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Literary Events Across Northwestern

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Brady Tea

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by Brady Scholars Program in Ethics and Civic Life

Brady Scholars gather weekly for refreshments and discussion about recent events and their implications for our society, ongoing moral difficulties...

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The 40th Chicago Film Festival at Northwestern

5:30 PM - 8:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Spanish and Portuguese

Join Northwestern for two wonderful evenings of the 40th Chicago Latino Film Festival! Tuesday, April 16th @5:30, Lutkin Hall Water for Life Documentary...

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8th Annual Graduate Student Conference Discussions

9:00 AM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Spanish and Portuguese

The debate surrounding the construction of identities in their collective and individual dimensions has become central in contemporary sociopolitical discourse....

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8th Annual Graduate Student Conference Lectures

9:00 AM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Spanish and Portuguese

The debate surrounding the construction of identities in their collective and individual dimensions has become central in contemporary sociopolitical discourse....

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Revolution or Reformation? The Potential of Palimpsest Conference

All day, sponsored by Religious Studies Department

May 22-24, 2024 Panelists: Annie Bourneuf (SAIC) Christine Helmer (Northwestern) Jason Springs (Notre Dame) Michelle Wright (Emory) Chris Wild (UofC) Robert Orsi (Northwestern) Isabel von Holt (Hamburg) Jacqueline Mariña...

Apr
17
2024

Spring Department Colloquium

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Art History

Featuring Antawan Byrd ("Listening Out: Sound Politics and Decolonization in the Photography of Seydou Keïta") and Kenzie Stupica ("Pedagogy’s Network:...

Apr
17
2024

Suzanne Scanlon Reading

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by English Department

Suzanne Scanlon is the author of Committed (Vintage / Anchor Books), a critical memoir about women, reading, and mental illness....

Apr
18
2024

8th Annual Graduate Student Conference Reception

4:00 PM - 7:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Spanish and Portuguese

The debate surrounding the construction of identities in their collective and individual dimensions has become central in contemporary sociopolitical discourse....

Apr
18
2024

CNAIR Fellows & TGS NAIS Cluster Book Club - Spring Quarter

5:30 PM - 7:00 PM, sponsored by Center for Native American and Indigenous Research (CNAIR)

Spring Qtr Book Club Book: Cooling the Tropics, Hi'ilei Julia Hobart WHEN: Thursday, April 18, 530-7pm WHERE: Kaplan Conference Room [KRESGE 2-351]

Apr
18
2024

Screening of LA CHIMERA

6:30 PM - 8:30 PM, sponsored by Department of French and Italian

Join us Thursday, April 18 at 6:30pm at the Block Cinema for a screening of Alice Rohrwacher's LA CHIMERA! The film...

Apr
29
2024

MENA Monday | Understanding Conflict in the Sudan

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Middle East and North African Studies

This event convenes experts on the Sudan, who will delve into the current conflict, its root causes, and Sudan's political...

Apr
30
2024

Black Buddhists and the Black Radical Tradition

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department

Edmund Perry Lecture presented by Rima Vesely-Flad, Professor of Religious Studies at Warren Wilson College This lecture is drawn from Dr....

Apr
30
2024

Sophomore Dinner

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM, sponsored by Brady Scholars Program in Ethics and Civic Life

Sophomores meet to select the topic for their senior project.

May
1
2024

Undergraduate/Faculty Lunch

12:30 PM - 1:45 PM, sponsored by History Department

Join lunch with your fellow History undergrads and faculty on Wednesday May 1, 2024 at 12:30PM - 1:45PM. If this...

May
11
2024

Chicago Region Workshop

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics

This workshop brings together early and mid-career faculty in Classics from Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana for informal peer review. Papers...

May
13
2024

Art History Senior Honors Thesis Colloquium

3:30 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Art History

Join us as our six senior honors thesis writers present their thesis projects. This event is open to members of...

May
15
2024

Graduate/Faculty Lunch

12:30 PM - 1:45 PM, sponsored by History Department

Join lunch with your fellow History graduate students and faculty on Wednesday May 15th, 2024 at 12:30PM - 1:45PM. If...

May
16
2024

Honors in English Literature Colloquium

12:30 PM - 2:30 PM, sponsored by English Department

The Honors Colloquium provides students the opportunity to present their research and discuss their findings.

May
20
2024

MENA Monday | MENA Graduate Students Colloquium, Part 2

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Middle East and North African Studies

Lunch will be served at this event. MENA Program graduate students share their original work.  Featuring Aseel Abulhab of Anthropology, Lauren...

May
20
2024

Moya Bailey - "Transforming Misogynoir in Medicine"

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Science in Human Culture Program - Klopsteg Lecture Series

Speaker Moya Bailey, Northwestern University Title "Transforming "Misogynoir in Medicine"" Abstract Black women’s bodies have been instrumental in the development of medical and scientific breakthroughs,...

May
29
2024

Sophomore Lunch

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Brady Scholars Program in Ethics and Civic Life

Sophomores will meet for the last time as a group during Reading Week of Spring Quarter.

May
30
2024

Honors Senior Thesis Symposium

3:00 PM - 7:00 PM, sponsored by History Department

Join us as we celebrate our honor's candidates on the completion of their milestone thesis projects. Friends and family of the...