multi-day
17th Annual Writers Fest, Day 1 Reading: Mary South
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by English Department
Mary South is the author of the short story collection You Will Never Be Forgotten with FSG Originals. She is...
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multi-day
The 12th National Symposium on Spanish as a Heritage Language
All day, sponsored by Department of Spanish and Portuguese
The National Symposium on Spanish as a Heritage Language (NSSHL) is an intellectual forum for the discussion and advancement on...
multi-day
Annual SPAN Workshop: Critical Fabulation as Queer Method
9:30 AM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by The Sexualities Project at Northwestern (SPAN)
Join us for SPAN's annual workshop with Keynote Speaker Joshua Whitehead. Keynote - May 15th 5-6:30 Panelists - May 16th 9:30-6
Apr
4
2025
CCHS conference on caring for the dead in Africa and the Mongolian Empire: Day 1
All day, sponsored by Center for Historical Studies
Faculty CONFERENCE convened by Professors Jonathan BRACK, Sean HANRETTA, and Akinwumi OGUNDIRAN on “Caring for the Dead: Ancestor Veneration, Religious...
Apr
7
2025
Dagmar Schäfer - "Rich Times: Global History, Technology and Yuan Silks"
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Science in Human Culture Program - Klopsteg Lecture Series
Speaker Dagmar Schäfer - History, Max Planck Institute Title "Rich Times: Global History, Technology and Yuan Silks" Abstract In this lecture, Professor Schäfer explores the...
Apr
8
2025
Mermaids, Physicians, and Unruly Things: The Politics of Healing in Revival Zion Religion
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
Guest Lecture by Professor Khytie Brown, Professor in the Department of Religious Studies, The University of Texas at Austin
Apr
8
2025
21st Century Reparatory Justice: From Episodic Moments to the Global Movement
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Buffett Institute for Global Affairs
Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, a renowned historian, academic leader, and advocate for social justice will address the Northwestern community on...
Apr
10
2025
7th Annual Center for Native American and Indigenous Research Spring Symposium
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by Center for Native American and Indigenous Research (CNAIR)
7th Annual Center for Native American and Indigenous Research Spring Symposium.
Apr
10
2025
Black Celebrity and Media Reimagined: An Interdisciplinary Roundtable
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by English Department
For the American Cultures Colloquium spring event, Professors Miriam Petty (Northwestern University), Francesca Royster (DePaul University), and Samantha Pinto (University...
Apr
11
2025
7th Annual Center for Native American and Indigenous Research Spring Symposium
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by Center for Native American and Indigenous Research (CNAIR)
7th Annual Center for Native American and Indigenous Research Spring Symposium.
Apr
11
2025
Classics Visiting Lecture: Francesca Schironi (University of Michigan)
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
Classics Visiting Lecture: Francesca Schironi (University of Michigan)
Apr
14
2025
Undergraduate-Faculty Lunch
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by History Department
Undergrads! Join lunch with your fellow History undergrads and faculty at 12:30PM - 2:00PM. If this will be your first...
Apr
17
2025
The Moore Lecture Series presents John Keene
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by English Department
The Moore Lecture Series is proud to present acclaimed author and poet John Keene. His 2022 poetry collection, Punks: New and...
Apr
17
2025
NAIS Grad Cluster Book Club: Indigenous Archival Activism by Rose Miron
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM, sponsored by Center for Native American and Indigenous Research (CNAIR)
NAIS minor, NAIS Cluster students, and CNAIR Fellows are encouraged to come together this for a quarterly book club with...
Apr
18
2025
Sarah Derbew (Stanford University): “Horizontal Reading Practices in Greek and Ethiopian Satire”
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
Please join us on Friday, April 18 at noon in the Classics Seminar Room (Kresge 4364) for a lecture by...
Apr
21
2025
MENA | The Portrait of an Alla Franca Shaykh: Sufism, Modernity, and Class in Turkey | Feyza Burak-Adli, Northwestern University
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Middle East and North African Studies
Feyza Burak-Adli is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Anthropology at Northwestern University. She will give a presentation on...
