Oct
6
2026
Northwestern Chemistry Faculty Seminar: Roel Tempelaar (Faculty Only)
12:00 PM Evanston
Department of Chemistry Faculty Seminars
Weinberg College Events
ConvocationConvocation is the formal graduation ceremony for Weinberg College, celebrating the culmination of students’ coursework. Each graduate is individually recognized as they cross the stage and their name is read aloud. |
Leopold LectureThe Leopold Lecture series has brought a variety of distinguished speakers to the Northwestern campus, focusing on diplomacy and international affairs. The Richard W. Leopold Lectureship was established in 1990 to honor the late eminent diplomatic historian and dedicated educator. |
James LectureThe Jeremiah S. and Helen James Lectureship on Assyrian Civilization and Culture was established in 1999 by the late Helen James Schwarten, a prominent and active member of the Assyrian community. The Lectureship was conceived to promote understanding and scholarship of both ancient and modern Assyrian culture. |
Upcoming events in Weinberg College, its departments, programs and affiliated centers are listed below.
Oct
6
2026
Political Theory Colloquium: Alisa Kessel (University of Puget Sound), When AI Meets Sex: Lessons from the Nonconsensual Style of U.S. Politics
12:00 PM Evanston
Please join the Political Theory Colloquium as they host Alisa Kessel, Professor of Politics and Government at Universit...
Oct
6
2026
PS 490: Statistical Computing Workshop - Professor Qin Huang (Uni of Rhode Island), "Computational Typology: Classifying Regional Economies in China"
12:30 PM Online
Please join the Statistical Computing Workshop as they host Qin Huang, Assistant Professor and Assistant Director of the...
Oct
6
2026
Oct
6
2026
Allison Davis Lecture
4:00 PM Evanston
Professor Charisse Burden-Stelly (Wayne State University), author of Black Scare/Red Scare: Theorizing Capitalist Racism...
Oct
6
2026
Dynamical Systems Seminar | Felix Brokering (University of Bristol)
4:00 PM Evanston
Title: Gowers Uniformity and Pointwise (Non-)Convergence of Weighted Ergodic Averages.
Abstract: In this talk, we wi...
Oct
6
2026
Classroom Solidarities Mixed Media Workshop with Mojdeh Rezaeipour
5:30 PM Evanston
Participants will co-imagine the classroom as a generative space for transformation through deconstruction and reconstru...
Oct
7
2026
LLSP Weekly Study Lounge
11:30 AM Evanston
Are you looking for a space to study? Want to build community? Join us every Wednesday in our seminar rooom and meet ot...
Oct
7
2026
Quantum Information Seminar: Sahel Ashhab: "The Unusual Physics and Math of Generalized Squeezing"
1:30 PM Evanston
Quantum computing technologies, such as superconducting circuit-QED systems, have allowed the exploration of novel physi...
Oct
7
2026
Algebraic Geometry Seminar | Philip Engel (UIC)
3:00 PM Evanston
Title: Complex structures on S^6
Abstract: A recent manuscript written by Claude under the direction of Levent Alpöge co...
Oct
7
2026
Northwestern Chemistry Colloquium: David Masiello (University of Washington)
3:00 PM No Location
Northwestern Chemistry welcomes David Masiello from the University of Washington, hosted by George Schatz.
Oct
7
2026
Spanish Club Noche de Trivia
4:00 PM Evanston
Join us for the first Spanish Club event of the year and enjoy pizza, trivia, and prizes! Test your knowledge of the Spa...
Oct
7
2026
Guest Speaker: Prashant Panjiar, "That which is unseen"
5:30 PM Evanston
The Program in Rhetoric, Media and Publics & The South Asia Research Forum Jointly present
THAT WHICH IS UNSEEN, a talk ...
Oct
8
2026
CCHS Lunch Lecture with Danielle Beaujon
12:00 PM Evanston
Danielle BEAUJON (UIC), author of Criminalizing the Casbahs: Policing North Africans in Marseille and Algiers, 1918–1954...
Oct
8
2026
Department of Sociology Colloquium: Shannon Malone Gonzalez, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
12:30 PM Evanston
Shannon Malone Gonzalez, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, presents:
"The Secrets of Silence: The Everyday Poli...
Oct
8
2026
Weinberg College Center for Global Studies Ice Cream Social
2:00 PM Evanston
Join us for FRÍO Gelato and to learn about our 4 undergraduate programs within the Weinberg College Center for Global St...
Oct
8
2026
Brady Tea
3:30 PM Evanston
Civic Friendship:
Varieties of Community, Good or Bad?
