EGSS Annual Conference Friday April 5th
English Graduate Student Society's
Annual Conference | Friday April 5th 2024
AUTONOMY
Grand Palm Room | UN 103 | 10am鈥5pm
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Florida Atlantic University鈥檚 English Graduate Student Society (EGSS) is proud to announce the return of the 国产自拍 EGSS Conference, to be held at 国产自拍鈥檚 Boca Raton Campus鈥擥rand Palm Room 3鈥攐n Friday, April 5th, 2024 from 10am to 5pm.
Undergraduate and graduate students from several academic institutions as well as independent scholars will explore the theme of 鈥淎utonomy鈥 creatively and academically.
For more information or questions, please contact Sarah Dumitrascu at sdumitrascu2022@fau.edu, or Amanda Barrera at abarrera2022@fau.edu.
| 10:00am |
Check-In
All events will be held in UN 103: Grand Palm Room 3
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| 11:00am |
Opening Comments & Keynote
Sarah Dumitrascu
Opening Comments
Nicole Morse, Ph.D., Keynote Address
"It鈥檚 the Clich茅s that Cause the (Gender) Trouble," a discussion of Jeanette Winterson鈥檚 Written on the Body
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| 11:30am |
Session 1: Academic听
Moderator: Jay Hersey
Genesis Pabon, WGSS
Lobizona and Cemetery Boys: Broadening Representation in the Latinx/Chicanx Community
Amanda Barrera, Florida Atlantic University
Hope on the Horizon: Memory, Story, and the Utopian Potential in The Last Cuentista
Thomas Marin, Florida International University
In Search of the Self: Individualism and Ontology in Philip K. Dick's Dystopias
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| 12:45pm |
Session 2: Creative听
Moderator: Sarah Dumitrascu
Grace Downey, Communications and English Undergraduate
"Oni's Box"
Libby Ennis, Florida Atlantic University
"Binary Trees and Dryads"
Alex Borowsky and David Eileen, 国产自拍 and Independent Scholar
Conquering Out: Self-Revelation as Practice of Autonomy
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| 1:45pm |
Lunch听
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| 2:45pm |
Session 3: Academic听
Moderator: Kate Wolfe
Ida Moraghebati, Graphic Design and Visual Arts
REIMAGINING HERSTORY: Empowering Women Through Visual Narratives
Daniella Orias, Comparative Studies
The Rise of the Modern "W.I.T.C.H." as Reproductive Justice Activist: Casting off the Partiarchy
Jessica Dobbs, Florida Atlantic University
Excerpt from "How La Celestina and El S铆 De las Ni帽as Define and Defy Philosophy and Religion"
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| 4:00pm |
Session 4: Creative (The Human Experience)听
Moderator: Amanda Barrera
Andrew Chapman, First Year English MA
"The Pacemaker"
Amanda Nelson, LIT 3333: Literature of Adolescence
"Patterns"
Sebastian Sosa-Reese, 国产自拍 Undergraduate English Major
"The Mirror Salesman"
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| 5:00pm |
Closing Comments听听
Amanda Barrera
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