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8th Annual CNAIR Research Symposium
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM, sponsored by Center for Native American and Indigenous Research (CNAIR)
Join CNAIR for our 8th Annual Research Symposium at the Woman's Club of Evanston on April 9 and 10! We will...
Literary Events Across Northwestern
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Brady Tea
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by Brady Scholars Program in Ethics and Civic Life
Brady Scholars gather weekly for refreshments and discussion about recent events and their implications for our society, ongoing moral difficulties...
multi-day
Nowruz Film Series
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM, sponsored by Slavic Languages and Literatures
This Spring, the Northwestern University Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures is hosting its third annual Nowruz event series, Celebrating...
multi-day
Nowruz Film Series
5:30 PM - 8:00 PM, sponsored by Slavic Languages and Literatures
This Spring, the Northwestern University Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures is hosting its third annual Nowruz event series, Celebrating...
multi-day
Nowruz Film Series
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM, sponsored by Slavic Languages and Literatures
This Spring, the Northwestern University Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures is hosting its third annual Nowruz event series, Celebrating...
multi-day
Nowruz Film Series
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM, sponsored by Slavic Languages and Literatures
This Spring, the Northwestern University Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures is hosting its third annual Nowruz event series, Celebrating...
multi-day
Writers Fest 2026
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by English Department
Please join us for the 18th annual Writers Festival, featuring renowned writers offering public readings! This year's featured writers are Leni...
Apr
8
2026
"The Religious Vocabulary of Turkic-Speaking Christians and the Problem of the Origin of the Gagauz" with Sergey Ivanov
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Keyman Modern Turkish Studies Program at the Roberta Buffett Institute
Join the Keyman Modern Turkish Studies Program for "The Religious Vocabulary of Turkic-Speaking Christians and the Problem of the Origin...
Apr
9
2026
“The ‘Good Farmers’ of 16th-Century Central Mexico: Soil Taxonomies and Soil Transformations in the Codex Vergara and the Codex de Santa Maria Asunción.”
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Spanish and Portuguese
The Codex Vergara and the Codex de Santa María Asunción are two cadastral documents produced in sixteenth-century New Spain. The...
Apr
13
2026
Nowruz event series: Live multicultural performance
12:00 PM - 3:00 PM, sponsored by Slavic Languages and Literatures
This Spring, the Northwestern University Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures is hosting its third annual Nowruz event series, Celebrating...
Apr
14
2026
On Marx's CAPITAL for the 21st Century - with Translator Paul Reiter
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities
Translator Paul Reitter and editor Paul North will discuss the publication of the new English translation of Karl Marx's Capital,...
Apr
15
2026
Undergraduate & Faculty Lunch
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by History Department
Undergrads! Have lunch with your fellow History undergrads and faculty 12:30PM - 1:30PM on Wednesday, April 15th.
Apr
16
2026
Antony Eastmond (The Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London): "Byzantium, the Caucasus, and Artistic Borders in the Medieval World"
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Art History
The Northwestern Medieval Colloquium and the Department of Art History are pleased to invite you to a talk by Professor...
Apr
16
2026
Clean Living: Lessons from a Chemical War: A talk by Dr. Thuy Tu
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Asian American Studies Program
For decades, the multi-billion dollar health and wellness industry has touted the virtues of clean living. This lecture asks: What...
Apr
16
2026
Junior Workshop
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM, sponsored by Brady Scholars Program in Ethics and Civic Life
Juniors begin preliminary planning for project work that they will take on in their senior year.
Apr
20
2026
Junior Workshop [copy]
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM, sponsored by Brady Scholars Program in Ethics and Civic Life
Juniors begin preliminary planning for project work that they will take on in their senior year.
Apr
21
2026
Anatomy of a Rural Honduran Cocaine Hub
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Join us for a presentation by Professor Laura Blume sponsored by Latin American and Caribbean Studies! Building on over a decade...
