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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

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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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...

Jan
21
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...

Jan
21
2025

Ethnography Workshop: Yoalli Aguilera

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

Yoalli Aguilera, Assistant Professor of Latin American and Latino Studies at DePaul University, presents: Grieving Geographies, Mourning Waters: Race, Gender,...

Jan
22
2025

Swahili Language Table

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

Practice your Swahili skills at Swahili Table.  Come for snacks and conversation at the Program of African Studies.

Jan
23
2025

EPC Green Bag Series: NOAA & Marine CO2 Removal

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Environmental Policy and Culture

Join the Program in Environmental Policy and Culture for our Green Bag lunch lecture series. Lunch provided - please RSVP...

Jan
23
2025

Culture & Society Workshop: Mark Alexander Griffith

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

The Department of Sociology's Culture & Society Workshop: Mark Alexander Griffith "I Don't Want to be Slut-Shamed': Consensual Non-Monogamists' Experiences with Mononormativity...

Jan
23
2025

Career Talk with Amy Ouyang

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

Amy is a Research Associate at MacroPolo, the Paulson Institute’s think tank. In this role, Amy conducts in-depth research and...

Jan
23
2025

Russian Club Movie Night

5:00 PM - 7:00 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! Events include weekly...

Jan
23
2025

Stammtisch (German Get-Together)

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM, sponsored by Department of German

By the GUAB – German Undergraduate Advisory Board. Prairie Moon restaurant from 7 pm – 9 pm.

Jan
24
2025

CFS Info Session Live on Zoom

10:00 AM - 10:45 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...

Jan
24
2025

Tacos are modernity

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Spanish and Portuguese

Visit and talk of Professor Ignacio Sánchez Prado, Professor of Spanish, Latin American Studies, and Film and Media Studies at...

Jan
24
2025

Spanish Club Game Night!

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Spanish and Portuguese

Please join us for a fun afternoon of games and pizza. All levels of Spanish speakers are welcome!

Jan
24
2025

Samba 101: Brazilian Dance with Dill Costa

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

Join the Portuguese Department to learn to dance samba with renowned Chicago-based dancer Dill Costa! Raised in Rio de Janeiro,...

Jan
27
2025

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...

Jan
27
2025

Urban & Community Workshop: Eyako Heh & Nalani Saito

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

The Department of Sociology's Urban & Community Workshop presents: Eyako Heh: Urban Governance and Shot Spotter Surveillance  Nalani Saito: Releases and Regulations:...

Jan
28
2025

Fulbright Study/Research/Arts Information Meeting

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM, 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....

Jan
28
2025

German Department Film Series

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

Die Kaiserin (The Empress)  Historical Drama Series 1 (2022) and Series (2024) Director: Katrin Gebbe, Florian Cossen Starring: Devrim Lingnau, Philip Froissant We will screen...

Jan
29
2025

Rescheduled: Graduate/Faculty Lunch

12:00 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...

Jan
29
2025

Kaffeestunde

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

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

Jan
30
2025

CFS Info Session Live on Zoom

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...

Jan
30
2025

Culture & Society Workshop: Rod Abhari

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

The Department of Sociology's Culture & Society Workshop: Rod Abhari, School of Communication, Northwestern University  "Unmaking Science: Retractions, Trust, and the Politics...

Jan
30
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...

Jan
30
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...

Jan
31
2025

Dr. Franki Y. H. Kung: Psychology Colloquium Series

3:15 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Psychology

Title: “Robotic Asians”: A Mechanistic Dehumanization Perspective on Anti-Asian Bias in the U.S. Abstract: Psychology has documented several stereotypes that explain...

Feb
3
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
4
2025

American Politics Workshop: Stephanie Ternullo (Harvard)

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Political Science

Please join the American Politics Workshop as they host Stephanie Ternullo, Assistant Professor of Government at Harvard University. Abstract forthcoming.  Stephanie Ternullo...

Feb
4
2025

CFS Info Session Live on Zoom

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...

Feb
4
2025

Fulbright Study/Research/Arts Information Meeting

4:00 PM - 5:00 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....

Feb
4
2025

Info Session: Study Abroad in South Korea

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Global Learning Office

Join us to learn about study abroad options in South Korea during the academic year or summer. Representatives from the...