Led by Yvonne Tam
Brady Scholars gather weekly for refreshments ...
Oct
8
2026
Probability Seminar | Maximillian Newman (UChicago)
4:00 PM Off-Campus
Rigidity of infinite exchangeable sequences
In recent works, it has been shown that infinite exchangeable sequences with...
Oct
8
2026
Richard W. Leopold Lecture | Admiral (ret) Lisa M. Franchetti '85
4:30 PM Evanston
The 37th Annual Richard W. Leopold Lecture will be delivered by Admiral (ret) Lisa M. Franchetti on October 8, 2026, at ...
Oct
8
2026
Cristina Rivera Garza Reading: Litowitz Reading Series
5:00 PM Evanston
Please join the English Department for a reading with Pulitzer Prizewinner Cristina Rivera Garza. Tickets are FREE, but ...
Oct
8
2026
"The Wandering Jew: Between Myth and Reality," with Yair Mintzker, Princeton University
7:00 PM Evanston
The Annual Manfred H. Vogel Lecture in Judaic Studies:
"The Wandering Jew: Between Myth and Reality," with Yair Mintzker...
Oct
9
2026
CFS Info Session Live on Zoom
10:00 AM Online
Find out more about the Chicago Field Studies Program and get all your questions answered by one of the CFS team members...
Oct
9
2026
DEEPS Seminar Series - Dr. Drew Steen
10:00 AM Evanston
Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences Weekly Seminar Series - Dr. Drew Steen discusses, Exploring Aeoniphiles: Ult...
Oct
9
2026
Words Made Flesh: Language, Body, and Conversion in Colonial Latin America
12:30 PM Evanston
Words Made Flesh: Language, Body, and Conversion in Colonial Latin America
Caroline Egan (Spanish and Portuguese)
Friday...
Oct
9
2026
Turkish Language Table
3:00 PM Evanston
Turkish learners of all levels are welcome to attend. Turkish snacks will be served.
Oct
9
2026
Graduate Student Seminar | Yiyang Xu (Northwestern University)
4:00 PM Evanston
Title and abstract TBA
Note: The talk will start at 4:10 pm
Oct
12
2026
Oct
12
2026
Oct
13
2026
Oct
13
2026
Quantitative & Computational Methods Workshop (QCoM): Austin Kozlowski, University of Chicago
2:00 PM Evanston
The Department of Sociology's Quantitative & Computational Methods Workshop:
Austin Kozlowski, Knowledge Lab, University...
Oct
13
2026
Cognitive Science Speaker Series - Anna Papafragou
4:00 PM Evanston
Cognitive Science Speaker Series
Anna Papafragou, Professor of Linguistics, University of Pennsylvania
Title: Dynamic ev...
Oct
13
2026
Dynamical Systems Seminar | Camilo Arosemena Serrato (U. Michigan)
4:00 PM Evanston
Title: TBA
Abstract: TBA
Oct
13
2026
Comp Lit guest Lecture: Erin Graff Zivin
5:00 PM Evanston
Transmedial Exposure: Toward an Experimental Humanities
This talk outlines the main argument and central concepts of Gr...
Oct
13
2026
Fall Reception
5:00 PM Evanston
Please join us for community, welcoming words from GSS leadership, and sushi + bao from Torino.
Oct
13
2026
Fall Welcome
5:30 PM Evanston
Join us for the Department of Physics and Astronomy’s Fall Welcome on Tuesday, October 13 at 5:30 PM in Tech F160.
Come...
Oct
14
2026
REStud North America Tour 2026
8:00 AM Evanston
The REStud North American Tour recognizes the most promising graduating doctoral students in economics and finance from ...
Oct
14
2026
LLSP Weekly Study Lounge
11:30 AM Evanston
Are you looking for a space to study? Want to build community? Join us every Wednesday in our seminar rooom and meet ot...
Oct
14
2026
Fall Undergraduate-Faculty Lunch #1
12:00 PM Evanston
Enjoy free lunch while chatting with History faculty! All majors are welcome.
Oct
14
2026
Northwestern Chemistry Colloquium: Professor Xin Gui (University of Pittsburgh)
3:00 PM Evanston
Northwestern Chemistry welcomes Professor Xin Gui from the University of Pittsburgh, hosted by Professor Mercouri Kanatz...
Oct
14
2026
Arabic Language Table
3:30 PM Evanston
Practice speaking Arabic in an informal and supportive environment. Speakers of all levels, from beginner to fluent, ar...
