NYU SCHOOL OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES CENTER FOR PUBLISHING & APPLIED LIBERAL ARTS CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAMS (PALA/CE)

Continuing Education Programs in Publishing, the Humanities, Arts, Producing, Design, Writing, and Translation.

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Join NYU SPS Associate Dean Dr. Billie Gastic Rosado on Feb. 25 for a Conversation on Lifelong Learning

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Pictured from left to right: Panelists Dr. Dede, Dr. Richards, Dr. Gastic Rosado, and Moderator Shawn Hulsizer.
Please join NYU SPS Associate Dean Dr. Billie Gastic Rosado in a virtual conversation with Dr. Christopher Dede and Dr. John Richards, authors of The 60-Year Curriculum: New Models for Lifelong Learning in the Digital Economy. Learn about the research and findings presented in The 60-Year Curriculum as well as how the pandemic has affected lifelong learners. The discussion will be moderated by Shawn Hulsizer of CAEL.
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Lifelong learning is an important part of CALA’s mission. In conjunction with the Center for Global Affairs and the English Language Institute, we recently introduced the NYU SPS Academy of Lifelong Learning (ALL) because we believe learning begins in childhood and is a lifelong pursuit. 
 
This event is an opportunity to explore your options for continuing education in the middle of a pandemic. Whether you’re retired and looking for ways to keep busy, or simply enjoy working your mind during your free time, we hope you’ll join us.
 
The webinar will take place Feb 25 at 1:00pm EST. Attendance is free — register here.

Free Live Event From Trinity College Dublin: Discussing Natalia Ginzburg

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Author Natalia Ginzburg photographed with journalist husband, Leone Ginzburg. [Credit: Wikimedia Commons]
Join us on Tuesday, Feb 16 for a conversation on Natalia Ginzburg’s 1960 Italian novel, Family Lexicon.
 
We will be discussing the 2018 translation by the award-winning writer and CALA faculty, Jenny McPhee, who will also be present at the event.
 
The New York Times described Ginzburg’s autobiographical piece as a ‘glowing light of modern Italian literature . . . As direct and clean as if it were carved in stone, it yet speaks thoughts of the heart.’ 
 
Coming to you live from Trinity College Dublin, Prof. Cormac Ó Cuilleanáin, the former Head of Italian at the College, will be introducing the event. 
 
The event will take place Feb 16 at 1:30pm EST. Open to the public for free – register here.

Introducing Our Racial Literacy & Anti-Racism Practices Series

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Our upcoming Racial Literacy & Anti-Racism Practices Series — spanning from topics of micro aggressions to voter suppression — is designed to educate you on your role in 21st-century racism and what you can do to be an effective advocate for justice.
 
Sign up for any or all of the series’ four courses today:
Understanding Race in a Global Context: tinyurl.com/HIST1-CE9021
The Fight Against Black Voter Suppression: tinyurl.com/HIST1-CE9020
Microaggressions and Racial Stress: tinyurl.com/HIST1-CE9024
An Introduction to Intersectionality: tinyurl.com/HIST1-CE9966
 

Eligible NYU employees may register with 100% tuition remission. The two required forms are available here: 

Join Us for a CALA Spring 2021 Info Session on Jan. 21

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NYU CALA is holding a Spring 2021 info session on Thursday, January 21 at 5PM EST for those looking to begin — or continue — their learning journey in our fully-online noncredit certificate programs. You can join our vibrant, virtual community to pursue your interests in one or more of following areas: humanities, arts, publishing, writing, TV and film producing, and languages and translation.

Sounds like something you’d be interested in? RSVP here.

Join the Academy of Lifelong Learning (ALL) for an Info Session Friday, Jan. 8

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The Academy of Lifelong Learning (ALL) is bringing you an info session on Friday, Jan. 8 at 12 pm EST!
 
ALL is an SPS initiative serving the lifelong pursuit of knowledge because we believe there’s no age to stop learning. Join us on Zoom for more specifics on our daytime courses in the humanities and global affairs, the virtual classroom experience, and opportunities to engage in our learning community. 
 
With the spring semester just around the corner, you don’t want to miss this.
RSVP here:  bit.ly/ALLinfosession

CALA Instructor Nicholas Birns Published in Journal of New Zealand 2020 Edition

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JNZL is an international, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to New Zealand studies.
JNZL is an international, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to New Zealand studies.

Congratulations to CALA instructor Nicholas Birns for his published piece in the Journal of New Zealand.

Birns’ 2019 CALA course on literature and the 21st century caught the eye of the Journal’s then-editor, Anna Jackson, and won him a spot in the 2020 issue. 

His article explores how New Zealand fiction produced in 2005 and 2006 was “the first in that field to fully inhabit the twenty-first century,” responding to globalisation and the question of “white hegemony and privilege.” 

Birns is editor of “Antipodes: A Global Journal of Australian/NZ Literature” and the co-editor of “A Companion to Australian Literature Since 1900.”

