Upcoming Events

Nov

19

5:15 PM to 7:00 PM

Material Texts: Samantha Sommers (Ohio State), “Reading in Books: Reading Materially in William Wells Brown’s Clotel"

Class of 1978 Pavilion in the Kislak Center, 6th Floor, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library

We will be welcoming Samantha Sommers for a talk entitled: “Reading in Books: Reading Materially in William Wells Brown’s Clotel.” Sam writes:
Nov

26

10:00 AM to 11:30 AM

Graduate Revision Workshop: Martine Tchitchihe

Fisher-Bennett Hall, room 330
Nov

26

5:15 PM to 7:00 PM

Material Texts: Gary Dyer (Cleveland State): “John Hunt's Lord Byron"

Class of 1978 Pavilion in the Kislak Center, 6th Floor, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library

All are welcome! Those who do not hold University of Pennsylvania ID cards should bring another form of photo identification in order to enter the library building.

FALL 2018 SCHEDULE

Sep. 17: Nicholas Herman (Penn): “The Book-Shaped Object in Renaissance Europe”

Sep. 24, 25, 27 - Rosenbach Lectures: Carlo Ginzburg (Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa): Fossils, Apes, Humans: A Chapter in the History of Science, Revisited

- Sep. 24: “Paleontology and Connoisseurship”

- Sep. 25: “Gods, Humans, Apes: Art History and Evolution”
Nov

27

5:00 PM to 6:30 PM

Res-Vic: Zach Fruit, "In Common: Land Enclosure and the Idea of the Rise of the Novel" WIP

Fisher-Bennett Hall, room 330 (Grad Lounge)
Nov

28

12:00 PM to 2:00 PM

Works-in-Progress Workshop for Fifth Years

Faculty and Students
Fisher-Bennett Hall Faculty Lounge
Nov

29

12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

Paleography: Working Group Meeting

Van Pelt Library, room 623
Nov

29

6:00 PM to 7:30 PM

Mods: Steven Lee, "Modernism, Socialist Realism, and the Manifesto"

Author of The Ethnic Avant-Garde: Minority Cultures and World Revolution
Fisher-Bennett Hall, room 135 (Faculty Lounge)

Co-hosted by Mods, Asian American Studies, and Russian and East European Studies.
Dec

3

5:15 PM to 7:00 PM

Material Texts: Mitch Fraas (Penn), “Boilerplate: Documentation, Paperwork, and the Persistence of Form across the Early Modern and Modern Worlds”

Class of 1978 Pavilion in the Kislak Center, 6th Floor, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library

All are welcome! Those who do not hold University of Pennsylvania ID cards should bring another form of photo identification in order to enter the library building.

FALL 2018 SCHEDULE

Sep. 17: Nicholas Herman (Penn): “The Book-Shaped Object in Renaissance Europe”

Sep. 24, 25, 27 - Rosenbach Lectures: Carlo Ginzburg (Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa): Fossils, Apes, Humans: A Chapter in the History of Science, Revisited

- Sep. 24: “Paleontology and Connoisseurship”

- Sep. 25: “Gods, Humans, Apes: Art History and Evolution”
Dec

4

12:30 PM to 2:00 PM

Introductory Meeting for Penn English Program in London Fall 2019

Fisher-Bennett Hall, room 135 (Faculty Lounge)

Calling all English majors and minors to study abroad in London at King's College Fall 2019! Join us for an introductory meeting and afternoon tea.

