Department of English
Upcoming Events
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Feb2011:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Fisher-Bennett Hall, room 330 (Grad Lounge)
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Feb2012:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Fisher-Bennett Hall, room 135 (Faculty Lounge)
Rescheduled to 3/13.
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Feb205:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Philomathean Halls (4th floor of College Hall)
Professor Copeland is coming to the Philomathean Halls (4th floor of College Hall) for an informal roundtable discussion/tea. She's a professor of Classical Studies, English, and Comparative Literature and has done a lot of research about medieval Europe.
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Feb2112:00 PM to 1:15 PM
Faculty-to-Faculty Lunch
CTL/OLI Seminar Room, 134 Van Pelt Library
On Thursday, Feb. 21, Michael Gamer of English and Allyson Mackey of Psychology will lead a Faculty-to-Faculty Lunch discussion, Helping Students Understand How to Learn in Your Course. Sponsored by the Center for Teaching and Learning, this conversation will focus on ways to prepare students to learn in our classes – considering both what messages to send about ways to approach learning in our fields and at college, and how to send those messages so students can absorb them. All faculty are invited to participate.
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Feb215:00 PM to 7:30 PM
Fisher-Bennett Hall, room 330 (Graduate Lounge)
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Feb22(All day)
Mediocrity: Finding the Middle Ground
Class of 1978 Pavilion, Van Pelt Library, 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia PA 19104
What made something “mediocre” in the Middle Ages? We often assume that if a manuscript, literary text, or work of visual or performance art has survived from the medieval period, it is exceptional in some way. But what of things that are just OK? What can this middle ground teach us about form, aesthetics, language, and reception?
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Feb229:00 AM to 7:00 PM
Class of ’78 Pavilion, 6th floor Van Pelt
E-mail pennmedieval@gmail.com for more information.
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Feb2212:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Graduate Student Center Conference Room (2nd floor)
For more information, contact the organizers at pennthropocene@gmail.com.
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Feb2511:00 AM to 12:30 PM
Fisher-Bennett Hall, room 330 (Graduate Lounge)
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Feb2512:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Hosted by Karen Rile
Arts Cafe, Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk
rsvp: wh@writing.upenn.edu or 215-746-POEM
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Feb255:15 PM to 7:00 PM
Class of 1978 Pavilion, 6th floor, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library
We will be welcoming Jeremy Dell for a talk entitled: “Dying for History: The Materiality of Ta'rikh in the Niger Bend.” Jeremy writes:
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Feb2712:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Fisher-Bennett Hall, room 135 (Faculty Lounge)
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Feb276:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Hosted by Arielle Brousse
Arts Cafe, Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk
Help us honor the humor, pathos, and enduring wisdom of children’s books through a celebration of The Sensible Nonsense Project, curated by Arielle Brousse. Six community members will share stories about their favorite books from childhood, what those books taught them, and how those lessons continue to influence their adult lives. Stay on after the readings for a delicious reception inspired by after-school snacks, and to get more information about how you, too, can participate in the project.
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Feb2812:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Van Pelt 623
For more information, contact Aylin at malcolma@sas.upenn.edu.
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Mar1112:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Hosted by Avery Rome
Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk, Arts Cafe
rsvp to: wh@writing.upenn.edu or call (215) 746-POEM
MADELINE MILLER grew up in New York City and Philadelphia. She attended Brown University, where she earned her BA and MA in Classics. She has taught and tutored Latin, Greek and Shakespeare to high school students for the past twenty years.
She has also studied at the University of Chicago’s Committee on Social Thought, and in the Dramaturgy department at Yale School of Drama, where she focused on the adaptation of classical texts to modern forms.
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Mar115:15 PM to 7:00 PM
Class of 1978 Pavilion, 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.
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Mar1210:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Fisher-Bennett Hall, room 330
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Mar1212:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Hosted by Beth Kephart
Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk, Arts Cafe
rsvp: wh@writing.upenn.edu or 215-746-POEM
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Mar124:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Fisher-Bennett Hall, room 135 (Faculty Lounge)
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Mar126:30 PM to 7:30 PM
A Reading and Conversation hosted by Al Filreis
Arts Cafe, Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk
TOM SLEIGH'S many books include Station Zed, Army Cats, (John Updike Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters), and Space Walk (Kingsley Tufts Award). He has also received a Guggenheim Fellowship, an American Academy in Berlin Fellowship, and two National Endowment for the Arts grants. He is a Distinguished Professor at Hunter College and works as a journalist in the Middle East and Africa.
