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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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Polish Conversation Table

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Slavic Languages and Literatures

Polish Conversation Tables are held every Tuesday at 5pm in the Slavic Languages and Literatures Department lobby, adjacent to Kresge...

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Hindi-Urdu Language Table

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Asian Languages and Cultures

Thursdays 11:30am-12:30pm through Feb 27, 2025. Kresge 4438. Are you learning Hindi-Urdu and want to practice your language skills? Would...

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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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“Trans Portraiture” at Block Cinema

All day, sponsored by Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities

Visit the Block Cinema page for full film listings (days and start times vary): https://www.blockmuseum.northwestern.edu/cinema/cinema-series/trans-portraiture.html In March 2025, Block Cinema presents...

Feb
24
2025

R Workshop: Michelle Bueno Vásquez

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

Join the R workshop and PhD candidate Michelle Bueno Vásquez for an intensive hands-on workshop exploring advanced R techniques for...

Feb
26
2025

Graduate/Faculty Lunch

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

Graduates - Join lunch with your fellow History graduate students and faculty. If this will be your first time all...

Feb
26
2025

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...

Feb
26
2025

Kaffeestunde

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM, sponsored by Department of German

4:30pm in front of the German office (Kresge 3-305)

Feb
26
2025

Tacita de Café Juntos a la Mesa!

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Spanish and Portuguese

The Department of Spanish & Portuguese welcomes all heritage students with a cultural connection to Spanish to join us for...

Feb
27
2025

Student Lunch with Dr. Keva X. Bui

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Asian American Studies Program

Come have lunch with Dr. Keva X. Bui! Food provided with RSVP. Keva X. Bui is a scholar of Asian American...

Feb
27
2025

Culture & Society Workshop: Miguel Chavez

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

The Department of Sociology's Culture & Society Workshop: Miguel Chavez, Department of Sociology, Northwestern University "The Making of a Masculine Body: Networks...

Feb
27
2025

CAAH/Chabraja lecture with Dr. Robin Kelley

4:00 PM - 7:00 PM, sponsored by Black Studies Department

Robin D. G. KELLEY (UCLA), author of Africa Speaks, America Answers: Modern Jazz in Revolutionary Times (2012)   (reception to follow)

Feb
27
2025

Karneval Kaffeeklatsch

5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Department of German

Please join GUAB and McCormick Global Initiatives for a Fasching (the German "Mardi Gras") celebration! Enjoy Krapfen, decorate masks, create...

Feb
27
2025

Russian Club Conversation Table

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Slavic Languages and Literatures

The Russian Club welcomes anyone with an interest in modern and/or Soviet Russian history, culture, or language! The Russian Club Conversation...

Feb
27
2025

Physics Horizons with Jerry Gabrielse

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Physics and Astronomy

Please join us for Physics Horizons 🍕: a departmental special seminar in Tech F160, Thursday, February 27, 6:00 pm. Prof. Jerry...

Feb
28
2025

Benjamin Balthaser: Talk on Jewish Anti-Zionism

2:00 PM - 3:15 PM, sponsored by English Department

Professor Balthaser’s talk will explore the century-long history of opposition to Zionism on the Jewish American left, recently witnessing major...

Feb
28
2025

Strategies for Publicly Engaged Pedagogy - panel discussion

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM, sponsored by Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities

Explore the process of building community-engaged teaching and learning environments with experienced facilitators. Registration is required! See link below. Community engaged teaching...

Feb
28
2025

A Panel Discussion on Black Internationalism

3:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Africa Graduate Students Association

A Panel Discussion on Black Internationalism: A Closing Event for Black History Month "As long as we think that we should...

Feb
28
2025

The Spanish Club Zumba Class

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Spanish and Portuguese

Join the Spanish Club for a fun evening of Zumba with guest instructor, Sabrina Schmitt!

Mar
3
2025

Fulbright Study/Research/Arts Information Meeting

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Office of Fellowships Information Sessions

Interested in Fulbright Study/Research & Arts Awards? Attend this meeting to learn how Fulbright can transform your life and pursuits....

