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Upcoming Graduate Events

January 26, 2026 (Monday)
5:15 PM to 7:15 PM

Class of 1978 Pavilion, sixth floor of Van Pelt-Dietrich Library

We are excited to welcome Adrian Johns (University of Chicago) for a talk titled “Looking for Labels: The Science of Safety and the Defenders of Information."

 

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January 30, 2026 (Friday)
5:00 PM to 6:30 PM

FBH Grad Student Lounge (room 330)

Prof. Grogan will talk about her recent first book, Stitch, Unstitch: Modernist Poetry and the World of Work (Columbia UP, 2025), followed by a discussion. We are circulating the Introduction and Ch.4: 'Reproducing Gertrude Stein' for reading...

February 2, 2026 (Monday)
5:15 PM to 7:15 PM

Class of 1978 Pavilion, sixth floor of Van Pelt-Dietrich Library

February 9, 2026 (Monday)
5:15 PM to 7:15 PM

Class of 1978 Pavilion, sixth floor of Van Pelt-Dietrich Library

February 12, 2026 (Thursday)
5:00 PM to 6:30 PM

FBH Grad Student Lounge (room 330)

 

This event will be co-sponsored by the AmLit, Latitudes, and Latinx Studies Working Groups in the Department of English, and by the Center for Latin American and Latinx Studies (CLALS).

 

February 16, 2026 (Monday)
5:15 PM to 7:15 PM

Class of 1978 Pavilion, sixth floor of Van Pelt-Dietrich Library

February 19, 2026 (Thursday)
"We Have Always Been Action Theorists: Toward a Critical Theory of Language for the Age of Generative AI" 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM

FBH Faculty Lounge (room 135)

At a time of rising autocracy that under-regulated tech monopolies have helped usher in, teachers and students in writing-based humanities disciplines can engage generative AI technologies from a standpoint of action—without unnecessary...

February 23, 2026 (Monday)
5:15 PM to 7:15 PM

Class of 1978 Pavilion, sixth floor of Van Pelt-Dietrich Library

February 25, 2026 (Wednesday)
3:00 PM to 5:00 PM

Kislak Center for Special Collections

February 27, 2026 (Friday)
6:00 PM to 7:30 PM

American Grammar Bookstore (2046 N. Front Street)

 

Ruben Reyes, Jr. will give a reading from his novel, Archive of Unknown...

March 2, 2026 (Monday)
5:15 PM to 7:15 PM

Class of 1978 Pavilion, sixth floor of Van Pelt-Dietrich Library

March 16, 2026 (Monday)
5:15 PM to 7:15 PM

Class of 1978 Pavilion, sixth floor of Van Pelt-Dietrich Library

March 23, 2026 (Monday)
5:15 PM to 7:15 PM

Class of 1978 Pavilion, sixth floor of Van Pelt-Dietrich Library

March 25, 2026 (Wednesday)
5:00 PM to 6:30 PM

Fisher-Bennett Hall Graduate Lounge, room 330

March 30, 2026 (Monday)
5:15 PM to 7:15 PM

Class of 1978 Pavilion, sixth floor of Van Pelt-Dietrich Library

April 2, 2026 (Thursday)
6:30 PM to 7:30 PM

Fisher Fine Arts Library

Salt lakes are some of the world’s most extraordinary ecosystems, but nearly all of them—from the Great Salt Lake to the Aral Sea—are drying up, a harbinger of dust storms, rising sea levels, and worsening human health. In this dazzling love letter to...

April 6, 2026 (Monday)
5:15 PM to 7:15 PM

Class of 1978 Pavilion, sixth floor of Van Pelt-Dietrich Library

April 9, 2026 (Thursday)
5:00 PM to 6:30 PM

Location TBD

April 10, 2026 (Friday)
5:30 PM to 7:00 PM

Fisher-Bennett Hall room 401

 

This event is co-sponsored by the Asian American Studies Program and the Department of Cinema & Media Studies.

 

April 13, 2026 (Monday)
5:15 PM to 7:15 PM

Class of 1978 Pavilion, sixth floor of Van Pelt-Dietrich Library

April 20, 2026 (Monday)
10:00 AM to 1:00 PM

FBH Faculty Lounge (room 135) and Zoom

5:15 PM to 7:15 PM

Class of 1978 Pavilion, sixth floor of Van Pelt-Dietrich Library

April 23, 2026 (Thursday)
5:00 PM to 6:30 PM

FBH Grad Student Lounge (room 330)

April 27, 2026 (Monday)
5:15 PM to 7:15 PM

Class of 1978 Pavilion, sixth floor of Van Pelt-Dietrich Library