BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6484-7bcdb38a5043f0253c5a7ad3f01e6b7f@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260612T052917Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190323T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190323T130000 SUMMARY:The Agile Humanities Ph.D.: Careers in Languages, Literatures, and Cultu res DESCRIPTION:\n\nFriday-Saturday\, March 22-23\, 2019 Grucci Room\, 102 B urrowes Building\n\nThis two-day symposium will bring together seven gra duates from Penn State&rsquo\;s School of Global Languages\, Literatures \, and Cultures and current doctoral students for two half-day sessions focused on the growing range of academic\, academic-adjacent and non-aca demic careers for which a Ph.D. in languages\, literatures\, and culture s offers preparation. Participants from varied professions including gov ernment service\, academic librarianship\, academic administration\, and program management will share experiences from the perspectives of both job applicants and employers. The Friday afternoon session will feature a roundtable discussion with the guest panelists followed by breakout s essions led by the panelists\, organized around specific career paths. T he Saturday morning session will focus on the current academic job marke t and will feature doctoral students with recent experience. The event a ims to encourage both information-sharing and networking and frank discu ssion of the versatility of a humanities Ph.D. in languages\, literature s\, and cultures\, with broader implications for other liberal arts fiel ds.\n\nFor planning purposes\, please contact Devon Johnson at \;dcj 2@psu.edu \;to indicate which session(s) you will attend.\n\nSchedul e\n\nFriday\, March 22\n\n2:00-3:30 &ndash\; Roundtable with panelists: &ldquo\;The Agile Humanities Ph.D.? Choices\, Trajectories\, Career Path s&rdquo\;\n\n3:30-4:00 &ndash\; Coffee break\n\n4:00-5:00 &ndash\; Break out sessions with panelists\n\n5:00-6:30 &ndash\; Reception\n\nSaturday\ , March 23\n\n9:00-10:00 &ndash\; Breakfast\n\n10:00-12:00 &ndash\; Roun dtable on this year&rsquo\;s job market with current graduate students\n \n12:00 &ndash\; Lunch\n\nSymposium participants (Friday): Christi Brook es\, Professor of French and former interim Associate Dean\, Central Mic higan University (Ph.D.\, French and Francophone Studies\, 2004)\; \ ;Lauren Halberstadt\, Student Engagement and Intercultural Learning Mana ger\, Penn State University (Ph.D.\, Spanish and Language Science\, 2017 )\; \;Heather Hayton\, Professor of English and Director of the Hono rs College\, Guilford College (Ph.D.\, Comparative Literature\, 2000)\;& nbsp\;Hé\;lè\;ne Huet\, European Studies Librarian\, Univers ity of Florida (Ph.D.\, French and Francophone Studies\, 2015)\; \;N icole McInteer\, Associate Dean of International Admissions\, Wake Fores t University (Ph.D.\, Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures\, 20 16)\; \;Ashley Roccamo\, Training\, Education and Instructional Desi gn Specialist\, American University (Ph.D.\, Germanic and Slavic Languag es and Literatures\, 2014)\; and \;Rebecca Zajdowicz\, Intelligence Research Specialist\, Drug Enforcement Administration (Ph.D.\, Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures\, 2010).\n\nSaturday: \;Molly A ppel (Comparative Literature)\, Lauren Brooks (German)\, Johann Le Guelt e (French and Francophone Studies)\, Victoria Oana Lupascu (Comparative Literature/Asian Studies) and Elizabeth Tuttle (French and Francophone S tudies)\n\nThis event has received generous co-sponsorship support from the College of the Liberal Arts\, the School of Global Languages\, Liter atures\, and Cultures\, the Department of Comparative Literature\, the D epartment of French and Francophone Studies\, the Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures\, and the Department of Spanish\, Italian\, and Portuguese.\n\nFor more details: https://events.la.psu.edu /event/the_agile_humanities_phd_careers_in_languages_literatures_and_cul tures_915/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Friday-Sat urday, March 22-23, 2019 Grucci Room, 102 Burrowes Building

This t wo-day symposium will bring together seven graduates from Penn State&rsq uo;s School of Global Languages, Literatures, and Cultures and current d octoral students for two half-day sessions focused on the growing range of academic, academic-adjacent and non-academic careers for which a Ph.D . in languages, literatures, and cultures offers preparation. Participan ts from varied professions including government service, academic librar ianship, academic administration, and program management will share expe riences from the perspectives of both job applicants and employers. The Friday afternoon session will feature a roundtable discussion with the g uest panelists followed by breakout sessions led by the panelists, organ ized around specific career paths. The Saturday morning session will foc us on the current academic job market and will feature doctoral students with recent experience. The event aims to encourage both information-sh aring and networking and frank discussion of the versatility of a humani ties Ph.D. in languages, literatures, and cultures, with broader implica tions for other liberal arts fields.

For planning purposes, ple ase contact Devon Johnson at dcj2@psu.edu to indicate which session(s) you will attend.

Schedule
Friday, March 22
2:00-3:30 – Roundtable with paneli sts: “The Agile Humanities Ph.D.? Choices, Trajectories, Career Pa ths”
3:30-4:00 – Coffee break
4:00-5:00 – Br eakout sessions with panelists
5:00-6:30 – Reception

Saturday, March 23
9:00-10:00 – Breakfast
10: 00-12:00 – Roundtable on this year’s job market with current graduate students
12:00 – Lunch

Symposium participants (Friday): Christi Brookes< /b>, Professor of French and former interim Associate Dean, Central Mich igan University (Ph.D., French and Francophone Studies, 2004); L auren Halberstadt, Student Engagement and Intercultural Learning Man ager, Penn State University (Ph.D., Spanish and Language Science, 2017);  Heather Hayton, Professor of English and Director of the Ho nors College, Guilford College (Ph.D., Comparative Literature, 2000);&nb sp;Hélène Huet, European Studies Librarian, Univers ity of Florida (Ph.D., French and Francophone Studies, 2015); Ni cole McInteer, Associate Dean of International Admissions, Wake Fore st University (Ph.D., Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures, 201 6); Ashley Roccamo, Training, Education and Instructional De sign Specialist, American University (Ph.D., Germanic and Slavic Languag es and Literatures, 2014); and Rebecca Zajdowicz, Intelligen ce Research Specialist, Drug Enforcement Administration (Ph.D., Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures, 2010).

Saturday: Molly Appel (Comparative Literature ), Lauren Brooks (German), Johann Le Guelte (French and Fr ancophone Studies), Victoria Oana Lupascu (Comparative Literature /Asian Studies) and Elizabeth Tuttle (French and Francophone Stud ies)

This event has received generous co-sponsorship support fr om the College of the Liberal Arts, the School of Global Languages, Lite ratures, and Cultures, the Department of Comparative Literature, the Dep artment of French and Francophone Studies, the Department of Germanic an d Slavic Languages and Literatures, and the Department of Spanish, Itali an, and Portuguese.

For more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/the_agile_hu manities_phd_careers_in_languages_literatures_and_cultures_915/

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