Mar
4
2025

Dr. Chaz Firestone: CogSci Speaker Series

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Cognitive Science Program

Title: Seeing "How" Abstract:  What is perception? The most intuitive and influential answer to this question has long been the one given...

Mar
4
2025

Ethnography Workshop: Michelle Lee

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

Michelle Lee, Graduate Student of Sociology at Northwestern University "Impact Sourcing: Digital Labor Supply Chains in Fragile Contexts"

Mar
4
2025

German Department Film Series

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM, sponsored by Department of German

Sachertorte (Sachercake) (2022) - Kresge Hall, 1-515 at 6 pm Romantic Comedy Director: Tine Rogoll Starring: Max Hubacher, Maeve Metelka, Michaela Saba Karl meets the...

Mar
6
2025

Student Lunch with Dr. Najwa Mayer

12:45 PM - 1:45 PM, sponsored by Asian American Studies Program

Come have lunch with Dr. Najwa Mayer! Food provided with RSVP. Najwa Mayer is an interdisciplinary scholar and teacher of Asian...

Mar
6
2025

Culture & Society Workshop: Vineet Gupta

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

The Department of Sociology's Culture & Society Workshop: Vineet Gupta, Department of Sociology, Northwestern University “The Satellite’s Gaze: A Postcolonial Commentary on...

Mar
6
2025

Weinberg College Named Chair Investiture

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

Honorees: Thomas Charles Bozza Edgar C. Stuntz Distinguished Professor in Neuroscience Department of Neurobiology Lincoln G. Quillian Gordon S. Fulcher Professor of Decision-Making Department of Sociology    

Mar
7
2025

CFS Info Session Live on Zoom

2:00 PM - 2:45 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...

Mar
10
2025

Urban & Community Workshop: Vineet Gupta

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department

The Department of Sociology's Urban & Community Workshop presents: Vineet Gupta: Toward a Global Sociology of Urban Planning  Parkes Hall, Room 222...

Mar
11
2025

Online Roundtable Discussion: "Gender and the Holocaust"

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Holocaust Educational Foundation

Virtual Speakers Bureau Highlight Event: Gender and the Holocaust Tuesday, March 11, 12-1:30 PM EST Online Only | Registration required HEFNU’s Virtual Speakers...

Mar
12
2025

Kaffeestunde

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM, sponsored by Department of German

Final Kaffeestunde

Mar
12
2025

Rare Hebrew Books and Where to Find Them

5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by The Crown Family Center for Jewish and Israel Studies

"Rare Hebrew Books and Where to Find Them" Wednesday, March 12th, 2025, 5:00 pm Northwestern University Library, Forum Room 1970 Campus Drive, Evanston...

Mar
14
2025

Midwestern History Reading Group

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

Friday, March 14th 3:30-5pm, Harris Hall 101 Midwestern History Reading Group with Professor Doug Kiel Book selection—Kristy Nabhan-Warren, Meatpacking America: How Migration,...

Mar
18
2025

Guest Speaker Lecture with Professor Robert Kawashima

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

Presentation by Professor Robert Kawashima, Department of Religion and the Center for Jewish Studies, University of Florida Lunch will be provided

Apr
7
2025

Dagmar Schäfer - "Chinese Technology"

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Science in Human Culture Program - Klopsteg Lecture Series

Speaker Dagmar Schäfer - History, Max Planck Institute Title Chinese Technology Abstract TBD Biography Honorary Professor in History of Technology at Technische Universität Berlin, and Associate Professor...

Apr
10
2025

CCHS Serhii Plokhii lecture

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Center for Historical Studies

Serhii PLOKHII (Harvard), author of The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine (2015) and The Last Empire: The Final...

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

Weinberg College Named Chair Investiture

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

Honorees: Andrew V. Papachristos John G. Searle Professor of Sociology Department of Sociology William Revelle Board of Trustees Professor Department of Psychology  

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
24
2025

Medieval history Lecture

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

Gray Boyce Memorial Lecture in Medieval History (CCHS/History) Jamie KREINER (UCLA), author of The Wandering Mind: What Medieval Monks Tell Us...

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