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.
multi-day
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....
multi-day
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...
multi-day
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM, sponsored by Department of Chemistry
BIP is a great place for the Chemistry community to meet other students and faculty while learning about research at...
multi-day
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
This interdisciplinary conference experiments with the concept of palimpsest as generative for addressing polycrisis.
Featuring Annie Bourneuf (SAIC); Mark Haxthausen (Williams);...
multi-day
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Chemistry
Ibers Summer Lectures in Inorganic Chemistry
Speaker: Edward Solomon, Stanford University
Dates: July 9-11, 2024
For more information, contact Kelly Levander at kelly.levander@northwestern.edu
All day, sponsored by CIERA - Conferences/Collab Meetings
LIGO Collaboration Meeting
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry Faculty Seminars
12:45 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Neurobiology
Connectomics in Muscle and Brain
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...
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...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by International Studies
Join the Global Café for a talk with NU alum Izabela Stankiewicz, medical school and global health.
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by International Studies
The Weaponization of International Law? The Enduring Power of Principle in an Era of Drones, Gender Apartheid, and Aggressive War
CHARLI...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by East Asia Research Forum
How does a translator come to choose their author? This talk explores the allegorical layers of meaning that emerge from...
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM, sponsored by Russian, Eurasian, and East European Studies (REEES) Research Program
The "East Meets West" scholar series of Northwestern University's Russian, Eurasian, and East European Studies Research Program (REEES), the Center...
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM, sponsored by Department of Political Science
Please join the Joint Comparative/International Relations Workshop as they host Lauren Baker and Ely Orrego-Torres.
Abstract: The United Nations Framework Convention...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Black Studies Department
Dr. Casidy Campbell Presents:
Finding Sakia: Black Queer Blogging Culture in the Early 2000s
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...
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by Department of French and Italian
Join us Wednesday, May 15 at 2:30pm in the French & Italian Seminar Room (Crowe Hall 2-130) for "Psychoanalysis and...
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry Colloquium
Hosted by Xiaoyu Zhang
For further information, contact zhang-ofc@northwestern.edu
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM, sponsored by Department of Spanish and Portuguese
¡CELEBREMOS EL DÍA INTERNACIONAL DE LA FAMILIA Y CHOSEN FAMILIES! ¡ÚNETE A TACITA DE CAFÉ PARA UNA TARDE DE KARAOKE...
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM, sponsored by Department of German
Join GUAB and McCormick Global Initiatives tocelebrate the arrival of spring and new beginnings through the German holiday ofMaifest! Come...
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM, sponsored by Brady Scholars Program in Ethics and Civic Life
The Brady Scholars will welcome the Brady Class of 2027 and the Brady Grad Fellows at the Get Acquainted Dinner.
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Artist, graphic novelist, and podcaster, Quan Zhou, will address stereotypes and discuss the diversity and identity within the Chinese diaspora.
Lunch...
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.
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Department of French and Italian
Join us Thursday, May 16 at 12:30pm in the Kaplan Seminar Room (Kresge Hall 2-351) for "Wounded Patriarchy: Gender Violence...
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Molecular Biosciences
Department of Molecular Biosciences Seminar Series
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
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Buffett Institute for Global Affairs
Hosted by the Buffett Institute’s Race, Caste and Colorism Global Working Group, visiting scholar and artist-in-residence a/nil is a professor...
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM, sponsored by Neurobiology
Preparing and Delivering the Chalk Talk
Session with Dan Dombeck and Marco Gallio
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
Department of Sociology's Problem-Solving Workshop:
Ryan Fajardo, Northwestern University
Sino Esthappan, Northwestern University
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by English Department
Please join the Medieval Colloquium for a talk by Professor Persis Berlekamp from the Art History Department at the University...
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...
12:15 PM - 1:45 PM, sponsored by Department of Political Science
Please join the Race, Ethnicity, and Politics Workshop as they host Kiela Crabtree, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Emory...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Political Science
Please join Comparative Historical Social Sciences as they host Sharif El Shishtawy Hassan, who is a Ph.D. candidate in the...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
Student Presentations: Sharif Ibrahim El Shishtawy Hassan & Ana Vedovato
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Political Science
Please join the Political Science Department's Undergraduate Affairs division for the final PoliSci Major Meet-Up of the year! Celebrate finishing...
3:15 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Psychology
There has been a significant growth in research and public interest in mindfulness interventions, which teach a capacity to be...
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Global Antiquities
Please join the Global Antiquities Group as they host Charlotte Gorant, PhD Candidate, Columbia University.
She will speak on how the...
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,...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Political Science
Please join the American Politics Workshop as they host Sarah Anzia, Associate Professor of Public Policy & Political Science at...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry Faculty Seminars
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Israel & Palestine: Joint Speaker Series Exploring Fundamental History
Since this fall, intense attention has turned to Israel and Palestine. Many on campus who are following events find themselves...
