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Events Calendar

Attend one of the college's upcoming events, listed below. You can also review the Academic Calendars or find information about major college events, such as Convocation.

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Hindi-Urdu Language Table

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM, sponsored by Department of Asian Languages and Cultures

Practice speaking Hindi-Urdu in an informal setting with other Hindi-Urdu learners and enthusiasts. OPEN TO ALL LEVELS OF HINDI-URDU Questions? email Prof....

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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...

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Revolution or Reformation? The Potential of Palimpsest Conference

All day, sponsored by Religious Studies Department

May 22-24, 2024 Panelists: Annie Bourneuf (SAIC) Christine Helmer (Northwestern) Jason Springs (Notre Dame) Michelle Wright (Emory) Chris Wild (UofC) Robert Orsi (Northwestern) Isabel von Holt (Hamburg) Jacqueline Mariña...

Apr
26
2024

CFS Info Session Live on Zoom

3:00 PM - 3:45 PM, sponsored by Chicago Field Studies

Find out more about the Chicago Field Studies Program and get all your questions answered by one of the CFS...

Apr
29
2024

MENA Monday | Understanding the Struggle for Sudan

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Middle East and North African Studies

This virtual panel discussion convenes leading experts to delve into the causes and dynamics of the current war and humanitarian...

Apr
30
2024

Black Buddhists and the Black Radical Tradition

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department

Edmund Perry Lecture presented by Rima Vesely-Flad, Professor of Religious Studies at Warren Wilson College This lecture is drawn from Dr....

Apr
30
2024

Global Café Alumni Talks: Folayemi Agbede, USAID

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by International Studies

Join us for a talk with Folayemi Agbede, currently at USAID. Folayemi’s roles include diversity and inclusion, equitable tech, people...

Apr
30
2024

Sophomore Dinner

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM, sponsored by Brady Scholars Program in Ethics and Civic Life

Sophomores meet to select the topic for their senior project.

May
1
2024

Undergraduate/Faculty Lunch

12:30 PM - 1:45 PM, sponsored by History Department

Join lunch with your fellow History undergrads and faculty on Wednesday May 1, 2024 at 12:30PM - 1:45PM. If this...

May
1
2024

Swahili Table

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Program of African Studies

Please join us at PAS for snacks, tea, and Swahili - whether you want to practice your Swahili or learn...

May
1
2024

Black Hot Topics

5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by African American Studies Department

Should Black Studies Use the “N-Word”?  

May
2
2024

Culture & Society Workshop: Valerie Gruest

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department

The Department of Sociology's Culture & Society Workshop: Valerie Gruest "Instagram Usage Practices, Representation and Body Image: An Interview Study with Latinx...

May
3
2024

CFS Info Session Live on Zoom

10:30 AM - 11:15 AM, sponsored by Chicago Field Studies

Find out more about the Chicago Field Studies Program and get all your questions answered by one of the CFS...

May
3
2024

Milestone Panel: The Academic Job Market

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Political Science

Please join the Commune for a panel discussion and Q&A with three outgoing Ph.D. students on navigating the academic job...

May
6
2024

CAPOEIRA at NU!

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Spanish and Portuguese

All are welcome to join the Portuguese 105-8 students and the Portuguese Language Program for a performance and workshop by...

May
7
2024

Weinberg College Spring Faculty Meeting

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM, sponsored by Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Spring Quarter Faculty Meeting May 7, 2024 Meeting from 3:00 - 4:00pm Guild Lounge, Scott Hall | 601 University Pl.

May
7
2024

Ethnography Workshop: Marco Marzano

5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department

The Department of Sociology's Ethnography Workshop: Marco Marzano, Professor of Sociology, The University of Bergamo Hybrid  

May
7
2024

Fulbright Research/Study/Arts Application Workshop

7:00 PM - 8:00 PM, sponsored by Office of Fellowships Information Sessions

Interested in pursuing research, study, or the arts abroad? Attend an application workshop to learn about the Fulbright application process...

May
8
2024

Swahili Table

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Program of African Studies

Please join us at PAS for snacks, tea, and Swahili - whether you want to practice your Swahili or learn...

May
9
2024

German Department Lunch and Learn

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by Department of German

Join the German department Thur, May 9th at 12pm for lunch, as we hear from Professor Jörg Kreienbrock and Martina...

May
9
2024

Culture & Society Workshop: Dima Younes

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department

The Department of Sociology's Culture & Society Workshop: Dima Younes "Commoning for Hope: Care, Contention, and the Day-to-Day Opening of New Possibilities...

May
10
2024

Public Humanities Symposium 2024

9:30 AM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities

FREE! Public welcome; drop in any time! This all-day symposium seeks to engage members of the Northwestern community and the broader...