Oct
14
2026
Global Café Speaker Series: Where Can Global History Take You?
5:00 PM Evanston
Join the Global Café Speaker Series for a lively conversation with Rajeev Kinra, Associate Professor of History & Compar...
Oct
14
2026
"Future of the Major Post-Soviet Jewish Communities in the Context of Migration and Wars in Ukraine and the Middle East," with Ze'ev (Vladimir) Khanin, Bar-Ilan University
6:00 PM Evanston
"Future of the Major Post-Soviet Jewish Communities in the Context of Migration and Wars in Ukraine and the Middle East,...
Oct
15
2026
Erin Barnhart, Columbia University, Molecular Biosciences Seminar Series
12:30 PM Evanston
Erin Barnhart, Columbia University
Molecular Biosciences Seminar Series
Oct
15
2026
Brady Tea
3:15 PM Evanston
Snapshot Evanston
For Sophomores, Sophomore Grads
Brady Scholars gather weekly for refreshments and discussion about rec...
Oct
15
2026
Oct
15
2026
47th Midwest Probability Colloquium | Ajay Chandra (Purdue University)
3:30 PM Evanston
Quantum Gauge Theory via Stochastic Control, Part I
Oct
15
2026
Oct
15
2026
47th Midwest Probability Colloquium | Ajay Chandra (Stanford University)
5:00 PM Evanston
Quantum Gauge Theory via Stochastic Control, Part II
Oct
15
2026
The Sacred Symbolism of Mughal Coinage
5:00 PM Evanston
Speaker: Azfar Moin
The Mughal Empire stands out in the history of South Asia and the Islamic world for the variety and ...
Oct
16
2026
Hegel Society of America’s Bi-Annual Meeting
All day No Location
Hegel and Time
The 28th biennial meeting of the Hegel Society of America will take place on October 16-18, 2026, at No...
Oct
16
2026
Oct
16
2026
DEEPS Seminar Series - Dr. Malte von Szombathely & Anastasia Vogelbacher
10:00 AM Evanston
Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences Weekly Seminar Series -Dr. Malte von Szombathely & Dr. Anastasia Vogelbacher...
Oct
16
2026
Staging Artificiality - Jessica Thebus - Fall HumAIn Conversation
12:00 PM Evanston
Jessica Thebus, Professor of Theatre at Northwestern, will share her experience directing SISTERS, a play about two sibl...
Oct
16
2026
DAAD RISE Germany and ThinkSwiss information session
2:00 PM Evanston
DAAD RISE Germany offers summer research internships in German research institutes and universities to undergraduate stu...
Oct
16
2026
Oct
16
2026
Oct
16
2026
Graduate Student Seminar | Larry Gu (Northwestern University)
4:00 PM Evanston
Title and abstract TBA
Note: The talk will start at 4:10 pm
Oct
16
2026
Oct
16
2026
47th Midwest Probability Colloquium | Matteo D'Achille (Institut Elie Cartan de Lorraine)
5:00 PM Evanston
Ideal Poisson-Voronoi Tessellation: Ghosts of Departed Points
Oct
17
2026
Hegel Society of America’s Bi-Annual Meeting
All day No Location
Hegel and Time
The 28th biennial meeting of the Hegel Society of America will take place on October 16-18, 2026, at No...
Oct
17
2026
Oct
17
2026
47th Midwest Probability Colloquium | Amol Aggarwal (Stanford University)
9:00 AM No Location
TBA (Part 1)
Oct
17
2026
47th Midwest Probability Colloquium | Amol Aggarwal (Stanford University)
9:00 AM Evanston
TBA, Part I
Oct
17
2026
47th Midwest Probability Colloquium | Amol Aggarwal (Stanford University)
10:30 AM Evanston
TBA (Part 2)
Oct
17
2026
47th Midwest Probability Colloquium | Amol Aggarwal (Stanford University)
10:30 AM Evanston
TBA, Part II
Oct
17
2026
Oct
17
2026
47th Midwest Probability Colloquium | Reza Gheissari (Northwestern University)
1:30 PM Evanston
Rigidity of Infinitely Many Surfaces Conditioned Not to Cross
Oct
18
2026
Hegel Society of America’s Bi-Annual Meeting
All day No Location
Hegel and Time
The 28th biennial meeting of the Hegel Society of America will take place on October 16-18, 2026, at No...
Oct
19
2026
Anthropology Colloquium: Rhea Rahman, Brooklyn College
3:00 PM Evanston
Racializing the Ummah
An ethnography of Islamic Relief (IR), the largest Islamic NGO based in the West, Racializing the ...