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Mar13(All day)
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Mar1312:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Fisher-Bennett Hall, room 135 (Faculty Lounge)
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Mar134:30 PM to 5:30 PM
Fisher-Bennett Hall, room 330 (Grad Lounge)
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Mar1412:00 PM to 1:30 PM
Van Pelt 623
Catherine Innes-Parker is a Professor of Medieval English literature at the University of Prince Edward Island and a Visiting Research Fellow at the Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies. An expert on women's literacy and manuscript ownership, she is the author of numerous articles and editor of the recent volume Anchoritism in the Middle Ages: Texts and Traditions (University of Chicago Press, 2013).
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Mar144:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Fisher-Bennett Hall, room 330 (Graduate Lounge)
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Mar185:15 PM to 7:00 PM
Class of 1978 Pavilion, 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.
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Mar19(All day)
Faculty and Students
Fisher-Bennett Hall
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Mar195:30 PM to 7:00 PM
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
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Mar20(All day)
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Mar2012:00 PM to 2:00 PM
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Mar22(All day)
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Mar224:00 PM to 6:00 PM
ICA, 118 S. 36 St., Philadelphia, PA.
Free screening of Boots Riley's Sorry to Bother You! Join us for this great opportunity to see (or re-see) the film in the context of a contemporary art museum and a short, informal post-screening discussion with Temple Professor Kartik Nair and Penn English Ph.D. Candidate JS Wu.
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Mar25(All day)
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Mar2510:00 AM to 11:30 AM
440 Williams Hall
For more information, contact the organizers at pennmedieval@gmail.com.
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Mar255:15 PM to 7:00 PM
Class of 1978 Pavilion, 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.
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Mar256:30 PM to 8:00 PM
Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk
Reading: Monday, March 25 at 6:30PM
Interview/conversation with brunch: Tuesday, March 26 at 10:00 AM
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Mar2610:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk
Reading: Monday, March 25 at 6:30PM
Interview/conversation with brunch: Tuesday, March 26 at 10:00 AM
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Mar264:30 PM to 6:00 PM
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Mar2812:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Van Pelt 623
For more information, contact Aylin at malcolma@sas.upenn.edu.
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Mar285:00 PM to 6:30 PM
Fisher-Bennett Hall, room 135 (Faculty Lounge)
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Mar286:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Hosted by Davy Knittle
Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk, Arts Cafe
Sponsored by Creative Ventures
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Mar2912:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Graduate Student Center Conference Room (2nd floor)
For more information, contact the organizers at pennthropocene@gmail.com.
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Mar294:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, 6th floor, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library, 3420 Walnut Street
The Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania Libraries, announces a symposium exploring Walt Whitman, his work and his life, to be held on Friday, March 29, & Saturday, March 30, 2019.
The keynote, "Whitman Getting Old," will be given by Ed Folsom (Iowa), co-director of the Whitman Archive and editor of the Walt Whitman Quarterly Review and the Whitman Series for the University of Iowa Press.
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Mar309:30 AM to 6:00 PM
Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, 6th floor, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library, 3420 Walnut Street
The Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania Libraries, announces a symposium exploring Walt Whitman, his work and his life, to be held on Friday, March 29, & Saturday, March 30, 2019.
The keynote, "Whitman Getting Old," will be given by Ed Folsom (Iowa), co-director of the Whitman Archive and editor of the Walt Whitman Quarterly Review and the Whitman Series for the University of Iowa Press.
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Apr15:15 PM to 7:00 PM
Class of 1978 Pavilion, 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.
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Apr212:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk, dining room
Please register for this event at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lunch-with-allison-cobb-and-brian-teare-tickets-54627304739.
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Apr312:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Fisher-Bennett Hall Faculty Lounge
Town Hall to coordinate Department Speaker Series and Graduate Group Coordinators for 2019-20.