To learn more, contact Loretta M. Williams, Undergraduate Coordinator for the English Department, at loretta@english.upenn.edu or visit www.english.upenn.edu/undergraduate/london-program/.
Dec

4

4:30 PM to 6:00 PM

Faculty Meeting

Fisher-Bennet Hall, Faculty Lounge, room 135
Dec

4

4:30 PM to 6:00 PM

Gen/Sex: Kyla Tompkins, "'Everthing 'Cept Eat Us'" from Racial Indigestion

Fisher-Bennett Hall, room 330 (Grad Lounge)

Readings will be circulated prior to event.
Dec

5

4:30 PM to 6:00 PM

Majors and Minors Tea with Jennifer Egan

Fisher-Bennett Hall, room 135 (Faculty Lounge)

Join the English Undergraduate Advisory Board for a tea featuring Artist-in-Residence, Jennifer Egan. Egan will be discussing her work and answering any questions you may have. Come out, sip tea, eat scones, and take a breather before finals!
Dec

5

5:00 PM to 6:00 PM

Poetry & Poetics: Eric Schmaltz, poetry reading combined with a discussion of Surfaces

Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk, room 202
Dec

7

12:00 PM to 1:30 PM

Graduate Student Informal Pre-Mock Interview Session

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Dec

10

2:00 PM to 5:00 PM

Winter Reading Project 2018-2019: Study Break

Fisher-Bennett Hall, room 135 (Faculty Lounge)

Join us for some light refreshments, and pick up your free copy of the Winter Reading Project 2018-2019 book, Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan!
Dec

10

5:15 PM to 7:00 PM

Material Texts: Arthur Kiron (Penn), “Hidden in Plain Sight: Christian Readers of Rabbinic Literature in the Colonial Americas”

Class of 1978 Pavilion in the Kislak Center, 6th Floor, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library

All are welcome! Those who do not hold University of Pennsylvania ID cards should bring another form of photo identification in order to enter the library building.

FALL 2018 SCHEDULE

Sep. 17: Nicholas Herman (Penn): “The Book-Shaped Object in Renaissance Europe”

Sep. 24, 25, 27 - Rosenbach Lectures: Carlo Ginzburg (Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa): Fossils, Apes, Humans: A Chapter in the History of Science, Revisited

- Sep. 24: “Paleontology and Connoisseurship”

- Sep. 25: “Gods, Humans, Apes: Art History and Evolution”
Dec

11

4:30 PM to 6:30 PM

Graduate Student Mock Interviews

Please login with your PennKey to view location.
Dec

13

12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

Paleography: Working Group Meeting

Van Pelt Library, room 623
Dec

14

12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

Anthropocene and Animal Studies: Discussion of Anna Tsing's The Mushroom at the End of the World (2015)

Graduate Student Center, 3615 Locust Walk, 2nd Floor Conference Room

Contact e-mail: pennthropocene@gmail.com
Jan

17

4:30 PM to 6:00 PM

Job Candidate Talk

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Jan

17

6:00 PM to 7:00 PM

Job Candidate Reception

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Jan

22

4:30 PM to 6:00 PM

Job Candidate Talk

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Jan

22

4:30 PM to 6:00 PM

Faculty Meeting

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Jan

22

6:00 PM to 7:00 PM

Job Candidate Reception

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Jan

22

6:30 PM to 8:00 PM

Winter Reading Project featuring Jennifer Egan

Harrison College House Sky Lounge
Jan

23

4:30 PM to 5:30 PM

Med/Ren: Anna Lyman’s WIP

Fisher-Bennett Hall, room 330 (Grad Lounge)
Jan

24

4:30 PM to 6:00 PM

Job Candidate Talk

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Jan

24

6:00 PM to 7:00 PM

Job Candidate Reception

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Jan

29

4:30 PM to 6:00 PM

Faculty Meeting

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Jan

30

5:00 PM to 6:00 PM

Poetry & Poetics: Davis Knittle, WIP

Fisher-Bennett Hall, room 330 (Grad Lounge)
Jan

31

4:30 PM to 6:00 PM

Job Candidate Talk

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Jan

31

6:00 PM to 7:00 PM

Job Candidate Reception

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Feb

1

(All day)

Critical Writing Graduate Teaching Fellowships Applications Due to Val Ross

FBH
Feb

1

(All day)

