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January 24, 2022 (Monday)
Time Sensitive Reading Series: Denise Ferreira da Silva, "After It's All Said: Notes Toward a Material Aesthetics" 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM YouTube Livestream Livestream here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4B2qyu6pIc

January 31, 2022 (Monday)
thirdyears JRS Workshop 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM Fisher-Bennett Hall Faculty Lounge, room 135
Material Texts: Carlos Spoerhase (Bielefeld): "Failed Formats: Goethe’s Literary Anthology for the German People" 5:15 PM to 6:30 PM Class of 1978 Pavilion, on the 6th floor of Van Pelt Library

February 7, 2022 (Monday)
Material Texts: Dahye Kim (Northwestern University): "The Hangul Typewriter: Failing Communication and the Korean Writing System" 5:15 PM to 6:30 PM Class of 1978 Pavilion, on the 6th floor of Van Pelt Library

February 11, 2022 (Friday)
fifthyears WIPs Sign-up for Wednesday, April 24 Deadline (All day) FBH
fourthyears, fifthyears King’s College Fellowship Applications Due to Grad Coordinator by 12pm (All day) FBH
Graduate Admissions Final Meeting Graduate Admissions Committee 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM Fisher-Bennett Hall Faculty Lounge

February 14, 2022 (Monday)
thirdyears JRS Workshop 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM Fisher-Bennett Hall Faculty Lounge, room 135
Material Texts: Aylin Malcolm (Penn): "Revolutionary Science: Movable Books and the Medieval Universe" 5:15 PM to 6:30 PM Class of 1978 Pavilion, on the 6th floor of Van Pelt Library

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)
Premodern Studies: Dan Wakelin (Professor of English Palaeography, University of Oxford) 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM Location: Zoom

February 21, 2022 (Monday)
Material Texts: Meg Leja (Binghamton): "Mending Bodies by (A)mending Texts: Medical Manuscripts from the Early Middle Ages" 5:15 PM to 6:30 PM Class of 1978 Pavilion, on the 6th floor of Van Pelt Library

February 24, 2022 (Thursday)
Material Texts: Pamela Smith (Columbia University): "Making and Knowing in Early Modern How-To Texts" 5:15 PM to 6:30 PM Class of 1978 Pavilion, on the 6th floor of Van Pelt Library

February 28, 2022 (Monday)
Material Texts: Marcy Dinius (DePaul University): "David Walker's Textual Engagements" 5:15 PM to 6:30 PM Class of 1978 Pavilion, on the 6th floor of Van Pelt Library

March 1, 2022 (Tuesday)
fourthyears Junior Research Seminar (JRS) Graduate Student Mentor Application due to Grad Coordinator by 12pm (All day) FBH

March 2, 2022 (Wednesday)
Premodern Studies: Hannah Marcus (Assistant Professor of History of Science, Harvard University) 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM Location: TBD

March 21, 2022 (Monday)
Material Texts: Sarah Werner: "Practicing Feminist Bibliography" 5:15 PM to 6:30 PM Class of 1978 Pavilion, on the 6th floor of Van Pelt Library

March 23, 2022 (Wednesday) to March 25, 2022 (Friday)
Prospective Graduate Students Visit 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Various

March 23, 2022 (Wednesday)
Premodern Studies: Adrienne Williams Boyarin (Associate Professor of English, University of Victoria) 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM Location: Zoom

March 25, 2022 (Friday)
abd CTL Graduate Fellowship Application due to Grad Coordinator by 12pm (All day) FBH

March 28, 2022 (Monday)
Material Texts: Micha Perry (University of Haifa): "Medieval Jewish Bilingual Charters: Texts, Signs and Sounds" 5:15 PM to 6:30 PM Class of 1978 Pavilion, on the 6th floor of Van Pelt Library

April 4, 2022 (Monday)
Material Texts: Roger Chartier (Penn): "The Skin of an Innocent Lamb: Jack Cade and the Roman Law" 5:15 PM to 6:30 PM Class of 1978 Pavilion, on the 6th floor of Van Pelt Library

April 6, 2022 (Wednesday)
Premodern Studies: Nicholas Jones (Assistant Professor of Spanish, UC Davis) 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM Location: Zoom

April 11, 2022 (Monday)
Material Texts: Material Texts Roadshow (Virtual event): Lisa Baskin, Emiko Hastings (William L. Clements Library), Sarah Lindenbaum: "Women Collectors and Their Collections" 5:15 PM to 6:30 PM Location: Zoom

April 12, 2022 (Tuesday)
Graduate Spring Language Exams (All day) Fisher-Bennett Hall

April 18, 2022 (Monday)
Material Texts: Andrew Stauffer (University of Virginia) and Amanda Licastro (Penn Libraries): "Book Traces: Library History and the Marks of Collaborative Reading" 5:15 PM to 6:30 PM Class of 1978 Pavilion, on the 6th floor of Van Pelt Library

April 24, 2022 (Sunday)
fifthyears Works-in-Progress Workshop for Fifth Years 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM Fisher-Bennett Hall, room 135 (Faculty Lounge)

April 25, 2022 (Monday)
Material Texts: Jerry Singerman retirement celebration 5:15 PM to 6:30 PM Class of 1978 Pavilion, on the 6th floor of Van Pelt Library

April 27, 2022 (Wednesday)
Premodern Studies: Urvashi Chakravarty (Assistant Professor of English, University of Toronto) 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM Location: Zoom

August 30, 2022 (Tuesday)
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, 2022 (Sunday)
Graduate 50 Book Exams Reports due to Graduate Coordinator (All day) FBH

September 8, 2022 (Thursday)
Collation and Department Party 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM Log in with Penn Key for location details

October 14, 2022 (Friday)
fifthyears WIPs Sign-up Deadline (All day) FBH WIPs Sign-up for Wednesday, November 28 Deadline

October 19, 2022 (Wednesday)
Graduate Fall Language Exam (All day) Fisher-Bennett Hall

October 21, 2022 (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 )...

November 8, 2022 (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). Oral portion of Field Exam takes place within 2 weeks of the written...

November 11, 2022 (Friday)
fourthyears, fifthyears Kislak Fellowship Due to Graduate Coordinator by 12pm (All day) FBH

November 30, 2022 (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 10, 2023 (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 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, 2023 (Wednesday)
SAS Dissertation Completion Fellowship and SAS Dissertation Research Fellowships Due to Graduate Division (All day) FBH
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)

March 1, 2023 (Wednesday)
fourthyears Junior Research Seminar (JRS) Graduate Student Mentor Application due to Grad Coordinator by 12pm (All day) FBH

March 25, 2023 (Saturday)
abd CTL Graduate Fellowship Application due to Grad Coordinator by 12pm (All day) FBH

April 12, 2023 (Wednesday)
Graduate Spring Language Exams (All day) Fisher-Bennett Hall

April 24, 2023 (Monday)
fifthyears Works-in-Progress Workshop for Fifth Years 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM Fisher-Bennett Hall, room 135 (Faculty Lounge)