May
10
2024

Comparative Politics Workshop: Nimah Mazaheri (Tufts)

12:15 PM - 1:45 PM, sponsored by Department of Political Science

Please join the Comparative Politics Workshop as they host Nimah Mazaheri, associate professor of political science at Tufts University. Nimah Mazaheri's...

May
11
2024

Chicago Region Workshop

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics

This workshop brings together early and mid-career faculty in Classics from Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana for informal peer review. Papers...

May
14
2024

Weinberg College Named Chair Investiture

4:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Honorees: Yarrow Axford William Deering Professor Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences   Christina Kiaer Frances Hooper Professor in the Arts and Humanities Department of Art History   Akinwumi...

May
15
2024

Black Studies Workshop

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

Dr. Casidy Campbell Presents: Finding Sakia: Black Queer Blogging Culture in the Early 2000s  

May
15
2024

Graduate/Faculty Lunch

12:30 PM - 1:45 PM, sponsored by History Department

Join lunch with your fellow History graduate students and faculty on Wednesday May 15th, 2024 at 12:30PM - 1:45PM. If...

May
16
2024

Honors in English Literature Colloquium

12:30 PM - 2:30 PM, sponsored by English Department

The Honors Colloquium provides students the opportunity to present their research and discuss their findings.

May
16
2024

Culture & Society Workshop: Sharif El Shishtawy Hassan

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department

The Department of Sociology's Culture & Society Workshop: Sharif El Shishtawy Hassan "Ambivalent Texts: State Feminism and Official Religion in the UAE” Hybrid

May
17
2024

New Major Meet-Up

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Political Science

Please join the Political Science Department's Undergraduate Affairs division as they host a New Major Meet-Up. Details forthcoming.

May
21
2024

Weinberg College Teaching Awards Ceremony and Luncheon

11:45 AM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Tuesday, May 21, 2024 11:45 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. CT | Guild Lounge in Scott Hall   This year’s awardees Distinguished Teaching Award Michelle Huang,...

May
21
2024

Urban & Community Workshop: Io Brooks

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department

The Department of Sociology's Urban & Community Workshop: Io Brooks, Northwestern University   

May
21
2024

Ethnography Workshop: Mitchell Duneier

5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department

The Department of Sociology's Ethnography Workshop: Mitchell Duneier, Professor of Sociology, Princeton University, presents: Slim's Table in Retrospect In-Person Only  

May
22
2024

Chemistry Department Colloquium - Joan-Emma Shea, UCSB

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Chemistry

Chemistry Colloquium dated May 22, 2024 Joan-Emma Shea, hosted by George Schatz For more information, contact Alexis Foster  at alexis.foster@northwestern.edu

May
23
2024

Culture & Society Workshop: Brianne Dubois

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department

The Department of Sociology's Culture & Society Workshop: Brianne Dubois “Short Contracts and Contracts Made Short: Examining Professional Stratification among French Contemporary...

May
23
2024

Boyce Lecture in Medieval History

4:30 PM - 7:00 PM, sponsored by Center for Historical Studies

Gray Boyce Memorial Lecture in Medieval History (CCHS/History) Kristina RICHARDSON (UVA), author of Roma in the Medieval Islamic Word: Literacy, Culture...

May
28
2024

Ethnography Workshop: Xi Wang

5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department

The Department of Sociology's Ethnography Workshop: Xi Wang, PhD Student, Northwestern University, presents:  From Transnational Psychoanalytic Training to the Project of Social...

May
29
2024

German Department Grillfest

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Department of German

Join the German department for our end of year Grillfest! Help us celebrate our students, awardees and seniors!

May
29
2024

Sophomore Lunch

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Brady Scholars Program in Ethics and Civic Life

Sophomores will meet for the last time as a group during Reading Week of Spring Quarter.

May
30
2024

Honors Senior Thesis Symposium

3:00 PM - 7:00 PM, sponsored by History Department

Join us as we celebrate our honor's candidates on the completion of their milestone thesis projects. Friends and family of the...

Jun
7
2024

Weinberg College Graduation Reception

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

All Weinberg College graduates and their guests are invited to join me for food, drinks, and a toast to the...

Jun
8
2024

Brady Program Graduation Reception

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Brady Scholars Program in Ethics and Civic Life

The Brady Program celebrates with the Class of 2024 and their families.  At this celebration, the undergraduate students, the graduate...

Jun
8
2024

Weinberg College Convocation

3:00 PM - 5:30 PM, sponsored by Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Saturday, June 8, 2024 3:00-5:30pm Welsh-Ryan Arena  Information on ticketing, regalia, and other key details can be found on our Convocation page. Additional...

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