute training designed to help the university community prevent suicide by teaching faculty, staff and students how to:
Recognize warning signs
Engage with empathy
Ask directly about suicide
Communicate hope
Help suicidal individuals to access care and treatment
Participants who attend the full 90-minute training will receive a certificate and a REACH lapel pin.
Register at https://go.unl.edu/reachtraining
UndocuAlly Training
Date: Oct. 12, 2022
Time: 1:00 pm–4:00 pm
Location: Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center, Unity Room (212)
Register: at https://www.unl.edu/oasis/undocually-training-application
About:
• The U.S immigration system and current policies
• Best practices for university personnel when working with this student population
• Offer guidance on how to be an Ally
• Offer the opportunity to discuss challenges and come up with ideas to improve the campus climate for this student population
Larry Yazzie
Date: Oct. 12, 2022
Time: 7:30 pm–8:50 pm
Location: Nebraska Union, Swanson Auditorium
He is a charismatic performing artist: a Champion Powwow Men’s Fancy Dancer, an Eagle Dancer, a Native American Flutist, Lecturer, Master of Ceremonies, Model, Actor, and Singer. He founded Native Pride Productions, Inc., a Native American theatrical, dance, and performing arts company based in Minnesota (2003) and has performed throughout the world sharing his culture.
Larry is from the Meskwaki Settlement near Tama, Iowa and has been dancing since he was 7 years old. His mission is to educate, inspire, motivate and empower diverse communities to bridge cultural gaps through Indigenous traditions.
This event is FREE for UNL students, faculty, & staff with Event Pass. $5 for the public.
LIFE IN LINCOLN: ShakesFear
Date: Oct. 14, 2022
Time: 6:30 pm
A weekly series every Friday evening for UNL students to gather and enjoy a nearby activity or tour to sample and learn about the local Lincoln culture, neighborhoods, and people.
Meet in the Nebraska Union at 6:30 p.m. each Friday and the group will depart together for the final destination. A facilitator/guide will meet the group and lead the evening’s activity.
FREE to attend. Open to all UNL students with Event Pass.
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THIS WEEK’s ACTIVITY:
ShakesFear, presented by Nebraska Repertory Theatre
This event is limited to 25 students.
RSVP to reserve your spot: https://unl.campuslabs.com/engage/event/8216821
Wade into the spirit of Halloween with an immersive theatrical experience.
The group will walk together from the Nebraska Union to the Temple Building and enter the demented mind of William Shakespeare. Go on a harrowing journey to recover one of Shakespeare’s lost plays. To escape a spell cast by the Weird Sisters, you’ll have to confront a murderous king, meddling fairies, ghastly ghosts and a bloody butcher with an appetite for blood.
This experience is not recommended for the faint of heart. Prepare to be terrified!
JEAN: A one-person play by Ann Truka
Date: Oct. 15, 2022
Time: 2:00 pm–3:30 pm & 7:00 pm–8:30 pm
Location: The Mill Coffee & Bistro
Jean, a non-binary children’s book author and one-hit-wonder, is trying to craft their next piece of work - but what was once a story about an androgynous puppy exploring fashion is now something much more…adult. Struggling through their writer’s block they invite the audience to join them on an insightful journey navigating family relationships and what it’s like to be queer.
A story about love, authenticity, and belonging, JEAN is a show not to miss.
Stay after the show for a conversation facilitated by Dr. Pat Tetreault, Founding Director of the LGBTQA+ and Women’s Center at UNL.
Admission: $20 adult / $15 student
Night of the Living Drag Show
Date: Oct. 21, 2022
Time: 8:00 pm
Location: Nebraska Union, Centennial Room
Our Halloween drag show continues Fall 2022! Student and community volunteers perform songs in two acts with a short intermission in-between.
No entry fee is required, though we do ask that you bring a nonperishable food item to donate to Husker Pantry upon entry. Tipping performers, though not required, is greatly appreciated and all tip money will go to Spectrum’s Leadership Conference Fund and the UNL LGBTQA+ Center’s Student Support Fund.
Internships, Jobs, and Professional Development
Gender Equity Conference Call for Proposals!
The UNL Women’s Center is excited to announce our 7th Annual Gender Equity Conference for 2022! Please join us on Tuesday, November 15th in the Nebraska Union Auditorium for this free, day-long event. The conference is NO COST to attendees with breakfast and lunch provided. The conference is tailored to allow attendees to participate around classes and other obligations. Folks can register for the conference here.
We plan to have a variety of speakers present on topics related to restorative justice, gender equity, intersectionality, leadership, and community impact/interest. Presenters are encouraged to talk about topics that they are knowledgeable and passionate about. The hope is that talks centering these topics will be thought provoking and engaging with a similar structure to “TED Talks”.
If you know of any students, staff, faculty, or community members that might be interested in giving a 20- or 30-minute TED Talk-style presentation or a 1-hour workshop about these topics, please encourage them to submit a proposal. The proposal form is here.
This is a great opportunity to flesh out research ideas, gain experience as a presenter and add a conference presentation to a CV. Proposals will be reviewed by a committee that will then select who will be presenting during the conference.
Please share this call for proposals and registration sign up with anyone you think may be interested and pass along that they can reach out to me with any questions. The deadline to submit a proposal is October 24th. For additional information, please visit go.unl.edu/GEC22.
Literary News
“Get Big Fast.” How Amazon Accelerated the Commodification of Literature
By Rebecca Giblin & Cory Doctorow | October 3, 2022
https://lithub.com/get-big-fast-how-amazon-accelerated-the-commodification-of-literature/
On Phone Sex, First Writing Jobs, and Unexpected Teachers
By Lynn Melnick | October 3, 2022
https://lithub.com/on-phone-sex-first-writing-jobs-and-unexpected-teachers/
Why Book Festivals Matter, Even in a Time of War
By Sofia Cheliak | October 5, 2022
https://lithub.com/why-book-festivals-matter-even-in-a-time-of-war/
“My Journal Became My Confidant.” Coming of Age as a Queer Jamaican Boy in the Belly of America
By Prince Shakur | October 5, 2022
Some topical literary Halloween costumes for 2022.
By Jessie Gaynor | October 4, 2022
https://lithub.com/some-topical-literary-halloween-costumes-for-2022/
Audiobooks: Every Minute Counts
By Karl Berglund | October 5, 2022
Film News
Country Music Icon Loretta Lynn, Dies at 90
Loretta Lynn, Feisty First Lady of Country Music, Dies at 90
By Chris Morris | October 4, 2022
Sissy Spacek, Dolly Parton and Reba McEntire Remember Loretta Lynn as Artist Who Paved the “Rough and Rocky Road” for Women
By Abbey White | October 4, 2022
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/loretta-lynn-dead-hollywood-tributes-1235232889/
Halyna Hutchins’ Family Settles Wrongful Death Suit Over ‘Rust’ Shooting
By Winston Cho | October 5, 2022
Malala Yousafzai Boards Pakistan’s Oscar Submission ‘Joyland’ as Executive Producer
By Naman Ramachandran | October 5, 2022
How ‘Bros’ Built an LGBTQ Museum for Billy Eichner’s Gay Rom-Com
By Jazz Tangcay | October 4, 2022
https://variety.com/2022/artisans/news/bros-lgbtq-museum-billy-eichner-1235392680/