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.
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities
Ease into the weekend feeling productive! Join us in the Kaplan Seminar Room (Kresge 2350) on Friday mornings from 9am-12pm,...
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...
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...
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...
11:00 AM - 11:45 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...
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM, sponsored by Slavic Languages and Literatures
Slavic grad students, Brad Underwood and Jillian Pignataro, present dissertation chapters. Light refreshments served.
3:30 PM - 4:15 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...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry Faculty Seminars
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Political Science
Please join the American Politics Workshop as they host Hye Young You, associate professor in the Department of Politics and...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Holocaust Educational Foundation
Postmemorial Constellations in Socialist and Postsocialist Holocaust Literature April 3rd, 12-1:30pm (EST) Featuring: McKenna Marko, Postdoctoral Researcher in Holocaust Literature at the University...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
Hannah Wohl, UC Santa Barbara, presents: "Chemistry or Harassment? Relational (Mis)matches in Orientations Toward Work in Pornography Production" Hybrid Please contact the Department...
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Molecular Biosciences
Department of Molecular Biosciences Seminar Series
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...
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...
3:15 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Psychology
Tiffany Yip, Ph.D. is a Professor of Psychology at Fordham University. She is a developmental and community psychologist Her research...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Philosophy Colloquium Series
Title: How to Value Yourself: Self-Respect and the Setting of Ends The self-respecting person values herself. In Kantian terms, this requires...
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...
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...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Political Science
Please join the International Relations Speaker Series as they host Janne Mende, visitng scholar with the Political Science department at...
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...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry Faculty Seminars
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
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...
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Cognitive Science Program
Title : Machine Learning, Music, and Medicine Abstract: Recent developments in machine learning allow for high-resolution and data-driven multimodal approaches to...
4:00 PM - 5:15 PM, sponsored by Neurobiology
Neural Mechanisms of Interactive Communication
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities
A trans essayist with a checkered past takes on the big questions of human existence— Move over Michel de Montaigne, there’s...
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Chemistry
Olivia Castellini, MSI
3:30 PM - 4:15 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...
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by The Crown Family Center for Jewish and Israel Studies
"Ottoman Jewry: Leadership, Charity, and Literacy – A Conversation with Author Yaron Ayalon and Orit Bashkin" Yaron Ayalon, Associate Professor of...
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...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
Jason Ferguson, UC Berkeley, presents: TBA Hybrid Please contact the Department of Sociology for zoom link and for any questions at sociol@northwestern.edu.
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Molecular Biosciences
Department of Molecular Biosciences Seminar Series
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...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
Classics Visiting Lecture: Francesca Schironi (University of Michigan)
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...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Philosophy Colloquium Series
TITLE: The Limitations of Evidence: Epistemic Ties, Parity, and Permissions Here’s a common thought: rational belief depends on the evidence. While...
11:00 AM - 11:45 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...
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...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by Anthropology Colloquia and Events
Cows, cowboys, and legacies of colonial ranching in the Yucatec Maya landscape: Insights from archaeology at Hacienda Cetelac Cattle ranching occupies...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry Faculty Seminars
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...
4:00 PM - 5:15 PM, sponsored by Neurobiology
Sleep Health Work and Cardiometabolic Health
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Asian Languages and Cultures
The Chinese New Year film is a regionally significant cultural form that underwent considerable transformation in recent years. In this...
11:00 AM - 11:45 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...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Black Studies Department
Dr. GerShun Avilez Presents:
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Chemistry
Chemistry Department Colloquium, Abraham Nitzan from University of Pennsylvania will speak. Event is hosted by Roel Tempelaar
11:00 AM - 11:45 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...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
Alexandre White, Johns Hopkins University, presents: "In the Service of the Market: Insurance, The Royal Navy and the maintenance of the...
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Molecular Biosciences
Department of Molecular Biosciences Seminar Series
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
Honorees: Andrew V. Papachristos John G. Searle Professor Department of Sociology William Revelle Board of Visitors Professorship Department of Psychology
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...
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM, sponsored by Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities
Nicole Fleetwood (James Weldon Johnson Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication, NYU) in conversation with Marquis Bey (Professor of Black...
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM, sponsored by Black Studies Department
Dr. Nicole Fleetwood Presents: Nicole Fleetwood (James Weldon Johnson Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication, NYU) in conversation with Marquis Bey...
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...
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...
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...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry Faculty Seminars
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Chemistry
Chemistry Department Colloquium, Tania Lupoli, NYU will speak. Event is hosted by Regan Thomson
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
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM, sponsored by Black Studies Department
A quick introduction plus food.
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by The Crown Family Center for Jewish and Israel Studies
"Trouble in Utopia: The end of Socialism in an Israeli Kibbutz (1975-2020)”, with Omri Senderowicz Omri Senderowicz is a Visiting Assistant...
