MUSE - Magazine for UNIL Students of English

07/05/2024

Spring 2024 Mixed Edition is out!!!! Come and get your copy at the English department and the study room 🥳💚

05/05/2024

Students in Kirsten Stirling’s MA seminar “Poetry and Public Life in Scotland” were discussing the Scottish national poet Kathleen Jamie’s outreach projects of crowd-sourced
poetry. Jamie asked the people of Scotland to submit one line on a particular theme (the first theme was the environment) and then she “curated” the lines into poems. In the last 20 minutes of the seminar they experimented with crowd-sourced poetry on a smaller scale.

Check out this excerpt!

04/05/2024

Find out more about Elvis Coimbra Gomes in his very insightful staff interview, where we talked about sociolinguistics, music, and not having a favorite color. Coming real soon!!

03/05/2024

Learn more about the Swiss medical insurance system in our Spring 2024 opinion piece! Coming soon.

02/05/2024

This year's poetry contest had everyone bawl their eyes out here at MUSE... Issue n°18 coming soon, keep your eyes out and dry for the rest of this poem!

25/06/2021

Welcome to MUSE's instagram!

MUSE, or the Magazine for Unil Students of English, is a student-run magazine whose aim is to publish and showcase the multiple talents inside and outside of the English department at the University of Lausanne. Each academic year sees the publication of two editions of MUSE: one online version in the Autumn semester and a print version in the Spring semester.

Here, we will post calls for new editors, authors, tell you all about our deadlines and share some insight into our editor life.

If any of this interests you, give us a follow!

For further information, check out our website (link in bio) or send us an email to muse.unil (@) gmail.com

We hope you enjoy.

With Love

MUSE

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11/05/2020

Dear MUSE readers,

We are delighted to announce that our spring edition is out! Due to the circumstances, we opted for an online edition. As usual, you'll find poetry, prose and an interview of one of our staff members: this time, it's Rachel Falconer!

Head over: https://wp.unil.ch/musemagazine/ to check it out!

We hope that you will enjoy reading it!
With love,
Take care,
The MUSE Committee

05/12/2019

Hi!

Our winter edition is out on the website! So if you want to take a break from writing essays, reading articles or studying, don't hesitate to head over our website. You'll find poems, short stories, an amazing interview of Denis Renevey about the MA study trip and finally, a test to know which member of the faculty you are most like, a question we're sure you're dying to know the answer to.

Head over https://wp.unil.ch/musemagazine/ then!

Good luck for the end of the semester,
Your MUSE team

03/05/2019

Hey!

Here is a quick reminder to submit to MUSE's spring print issue!

This is the moment for you to write a little something maybe about that movie that you absolutely loved (or hated!), or that shop or restaurant you cannot believe that no one knows about because it is that amazing, or that album that gave you goosebumps for a week! Or how about that poem or short story or play you wrote that you keep re-reading because you're that proud of it - and you should be!

If you would like to share anything like that, or something more (recipes, essays, etc.) send us an e-mail at [email protected]! The deadline is Friday, May 10th!

We look forward to reading your submissions!

Your MUSE team

01/04/2019

Spring is the season of new beginnings, and also of the new print issue of MUSE. As you may already know, MUSE is composed entirely by students, and your contributions are an essential part of it.

So, if you want to change up the rhythm of academic writing, try your hand at creative texts, or just have the opportunity to have your work and voice published, then MUSE is for you!
We’re calling for submissions of all kinds: articles on issues that you’re passionate about, short stories, poetry, recipes, or even artwork. If you can think of it, we can probably publish it (with a maximum word count of 1000). Send us your contributions at [email protected] up until the 10th of May.

We are also looking for new members to join the editorial committee! If you’re interested in joining us, take a look at our previous issues and like our page to get a glimpse of what we do and how we work! If you are interested in joining, send us an e-mail at [email protected] with why you are interested!

As always, we look forward to hearing from you and receiving your great contributions ;)

Until then,

The MUSE Team

20/12/2018

Dear MUSE readers,

We’re delighted to announce this semester's online issue of MUSE is now out!

We received many contributions this semester, including several creative writing pieces (both prose and poetry), an opinion piece, an interview with the department's wonderful secretary, Eva Suarato, some gorgeous illustrations, and even a quiz.

Come check it out here: http://wp.unil.ch/musemagazine

We hope you enjoy reading it as much as we've enjoyed writing it and putting it together.

We'd especially like to thank all of our contributors, it has, as always, been a pleasure.

Happy holidays, and we hope to hear from you soon!

With love,

The MUSE Committee

05/12/2018

Hello!

We hope you haven’t forgotten about us, as we certainly haven’t forgotten about you!
With the semester slowly drawing to a close, we at MUSE are getting ready to publish the winter issue.
We’ve been receiving submissions throughout the semester, but wanted to take this opportunity to remind you that the deadline is coming up soon – this Friday, the 7th of December!

MUSE is a great way to share and discover students’ work, be it prose or poetry, academic or completely informal, and we accept texts of all kinds (excepting hate speech, thank you very much). As this will be an online issue, there is no restriction on word count, so short (and not-very-short) stories are more than welcome, as well as articles, essays, recipes, and more.

If you want to participate, email us your work over at [email protected]. You can also check out previous issues here.

We can’t wait to see what you come up with!

31/05/2018

Look who’s out and fab, all ready for summer! ☀️
The new issue of the MUSE has interviews with staff members, prose, poetry, photographs, recipes, and its all free!

