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Non-work study campus job that might interest any art major with a strong writing background. $9.75 an hour!

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Are you a strong writer who enjoys helping others? If so, come work as a tutor for the English Department Writing Center! We are actively recruiting non-English majors to broaden the diversity and knowledge base of our center, which serves UW writers in all disciplines. The skills you acquire here will further your academic and future careers as you develop your abilities to communicate clearly and recognize how effective writing works.

The EWC is the oldest writing center on the Seattle campus and, because of our required coursework, the most deeply rooted in Writing Center Theory. The EWC hires only candidates who are highly skilled writers to begin with and further educates them via a full 400 level course in Writing Center history and methodology. In English 474, / Writing Center Theory and Practice / , (M/W 2:30-4:20)
students study 40 years of WC scholarship and write four essays applying these readings to their first hand experience in the EWC. Our starting wage is $9.75 for undergraduates, with bi-quarterly raises and flexible scheduling to work around your classes.

This is a great opportunity to work with people in a fun, relaxed learning environment right here on campus, while also gaining valuable experience that will look great on resumes and/or graduate school
applications. If you are interested, please send a recent essay demonstrating your current writing skills along with a cover letter to Louisa Peck at peckl@u.washington.edu . Also, check out our website at http://depts.washington.edu , or feel free to stop by Padelford B-12 and ask any of the tutors about the course, their EWC experience, and what tutoring can do for you.

Please apply by April 28, 5:00 pm.

Down in LA for the summer? Consider the intellectual challenge offered at the Cinematic and Literary Traditions of Liberty workshop hosted by the Institute for Humane Studies.

This workshop will be a rare chance for aspiring young novelists, filmmakers, artists, musicians and future scholars of the arts to engage with serious,talented peers for an entire week, discussing what they care about most: their work, the work of great authors and filmmakers and the very substance of art, the human struggle to know himself and be free.

This year’s Cinematic and Literary Traditions of Liberty workshop will be held at Chapman University (outside Los Anegles, CA), June 21-27. The seminar is free; meals, housing, books, etc. will be covered for all accepted applicants. Interested students can find out more at http://www.theihs.org/seminars/id.844/default.asp

The deadline to apply for this amazing, free seminar is March 31; students who complete their application by March 15 will receive a free book.

If I had a few credits to spare and more hours in the day, I would definitely be checking out these courses. If you have the chance to play around with credits, then I would suggest looking at some of these unique, thought-provoking courses taught by our all-star staff. By dabbling into different fields, even for a quarter, it shows your breadth as a student when graduate schools or employers are looking at your academic record.

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SCAND 482/EURO482–Knut Hamsun and Early European Modernism:
Reading and discussion of significant novels by Knut Hamsun, whose oeuvre is considered in the context of works by other European modernist writers. -Professor Jan Sjavik

MUSIC 185 The Concert Season (2) VLPA
Performances from the School of Music concert season, supplemented by lecture topics related to concert repertoire. Analysis of applicable musical topics appropriate for enhanced appreciation of historical and cultural contexts of works performed. Attendance at ten concerts required.
-Professor Michaelian

Important to our modern international society:
RELIG 307 Religion and World Politics (5)
Explores the intersection of religion and politics in various regions of the world, including the U.S., Europe, Middle East, Latin America, and other regions. Presents a historical perspective on religion alongside contemporary issues in religion, politics, and church-state relations
-Professor Gill

ENGL 320 English Literature: The Middle Ages (5)
Literary culture of Middle Ages in England, as seen in selected works from earlier and later periods, ages of Beowulf and of Geoffrey Chaucer. Read in translation, except for a few later works, which are read in Middle English.
-Ast.Professor Sucich (she can translate Old English perfectly– you don’t see that too often anymore!!)

DRAMA 201 Play Analysis (5)
Play structure through analysis of one-act plays in all genres, with special attention to plotting and the various means used to achieve a unity of action as the basis of all drama.
-Professor Marsh

The films of Hitchcock! Rear Window is my favorite!
C LIT 271 Perspectives on Film: Great Directors (5) VLPA
Introduction to authorship in the cinema. The work of a major director or directors. 270, 271, 272 are designed to be taken as a sequence, but may be taken individually.
-Professor Tweedie

Also… check out the awesome 2-credit CHID seminar/discussion groups. Topics range from Battlestar Gallatica to Social Commentary in South Park!
“OMG, they killed Kenny- those bastards!”

CLAS 430 Greek and Roman Mythology (3/5) VLPA
Principal myths found in classical and later literature.
-Professor Levaniouk

ASIAN 206 Literature and Culture of South Asia from Tradition to Modernity (5) I&S/VLPA
Introduction to medieval and modern South Asian literature in its cultural context. Texts in English translation.
-Professor Dubrow

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So go out and live my dream! I’ll enjoy these classes precariously through you (except finals week, that’s all you).