Oct
19
2026
Oct
20
2026
Northwestern Chemistry Faculty Seminar: Mercouri Kanatzidis (Faculty Only)
12:00 PM Evanston
Department of Chemistry Faculty Seminars
Oct
20
2026
"Inventories of Ruin: The Demise of the Mexican Jesuits, in Three Acts", a book panel with Prof. Michelle Molina
12:30 PM No Location
A book panel discussion with Prof. Michelle Molina, Department of Religious Studies, Northwestern University, on her new...
Oct
20
2026
Neurobiology Seminar Series | Alex Keinath, Ph.D. | University of Illinois at Chicago
12:30 PM Evanston
Bridging Gaps with Cognitive Maps
Oct
20
2026
PS 490: Statistical Computing Workshop - Professor Ali Sanaei (UChicago), Simulating Realistic Focus Group Discussions Using Large Language Models
12:30 PM Online
Please join the Statistical Computing Workshop as they host Ali Sanaei, Associate Instructional Professor of Computation...
Oct
20
2026
Oct
21
2026
AASP x LLSP Fall Welcome Reception!
11:00 AM Evanston
Join the Latina and Latino Studies Program and the Asian American Studies Program for our welcome reception! Enjoy food ...
Oct
21
2026
LLSP Weekly Study Lounge
11:30 AM Evanston
Are you looking for a space to study? Want to build community? Join us every Wednesday in our seminar rooom and meet ot...
Oct
21
2026
Chapter Review Workship: "Fantasis: History of Laughter," with Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern, Northwestern University
12:30 PM Evanston
Faculty and graduate student chapter review workshop discussing chapter 3 of Fantasis: History of Laughter, with author ...
Oct
21
2026
Northwestern Chemistry Colloquium: Richard Liu (Harvard)
3:00 PM No Location
Northwestern Chemistry welcomes Richard Liu from Harvard University, hosted by Christian Malapit.
Oct
21
2026
Oct
21
2026
Warnock Lecture Series: Irene Small (Princeton University)
5:00 PM Evanston
Fall 2026 Warnock Lecture, presented by the Department of Art History
Irene Small (Princeton University): On the Side of...
Oct
21
2026
Sianne Ngai - "Scenes of Error" - Kaplan Critical Conversations in the Humanities
5:30 PM Evanston
Scenes of Error — Sianne Ngai
Through meditations on Hegel, "dramatism," and the images of visual artist Ebecho Muslimov...
Oct
22
2026
Department of Sociology Colloquium: Ghassan Moussawi, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
12:30 PM Evanston
Ghassan Moussawi, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, presents:
"What does it feel to be an Intruder? Bad Feelings ...
Oct
22
2026
Kassie Ori-McKenney, UC Davis, Molecular Biosciences Seminar Series
12:30 PM Evanston
Kassie Ori-McKenney, UC Davis
Molecular Biosciences Seminar Series
Oct
22
2026
Brady Tea
3:30 PM Evanston
Brady Scholars gather weekly for refreshments and discussion about recent events and their implications for our society,...
Oct
22
2026
Geometry/Physics Seminar | Yao Wang (UT Austin)
4:00 PM Evanston
Title: Quantum Mirror Symmetry Via Gross-Siebert Program
Abstract: In this talk, I will present the mathematical proof...
Oct
23
2026
DEEPS Seminar Series - Dr. Eric Anderson
10:00 AM Evanston
Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences Weekly Seminar Series - Dr. Eric Anderson discusses, Hidden Frequencies: Met...
Oct
23
2026
Comparative Politics Workshop: Susan Stokes (UChicago), Why do Leaders Undermine Their Own Democracies, and What Can be Done to Stop them?
1:30 PM Evanston
Please join the Comparative Politics Workshop as they host Susan Stokes, Tiffany and Margaret Blake Distinguished Servic...
Oct
23
2026
Film Screening: The Auntie Sewing Squad Resistance Playbook
3:00 PM Evanston
Film screening of The Auntie Sewing Squad Resistance Playbook followed by Q&A with filmmaker Valerie Soe.
THE AUNTIE SEW...
Oct
23
2026
Graduate Student Seminar | Santiago Velazquez Iannuzzelli (Northwestern University)
4:00 PM Evanston
Title and abstract TBA
Note: The talk will start at 4:10 pm
Oct
26
2026
Oct
26
2026
Oct
26
2026
Campus Reading Program Student Panel on Vigil
5:30 PM Off-Campus
Join the Program in Environmental Policy and Culture for a Campus Reading Program undergraduate student panel on Vigil.
