Events

Most English department events are open to the general public unless noted otherwise.

Upcoming

Drawing: abstract, with elements of axes, scimitars and pitchforks
Modernist Writing and the Ottoman Empire
Fri, Sep 20, 2024, 9:45 am
Location
Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture
Speaker
Zeynep Çelik (Keynote)
Columbia University, Sakip Sabanci Visiting Professor
"Reading Ottoman Modernity through Cities"
Symposia/Conferences
Javier Zamora and cover of his book 'Solito'
Solito: Understanding Migration Through the Voice of Migrants
Wed, Sep 25, 2024, 5:00 pm
Location
McCosh Hall, Room 50
Speaker
Javier Zamora
Memoirist, Poet, and Speaker
Cosponsored
Lectures
Rocio Zambrana
On (Racial) Fetishism: Hegel and Marx
Mon, Sep 30, 2024, 4:30 pm
Location
East Pyne 010
Speaker
Rocío Zambrana
Professor of Philosophy, University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras
Lectures
Rocio Zambrana
Lunch Seminar with Rocio Zambrana
Tue, Oct 1, 2024, 12:00 pm
Location
Burr 216
Speaker
Rocío Zambrana
Professor of Philosophy, University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras
Seminars
Rhodri Lewis and book cover of 'Shakespeare’s Tragic Art'
Shakespeare’s Tragic Art
Book Launch and Reception
Tue, Oct 1, 2024, 5:30 pm
Location
Weickart Atrium, Simpson International Building
Speaker
Rhodri Lewis
Department of English
Book Talks
Max Haiven
Amazon and the Alien: Corporate Storytelling and Workers’ Science Fiction
Mon, Oct 21, 2024, 4:30 pm
Location
Julis Romo Rabinowitz A17
Speaker
Max Haiven
Whitney J. Oates Short-Term Fellow in the Humanities Council and the Department of English
Lectures
Max Haiven
Playing Within, Against and Beyond the Gamed Economy
A workshop with Max Haiven
Tue, Oct 22, 2024, 12:00 pm
Location
McCosh B14 (Hinds Library)
Speaker
Max Haiven
Whitney J. Oates Short-Term Fellow in the Humanities Council and the Department of English
Workshops
Don Mee Choi
The Poetics of Translation
Tue, Oct 22, 2024, 4:30 pm
Location
East Pyne 010
Speaker
Don Mee Choi
Bain-Swiggett Visiting Professor and Visiting Lecturer
Lectures
A bookshelf with photos pinned to the shelves
Derrida’s Futures: Secrets from the Archive
Thu, Oct 24, 2024, 3:00 pm
Location
TBA
Symposia/Conferences
Don Mee Choi
Althea Ward Clark W’21 Reading Series: Don Mee Choi
Tue, Oct 29, 2024, 6:00 pm
Location
Labyrinth Books
Speaker
Don Mee Choi
Bain-Swiggett Visiting Professor and Visiting Lecturer
Readings
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