Surrealist Paris (FRANCE)

Surrealism, which emerged in Paris in the early 1920s from the social upheaval of post-WWI Europe and more especially from Dadaism, is arguably the most influential avant-garde movement of the 20th century. It rejected social, moral and logical conventions and sought to revolutionize art, literature, politics and life in the name of freedom, desire and the unconscious. The influence of surrealism extends well beyond the surrealist group itself and can be seen in painting (Picasso, abstract expressionism), in literature (Char, Bataille, Leiris), in politics (Situationism, the May 1968 student revolt), in theater and performance art (Artaud, Living Theater, Bob Wilson) and in psychoanalytic theory (Lacan).

Study surrealism in the city where it was born and which provided the stage for so many of its experiments.

For more information, visit http://depts.washington.edu/complit/study_abroad

To apply, go to http://www.artsci.washington.edu/exploration/apply.asp

Theatrical Futures:The Edinburgh Fringe Festival (SCOTLAND)
Each year thousands of performing arts groups and artists converge in Edinburgh, Scotland for the world’s most concentrated and celebrated festival of trailblazing theatrical work, first established in 1947. The staggering schedule of 1,800 events in 261 venues provides a one-stop experience to see and experience new work from all over the world.

During the four weeks of the festival, students will attend a wide array of performances, interface with artists, study trends and themes that inform the work they experience. The variety of disciplines on display at the Fringe Festival make this seminar appropriate for students interested in drama, dance, music and fine art.

For more information, visit http://depts.washington.edu/explore/programs/2008/scotland.htm

Study Abroad: Fall Quarter in Paris
For Fall Quarter 2008 (October 4 to December 6), the UW Department of Comparative Literature will offer again its interdisciplinary program of study in Paris. This program offers students a unique opportunity to earn 15 UW credits while living and studying in one of the most vibrant and beautiful cities in the world. The program is open to all UW and non-UW students with an interest in the humanities and arts, and who have completed FRENCH 103 by the beginning of the program.

The program is still accepting applications.
Application deadline: March 3, 2008.

For more information, visit http://depts.washington.edu/complit/study_abroad

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 As students at a top-ranked research University, we know the importance of critical reading. We know the toil and anguish that comes with writer’s block the night before a research paper is do; the frantic reading of fifteen chapters before a final. Reading and writing at the UW, however, can travel back in time to Romano Quimby, The Hardy Boys, The Boxcar Children, Goosebumps, and so many other gems of our childhood! By helping an elementary student develop critical reading skills, you can make such an impact in a person’s life- and not even on an ambiguous level.

 Take a chance on your 10-yr old self that is waiting to break free from Freud, Aristotle, and Shakespeare. Join CLP for a fascinating spring quarter!

HOW THE PROGRAM WORKS: Community Literacy Program (CLP) is an 8 credit program linking two courses: English 198A and Education 401C. In English 198A you’ll meet twice weekly on campus, MW 12:30-2:20, in a writing-intensive seminar focused on effective methods of working with elementary school children, on some central challenges and opportunities for public education, on ways to understand and be meaningfully involved in the lives of children and schools, and on using writing to inquire into, develop and communicate your thinking about these issues. In EDUC 401, you’ll put what you learn on campus into action, volunteering (4-5 hours a week, on a schedule you arrange) in one of our partner Seattle public elementary schools: Thornton Creek @ Decatur (AE2), Olympic Hills Elementary or The New School @ Columbia. There are UW undergraduate Head Tutors/Peer Mentors at each of our partner schools, who, along with the instructor, are available to support CLP students in all aspects of the program.

PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS: The Community Literacy Program welcomes students at any stage of their UW careers, and typically includes students from freshmen to seniors, and from a wide variety of majors and interests. Some are upper division students who want to investigate career directions in teaching, social work, counseling, social justice, policy studies, law or pediatric medicine. Some are lower division students looking for a connection between experience and academic learning to help them decide on a major. Some are looking for a small seminar-style course, for an engaging way to earn a “W” or “Composition” credit or, in the words of Dr. Paul Farmer, for a way to “use what you learn to transform yourselves and your community.” CLP is also an excellent way to work toward the classroom experience necessary for the Education, Learning and Society minor, or for applying to Masters in Teaching programs. CLP alums have gone on to teach in Washington, California, Oregon, New York, Hawaii, Brazil, Mexico and beyond.

REGISTRATION INFORMATION: To sign up for the Community Literacy Program, register for EDUC 401C (SLN 12581) and then English 198A (SLN 12768). UW students can take up to 15 credits of English 198, and can count it toward either the “W” or the “Composition” requirement, so you’re welcome to sign up for CLP even if you’ve already taken a writing link. No add codes are required for periods 1 and 2.

QUESTIONS? Additional information is available at the program web site: faculty.washington.edu/esoneill/clp. Please feel free to get in touch with the director, Dr. Elizabeth Simmons-O’Neill, if you’ve got questions.