This is the second post celebrating 2017 the world of English Literature at YSJU. Today we’re going to be looking at some of the debates that took place across the programme, ranging from a robot reading group to pressing questions regarding diversity and the university curriculum. Continue reading “looking back: 2017 in review #2”
confessions of a bookseller
By Harriet Bartle
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to sell books? I used to; I’d worked in retail for three years before I became a bookseller and as such I knew the ropes of customer service. I thought that it might be different, though; almost a romantic sort of job, where you spend your days surrounded by books of all genres, chatting to the quiet customers as they wander in out of the cold and expect to find fellow book lovers carefully shelving new stock and listening to peaceful, interesting music. As a literature student, it became the ideal prospect, the dream job; when I was lucky enough to be presented with the opportunity to enter the group of people that can call themselves booksellers, I jumped into this new world of pages head first. I was eager to see how this fascinating industry worked, particularly in the new era of internet shopping.
how to answer life’s biggest questions: studying liberal arts at ysju
By Erin Byrne
The Liberal Arts Foundation Year is a brand-new course that just launched this September and I am incredibly excited to be one of the first students to take it. At the helm is the wonderful and hilarious Dr Adam James Smith who is leading this slightly rowdy but enthusiastic group through the maze of what it actually means to be a Liberal Arts student. In our very first session he got us thinking about what this strange, slightly old-fashioned term ‘Liberal Arts’ actually means, and why it is (and always will be) important. Continue reading “how to answer life’s biggest questions: studying liberal arts at ysju”
halloween post: the children of the quad
By Rachel Smith
As students we know the city well. Regardless of whether you’ve lived here for months or for years, you’ll still be aware of the air York has. It’s inescapable: the crooked buildings, cobbled alleyways, and the sheer abundance of ghost walks remind you of it whichever street you walk down. We all know this. York is a city of ghosts.
What we don’t hear about are the ghosts much closer to home.
monday matters #1: a response to the inaugural words matter lecture
The inaugural ‘Words Matter’ lecture was delivered at YSJU by Dr Kaley Kramer on Monday 9th October 2017. Here, two third-year English Literature students add their thoughts to Dr Kramer’s address. Continue reading “monday matters #1: a response to the inaugural words matter lecture”