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Molecular Biosciences
Department of Molecular Biosciences Seminar Series
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...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Political Science
Please join the International Relations Speaker Series as they host Erin Graham, Associate Professor of Global Affairs; Director, Governance and...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by Anthropology Colloquia and Events
The Limits of Resilience: A 40-year perspective on the future of the world’s most peaceful primate Field data on the behavioral...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry Faculty Seminars
4:00 PM - 5:15 PM, sponsored by Neurobiology
The neural plasticity supporting the motherhood
4:30 PM - 7:30 PM, sponsored by Black Studies Department
The Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences established the Leon Forrest Lectureship in 1999 in tribute to Professor Leon Forrest’s...
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...
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Economics: General
DGS Federico Bugni and Associate Chair Ian Savage will cover important deadlines, degree requirements, and good-progress milestones. They will also...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Political Science
Join the Political Science Department as we take a preview of the winter 2025 quarter courses. Faculty will present on...
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Economics: General
DGS Federico Bugni and Associate Chair Ian Savage will cover important deadlines, degree requirements, and good-progress milestones. They will also...
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...
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM, sponsored by Philosophy Undergraduate Events
PHILFest is an opportunity for us to celebrate our philosophy honors students. Each candidate will present their research, followed by...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
Megan Whitaker, Northwestern University, presents: TBA Hybrid Please contact the Department of Sociology for zoom link and for any questions at sociol@northwestern.edu.
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Molecular Biosciences
Department of Molecular Biosciences Seminar Series
All day, sponsored by Center for Historical Studies
Faculty CONFERENCE convened by Professor Susan PEARSON on “Paper People: Documentation, Identity, and Citizenship in U.S. History”—Friday and Saturday, May...
3:15 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Psychology
Title and abstract to be announced.
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Asian Languages and Cultures
Phyllis Lyons Annual Lecture in Japanese Studies Lecture by Namiko Kunimoto Associate Professor, History of Art Department Director, Center for Ethnic Studies The Ohio...
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...
All day, sponsored by Center for Historical Studies
Faculty CONFERENCE convened by Professor Susan PEARSON on “Paper People: Documentation, Identity, and Citizenship in U.S. History”—Friday and Saturday, May...
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.
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry Faculty Seminars
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,...
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Chemistry
Hosted by Omar Farha
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...
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Center for Historical Studies
Matthew SOMMER (Stanford University), author of The Fox Spirit, the Stone Maiden, and Other Transgender Histories from Late Imperial China...
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Molecular Biosciences
Department of Molecular Biosciences Seminar Series
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by Anthropology Colloquia and Events
Prof. Meek's current research and teaching focus on representations and performances of linguistic difference in the management of social inequality....
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Philosophy Colloquium Series
TBD
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM, sponsored by The Crown Family Center for Jewish and Israel Studies
Annual Philip M. and Ethel Klutznick Lecture in Jewish Civilization: "Reading Herzl in Beirut: The PLO Effort to Know the Enemy" Jonathan...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry Faculty Seminars
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Black Studies Department
Dr. Robert Collins Presents:
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Asian Languages and Cultures
In Shooting for Change: Korean Photography after the War (Duke University Press, 2024), Jung Joon Lee examines photographic practices under...
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Center for Historical Studies
History of the Book Lecture (CCHS/University Libraries) Corinna ZELTSMAN (Princeton), author of Ink Under the Fingernails: Printing Politics in Nineteenth-Century Mexico...
All day, sponsored by Philosophy Conferences
The Northwestern Society for the Theory of Ethics and Politics (NUSTEP) hosts an annual spring conference in moral and political...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
Randol Contreras, UC Riverside, presents: "The Maravillas: Gangs, Aging, and Mattering in East LA." Hybrid Please contact the Department of Sociology for zoom...
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Molecular Biosciences
Department of Molecular Biosciences Seminar Series
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
Honorees to be announced.
All day, sponsored by Philosophy Conferences
The Northwestern Society for the Theory of Ethics and Politics (NUSTEP) hosts an annual spring conference in moral and political...
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
Classics Visiting Lecture: Glenn Most
All day, sponsored by Philosophy Conferences
The Northwestern Society for the Theory of Ethics and Politics (NUSTEP) hosts an annual spring conference in moral and political...
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...
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM, sponsored by The Crown Family Center for Jewish and Israel Studies
Annual Manfred H. Vogel Lecture in Judaic Studies: "Unsettling Histories: Colonialism, Zionism, and Anti-Zionism" Ethan Katz, Associate Professor of History and Jewish...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry Faculty Seminars
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...
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...
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,...
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Molecular Biosciences
Department of Molecular Biosciences Seminar Series
