MLCS PRO-SEMINARS,r 2001-2002

Professional Issues for Languages, Literatures, and Cultural Studies During the 2001-2002 academic year six sessions are planned for discussion about the broad topics of professional issues relating to languages, literatures, and cultural studies. All meetings, except for the ones on Electronic Resources and Humanities Computing, will take place in the Faculty Lounge (Arts 320) on Friday afternoon from 2:30-4:00 PM.   These meetings are open to all graduate students and colleagues in MLCS.   Pro-Seminars are aimed at demystifying and explaining some important issues, practices, and procedures that face language and literature professionals.   Pro-Seminars are designed to help graduate students develop tools for coping with "the profession."   OCTOBER 5 Grantsmanship for Graduate Students   OCTOBER 19 (Rutherford South 2-05A) Electronic Resources in Languages, Linguistics, and Literatures Introduction to available databases followed by a practice session with defined tasks and searches of databases. NOVEMBER 16 Market (Un)Realities: The Job Search   JANUARY 18 (Arts 303) Humanities Computing in Modern Languages and Cultural Studies FEBRUARY 8 Producing Publications I: Professional Organizations and Conferences MARCH 15 Producing Publications II: Journals and Beyond