Feb
4
2025

Ethnography Workshop: Miguel Montalva Barba

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

Miguel Montalva Barba, Assistant Professor of Sociology at University of Massachusetts Boston, presents: White Supremacy and Racism in Progressive America:...

Feb
5
2025

Spring 2025 Pre-Registration Preview

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Political Science

Join the Political Science Department as we take a preview of the Spring 2025 quarter courses. Faculty will present on...

Feb
5
2025

Swahili Language Table

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

Practice your Swahili skills at Swahili Table.  Come for snacks and conversation at the Program of African Studies

Feb
6
2025

Department of Sociology Colloquium: Omar Lizardo, UCLA

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department

Omar Lizardo, UCLA, presents: "Professional Taste: Omnivorousness, Empathy, and Possibility in the Structure of Evaluation" Hybrid Please contact the Department of Sociology for...

Feb
6
2025

Claudia Rankine Reading

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by English Department

The Litowitz MFA+MA Graduate Program in Creative Writing and English is proud to present a reading by Claudia Rankine. The...

Feb
6
2025

Russian Club Movie Night

5:00 PM - 7:00 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! Events include weekly...

Feb
11
2025

CFS Info Session Live on Zoom

2:30 PM - 3:15 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...

Feb
11
2025

German Department Film Series

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

Tatort Wien (Scene of the Crime Vienna): Kein Entkommen (No Way Out) - Kresge Hall 1-515 at 6 pm Crime Series Director: Fabian...

Feb
12
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
13
2025

CFS Info Session Live on Zoom

1:00 PM - 1:45 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
13
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
13
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
17
2025

CFS Info Session Live on Zoom

10:00 AM - 10:45 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...

Feb
17
2025

Nick Winters - "Rival Arithmetics of Ancient Greece"

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

Speaker Nick Winters, Classics, Northwestern University Title "Rival Arithmetics of Ancient Greece" Abstract The origin of European theoretical mathematics is usually placed by historians in...

Feb
17
2025

Urban & Community Workshop: Michelle Shames

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

The Department of Sociology's Urban & Community Workshop presents: Michelle Shames: Quantifying Quality in Community Policing: A Case Study of Metrics...

Feb
18
2025

Cakes and Classes

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

Join us for historically-themed cake and chat with faculty members about their upcoming Winter courses! This is one of History's...

Feb
19
2025

Major Meet-Up

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Political Science

Please join the Political Science Department as they host a new major meet-up! Have you declared your major as Political Science?...

Feb
19
2025

Political Science Major Meet-Up

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Political Science

Please join the Political Science Department as they host a new major meet-up! Have you declared your major as Political Science?...

Feb
19
2025

Swahili Language Table

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

Practice your Swahili skills at Swahili Table.  Come for snacks and conversation at the Program of African Studies

Feb
19
2025

Warnock Lecture Series: Tsitsi Jaji (Duke University)

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

Winter 2025 Warnock Lecture, presented by the Department of Art History Sangoma: On Miriam Makeba’s Healing Arts  "In 1988, Miriam Makeba released...

Feb
20
2025

CCHS lecture on the Spanish Empire by M. McKinley

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

Michelle McKINLEY (University of Oregon), author of Fractional Freedoms: Slavery, Intimacy and Legal Mobilization in Colonial Lima, 1600-1700 (2016)—Thursday, February...

Feb
20
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....

Feb
20
2025

Culture & Society Workshop: Io Brooks

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

The Department of Sociology's Culture & Society Workshop: Io Brooks, Department of Sociology, Northwestern University "It Feels Like You're Being Robbed": Prison...

Feb
20
2025

Russian Club Movie Night

5:00 PM - 7:00 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! Events include weekly...

Feb
21
2025

Author Talk with R.F. Kuang

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM, sponsored by Asian American Studies Program

Join the Asian American Studies Program for an engaging conversation with award-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author Rebecca F....

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

Kaffeestunde

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

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

Feb
27
2025

Culture & Society Workshop: Ryan Fajardo

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

The Department of Sociology's Culture & Society Workshop: Ryan Fajardo, Department of Sociology, Northwestern University "The Price of Play: The Value of...

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

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...

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

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

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
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
12
2025

Kaffeestunde

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

Final Kaffeestunde

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

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