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November 23, 2020 (Monday)
Material Texts: Material Texts Roadshow, “Writing on Objects”: feat. Chris Faraone (Chicago), Shannon Mattern (The New School), Jennifer Park (UNC-Greensboro), and Suzanne Karr Schmidt (Newberry Library) 5:15 PM to 6:30 PM Zoom To receive the Zoom link each week, please sign up for the listserv using the following link: https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/listinfo/english-hist-book

November 25, 2020 (Wednesday)
fifthyears Works-in-Progress Workshop for Fifth Years Faculty and Students 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM Fisher-Bennett Hall Faculty Lounge

November 27, 2020 (Friday)
Med/Ren: Piers Plowman Reading Group - Prologue and Passus 1 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM Location: Zoom Contact steinere@sas.upenn.edu for Zoom link and password Nov 27th: Prologue and Passus 1 Leaders: Helen Cooper and Emily Steiner Dec 11th: B.Passus 2-4 Leaders: Nicholas Watson and...

November 30, 2020 (Monday)
Material Texts: Thomas D. Conlan (Princeton): "The Transmission of Omission: Understanding Japan’s 14th-15th Centuries Through Altered Histories" 5:15 PM to 6:30 PM Zoom To receive the Zoom link each week, please sign up for the listserv using the following link: https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/listinfo/english-hist-book

December 2, 2020 (Wednesday)
Latitudes: Discussion of "Decolonizing Diasporas" by Prof. Yomaira C. Figueroa-Vásquez 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM Location: Zoom (see listserv for Meeting ID and Passcode) Join Latitudes for a discussion of the just-published Decolonizing Diasporas: Radical Mappings of Afro-Atlantic Literature by Professor Yomaira C. Figueroa-Vásquez (Michigan State). Please email Ann or David for a PDF copy of the introduction...

December 7, 2020 (Monday)
Material Texts: Priya Joshi (Temple): " A Book History of the Novel" 5:15 PM to 6:30 PM Zoom To receive the Zoom link each week, please sign up for the listserv using the following link: https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/listinfo/english-hist-book

December 9, 2020 (Wednesday)
Med/Ren: Alicia Meyer (University of Pennsylvania) 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM Location: Zoom

January 20, 2021 (Wednesday)
Med/Ren: Dániel Margócsy (University of Cambridge) 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM Location: Zoom

February 3, 2021 (Wednesday)
Med/Ren: Sharon Kinoshita (UC Santa Cruz) 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM Location: Zoom

February 10, 2021 (Wednesday)
firstyears, secondyears 50-Book and Field 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 12, 2021 (Friday)
fourthyears, fifthyears King’s College Fellowship Applications Due to Grad Coordinator 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 15, 2021 (Monday)
SAS Dissertation Completion Fellowship and SAS Dissertation Research Fellowships Due to Graduate Division (All day) FBH

February 17, 2021 (Wednesday)
Med/Ren: Phyllis Rackin Lecture: Kimberly Coles (University of Maryland) 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM Location: Zoom

March 1, 2021 (Monday)
fourthyears Junior Research Seminar (JRS) Graduate Student Mentor Application due to Grad Coordinator by 12pm (All day) FBH

March 3, 2021 (Wednesday)
Med/Ren: Aylin Malcolm (University of Pennsylvania) 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM Location: Zoom

March 12, 2021 (Friday)
Med/Ren: Maaike van der Lugt (Paris-Saclay) 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM Location: Zoom

March 25, 2021 (Thursday)
abd CTL Graduate Fellowship Application due to Grad Coordinator by 12pm (All day) FBH

March 26, 2021 (Friday)
Med/Ren: Miri Rubin (Queen Mary University of London) and Samantha Seal (University of New Hampshire) 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM Location: Zoom

April 12, 2021 (Monday)
Graduate Spring Language Exams (All day) Fisher-Bennett Hall

April 14, 2021 (Wednesday)
Med/Ren: Heide Estes (Monmouth University) 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM Location: Zoom

August 30, 2021 (Monday)
secondyears Graduate 50 Book Exams 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM Exams will be held 10-12 PM or 2-4 PM by Zoom. Information will be sent to you by your 50-Book Chair.
firstyears GAS New student Orientation remotely English Department New student Orientation by Zoom 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM TBA

September 4, 2021 (Saturday)
Graduate 50 Book Exams Reports due to Graduate Coordinator (All day) FBH

September 9, 2021 (Thursday)
Collation and Department Party 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM Log in with Penn Key for location details

September 17, 2021 (Friday)
Collation 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM Location: Zoom

October 8, 2021 (Friday)
fifthyears WIPs Sign-up Deadline (All day) FBH WIPs Sign-up for Wednesday, November 28, 2018 Deadline

October 19, 2021 (Tuesday)
Graduate Fall Language Exam (All day) Fisher-Bennett Hall

October 22, 2021 (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...

November 8, 2021 (Monday)
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 12, 2021 (Friday)
fourthyears, fifthyears Kislak Fellowship Due to Graduate Coordinator by 12pm (All day) FBH

November 24, 2021 (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 11, 2022 (Friday)
fourthyears, fifthyears King’s College Fellowship Applications Due to Grad Coordinator 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 15, 2022 (Tuesday)
SAS Dissertation Completion Fellowship and SAS Dissertation Research Fellowships Due to Graduate Division (All day) FBH

February 16, 2022 (Wednesday)
firstyears, secondyears 50-Book and Field 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)