multi-day
Table Francaise
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Department of French and Italian
Join us for lunch at the Table française, while also practicing your French language skills, meeting other French speakers, and...
Literary Events Across Northwestern
multi-day
Indigenous Reading Series
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Multicultural Student Affairs (MSA)
The Indigenous Reading Series is a new MSA program that centers Indigenous thinking and perspectives through reading and discussion. Each...
Sep
30
2020
Department of Art History Faculty Meeting
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM, sponsored by Department of Art History
Department of Art History Faculty Meeting
Oct
1
2020
“History in a Digital Age: Why Our Ethical and Evidentiary Paradigms Need to be Rebuilt, Fast” (Lara Putnam)
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM, sponsored by Center for Historical Studies
Lara PUTNAM (U of Pittsburgh), author of Radical Moves: Caribbean Migrants and the Politics of Race in the Jazz Age...
Oct
1
2020
Study Abroad Information Session
3:15 PM - 3:30 PM, sponsored by Brady Scholars Program in Ethics and Civic Life
A representative from the NU Study Abroad Office meets with sophomores in class early in the Fall Quarter to explain the...
Oct
1
2020
Brady Tea
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM, sponsored by Brady Scholars Program in Ethics and Civic Life
First Tea of the academic year. Topic to be announced.
Oct
1
2020
Susannah Cahalan, Lisa Mendelman, and Dominic Sisti to Critical/Creative Studies Oct 1, 4pm CDT
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Art History
The CoVid-19: Critical/Creative Studies in Music, Image, and Text virtual seminar series returns for "Mental Health and Medical Ethics in...
Oct
2
2020
“From the Women’s March to Black Lives Matter: Citizen Activism and the 2020 Campaign” (Lara Putnam)
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM, sponsored by Center for Historical Studies
Lara PUTNAM (U of Pittsburgh), author of Radical Moves: Caribbean Migrants and the Politics of Race in the Jazz Age...
Oct
2
2020
Professional Practices (Job Market and Grant Applications) with C.C. McKee (Bryn Mawr) and Professor Feldman
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Art History
Professional Practices (Job Market and Grant Applications) with C.C. McKee (Bryn Mawr) and Prof. Feldman
Oct
6
2020
LACS Faculty Colloquium: History in a Time of Epidemic: Some Lessons from Latin America (Paul Ramírez)
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Latin American and Caribbean Studies
In light of the current COVID crisis, this presentation offers a historian’s reflections on the impact and significance of past...
Oct
7
2020
Department of Art History Department Meeting
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM, sponsored by Department of Art History
Department of Art History Department Meeting
Oct
7
2020
GSS Community Meeting about the Gender Queer, Non-Binary, and Trans Task Force Report
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Gender & Sexuality Studies Program
This community meeting, intended for students, staff, and core and affiliate faculty in Gender & Sexuality Studies, is designed as...
Oct
7
2020
IT Film Screening, Mini Film Series 1 of 2
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM, sponsored by Department of French and Italian
Join us for screenings of Italian language films, followed by discussion.
Oct
7
2020
Feminist First Year
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM, sponsored by The Women's Center
New and Transfer Students, Join us for Feminist First Year! October 7th 7:00 - 8:30 pm In this hour and a half you will...
Oct
9
2020
CNAIR Virtual Brownbag Discussion with Caroline Egan
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Center for Native American and Indigenous Research (CNAIR)
The Center for Native American and Indigenous Research (CNAIR) is delighted to present the 2020 Brown Bag Series. These talks...
Oct
9
2020
Career Options in the Humanities : Publishing
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, sponsored by Department of French and Italian
featuring Christopher Bush and Trevor Perri, moderated by Nasrin Qader
Oct
14
2020
Oct
14
2020
Annual LGBTQIA+ Faculty Fall Welcome Reception
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by Diversity and Inclusion
The Women’s Center and the Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion invites you to join us in our reception for...
Oct
15
2020
“How to Rig an Election: a Historian’s Guide” roundtable
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by History Department
Roundtable on “How to Rig an Election: a Historian’s Guide” featuring historians Geraldo Cadava, Gideon Cohn-Postar and Paul Gillingham. Open to...
Oct
16
2020
Racial Equity and Justice Reading Group I :
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Department of French and Italian
Anti-Blackness and its Critique in U.S. History and the Contemporary Context
Oct
19
2020
A Reading by Jenny Boully, Spring Writers Festival 2020
4:15 PM - 5:45 PM, sponsored by English Department
TBA
Oct
19
2020
A Reading by Kali Fajardo-Anstine, Spring Writers Festival 2020
4:15 PM - 5:45 PM, sponsored by English Department
Kali Fajardo-Anstine is the author of Sabrina & Corina, Longlisted for the National Book Award in Fiction. Sabrina & Corina...
Oct
19
2020
A Reading with Ilya Kaminsky, Spring Writers Festival 2020
4:15 PM - 5:45 PM, sponsored by English Department
Ilya Kaminsky is the author of the widely acclaimed Deaf Republic (Graywolf, 2019), which Kevin Young, writing in The New...
Oct
20
2020
Nadia Meflah causerie :
11:15 AM - 12:45 PM, sponsored by Department of French and Italian
“Les Visages de la France” [Faces of France] through contemporary French cinema
Oct
20
2020
Women's Center Open House- Evanston
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by The Women's Center
Join us for an online gathering from noon to 1pm. Then swing by the east lawn of the Women's Center to...