Oct
27
2026
Northwestern Chemistry Faculty Seminar: Veronica Berns (Faculty Only)
12:00 PM Evanston
Department of Chemistry Faculty Seminars
Oct
27
2026
"Befriending the Jew in Post-Holocaust Europe: 1945 to October 7, 2023," with G. Daniel Cohen, Rice University
12:30 PM Evanston
"Befriending the Jew in Post-Holocaust Europe: 1945 to October 7, 2023," with G. Daniel Cohen, Rice University
The talk ...
Oct
27
2026
Neurobiology Seminar Series | Eric Yttri, Ph.D. | Carnegie Mellon University
12:30 PM Evanston
Continuous Control of Performance and Actions through Cortico-Striatal Dynamics
Oct
27
2026
Where’s George Clooney Now? Sudan’s Invisible War | Roberta Buffett Visiting Professor Lecture by Sheldon Yett
12:30 PM Evanston
Join the Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs and the Roberta Buffett International Studies Program for a lectur...
Oct
27
2026
Oct
27
2026
Quantitative & Computational Methods Workshop (QCoM): Yingdan Lu, Northwestern University
2:00 PM Evanston
The Department of Sociology's Quantitative & Computational Methods Workshop:
Yingdan Lu, Communication Studies, Northwes...
Oct
27
2026
Nemmers Prize in Economics: Lecture
4:00 PM Evanston
"Linear Estimation of Structural and Causal Effects in Nonseparable Panel Data with Applications to Heterogeneous Taxabl...
Oct
28
2026
LLSP Weekly Study Lounge
11:30 AM Evanston
Are you looking for a space to study? Want to build community? Join us every Wednesday in our seminar rooom and meet ot...
Oct
28
2026
Sanders Lunch Talk: City of Wood with James Michael Buckley
12:00 PM Evanston
2025 John Brinckerhoff Jackson Prize, Association of American Geographers 2025 Abbott Lowell Cummings Award 2025 John Br...
Oct
28
2026
Pizza and Politics: Midterms Edition
12:30 PM Evanston
Please join the Political Science Department for Pizza & Politics: Midterms Edition! Professor Stephen Nelson and other ...
Oct
28
2026
Oct
28
2026
Charles D. Hurd Lectures
3:00 PM Evanston
Ben Hernandez, Numat Chief Executive Officer & co-founder
Hosted by Prof. Omar Farha
From Bench to Business: Founding,...
Oct
28
2026
Oct
29
2026
DAAD RISE Germany and ThinkSwiss information session
12:00 PM Online
DAAD RISE Germany offers summer research internships in German research institutes and universities to undergraduate stu...
Oct
29
2026
Department of Sociology Colloquium: Ana Villarreal, Boston University
12:30 PM Evanston
Ana Villarreal, Boston University, presents:
"The Two Faces of Fear: Violence and Inequality in the Mexican Metropolis"
...
Oct
29
2026
Naima Sharaf, Stanford University, Molecular Biosciences Seminar Series
12:30 PM Evanston
Naima Sharaf, Stanford University
Molecular Biosciences Seminar Series
Oct
29
2026
Brady Tea
3:30 PM Evanston
Brady Scholars gather weekly for refreshments and discussion about recent events and their implications for our society,...
Oct
30
2026
DEEPS Seminar Series - Dr. Bryan Hunter
10:00 AM Evanston
Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences Weekly Seminar Series - Dr. Bryan Hunter discusses, TBD
These seminars are m...
Oct
30
2026
Breathing Oxygen into a Failing World Order: Behind the Scenes in Global AI Diplomacy | Roberta Buffett Visiting Professor Lecture by Denise Garcia
12:30 PM Evanston
Join the Roberta Buffett International Studies Program and Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs for a lecture by...
Oct
30
2026
Turkish Language Table
3:00 PM Evanston
Turkish learners of all levels are welcome to attend. Turkish snacks will be served.
Oct
30
2026
Oct
30
2026
Graduate Student Seminar | Ryan Chatterjee (Northwestern University)
4:00 PM Evanston
Title and abstract TBA
Note: The talk will start at 4:10 pm
Nov
2
2026
Short Course
12:00 PM Evanston
Introduction to Debiased Machine Learning
Whitney Newey (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Lecture 1 of 4
Nov
2
2026
Nov
2
2026
Info Session: Study Abroad in Japan
5:00 PM Evanston
This is the annual Study Abroad in JAPAN Info Session hosted by the Japanese Language Program, Department of Asian Langu...