Apr
21
2026
NAIS Book Club Spring Meeting
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM, sponsored by Center for Native American and Indigenous Research (CNAIR)
Join us for the Native American and Indigenous Studies book club! At our Spring Quarter meeting, we will be discussing...
Apr
23
2026
ISITA | The Chronicles of Two West African Kingdoms - Zachary Wright, Ali Diakite, Mauro Nobili
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM, sponsored by Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa (ISITA)
Join the Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa (ISITA) for a talk in our Islam in Africa...
Apr
23
2026
Workshop in Latin American Indigenous Studies
12:00 PM - 3:00 PM, sponsored by Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Join the Colonial Latin American Studies Working Group for a Workshop in Latin American Indigenous Studies on April 23rd from...
Apr
23
2026
Sandra Boehringer (University of Strasbourg)
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
Classics Cluster Visiting Lecture Is “Queer” a Useful Category of Historical Analysis? Sappho, Winkler, and the Rest of Us This talk proposes...
Apr
23
2026
Writing Brown Crafts: A Creative Praxis for Our Present | A talk by Dr. Christopher Patterson
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by Asian American Studies Program
This talk reflects on acts of writing in times of grief, disillusionment, and emerging fascism. Christopher B. Patterson will discuss...
Apr
28
2026
Poetry & Poetics: Performance-In-Conversation with Noa Fields and JJJJJerome Ellis
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by English Department
Please join the English department & the Poetry & Poetics cluster, as part of the UNSETTLING SOUND event series, for...
May
5
2026
Bleeding Bodies: Gender, Education, and Ritual in Contemporary Jewish Life.
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
Religious Studies Grad-Faculty Symposium: Panelists: Prof. Shira Schwartz (Northwestern University), Prof. Vanessa Ochs (The Univesity of Virginia) Prof. Sharra Vostral (Northwestern University) Liza...
May
6
2026
Warnock Lecture Series: Antonio Somaini (Université Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris)
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Art History
Spring 2026 Warnock Lecture, presented by the Department of Art History Antonio Somaini (Université Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris): What If? Generative AI,...
May
12
2026
Religious Studies Edmund Perry Lecture
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
Edmund Perry Lecture presented by Maria Heim, George Lyman Crosby 1896 & Stanley Warfield Crosby Professor in Religion at Amherst...
May
13
2026
Undergraduate & Faculty Lunch
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by History Department
Undergrads! Have lunch with your fellow History undergrads and faculty 12:30PM - 1:30PM on Wednesday, May 13th.
May
14
2026
Junior Workshop [copy] [copy]
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM, sponsored by Brady Scholars Program in Ethics and Civic Life
Juniors begin preliminary planning for project work that they will take on in their senior year.
May
15
2026
Religious Studies Students' Visit to the Block Museum of Art
All day, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
Student Field Trip led by Professor Shira Schwartz and Professor Usman Hamid @ the Block Museum of Art. Additional information and...
May
15
2026
Teaching the Body: Portraits of Religious Transmission
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by Block Museum of Art
Hamdia Traoré’s “Des marabouts de Djenné” and Muslim Portraiture in Mali presents rare insight into the Qur’anic schools of Mali,...
May
18
2026
Inventories of Ruin: The Demise of the Mexican Jesuits, in Three Acts
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Please join the Colonial Latin American Studies Working Group of LACS for a book presentation of Inventories of Ruin: The...
May
19
2026
Spring Quarter CNAIR Brown Bag
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Center for Native American and Indigenous Research (CNAIR)
Join us for our spring quarter brown bag where we will build on our exploration of Indigenous Feminisms! Stay tuned...
May
19
2026
The Last Slave Ship: Searching for African Counterhistories from Boston to the Brazilian Amazon
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Join us for a talk with Professor Yuko Miki sponsored by Latin American and Caribbean Studies! By tracing the journey of...
May
19
2026
Cathy Linh Che & Jess X. Snow Screening and Q&A
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM, sponsored by Asian American Studies Program
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