GLS eNews May 24, 2021
GLS Express - May 24, 2021
The GLS Express will be on hiatus until August. In the meantime, we will send any updates via regular email to your Duke email address, so be sure to check it regularly throughout the summer. Team GLS wishes you many sunny, happy days and and a bottomless pitcher of sweet tea until we meet again!
Reminder: virtual porch sitting is ongoing through the month of June, so stop by and let us know your summer plans! Join us on Thursdays from 5-6 PM Eastern. The Zoom meeting link will be the same every week.
GLS House remains closed until further notice. GLS staff are working remotely and may be reached via email.
Office Hours with Anne have ended for the semester and will resume in August.
GLS Seminars Set for Fall
We are pleased to announce our Fall 2021 seminars. Thomas Brothers, Professor of Music and GLS Advisory Committee member, returns with The Experience of Music: Social, Emotional, and Transcendental, Tuesdays, in the Mary Duke Biddle Building on Duke's East Campus. Check out the video below for a preview.
Chris Sims, Research Scientist in Documentary Studies at Duke, will introduce a new course, Documentary Explorations, on Thursdays at GLS House.
We anticipate that all courses will be held on campus and in person, but please stay tuned for updates. Fall 2021 shopping carts open on June 28 and registration begins on July 7. We will send registration reminders to your Duke email address as we get closer to the registration window opening.
Master's Project Planning Session and Proposal Workshop Scheduled for June
MP Planning Session (June 6)
If you have already taken your fifth course in the program, or plan to take it this summer, you need to register for the Master's Project Planning Session on Sunday, June 6, 2:00-4:30 PM Eastern. This Zoom session will get you up to speed on the process that leads up to the master's project and on to graduation, and fill you in on program expectations for master's projects and proposals. It is required for all full-time students who are in the semester of their 5th class, and all part-time students who are in the semester of their 5th or 6th class. To register, contact Kent Wicker
MP Proposal Meeting (first two weeks of June) and MP Proposal Workshop (June 10)
Are you ready to take the next step and propose a Fall 2021 master’s project? If so, you need to schedule a proposal meeting for some time during the first two weeks of June, and submit your proposal by June 25.
At this point in your GLS career, you will have already taken the required Master’s Project Planning Session, but if you would like some more specific advice about your proposal, Kent will be holding a Proposal Workshop by Zoom on June 10, 3:30-5:00 PM. The format for this workshop (a.k.a. the “prop shop”) is simple: everyone shares their proposals and gets feedback from each other, and from Kent. To register, let Kent know at kent.wicker@duke.edu.
Visit the GLS website for a list of master's project documents and links.
GLS Alumnae Published in Confluence
Be sure to check out the Spring 2021 issue of Confluence, the journal of the Association of Graduate Liberal Studies Programs (AGLSP). Two GLS alumnae, Natayla Machnaigh Barker (MALS 2016) and just-graduated Olivia Merli, have essays in this issue. Natalya, pictured below, was one of three GLS students to present their work at the 2018 AGLSP annual conference. See the Call for Presentations below for details on how to apply to present at this fall's virtual conference.
From left to right: Sarah Stevens (MALS 2019), Citlaly Mora Hernandez (MALS 2020), Natalya Barker (MALS 2016), Kent Wicker, and Amanda Zhu (MALS 2015).
AGLSP Announces Call for Presentations
Duke GLS is a long-standing member of the Association of Graduate Liberal Studies Programs. This year's annual conference will be held in a virtual format October 14-16. They are looking both for academic presenters and for storytellers who would like to participate in exploring the theme, Unmute Yourself: Voice, Representation, Power. The deadline for the Call for Presentations and the Story Slam is June 15.
Duke students have presented at the AGLSP conference for several years. If you are interested in submitting a proposal, contact Kent Wicker.
Important Dates for GLS Students
Registration Deadlines:
May 31 - Memorial Day - NO CLASSES HELD
June 28 - Fall 2021 shopping carts open
July 7-19 - Fall 2021 registration
August 2 - Fall 2021 bursar bills issued
September 1 - Fall 2021 bursar bills due
Campus Calendars
Check out the links below for events happening across Duke.
Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI)
Department of Art, Art History & Visual Studies (AAHVS)
Department of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES)
Department of Gender, Sexuality & Feminists Studies
Department of International Comparative Studies (ICS)
Online Resources for Graduate Students
- COVID-19 updates for students are available on Duke's Coronavirus Response website.
- Graduate School-specific COVID-19 updates are posted here. TGS has also created a FAQ for continuing and incoming international students.
- The Duke Student Assistance Fund was established better support master's students who may be experiencing difficulty providing for their basic needs during this extraordinary time.
- Blue Devils Care is a new mental telehealth service that can provide support wherever you may be located currently. You can access the service by using the key DUKE2020.
- The Career Center now offers online drop-in advising for graduate students on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. View the schedule here.