Nov
3
2026
Nov
3
2026
Political Theory Colloquium: William Scheuerman (Indiana Bloomington), What is Property Disobedience?
4:00 PM Evanston
Please join the Political Theory Colloquium as they host William Scheuerman, Professor of Political Science at the Unive...
Nov
4
2026
LLSP Weekly Study Lounge
11:30 AM Evanston
Are you looking for a space to study? Want to build community? Join us every Wednesday in our seminar rooom and meet ot...
Nov
4
2026
Short Course
12:00 PM Evanston
Introduction to Debiased Machine Learning
Whitney Newey (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Lecture 2 of 4
Nov
4
2026
PS 490: Statistical Computing Workshop - Professor Jake Bowers (UIUC), "Two fully specified Bayes factors for hypothesis testing and sensitivity analysis in process tracing"
12:30 PM Evanston
Please join the Statistical Computing Workshop as they host Jake Bowers, Professor in the Departments of Political Scien...
Nov
4
2026
Northwestern Chemistry Colloquium: Peter Maurer (University of Chicago)
3:00 PM No Location
Northwestern Chemistry welcomes Peter Maurer from University of Chicago, hosted by Michael Wasielewski.
Nov
4
2026
Nov
5
2026
"Solomon Ibn Gabirol on the Worship of Non-Jews (and of Animals)," with Jonathan Decter, Brandeis University
12:15 PM Evanston
The first talk of the series titled "Intertwined Worlds: Judaism and Islam in Historical Perspectives:"
"Solomon Ibn Gab...
Nov
5
2026
Kim Davis, Johns Hopkins, Molecular Biosciences Seminar Series
12:30 PM Evanston
Kim Davis, Johns Hopkins
Molecular Biosciences Seminar Series
Nov
5
2026
Brady Tea
3:30 PM Evanston
Brady Scholars gather weekly for refreshments and discussion about recent events and their implications for our society,...
Nov
5
2026
Nov
5
2026
Nov
5
2026
The Great Migration: History, Race, and Place in ‘Chicagoland’
5:00 PM Evanston
From World War I through the end of the Vietnam War, African Americans left the American South en masse. Like many other...
Nov
6
2026
"Who Cares?" 2026 Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference
9:00 AM Evanston
Our Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference seeks to encourage critical dialogue on the Politics of Care, examining it bot...
Nov
6
2026
DEEPS Seminar Series - Dr. Rose Cory
10:00 AM Evanston
Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences Weekly Seminar Series - Dr. Rose Cory discusses, TBD
These seminars are made...
Nov
6
2026
Racial and Ethnic Politics Workshop: Professor Mo Torres (Michigan), TBD
12:30 PM Evanston
Please join the Racial and Ethnic Politics Workshop as they host Dr. Mo Torres, , Assistant Professor of Sociology and P...
Nov
6
2026
International Relations Speaker Series: Professor Sebastian Rosato (Notre Dame), TBD
2:00 PM Evanston
Please join the International Relations Speaker Series as they host Sebastian Rosato, Professor of Political Science at ...
Nov
6
2026
Nov
6
2026
Psychology Colloquium Series : Rich Lee, University of Minnesota
3:15 PM Evanston
Title: Understanding culture, race, ethnicity, and migration through the study of intercountry adoption
Abstract: Interc...
Nov
6
2026
Graduate Student Seminar | Cormac Grindall (Northwestern University)
4:00 PM Evanston
Title and abstract TBA
Note: The talk will start at 4:10 pm
Nov
6
2026
2026 Fred Basolo Medal for Outstanding Research in Inorganic Chemistry
4:30 PM No Location
Hosted by Chad Mirkin
Lecture: Location TBD
Dinner by RSVP only
Nov
9
2026
Nov
9
2026
Short Course
12:00 PM Evanston
Introduction to Debiased Machine Learning
Whitney Newey (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Lecture 3 of 4
Nov
9
2026
"The Israeli Career of Hummus," with Dafna Hirsch, The Open University of Israel
12:30 PM Evanston
The second talk of the series titled "New Book Series: Israel/Palestine Studies:"
"The Israeli Career of Hummus," with D...
Nov
9
2026
Anthropology Colloquium: Helina Woldekiros, Washington University
3:00 PM Evanston
Cloud Forests and Deep Time: What Ancient Food Webs Reveal About Agricultural Resilience in Highland Ethiopia
Kaffa, Eth...