Oct
20
2020
Conversatorio: COVID in Latin America
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Please join the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program (on Zoom) for the opening conversatorio of the 2020-2021 academic year,...
Oct
22
2020
"China as Polylith: a new paradigm for Chinese history (and why we shouldn't say Mulan is Chinese)" with James Millward
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM, sponsored by Center for Historical Studies
James MILLWARD (Georgetown University), author of The Silk Road: A Very Short Introduction (2013) leads a roundtable with Northwestern historians...
Oct
22
2020
Tavola Italiana 2 of 3 : Apericena [dinner and drinks]
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM, sponsored by Department of French and Italian
Informal conversation in Italian
Oct
23
2020
"On the Crisis in Xinjiang" (James Millward)
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM, sponsored by Center for Historical Studies
James MILLWARD (Georgetown University), author of The Silk Road: A Very Short Introduction (2013) conducts a conversation with Northwestern historian...
Oct
27
2020
In Mexico There Are No Mexicans: Lucas Alamán, Decolonization, and Modernization, 1792-1853 (Eric Van Young)
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Please join us on Zoom for this lecture by historian Eric Van Young. The Mexican statesman, entrepreneur, public intellectual, and historian...
Oct
29
2020
Pandemics roundtable
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by History Department
Roundtable on pandemics with historians Joel Mokyr, Edward Muir and Paul Ramírez. Open to the Northwestern community. For an invitation to...
Oct
30
2020
CNAIR Virtual Brownbag Discussion with Doug Kiel
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Center for Native American and Indigenous Research (CNAIR)
The Center for Native American and Indigenous Research (CNAIR) is delighted to present the 2020 Brown Bag Series. These talks...
Oct
30
2020
Department of Art History Colloquium with Alicia Caticha and Athi Mongezeleli Joja
2:00 PM - 3:15 PM, sponsored by Department of Art History
The Department Colloquium with Alicia Caticha and Athi Mongezeleli Joja is on October 30th at 2 pm.
Oct
30
2020
Graduate Student Town Hall with Chair, DGS and Department Assistant
3:15 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Art History
Town Hall for Graduate Students on Friday from 3:15-5 pm Please join the Town Hall with Rob, Hannah and Mel. Please...
Oct
30
2020
Classics Online Lecture: Amy Richlin (UCLA), "Subalternity in the Roman Metropole"
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
Please join the Department of Classics for an online lecture with Amy Richlin, UCLA, on October 30 at 4 pm...
Nov
3
2020
LACS Faculty Colloquium: Notes from a Chingona’s Archive: Grassroots Emergence of Latina Reproductive Justice (Mónica Russel y Rodríguez)
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Latin American and Caribbean Studies
In this talk, Mónica Russel y Rodríguez will provide a detailed view of the emergence of Latina reproductive health policy...
Nov
4
2020
Department of Art History Department Meeting
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM, sponsored by Department of Art History
Department of Art History Department Meeting
Nov
5
2020
IT Film Screening, Mini Film Series 2 of 2
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM, sponsored by Department of French and Italian
Join us for screenings of Italian language films, followed by discussion.
Nov
6
2020
Steve Hill Grant Writing Workshop
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM, sponsored by Department of French and Italian
Zoom workshop
Nov
10
2020
LACS Graduate Workshop: Deisi Cuate (Spanish and Portuguese) & Sophie Reilly (Anthropology)
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Presenters: Deisi Cuate (Spanish and Portuguese) and Sophie Reilly (Anthropology) Join Zoom Meeting: https://northwestern.zoom.us/j/98279274748 Meeting ID: 982 7927 4748 Deisi received her B.A. in Hispanic Studies...
Nov
10
2020
"Global Perspectives on Policing and Justice" roundtable
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by History Department
Roundtable on "Global Perspectives on Policing and Justice" with Lina Britto, Peter Carroll and Sean Hanretta. Open to the Northwestern community....
Nov
11
2020
Preview of Winter 2021 Trans-Focused Courses in Gender & Sexuality Studies
All day, sponsored by Gender & Sexuality Studies Program
More info coming soon. Start time TBD.
Nov
11
2020
Nov
19
2020
"Claude Lanzmann's Shoah and Its Outtakes: The Ethics of Perpetrator Representation” (CCHS/HEFNU event with Erin McGlothlin)
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM, sponsored by Center for Historical Studies
In collaboration with the Holocaust Educational Foundation of Northwestern (HEFNU) Erin McGLOTHLIN (Washington University, St. Louis), author of Second-Generation Holocaust Literature:...
Nov
19
2020
Tavola Italiana 3 of 3: Gesti [gestures]
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Department of French and Italian
Informal conversation in Italian
Nov
20
2020
Racial Equity and Justice Reading Group II :
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Department of French and Italian
Race, Diversity, and inclusion in France Today
Nov
24
2020
LACS Graduate Workshop: Carlos Halaburda (Spanish and Portuguese) & Andrés Rodriguez-Cáceres (Sociology)
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Presenters: Carlos Halaburda (Spanish and Portuguese) & Andrés Rodriguez-Cáceres (Sociology) Join Zoom Meeting: https://northwestern.zoom.us/j/91015791722 Meeting ID: 910 1579 1722
Nov
27
2020
Graduate Student Town Hall with Chair, DGS and Department Assistant
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Art History
Town Hall for Graduate Students on Friday from 2-4pm Please join the Town Hall with Rob, Hannah and Mel. Please email...