Upcoming Events

Apr

6

5:15 PM to 6:30 PM

Material Texts: Andrew Pettegree (St. Andrews) and Arthur der Weduwen (St. Andrews): "Materializing the Immaterial. Recovering the lost books of Early Modern Europe"--CANCELED

Class of 1978 Pavilion, in the Kislak Center for Special Collections on the 6th floor of the University of Pennsylvania's Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center
Apr

7

4:30 PM to 6:00 PM

Faculty Meeting--CANCELED

Fisher-Bennett Hall Faculty Lounge, room 135
Apr

9

3:00 PM to 4:00 PM

GEA Meeting--CANCELED

Fisher-Bennett Hall 330
Apr

9

5:00 PM to 7:00 PM

Department Lecture: Mel Y. Chen - POSTPONED

Fisher-Bennett Hall 401

Working to reschedule this talk for Fall 2020 or Spring 2021.
Apr

10

(All day)

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

Fisher-Bennett Hall
Apr

13

(All day)

Grade Type Change Deadline

Penn in Touch

Because of Covid-19, the deadline to change your grading type to Pass/Fail has been extended to April 13th.
Apr

13

5:15 PM to 6:30 PM

Material Texts: Carlo Ginzburg (Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa): "Sterne's Punctuation, Once Again: A Comparative Approach" --CANCELED

Class of 1978 Pavilion, in the Kislak Center for Special Collections on the 6th floor of the University of Pennsylvania's Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center
Apr

14

(All day)

Registration for Summer 2020 Begins

Penn in Touch

Registration for classes during the summer will begin.
Apr

14

9:00 AM to 12:00 AM

Fall 2020 Advanced Registration

Penn in Touch

Advanced registration for fall 2020 begins on April 14th and will end on April 24th.
Apr

15

5:30 PM to 7:00 PM

Mods: John Greaney Talk--CANCELED

Fisher-Bennett Hall, Graduate Lounge, Room 330
Apr

17

(All day)

Graduate Spring Language Exams

Fisher-Bennett Hall
Apr

17

(All day)

Dissertation Proposals Due to Ann Marie Pitts by 12pm

Fisher-Bennett Hall
Apr

17

9:00 AM to 7:00 PM

M@P: 12th-Annual Medievalists @ Penn Graduate Conference - CANCELED

Technique & Technology in the Middle Ages
Van Pelt Library
Apr

20

5:15 PM to 6:30 PM

Material Texts: Lara Cohen (Swarthmore): "Paschal Beverly Randolph's Occult Undergrounds" --CANCELED

Class of 1978 Pavilion, in the Kislak Center for Special Collections on the 6th floor of the University of Pennsylvania's Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center
Apr

20

5:30 PM to 7:30 PM

AmLit: Prof. Monica Huerta (Princeton) - POSTPONED

Fisher-Bennett Hall Graduate Lounge (room 330)

Coordinated by Jane Robbins Mize and Ethan Plaue.
Apr

24

(All day)

Field Exam Proposals Due to Ann Marie Pitts by 12pm

Fisher-Bennett Hall
Apr

27

5:15 PM to 6:30 PM

Material Texts: Roger Chartier (Penn): "The Persistence of the Ephemera. The Printed Word and the Non-Book Texts" --CANCELED

Class of 1978 Pavilion, in the Kislak Center for Special Collections on the 6th floor of the University of Pennsylvania's Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center
Apr

29

(All day)

Last day of classes

Fisher-Bennett Hall
Apr

30

12:00 PM to 1:30 PM

Anthropocene and Animal Studies: Selections from John Bellamy Foster's "Marx's Ecology: Materialism and Nature" and "The Return of Nature: Socialism and Ecology"--CANCELED

Williams 616
Apr

30

3:30 PM to 5:00 PM

Party for Undergraduates--CANCELED

Fisher-Bennett Hall Undergraduate Lounge, second floor
Apr

30

5:00 PM to 7:00 PM

Party for ENGL faculty, staff, & grads--CANCELED

Fisher-Bennett Hall
May

18

12:00 PM to 2:00 PM

Commencement reception for graduating seniors & their families--CANCELED

Fisher-Bennett Hall Undergraduate Lounge, second floor
Aug

24

10:00 AM to 4:00 PM

Graduate 50 Book Exams and Welcome Back

Faculty Offices
Aug

24

12:00 PM to 2:00 PM

Graduate Orientation Luncheon

Fisher-Bennett Hall Faculty Lounge (room 135)
Aug

24

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

10

5:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Collation and Department Party

Log in with Penn Key for location details
Oct

9

(All day)

WIPs Sign-up Deadline

FBH

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

16

(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

13

(All day)

Kislak Fellowship Due to Ann Marie Pitts by 12pm

FBH
Nov

25

12:00 PM to 2:00 PM

Works-in-Progress Workshop for Fifth Years

Faculty and Students
Fisher-Bennett Hall Faculty Lounge
Feb

10

12:00 PM to 2:00 PM

50-Book and Field Exam Discussion

Fisher-Bennett Hall Faculty Lounge

50-Book Exam Discussion (12-1pm)

(First Years)

Field Exam List Discussion (1-2pm)

(Second Years)
Feb

12

(All day)

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

FBH
Feb

12

(All day)

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

FBH
Feb

12

10:00 AM to 3:00 PM

Graduate Admissions Final Meeting

Graduate Admissions Committee
Fisher-Bennett Hall Faculty Lounge
Feb

15

(All day)

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

FBH
Mar

1

(All day)

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

FBH
Mar

25

(All day)

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

FBH

Material Texts: Andrew Pettegree (St. Andrews) and Arthur der Weduwen (St. Andrews): "Materializing the Immaterial. Recovering the lost books of Early Modern Europe"--CANCELED

Material Texts: Carlo Ginzburg (Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa): "Sterne's Punctuation, Once Again: A Comparative Approach" --CANCELED

Mods: John Greaney Talk--CANCELED

M@P: 12th-Annual Medievalists @ Penn Graduate Conference - CANCELED

Material Texts: Lara Cohen (Swarthmore): "Paschal Beverly Randolph's Occult Undergrounds" --CANCELED

AmLit: Prof. Monica Huerta (Princeton) - POSTPONED

Material Texts: Roger Chartier (Penn): "The Persistence of the Ephemera. The Printed Word and the Non-Book Texts" --CANCELED

Anthropocene and Animal Studies: Selections from John Bellamy Foster's "Marx's Ecology: Materialism and Nature" and "The Return of Nature: Socialism and Ecology"--CANCELED