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Literary Events Across Northwestern

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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...

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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
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
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

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...

May
5
2026

Religious Studies Grad-Faculty Symposium

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department

Religious Studies Grad-Faculty Symposium with Prof. Shira Schwartz, Rel St PhD Liza Bernstein, and Prof. Vanessa Ochs. details tbd.

May
8
2026

Translation and World Literature Workshop

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Slavic Languages and Literatures

Central Asian Literature in Translation Workshop with translator Shelley Fairweather-Vega Central Asian literature remains one of the most vibrant yet underrepresented bodies...

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.