Category: Alumni

  • Colloquium Features 2013 MAPH Thesis Awards!

    From the Editors: The MAPH thesis awards are back! While the annals of MAPH history may not be exact as to how long the thesis awards have been absent, we are delighted about their return.

  • Jeff Gilliland (’13) on his MAPH Internship: “Life Lessons from the Illinois Humanities Council”

    A Guest Post by MAPH’s 2013 IHC Intern Lesson #1: If you don’t have time, make time. Well, bombed that interview, I thought as I hurried out of the office. After twenty minutes with the Illinois Humanities Council’s garrulous Director of Programs & Partnerships, I felt that I had made less of an impression than…

  • Bart Pushaw (’13) on Fulbright in Estonia

    Below is an update from recent MAPH Alum Bart Pushaw (’13) on his Fulbright in Estonia. For graduate students interested in applying for Fulbright, the deadline for the 2014-15 year is September 30th, 2013. You can find more information on the University of Chicago’s Graduate Affairs website.  In his book Estonia: A Ramble Through the Periphery, Alexander Theroux…

  • The Odyssey Project’s In Medias Res: New Issue!

    The Odyssey Project‘s summer class just released the new issue of In Medias Res. Filled with original content by Odyssey Project students and alumni, the new issue features artist profiles, original fiction, restaurant reviews, interviews, poetry, photography and more. All work was produced during this summer’s seminar, In Media Res: Arts & Literary Publications,  led by Greg Langen (MAPH ’13).

  • The Taming of the Shrew, Directed by Jemma Alex Levy (’06)

    You can still catch Muse of Fire Theatre Company’s production of The Taming of the Shrew this weekend in Evanston!  Directed by MAPH alum Jemma Alix Levy, the show goes on in Ingraham Park on Saturday and Sunday at 3:00 pm.  Both performances are free, no reservations are required, and seating is free & unlimited.…

  • Side Dish Mag: Writing in the AfterMAPH

    A post from Emma Martin (AM ’11) on her new writing project, Side Dish mag, a community blog for writers and non-writers alike:

  • A Day in the Life: An Externship at the Hyde Park Art Center

    Here is a post from Keri Asma, MA ’13,on her recent externship to the Hyde Park Art Center. Keri is also one of the MAPH mentors for the upcoming year, so you’ll probably be hearing from her fairly often. Externships are opportunities for recently graduated or current Master’s and PhD students to shadow alumni in…

  • MAPH Writers!

    Curious where MAPH writers are now? Wondering what new publications have come out? Check out the recently updated MAPH Writers page on our website. There you’ll find a list of alumni, links to novels, essays, poems, and blogs, and what writers are working on now. Don’t see your published work there? Please let us know! We…

  • Alumni Bump! Wikipedia Webseries

    If you have a few minutes today, check out MAPH ’08 alum Kristin Fitzsimmons’ webseries What Did You Look Up on Wikipedia?  Kristin writes: After graduating from the University of Minnesota’s MFA in Creative Writing Program, my friend Sally and I started a web series called What Did You Look Up on Wikipedia?, an homage to…

  • Video: Colloquium Panel at Alumni Weekend

    If you didn’t get a chance to attend Alumni Weekend 2013, you’re in luck! Here is a video of the panel in its entirety. Time stamps after the jump: