Wednesday, March 27, 2024
10:30 AM to 6:00 PM
Presidental Conference Room 2 (5th Fl.)
Rosenthal Library, Queens College
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The Queens College Graduate Conference in English Literature Studies is happening on March 27th, and our MFA students are showcasing the unique knowledge they’ve developed through their practice of creative writing & literary translation with scholarship.

Current MFA students Julie Goodale and Richard Prins will be taking place in this year’s conference as well! Julie will be making a presentation on docupoetics and performance called “Taking Up Space: Extending the Document into Multiple Dimensions,” and Richard will be talking about his translations of several speculative Swahili novels, and offering some thoughts on the particular appeal of utopia to Swahili literature in a talk called “Kusadikika and Walenisi: The Purpose of Utopia in the Swahili Novel.”

This is just some of the amazing work you can expect from an MFA Program as unique as Queens College! We engage multiple cultures and perspectives reflective of being located in the most culturally diverse place on the planet, and in doing so we prepare students not just to generate their own creative work but also academically to pursue further graduate studies (such as PhDs) or work in other fields.

To see exactly when these presentations are happening, check out the full conference schedule:

Schedule