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Chemistry
Abbvie Symposium
Hosted by Christian Malapit
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
The Department of Sociology's Urban & Community Workshop:
Io Brooks, Northwestern University
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
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by International Studies
Join the Global Café for one last social meeting to wrap up the school year.
12:00 PM - 1:45 PM, sponsored by History Department
I’m happy to announce that, with sponsorship from CCHS and the Department, Alvita Akiboh, assistant professor at Yale, will be...
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Political Science
Please join this Joint Comparative and International Relations Graduate Workshop as they host Andrés Schelp and Andrew Saab, two graduate...
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 Mirjeta Remaley at mirjeta.remaley@northwestern.edu
All day, sponsored by Philosophy Undergraduate Events
More information to follow
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Chemistry
Professional Development Day
Hosted by Christian Malapit
Times and location vary
For more information, email christian.malapit@northwestern.edu
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Molecular Biosciences
Department of Molecular Biosciences Seminar Series
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...
4:00 PM - 4:45 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...
4:30 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...
All day, sponsored by Philosophy Undergraduate Events
More information to follow.
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
Title and topic forthcoming.
12:15 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Political Science
Please join the “How I Wrote [Title Here]” Event Series and the International Relations Speaker Series as they host Joanne...
All day, sponsored by Philosophy Undergraduate Events
More information to follow.
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry Faculty Seminars
12:45 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Neurobiology
Flexible computation in brain-wide zebrafish circuits
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Chemistry
Faces of Science Colloquium - May 28 and 29
Andre Isaacs, College of the Holy Cross
Hosted by NUBond
For more information, contact...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
The Department of Sociology's Urban & Community Workshop:
Nalani Saito & Vineet Gupta, Northwestern University
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by The Crown Family Center for Jewish and Israel Studies
The Manfred H. Vogel Lecture in Judaic Studies
"Christian Supremacy: Reckoning with the Roots of Antisemitism and Racism"
Magda Teter
Professor of History,...
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM, sponsored by Department of Political Science
Please join this Joint Comparative and International Relations Graduate Workshop as they host Emerson Murray and Ana Vedovato, two graduate...
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!
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.
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Chemistry
Chemistry Colloquium dated May 29, 2024
Andre Isaacs, College of the Holy Cross
Hosted by NUBond
For more information, contact Clover at cassandramoisanu2026@u.northwestern.edu
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Israel & Palestine: Joint Speaker Series Exploring Fundamental History
Please note that the location for this lecture in the series has changed. This event will take place in the...
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM, sponsored by Black Studies Department
The ‘Black Question Time’ Panelists are:
Karen Attiah, Opinions columnist for the Washington Post
https://www.karenattiah.com/
Peter Braithwaite, Director of Procurement, Diversity and Community...
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
Open to all members of the Classics Department
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Molecular Biosciences
Department of Molecular Biosciences Seminar Series
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry Special Seminar
Hosted by George Schatz
For further information, contact mirjeta.remaley@northwestern.edu
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...
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM, sponsored by Neurobiology
Interview Day Do’s and Don’ts
Session with Hojoon Lee and Indira Raman
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by English Department
Please join the Poetry & Poetics Colloquium for a lecture, titled “Who Reads Poetry?,” by Virginia Jackson. Professor Jackson’s talk...
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
Religious Studies End-Of-Year Celebration
2:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by History Department
A celebration of Jonathon Glassman and David Schoenbrun
This spring, the history department is celebrating the work of two of our...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry Faculty Seminars
12:45 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Neurobiology
TBA
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Molecular Biosciences
Department of Molecular Biosciences Seminar Series
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...
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...
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...
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Molecular Biosciences
Department of Molecular Biosciences Seminar Series
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM, sponsored by Neurobiology
Negotiating the Position
Session with Tiffany Schmidt and Genia Kozorovitskiy
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry
Hosted by George Schatz
For more information contact kelly.levander@northwestern.edu
Room location to be confirmed
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry
Hosted by George Schatz
For more information contact kelly.levander@northwestern.edu
Room location to be confirmed
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry
Hosted by George Schatz
For more information contact kelly.levander@northwestern.edu
Room location to be confirmed
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM, sponsored by Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts
written and directed by Alvin Chan
When Mu Lan dresses up as a boy to take her father’s place in the...
All day, sponsored by Department of Chemistry
Polymer Women Empowerment and Research conference (PoWER) will foster community, share cutting-edge scientific results, highlight women’s contributions and voices, and...
All day, sponsored by Department of Chemistry
Polymer Women Empowerment and Research conference (PoWER) will foster community, share cutting-edge scientific results, highlight women’s contributions and voices, and...
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