Graduate SAS Dissertation Completion Fellowship

FBH

SAS Dissertation Research Fellowships Due to Ann Marie Pitts by 12pm

(Students who expect to complete their dissertation in 2019-20 are ineligible)
Feb

4

10:00 AM to 11:30 AM

Graduate Revision Workshop: Devin William Daniels

Fisher-Bennett Hall, room 330
Feb

4

5:30 PM to 7:00 PM

Trans Literacy Project: Supporting Trans Educators

Penn LGBT Center, 3907 Spruce Street

The third workshop of our series focuses on support for trans educators in school, nonprofit, advocacy, and university spaces.
Feb

8

(All day)

King’s College Fellowship Applications Due to Ann Marie Pitts by 12pm

FBH
Feb

8

(All day)

WIPs Sign-up for Wednesday, April 24, 2019 Deadline

FBH
Feb

8

10:00 AM to 3:00 PM

Graduate Admissions Final Meeting

Graduate Admissions Committee
Fisher-Bennett Hall Faculty Lounge
Feb

11

6:00 PM to 7:00 PM

Poetry & Poetics: Keegan Finberg, WIP

Fisher-Bennett Hall, room 330 (Grad Lounge)
Feb

11

6:30 PM to 8:00 PM

KWH: Reading & Interview/Conversation with 2019 Writers House Fellow John Keene

Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk

Reading: Monday, February 11 at 6:30PM

Interview/conversation with brunch: Tuesday, February 12 at 10:00 AM
Feb

11

6:30 PM to 8:00 PM

KWH: Reading & Interview/Conversation with 2019 Writers House Fellow John Keene

Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk

Reading: Monday, February 11 at 6:30PM

Interview/conversation with brunch: Tuesday, February 12 at 10:00 AM
Feb

12

4:30 PM to 6:00 PM

Faculty Meeting

Fisher-Bennett Hall, room 135 (Faculty Lounge)
Feb

13

12:00 PM to 2:00 PM

50-Book Exam Discussion

Fisher-Bennett Hall Faculty Lounge

50-Book Exam Discussion (12-1pm)

(First Years)

Field Exam List Discussion (1-2pm)

(Second Years)
Feb

13

4:30 PM to 5:30 PM

Med/Ren: Kellie Robertson

Fisher-Bennett Hall, room 330 (Graduate Lounge)
Feb

15

(All day)

SAS Dissertation Completion Fellowship and SAS Dissertation Research Fellowships Due to Graduate Division

FBH
Feb

21

5:00 PM to 7:30 PM

Latitudes, Mods, Res-Vic: Nasser Mufti

Author of Civilizing War: Imperial Politics and the Poetics of National Rupture
Fisher-Bennett Hall, room 330 (Graduate Lounge)
Feb

22

(All day)

M@P: 11th Annual Medievalists @ Penn Conference

TBD
Feb

27

12:00 PM to 2:00 PM

Faculty Colloquium on Current Research

Fisher-Bennett Hall, room 135 (Faculty Lounge)
Mar

1

(All day)

Junior Research Seminar (JRS) Graduate Student Mentor Application due to Ann Marie Pitts by 12pm

FBH
Mar

12

10:00 AM to 11:30 AM

Graduate Revision Workshop: Alvin L.J. Kim

Fisher-Bennett Hall, room 330
Mar

12

4:30 PM to 6:00 PM

Faculty Meeting

Fisher-Bennett Hall, room 135 (Faculty Lounge)
Mar

12

5:30 PM to 7:00 PM

Trans Literacy Project: Supporting Trans Youth

Penn LGBT Center, 3907 Spruce Street

In our fourth and final workshop, researchers, youth organizers, activists, and community educators will come together to discuss their pedagogical approaches to supporting, advancing, and prioritiz
Mar

13

(All day)

50-Book Exam Committee Chair must be selected; notify Ann Marie Pitts by 12pm

FBH
Mar

13

4:30 PM to 5:30 PM

Med/Ren: Sarah Novacich

Fisher-Bennett Hall, room 330 (Grad Lounge)
Mar

19

(All day)