He is also the author of a number of books, including “Understanding Anthony Powell”, “Barbarian Memory: The Legacy of Early Medieval History in Early Modern Literature” and “Contemporary Australian Literature: A World Not Yet Dead.”

This Spring, Birns will be teaching several different literature courses at CALA, including Beowulf and the Beginnings of English Literature, Late Victorian and Edwardian Short Fiction, Modern and Contemporary South Asian Fiction and more. 

Writing Instructor Carol Bergman Publishes Part One of Trilogy on Colonial America

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Bergman's historical fiction, 'Shunned,' on The Copperfield Review. [Credit: copperfieldreview.com]
Bergman’s historical fiction, Shunned, on The Copperfield Review. [Credit: copperfieldreview.com]
 
NYU SPS writing instructor Carol Bergman recently published a short story–part one of her upcoming trilogy on colonial America–in The Copperfield Review. The work of historical fiction, titled “Shunned,” takes readers to Plymouth colony and tells the story of an orphan while exploring the tensions between love and religion, progress and punishment, and colonization and theft. 
 
Previously a journalist in the U.S. and U.K., Bergman’s work has been featured in numerous publications including The New York Times, The Times London, The Daily News Magazine, Newsday, Woman’s World, Cosmopolitan and Salon.
 
At CALA, she teaches narrative nonfiction writing — her classes are open to writers of all levels. This Spring, Bergman will be instructing “Creative Nonfiction Writing,” for those looking to explore the genre with short essays, memoirs, and profiles.
 
Read Bergman’s full short story — Shunned — here.

Roberta Seret Publishes New Book – First in a Trilogy

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Congratulations to Dr. Roberta Seret on publishing The Gift of Diamonds, the first book in her Transylvanian trilogy! 
 
Here at CALA, Seret will be teaching ‘Global Hotspots Through Foreign Film: Stay-at-Home Edition’ this Spring. She has nurtured an environment of open-mindedness and intellectual curiosity in her classes at NYU — we recommend you don’t miss this opportunity.

In addition to teaching, Seret is Director of Advanced English and Film for the Hospitality Committee at the United Nations and Founder of ‘International Cinema Education,’ an NGO at the UN. This isn’t Seret’s first book either; she has also authored World Affairs in Foreign Films, a textbook teaching global issues through foreign film. 

CALA Faculty Elected Co-Presidents for Hollywood Radio and Television Society

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Frederic Richter (left) and Simon TaufiQue (right), CALA Faculty.
 Frederic Richter (left) and Simon TaufiQue (right), CALA Faculty
 
Congratulations to CALA faculty, Frederic Richter and Simon TaufiQue, who have been elected to serve as the New York co-presidents of the Hollywood Radio and Television Society (HRTS). 
 
HRTS is the industry’s premier information and networking forum, run by “entertainment’s most distinguished leaders.” Founded in 1947, HRTS aims to build careers by providing members with an inside view of the media world and foster a community while doing so.
 
At NYU SPS, Richter teaches in the Certificate in Television and Screenwriting. Spring 2021, he will be instructing ‘American Gothic: Films of the Midwest’ and ‘Reaching for Representation: Agents, Managers, and Lawyers for Film and TV Writers.’ When he’s not teaching, Richter stays busy as the Director of Development for LA-based production company, Tradition Pictures, and working as a screenwriter and story analyst.
 
TaufiQue, too, is an instructor at NYU CALA, teaching in the Certificate in TV and Film Producing. He has produced a number of award-winning films with companies such as Lionsgate, Universal and Amazon. TaufiQue is also a film-composer and programming consultant for Oscar-qualifying festivals. His Spring class ‘Film and TV Development as a Producer’ is ideal for those interested in the industry.

CALA Writing Instructor Estelle Erasmus for The New York Times: “Singing My Dad Back to Me”

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Estelle Erasmus, journalist and CALA instructor, recently published an article in The New York Times, “Singing My Dad Back to Me.” 
 
A beautiful narrative of Erasmus and her father — who lost much of his memory to Alzheimer’s disease — she recalls the childhood opera lessons that fed both, her love for music and an immeasurable bond with Dad.  Now, as the Covid-19 pandemic keeps her from visiting her father, Erasmus’ fear of him forgetting her is overcome every time she sings Dad’s favorite songs to him over the phone. “He remembers my voice,” Erasmus writes. “Not my speaking voice — my singing voice.” From tunes such as “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” to “Summertime” from the show Porgy and Bess, Erasmus shares how music enkindles her father’s memory and, for that singular point in time, allows them to feel together again. “For a moment we share the same space in our minds, though it’s only as temporary as the memory occupying his,” Erasmus writes. 
 
The full article can be found here.
 
Erasmus will be instructing an eight-week course, ‘Writing Parenthood: Writing for a Growing Market,’ for Spring 2021 — open to writers at all levels. Register here today!