School of the Arts News

Emerson launches Boston Summer Writers' Conference

Emerson’s Writing Literature and Publish Department will spearhead the first annual Boston Summer Writers’ Conference on campus, from June 24–30, 2012. Open to interested writers nationwide, the conference will represent a unique literary experience for Boston and will be one of only a few summer writing conferences to occur in a major U.S. city.

Interview With the Curators of the Graduate Reading Series

The Graduate Reading Series, one of the Graduate Student Organizations in the Writing, Literature, and Publishing department, held an event on September 23.

Faculty music group on Grammy ballot

Emerson adjunct faculty member, Mehmet Sanlikol is a member of a musicians’ collective based in Boston--DUNYA, whose CD is on the Grammy Awards ballot.

Theatre Graduate Student Attends Conference

Theatre Education graduate student Joan Aniano received a Professional Development Grant from the Graduate Student Association in order to attend a professional conference in her discipline this summer.

Writer Junot Diaz visits campus

Junot Díaz delivered a guest lecture, read two of his short stories, held a Q & A with students, and then did a book signing of his Pulitzer Prize-winning book, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao while he was on Emerson College's campus during Latin American Heritage Month. More than 100 students attended the event.

Gordon's online tool used by Boston Public Schools

Boston Public Schools (BPS) has adopted Community PlanIt, a web-based social network created by Emerson Associate Professor of Visual Media Arts Eric Gordon that turns community planning into a game.

Creative Writing Student Attends Translation Workshop in Greece

Creative Writing graduate student Nicole Miller talks about her time at Princeton's 2011 Summer Translation Workshop in Greece and how she was selected to join this workshop.

Student writes for hit FX show

Tesha Kondrat landed a dream job this summer: assistant to a writer on the hit FX animated comedy Archer.