Graduate Recruitment Days

Faculty and Students
Fisher-Bennett Hall
Mar

20

(All day)

Charles Burnett visit

TBD
Mar

20

12:00 PM to 2:00 PM

Graduate Recruitment Days: Luncheon

TBD
Mar

22

(All day)

Fontaine Dinner

TBD

Time TBD
Mar

25

(All day)

CTL Graduate Fellowship Application due to Ann Marie Pitts by 12pm

FBH
Mar

25

6:30 PM to 8:00 PM

KWH: Reading with 2019 Writers House Fellow Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge

Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk

Reading: Monday, March 25 at 6:30PM

Interview/conversation with brunch: Tuesday, March 26 at 10:00 AM
Mar

26

10:00 AM to 11:00 AM

KWH: Interview/Conversation with 2019 Writers House Fellow Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge

Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk

Reading: Monday, March 25 at 6:30PM

Interview/conversation with brunch: Tuesday, March 26 at 10:00 AM
Apr

2

12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

Anthropocene and Animal Studies, Poetry & Poetics: Graduate Student Lunch with Brian Teare and Allison Cobb

Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk, dining room

E-mail Knar (knarge@sas.upenn.edu) or Aylin (malcolma@sas.upenn.edu) for more information.
Apr

3

12:00 PM to 2:00 PM

Graduate Student Town Hall

Fisher-Bennett Hall Faculty Lounge
Town Hall to coordinate Department Speaker Series and Graduate Group Coordinators for 2019-20.
Apr

3

4:30 PM to 5:30 PM

Med/Ren: Erika Lin

Fisher-Bennett Hall, room 330 (Grad Lounge)
Apr

5

(All day)

Gen/Sex: Conference - Queer Urgencies

TBD
Apr

8

10:00 AM to 11:30 AM

Graduate Revision Workshop: Martine Tchitchihe

Fisher-Bennett Hall, room 330
Apr

9

4:30 PM to 6:00 PM

Faculty Meeting

Fisher-Bennett Hall, room 135 (Faculty Lounge)
Apr

12

(All day)

Graduate Spring Language Exams

Fisher-Bennett Hall
Apr

12

(All day)

50-Book Exam Lists Due to Ann Marie Pitts by 12pm

Fisher-Bennett Hall
Apr

12

9:00 AM to 9:00 PM

Tim Corrigan Retirement Symposium and Reception

Kislak Center, 6th Floor, Van Pelt Library
Apr

19

(All day)

Dissertation Proposals Due to Ann Marie Pitts by 12pm

Fisher-Bennett Hall
Apr

22

6:30 PM to 8:00 PM

KWH: Reading & Interview/Conversation with 2019 Writers House Fellow Rosanne Cash

Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk

Reading: Monday, April 22 at 6:30PM

Interview/conversation with brunch: Tuesday, April 23 at 10:00 AM
Apr

22

6:30 PM to 8:00 PM

KWH: Reading & Interview/Conversation with 2019 Writers House Fellow Rosanne Cash

Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk

Reading: Monday, April 22 at 6:30PM

Interview/conversation with brunch: Tuesday, April 23 at 10:00 AM
Apr

24

12:00 PM to 2:00 PM

Works-in-Progress Workshop for Fifth Years

Fisher-Bennett Hall, room 135 (Faculty Lounge)
Apr

26

(All day)

