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January 18, 2019 (Friday)
GEA Meeting 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM Fisher-Bennett Hall, room 330 (Graduate Lounge) Join us for the GEA's first meeting of the semester. We will meet on Friday, 1/18, at 12pm in the grad lounge, and, as always, there will be snacks! Please join us to learn more about all of the wonderful events that are in the works this Spring.

January 22, 2019 (Tuesday)
GEA pre-Doctoral Funding Panel and Discussion 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM Fisher-Bennett Hall, room 330 (Graduate Lounge) This event will feature a panel of graduate students who will discuss the forms of predoctoral funding available at the departmental and university level, including conference or research travel, teaching and writing fellowships, specific funding...

January 23, 2019 (Wednesday)
Latitudes: Aaron Bartels-Swindells WIP: "Of 'Masks and Marx': Ayi Kwei Armah's Afrocentrism and Decolonial Aesthetics, 1967-1984" 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM Fisher-Bennett Hall, room 135 (Faculty Lounge)
Med/Ren: Anna Lyman’s WIP 4:30 PM to 5:30 PM Fisher-Bennett Hall, room 330 (Grad Lounge)

January 30, 2019 (Wednesday)
Gen/Sex, Poetry & Poetics: Davy Knittle, WIP: "'It’s Impossible to Say Anything New about the East Village Changing': Toward a Trans Theory of Gentrification with Eileen Myles" 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM Fisher-Bennett Hall, room 330 (Grad Lounge)

February 1, 2019 (Friday)
fifthyears Graduate SAS Dissertation Completion Fellowship (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)
fifthyears, sixthyears Critical Writing Graduate Teaching Fellowships Applications Due to Val Ross (All day) FBH

February 4, 2019 (Monday)
Graduate Revision Workshop: Devin William Daniels 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM Fisher-Bennett Hall, room 330

February 8, 2019 (Friday)
fourthyears, fifthyears King’s College Fellowship Applications Due to Ann Marie Pitts by 12pm (All day) FBH
fifthyears WIPs Sign-up for Wednesday, April 24, 2019 Deadline (All day) FBH
Graduate Admissions Final Meeting Graduate Admissions Committee 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM Fisher-Bennett Hall Faculty Lounge

February 11, 2019 (Monday)
Poetry & Poetics: Keegan Finberg, WIP 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM Fisher-Bennett Hall, room 330 (Grad Lounge)

February 12, 2019 (Tuesday)
AmLit: Ajay Batra (WIP) 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM Fisher-Bennett Hall, Graduate Lounge, room 330

February 13, 2019 (Wednesday)
firstyears, secondyears 50-Book Exam Discussion 12:00 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)
Med/Ren: Kellie Robertson 4:30 PM to 5:30 PM Fisher-Bennett Hall, room 330 (Graduate Lounge)

February 15, 2019 (Friday)
SAS Dissertation Completion Fellowship and SAS Dissertation Research Fellowships Due to Graduate Division (All day) FBH

February 21, 2019 (Thursday)
Latitudes, Mods, Res-Vic: Nasser Mufti Author of Civilizing War: Imperial Politics and the Poetics of National Rupture 5:00 PM to 7:30 PM Fisher-Bennett Hall, room 330 (Graduate Lounge)

February 22, 2019 (Friday)
M@P: 11th Annual Medievalists @ Penn Conference (All day) TBD

March 1, 2019 (Friday)
fourthyears Junior Research Seminar (JRS) Graduate Student Mentor Application due to Ann Marie Pitts by 12pm (All day) FBH

March 12, 2019 (Tuesday)
Graduate Revision Workshop: Ava L.J. Kim 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM Fisher-Bennett Hall, room 330

March 13, 2019 (Wednesday)
firstyears 50-Book Exam Committee Chair must be selected; notify Ann Marie Pitts by 12pm (All day) FBH
Med/Ren: Sarah Novacich 4:30 PM to 5:30 PM Fisher-Bennett Hall, room 330 (Grad Lounge)

March 14, 2019 (Thursday)
AmLit, Latitudes: Prof. Christopher Taylor on Empire of Neglect: The West Indies in the Wake of British Liberalism (All day) Fisher-Bennett Hall, room 330 (Graduate Lounge) \| Time TBD

March 19, 2019 (Tuesday) to March 21, 2019 (Thursday)
Graduate Recruitment Days Faculty and Students (All day) Fisher-Bennett Hall

March 20, 2019 (Wednesday)
Graduate Recruitment Days: Luncheon 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM TBD

March 22, 2019 (Friday)
Fontaine Dinner (All day) TBD Time TBD

March 25, 2019 (Monday)
abd CTL Graduate Fellowship Application due to Ann Marie Pitts by 12pm (All day) FBH

April 2, 2019 (Tuesday)
Anthropocene and Animal Studies, Poetry & Poetics: Graduate Student Lunch with Brian Teare and Allison Cobb 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk, dining room E-mail Knar (knarge@sas.upenn.edu) or Aylin (malcolma@sas.upenn.edu) for more information.