Nov
9
2026
Nov
9
2026
Nov
9
2026
Cakes and Classes
4:00 PM Evanston
Get to know our History faculty, learn about classes, and eat cake -- lots of it!
Nov
10
2026
Politics and Poetics of the Archive: una conversation with Marina Azahua / Políticas y Poéticas del Archivo: conversación con Marina Azahua
11:00 AM Evanston
Join Northwestern University's Department of Spanish and Portuguese for a conversation between Mexico City-based writer,...
Nov
10
2026
HEFNU/CCHS Lunch Lecture with Robert Sommer
12:00 PM Evanston
In collaboration with the Holocaust Educational Foundation of Northwestern (HEFNU)
Robert SOMMER (University of Cooperat...
Nov
10
2026
Holocaust Studies Public Lecture: "'Sonderbauten' – The Story of Brothels in Nazi Concentration Camps," Featuring Robert Sommer (iba | University of Cooperative Education in Berlin)
12:00 PM Evanston
“Sonderbauten” – The Story of Brothels in Nazi Concentration Camps
Annual HEFNU/CCHS Lecture in Holocaust Studies featur...
Nov
10
2026
Hot Takes on Homer! — Northwestern faculty panel
12:00 PM Evanston
Undergrads, grads, faculty, and staff all welcome!
Come enjoy lunch and join in the fun as Northwestern humanities facul...
Nov
10
2026
Northwestern Chemistry Faculty Seminar: Shana Kelley (Faculty Only)
12:00 PM Evanston
Department of Chemistry Faculty Seminars
Nov
10
2026
Nov
10
2026
Quantitative & Computational Methods Workshop (QCoM): Yishu Zhang, Northwestern University
2:00 PM Evanston
The Department of Sociology's Quantitative & Computational Methods Workshop:
Yishu Zhang, Sociology, Northwestern Univer...
Nov
10
2026
Cognitive Science Speaker Series - Karen Emmorey
4:00 PM Evanston
Cognitive Science Speaker Series
Karen Emmorey, San Diego State University
Title: Linguistic and neural consequences of ...
Nov
11
2026
LLSP Weekly Study Lounge
11:30 AM Evanston
Are you looking for a space to study? Want to build community? Join us every Wednesday in our seminar rooom and meet ot...
Nov
11
2026
Short Course
12:00 PM Evanston
Introduction to Debiased Machine Learning
Whitney Newey (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Lecture 4 of 4
Nov
11
2026
Neurobiology Seminar Series | Yaniv Ziv, Ph.D. | Weizmann Institute of Science
1:30 PM Evanston
Constraints and Degrees of Freedom of Representational Drift in the Hippocampal-Entorhinal Network
Nov
11
2026
Chicagoland Friends of Economic History Dinner Fall 2026
6:30 PM Evanston
Chicagoland Friends of Economic History Dinner with Hoyt Bleakley (University of Michigan)
Nov
12
2026
Nov
12
2026
Christine Jacobs-Wagner, Stanford University, Molecular Biosciences Seminar Series
12:30 PM Evanston
Christine Jacobs-Wagner, Stanford University
Molecular Biosciences Seminar Series
Nov
12
2026
Brady Tea
3:30 PM Evanston
Brady Scholars gather weekly for refreshments and discussion about recent events and their implications for our society,...
Nov
12
2026
Brady Tea
3:30 PM Evanston
Brady Scholars gather weekly for refreshments and discussion about recent events and their implications for our society,...
Nov
12
2026
Brady Tea
3:30 PM Evanston
Brady Scholars gather weekly for refreshments and discussion about recent events and their implications for our society,...
Nov
13
2026
DEEPS Seminar Series - Dr. Ankur Desai
10:00 AM Evanston
Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences Weekly Seminar Series - Dr. Ankur Desai discusses, The Surface Energy Imbala...
Nov
13
2026
Comparative Politics Workshop: Jianan Du (Northwestern), Socialism with Cosmological Characteristics
12:00 PM Evanston
Please join the Comparative Politics Workshop as they host Northwestern University PhD candidate Jianan Du.
Modernizati...
Nov
13
2026
Graduate Student Seminar | Abbigael Arseneau (Northwestern University)
4:00 PM Evanston
Title and abstract TBA
Note: The talk will start at 4:10 pm
Nov
16
2026
Nov
16
2026
Daniel Mendelsohn - On his new translation of THE ODYSSEY
4:00 PM Evanston
Daniel Mendelsohn will discuss his recently published new translation of THE ODYSSEY (University of Chicago Press 2025)....