Copies are available in the heart of the English Department Unil and we will distribute some after the Survey exam on the 12th. Feel free to get a copy and spread the word!

Thank you to all the people who have contributed to this issue, we’re very excited to share their work with you!

Hoping you'll enjoy the reading,
Best,

The MUSE Committee

21/12/2017

The wait is over! No, not the beginning of holidays (yet), but the publishing of MUSE's online issue!
We've received loads of lovely contributions, so come give them a read at https://wp.unil.ch/musemagazine/
You'll find poetry, prose, essays, an interview, even a quiz, so take your pick and enjoy :D

Winter 2017 Web Issue Baby, it’s cold outside! Wrap up warm, or just stay inside, but whatever you do, don’t forget to check out the new MUSE web issue! Exams are coming up, but the holidays start even sooner, so take some time to relax and read our new creative writing pieces, an interview with...

15/12/2017

Don't forget to send us your submissions today if you haven't already!
Send them in to [email protected] :)

Happy (last-minute) writing!

25/10/2017

Welcome to Facebook, SCOPE (formerly known as the English Students' Committee)!

09/06/2017

Here comes the most thrilling event of the year *drum roll* the new issue of the MUSE is out! It will be distributed next Tuesday after the Survey exams and copies will also be available in the heart of the English Department. Feel free to get a copy and spread the word!

We're so proud of all the people who have contributed to the making of this issue and are very excited to share their work with you!

Hoping you'll enjoy the reading,
Best,

The MUSE Committee

07/04/2017

If you're lacking inspiration, or just need a moment of relaxation, come check out the new UNIL Food + Poetry Club next week! It'll be just the occasion to read some interesting poetry, eat some tasty food, and meet some cool people :)

30/03/2017

Hello you lovely people! The spring semester is well under way, which can only mean one thing: we're preparing the print issue of MUSE!
Send us your poems, your articles, your love letters; anything you want published, and we'll make it happen :)
The deadline is May 3rd, so sharpen your pencils!

Submissions should be sent to [email protected]

19/12/2016

Our winter issue of 2016 is hereee!!!!

As well as some poetry and prose, we have a personality quiz and a fun contest to take part in! Go check it out :) http://wp.unil.ch/musemagazine/

We hope you have just as much fun reading it as we did creating it!

04/05/2016

Thank you for the support you showed for our 2016 Print Issue! We are very happy that you liked this issue as much as we did :)

Some copies of both the 2015 and 2016 Print Issues are still available – if you're interested in getting one, please contact us at [email protected]. Otherwise, for those of you who would like an electronic copy, we have just put up the PDFs of these issues online. They are available right here: http://wp.unil.ch/musemagazine/past-print-issues/

Past Print Issues Here you will find links to past issues of MUSE Magazine. These are all available in PDF. October 2009 December 2009 April 2010 2015 Print Issue 2016 Print Issue

22/04/2016

The moment you've all been waiting for has finally come: the new issue of MUSE is here!

We're very proud of all of our writers, and very excited to share their work with you!

The issues will be available today at noon, in the heart of the English department, so feel free to pick up a copy :)

30/03/2016

There’s no such thing as writer’s block. That was invented by people in California who couldn’t write.
– Terry Pratchett

29/03/2016

Is there anything better than a little holiday to get inspired and creative? (…don’t answer that)
Whatever you’re doing, we hope you’ve set aside some time to write :)
The deadline for submitting texts is coming up this Thursday, so we hope these few days' break will be enough to fire up your imagination!

As always, send in your texts to our email account: [email protected]

10/03/2016

Hello! We're all very excited to be back and preparing for the spring issue of MUSE Magazine (cue epic guitar solo)
Unlike the previous issue, this one will be in print, and we're calling for your wonderful content to feature in it!

We're looking for interesting articles, creative texts, interviews, poems, really anything that tickles your fancy. The sky is the limit! (though if you can stay within 1000 words, that would be great)
Send us your works at [email protected]

We look forward to reading your contributions! And don't forget, the deadline for submission is the 31st of March!

03/12/2015

Our Winter Issue is OUT NOW! Go check it out at unil.ch/musemagazine

Along with several pieces of creative writing in both prose and poetry, you'll find seasonal recipes and an interview of our newly appointed professor in English literature, Kevin Curran!

We hope you'll have as much fun reading it as we had preparing it :)

22/09/2015

Dear MUSErs,

It's been a long time since our last post on this page, and we must apologise for this lack of news but we were, just like you most probably were, enjoying the sunshine and the heatwave this summer offered!

But we're back, and we need you more than we ever did before! We are looking for new members to join the editorial committee of MUSE Magazine. So, if you're interested in helping us publish our usual web and print issues, please send us an e-mail to [email protected] stating the year you're in and why wou'd be interested in being part of the team. You can send your application until October 1st.

We can't wait to meet you :)

Until then,
Cheers,

The MUSE Team

27/05/2015

MUSE Summer Issue out TOMORROW at 8 am.

See you on unil.ch/musemagazine! :)

Spring 2015 Issue The Spring 2015 Issue of MUSE Magazine is coming! The new issue of MUSE Magazine is out on Monday, March 30! Instead of the two previous issues, this one is a print issue, which means you can actually get your hands on it and browse through it touching colourful paper. Isn’t this w…

15/05/2015

Guys! It's going to be raining all weekend, so if you ever get bored, write something for us: don't forget that the deadline to submit articles for our next web issue is May 17! We'd love to read something from you :)