Apr
21
2025
Taylor Moore - "Living Fossils: Anatomies of Race and Reproduction in Egypt"
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Science in Human Culture Program - Klopsteg Lecture Series
Speaker Taylor Moore - History, University of California Santa Barbara Title "Living Fossils: Anatomies of Race and Reproduction in Egypt" Abstract This talk traces the...
Apr
21
2025
Novel Ecologies: Allison Carruth in Conversation with Sarah Dimick
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by English Department
Allison Carruth is Professor in the Effron Center for the Study of America and High Meadows Environmental Institute at Princeton...
Apr
23
2025
Warnock Lecture Series: Anne Lafont (École des hautes études en sciences sociales, Paris)
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Art History
Spring 2025 Warnock Lecture, presented by the Department of Art History Lecture: 5:00–6:30pm Reception: 6:30–7:30pm
Apr
28
2025
Between Orientalism and commercial alliances: Argentine and Chilean elites and the Empire of Japan
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Pedro Iacobelli (Universidad de los Andes) This presentation explores Latin American views of the growing Japanese presence in the region in...
Apr
30
2025
Graduate-Faculty Lunch
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by History Department
Graduates - Join lunch with your fellow History graduate students and faculty. If this will be your first time all...
Apr
30
2025
A Lake of Fire: Apocalyptic Futures and an Anthropology of Grace
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
Edmund Perry Lecture 2025 Presented by Tulasi Srinivas, Professor of Anthropology, Religion and Transnational Studies at The Marlboro Institute for Interdisciplinary...
May
2
2025
BRADY LECTURE SERIES: Kieran Setiya - "Meaning and the Afterlife"
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM, sponsored by Brady Scholars Program in Ethics and Civic Life
Keynote Speaker, Kieran Setyia Kieran Setiya is Peter de Florez Professor of Philosophy at MIT, where he works on ethics and...
May
3
2025
BRADY NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ETHICS AND CIVIC LIFE
10:00 AM - 3:30 PM, sponsored by Brady Scholars Program in Ethics and Civic Life
Current and Former Brady Scholars, Grad Fellows and Faculty Saturday, May 3, 10 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
May
3
2025
4th Annual NAISA Traditional Spring Pow Wow
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion
Northwestern's Native American and Indigenous Student Alliance is hosting its 4th annual Traditional Spring Pow Wow at the Welsh-Ryan Arena. A...
May
5
2025
James E. Dobson - "Neural Network Computing Before GPUs"
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Science in Human Culture Program - Klopsteg Lecture Series
Speaker James E. Dobson - English, Dartmouth College Title "Neural Network Computing Before GPUs" Abstract High-speed, high-memory, multicore graphics processing units such as those sold...
May
6
2025
Faculty Book Colloquium with Kevin Buckelew
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
Faculty Book Colloquium for Professor Kevin Buckelew’s new book, Discerning Buddhas. Panelist: Professor Stephanie Balkwill, The Department of Asian Languages & Cultures,...
May
7
2025
Sandra Cisneros: Reading, Discussion, and Performance from the Opera "The House on Mango Street"
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM, sponsored by English Department
The Litowitz MFA+MA Program and the Bienen School of Music are proud to present Sandra Cisneros, in conversation with Derek...
May
16
2025
Classics Visiting Lecture: Glenn Most
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
Classics Visiting Lecture: Glenn Most
May
19
2025
Undergraduate-Faculty Lunch
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by History Department
Undergrads! Join lunch with your fellow History undergrads and faculty at 12:30PM - 2:00PM. If this will be your first...
May
21
2025
Graduate-Faculty Lunch
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by History Department
Graduates - Join lunch with your fellow History graduate students and faculty. If this will be your first time all...
May
21
2025
Buffett Book Talk: Heaven Has a Wall
4:00 PM - 5:15 PM, sponsored by Buffett Institute for Global Affairs
Join us for a book talk with Beth Hurd, author of Heaven Has a Wall. Through an analysis of the many ways...
May
22
2025
Learning Sciences Book Talk: Revolutionary Engineers: Learning, Politics, and Activism at Aryamehr University of Technology
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by School of Education and Social Policy
Please join us on Thursday, May 22 at 12:30 pm CST for a book talk on Revolutionary Engineers: Learning, Politics,...