Nov
17
2026
Northwestern Chemistry Faculty Seminar: Neil Kelleher (Faculty Only)
12:00 PM Evanston
Department of Chemistry Faculty Seminars
Nov
17
2026
American Politics Workshop: Daniel B. Markovits (Northwestern/LSE), TBD
12:30 PM Evanston
Please join the American Politics Workshop as they host Dr. Daniel B. Markovits, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Litowitz Cen...
Nov
17
2026
Quantitative & Computational Methods Workshop (QCoM): Alina Arseniev-Koehler, Purdue University
2:00 PM Evanston
The Department of Sociology's Quantitative & Computational Methods Workshop:
Alina Arseniev-Koehler, Sociology, Purdue U...
Nov
17
2026
Nov
17
2026
Political Theory Colloquium: John Medearis (UCalifornia, Riverside), Protest, Legal Repression, Disobedience, and Some Thoughts on Solidarity
4:00 PM Evanston
Please join the Political Theory Colloquium as they host John Medearis, Professor of Political Science at the Universit...
Nov
17
2026
Info Session: Study Abroad in South Korea
5:00 PM Evanston
Learn about study abroad options in South Korea during the academic year or summer. Representatives from the Korean Lang...
Nov
18
2026
LLSP Weekly Study Lounge
11:30 AM Evanston
Are you looking for a space to study? Want to build community? Join us every Wednesday in our seminar rooom and meet ot...
Nov
18
2026
Fall Undergraduate-Faculty Lunch #2
12:00 PM Evanston
Enjoy free lunch while chatting with History faculty! All majors are welcome.
RSVP form will be available closer to this...
Nov
19
2026
Intelligence Humanities: Authorship, Auctoritas, and Generative AI
All day Evanston
Artificial intelligence arrives with an older companion, the history of signs, authority, interpretation, and delegated ...
Nov
19
2026
CCHS Lunch Lecture with Emily Callaci
12:00 PM Evanston
Emily CALLACI (University of Wisconsin), author of Wages for Housework: The Story of a Movement, an Idea, a Promise (202...
Nov
19
2026
Brady Tea
3:30 PM Evanston
Brady Scholars gather weekly for refreshments and discussion about recent events and their implications for our society,...
Nov
19
2026
"Beyond Bricks and Mortar: Synagogues and Jewish Life and Heritage in Cairo," with Yoram Meital, Ben-Gurion University
5:00 PM Evanston
The second talk of the series titled "Intertwined Worlds: Judaism and Islam in Historical Perspectives:"
"Beyond Bricks ...
Nov
20
2026
DEEPS Seminar Series - Dr. Heidi Dierssen
10:00 AM Evanston
Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences Weekly Seminar Series - Dr. Heidi Dierssen discusses, TBD
These seminars are...
Nov
20
2026
Nov
20
2026
Turkish Language Table
3:00 PM Evanston
Turkish learners of all levels are welcome to attend. Turkish snacks will be served.
Nov
20
2026
Graduate Student Seminar | Nianchen Liu (Northwestern University)
4:00 PM Evanston
Title and abstract TBA
Note: The talk will start at 4:10 pm
Nov
20
2026
GOODBYE, DRAGON INN in 35mm
7:00 PM Evanston
In his 2004 review of Tsai Ming-liang’s film GOODBYE, DRAGON INN (2003), the NY Sun’s Nathan Lee cautioned against procl...
Nov
23
2026
Nov
25
2026
LLSP Weekly Study Lounge
11:30 AM Evanston
Are you looking for a space to study? Want to build community? Join us every Wednesday in our seminar rooom and meet ot...
Dec
1
2026
Northwestern Chemistry Faculty Seminar: Sam Stupp (Faculty Only)
12:00 PM Evanston
Department of Chemistry Faculty Seminars
Dec
2
2026
LLSP Weekly Study Lounge
11:30 AM Evanston
Are you looking for a space to study? Want to build community? Join us every Wednesday in our seminar rooom and meet ot...
Dec
2
2026
Northwestern Chemistry Colloquium: Bingqing Cheng (Berkeley)
3:00 PM No Location
Northwestern Chemistry welcomes Bingqing Cheng from the University of California, Berkeley, hosted by Songi Han.
Dec
3
2026
Ruobo Zhou, Penn State University, Molecular Biosciences Seminar Series
12:30 PM Evanston
Ruobo Zhou, Penn State University
Molecular Biosciences Seminar Series