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Apr36:00 PM to 8:00 PM
On Art, Activism & Organizing
International House, Lightbox Film Center, 3701 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA
"REVOLUTION IS THE SOLUTION": A Public Conversation on Art, Activism, and Organizing with BOOTS RILEY.
Free Admission (seating on a first-come basis) + Free Reception starting at 5:00pm in the Lobby.
*Register for Free Tickets on Event Brite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/boots-riley-in-philly-tickets-56350566060
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Apr5(All day)
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Apr810:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Fisher-Bennett Hall, room 330
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Apr85:15 PM to 7:00 PM
Class of 1978 Pavilion, 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.
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Apr94:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Fisher-Bennett Hall, room 135 (Faculty Lounge)
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Apr95:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Fisher-Bennett Hall, Graduate Lounge, room 330
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Apr1012:00 PM to 1:30 PM
TBA
Latitudes is collaborating with the GSWS Graduate Research Colloquium to sponsor this work-in-progress session.
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Apr11(All day)
Location TBA | Time TBA
Latitudes welcomes Prof. P.K. Datta of the Centre for Comparative Politics & Political Theory, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University.
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Apr1112:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Van Pelt 623
For more information, contact Aylin at malcolma@sas.upenn.edu.
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Apr12(All day)
Fisher-Bennett Hall
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Apr12(All day)
Fisher-Bennett Hall
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Apr129:00 AM to 9:00 PM
Kislak Center, 6th Floor, Van Pelt Library
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Apr1511:00 AM to 12:30 PM
Fisher-Bennett Hall, room 330 (Grad Lounge)
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Apr155:15 PM to 7:00 PM
Class of 1978 Pavilion, 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.
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Apr19(All day)
Fisher-Bennett Hall
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Apr2210:00 AM to 11:30 AM
440 Williams Hall
For more information, contact the organizers at pennmedieval@gmail.com.
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Apr225:15 PM to 7:00 PM
Class of 1978 Pavilion, 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.
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Apr226:30 PM to 8:00 PM
Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk
Reading: Monday, April 22 at 6:30PM
Interview/conversation with brunch: Tuesday, April 23 at 10:00 AM
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Apr226:30 PM to 8:00 PM
Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk
Reading: Monday, April 22 at 6:30PM
Interview/conversation with brunch: Tuesday, April 23 at 10:00 AM
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Apr2412:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Fisher-Bennett Hall, room 135 (Faculty Lounge)
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Apr246:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Hosted by Paul Hendrickson
Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk, Arts Cafe
Hosted by the Povich Journalism Program
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Apr26(All day)
Fisher-Bennett Hall
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Apr2612:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Graduate Student Center Conference Room (2nd floor)
For more information, contact the organizers at pennthropocene@gmail.com.
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Apr2612:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Fisher-Bennett Hall, room 401
Reception to follow in Fisher-Bennett Hall, room 135 (Faculty Lounge)
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Apr2910:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Fisher-Bennett Hall, room 330
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May112:00 PM to 1:30 PM
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May15:00 PM to 7:00 PM
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May2(All day)
Venue and Hours TBA
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May2012:00 PM to 1:30 PM
Fisher-Bennett Hall, 2nd floor reception area
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Aug2710:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Faculty Offices
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Aug2712:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Fisher-Bennett Hall Faculty Lounge (room 135)
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Aug275:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Graduate Lounge
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Sep4(All day)
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Sep137:00 PM to 9:30 PM
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Oct12(All day)
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Oct19(All day)
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.
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Oct19(All day)
Fisher-Bennett Hall
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Nov9(All day)
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Nov8(All day)
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.
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Nov2812:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Faculty and Students
Fisher-Bennett Hall Faculty Lounge
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Feb1(All day)
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Feb1(All day)
FBH
SAS Dissertation Research Fellowships Due to Ann Marie Pitts by 12pm
(Students who expect to complete their dissertation in 2019-20 are ineligible)
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Feb15(All day)
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Feb1(All day)
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Feb1511:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Graduate Admissions Committee
Fisher-Bennett Hall Faculty Lounge
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Feb1312:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Fisher-Bennett Hall Faculty Lounge
50-Book Exam Discussion (12-1pm)
(First Years)
Field Exam List Discussion (1-2pm)
(Second Years)
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