Field Exam Proposals Due to Ann Marie Pitts by 12pm

Fisher-Bennett Hall
Apr

26

12:00 PM to 6:00 PM

Counter-Histories of Theory Symposium

Fisher-Bennett Hall, room 401

Reception to follow in Fisher-Bennett Hall, room 135 (Faculty Lounge)
Apr

29

10:00 AM to 11:30 AM

Graduate Revision Workshop: TBA

Fisher-Bennett Hall, room 330
Apr

30

4:30 PM to 6:00 PM

Undergraduate Party

Fisher-Bennett Hall, room 135 (Faculty Lounge)
May

1

5:00 PM to 7:00 PM

End of Year Cocktail Party

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May

20

12:00 PM to 1:30 PM

Commencement Reception

Fisher-Bennett Hall, 2nd floor reception area
Aug

27

10:00 AM to 4:00 PM

Graduate 50 Book Exams and Welcome Back

Faculty Offices
Aug

27

12:00 PM to 2:00 PM

Graduate Orientation Luncheon

Fisher-Bennett Hall Faculty Lounge (room 135)
Aug

27

5:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Graduate 50-Book Exam Party

Graduate Lounge
Sep

4

(All day)

Graduate 50 Book Exams Reports due to Ann Marie Pitts

FBH
Sep

13

7:00 PM to 9:30 PM

Collation and Department Party

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Oct

12

(All day)

WIPs Sign-up Deadline

FBH

WIPs Sign-up for Wednesday, November 28, 2018 Deadline
Oct

19

(All day)

Field Exams Scheduled

Third Years and Faculty Committees
FBH
Dates for written and oral portions of Field Exams should be scheduled. Written Field Exams begin no sooner than 2 weeks before Thanksgiving and no later than last day of fall classes (Thursday, November 8- Monday, December 10, 2018). Oral portion of Field Exam takes place with 2 weeks of the written exam no later than Thursday, December 20, 2018.
Oct

19

(All day)

Graduate Fall Language Exam

Fisher-Bennett Hall
Nov

8

(All day)

Graduate Field Exams (Written)

Third Years and Faculty Committees
FBH
Written Field Exams begin no sooner than 2 weeks before Thanksgiving and no later than last day of fall classes (Thursday, November 8- Monday, December 10, 2018). Oral portion of Field Exam takes place within 2 weeks of the written exam no later than Thursday, December 20, 2018.
Nov

9

(All day)

Kislak Fellowship Due to Ann Marie Pitts by 12pm

FBH

Material Texts: Samantha Sommers (Ohio State), “Reading in Books: Reading Materially in William Wells Brown’s Clotel"

Graduate Revision Workshop: Martine Tchitchihe

Material Texts: Gary Dyer (Cleveland State): “John Hunt's Lord Byron"

Res-Vic: Zach Fruit, "In Common: Land Enclosure and the Idea of the Rise of the Novel" WIP

Paleography: Working Group Meeting

Mods: Steven Lee, "Modernism, Socialist Realism, and the Manifesto"

Material Texts: Mitch Fraas (Penn), “Boilerplate: Documentation, Paperwork, and the Persistence of Form across the Early Modern and Modern Worlds”

Gen/Sex: Kyla Tompkins, "'Everthing 'Cept Eat Us'" from Racial Indigestion

Poetry & Poetics: Eric Schmaltz, poetry reading combined with a discussion of Surfaces

Material Texts: Arthur Kiron (Penn), “Hidden in Plain Sight: Christian Readers of Rabbinic Literature in the Colonial Americas”

Paleography: Working Group Meeting

Anthropocene and Animal Studies: Discussion of Anna Tsing's The Mushroom at the End of the World (2015)

Med/Ren: Anna Lyman’s WIP

Poetry & Poetics: Davis Knittle, WIP

Graduate Revision Workshop: Devin William Daniels

Poetry & Poetics: Keegan Finberg, WIP

Med/Ren: Kellie Robertson

Latitudes, Mods, Res-Vic: Nasser Mufti

M@P: 11th Annual Medievalists @ Penn Conference

Graduate Revision Workshop: Alvin L.J. Kim

Med/Ren: Sarah Novacich

Anthropocene and Animal Studies, Poetry & Poetics: Graduate Student Lunch with Brian Teare and Allison Cobb

Med/Ren: Erika Lin

Gen/Sex: Conference - Queer Urgencies

Graduate Revision Workshop: Martine Tchitchihe

Graduate Revision Workshop: TBA