April 3, 2019 (Wednesday)
Graduate Student Town Hall 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM Fisher-Bennett Hall Faculty Lounge Town Hall to coordinate Department Speaker Series and Graduate Group Coordinators for 2019-20.
Med/Ren: Erika Lin 4:30 PM to 5:30 PM Fisher-Bennett Hall, room 330 (Grad Lounge)

April 5, 2019 (Friday) to April 6, 2019 (Saturday)
Gen/Sex: Conference - Queer Urgencies (All day) TBD

April 8, 2019 (Monday)
Graduate Revision Workshop: Martine Tchitchihe 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM Fisher-Bennett Hall, room 330

April 9, 2019 (Tuesday)
AmLit: Elias Rodriques (WIP) 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM Fisher-Bennett Hall, Graduate Lounge, room 330

April 12, 2019 (Friday)
firstyears 50-Book Exam Lists Due to Ann Marie Pitts by 12pm (All day) Fisher-Bennett Hall
Graduate Spring Language Exams (All day) Fisher-Bennett Hall

April 19, 2019 (Friday)
thirdyears Dissertation Proposals Due to Ann Marie Pitts by 12pm (All day) Fisher-Bennett Hall

April 24, 2019 (Wednesday)
fifthyears Works-in-Progress Workshop for Fifth Years 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM Fisher-Bennett Hall, room 135 (Faculty Lounge)

April 26, 2019 (Friday)
secondyears Field Exam Proposals Due to Ann Marie Pitts by 12pm (All day) Fisher-Bennett Hall

April 29, 2019 (Monday)
Graduate Revision Workshop: TBA 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM Fisher-Bennett Hall, room 330

August 26, 2019 (Monday)
secondyears Graduate 50 Book Exams and Welcome Back 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM Faculty Offices
firstyears Graduate Orientation Luncheon 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM Fisher-Bennett Hall Faculty Lounge (room 135)
Graduate 50-Book Exam Party 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM Graduate Lounge

September 4, 2019 (Wednesday)
Graduate 50 Book Exams Reports due to Ann Marie Pitts (All day) FBH

September 12, 2019 (Thursday)
Collation and Department Party 7:00 PM to 9:30 PM Log in with Penn Key for location details

October 11, 2019 (Friday)
fifthyears WIPs Sign-up Deadline (All day) FBH WIPs Sign-up for Wednesday, November 28, 2018 Deadline

October 18, 2019 (Friday)
thirdyears Field Exams Scheduled Third Years and Faculty Committees (All day) 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...

October 19, 2019 (Saturday)
Graduate Fall Language Exam (All day) Fisher-Bennett Hall

November 8, 2019 (Friday) to December 10, 2019 (Tuesday)
thirdyears Graduate Field Exams (Written) Third Years and Faculty Committees (All day) 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...

November 8, 2019 (Friday)
fourthyears, fifthyears Kislak Fellowship Due to Ann Marie Pitts by 12pm (All day) FBH

November 27, 2019 (Wednesday)
fifthyears Works-in-Progress Workshop for Fifth Years Faculty and Students 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM Fisher-Bennett Hall Faculty Lounge

February 1, 2020 (Saturday)
fifthyears Graduate SAS Dissertation Completion Fellowship (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)
fifthyears, sixthyears Critical Writing Graduate Teaching Fellowships Applications Due to Val Ross (All day) FBH

February 7, 2020 (Friday)
fourthyears, fifthyears King’s College Fellowship Applications Due to Ann Marie Pitts by 12pm (All day) FBH
fifthyears WIPs Sign-up for Wednesday, April 24, 2019 Deadline (All day) FBH
Graduate Admissions Final Meeting Graduate Admissions Committee 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM Fisher-Bennett Hall Faculty Lounge

February 12, 2020 (Wednesday)
firstyears, secondyears 50-Book Exam Discussion 12:00 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)

February 15, 2020 (Saturday)
SAS Dissertation Completion Fellowship and SAS Dissertation Research Fellowships Due to Graduate Division (All day) FBH

March 1, 2020 (Sunday)
fourthyears Junior Research Seminar (JRS) Graduate Student Mentor Application due to Ann Marie Pitts by 12pm (All day) FBH

March 13, 2020 (Friday)
firstyears 50-Book Exam Committee Chair must be selected; notify Ann Marie Pitts by 12pm (All day) FBH

March 17, 2020 (Tuesday) to March 19, 2020 (Thursday)
Graduate Recruitment Days Faculty and Students (All day) Fisher-Bennett Hall

March 25, 2020 (Wednesday)
abd CTL Graduate Fellowship Application due to Ann Marie Pitts by 12pm (All day) FBH

April 8, 2020 (Wednesday)
Graduate Student Town Hall 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM Fisher-Bennett Hall Faculty Lounge Town Hall to coordinate Department Speaker Series and Graduate Group Coordinators for 2019-20.

April 12, 2020 (Sunday)
firstyears 50-Book Exam Lists Due to Ann Marie Pitts by 12pm (All day) Fisher-Bennett Hall
Graduate Spring Language Exams (All day) Fisher-Bennett Hall

April 19, 2020 (Sunday)
thirdyears Dissertation Proposals Due to Ann Marie Pitts by 12pm (All day) Fisher-Bennett Hall