Event Types
Location
Shakespearean Studies Hodgdon Lecture
Cue the Bard: How Shakespeare Can Help Us Write Genre Fiction, Andrew (AJ) Hartley (UNC Charlotte)
What pointers can contemporary writers take from one of the world’s master story tellers?...
2026 Dr. Berj H. Haidostian Annual Distinguished Lecture | Poetry, Traumatic History, Memory: Thinking about the Armenian Genocide
Peter Balakian (Colgate University)
How can a past historical event be transformed by literature that comes after? Pulitzer Prize winning poet Peter Balakian will discuss the...
Hopwood Tea
Enjoy coffee, tea, and refreshments in a beautiful, book-filled space. Check out a book from the Hopwood library or engage with other...
Job Talk
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Hopwood Awards Contest Virtual Submissions Forum
Hopwood Program Staff
The Hopwood Awards are one of the oldest, largest, and most prestigious collegiate writing contests in the world, and they're only open...
Vivian R. Shaw Lecture Featuring Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
The Institute for Research on Women & Gender (IRWG) and the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of Michigan are...
Hopwood Dolly Parton Celebration Tea
Join us for tea, coffee, specialty treats, karaoke, and a book giveaway to celebrate the life and legacy of singer-songwriter and literacy...
Reading, Q&A, and Book Signing with Richard Siken
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Craft Lecture by Richard Siken
Zell Visiting Writers Series craft lecutures are free and open to the public and will be offered both virtually (via Zoom) and in person...
2026 Heberle Award and Lecture
The Slow Time of Rumination with Prof Amanda Anderson (Brown)
Please join the English Department for the 2026 Annual Lora Hutchins Heberle Award and Lecture with Professor Amanda Anderson of Brown...
Hopwood Tea
Enjoy coffee, tea, and refreshments in a beautiful, book-filled space. Check out a book from the Hopwood library or engage with other...
Taste of English
Lunch!
Join the department chair, faculty members, and current students to chat over a casual lunch!...
Environmental Humanities Workshop
Reading and Discussion of John Bellamy Foster’s Marx’s Ecology
We will discuss portions of John Bellamy Foster’s Marx’s Ecology to generate discussion among EHW and the more social sciences...
Hopwood Banned Books Tea
Celebrate the freedom to read at the annual Hopwood Banned Books Tea. Enjoy coffee, tea, and light refreshments, enter a raffle to win a...
Reading, Q&A, and Book Signing with Jaswinder Bolina
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Craft Lecture by Jaswinder Bolina
Zell Visiting Writers Series craft lecutures are free and open to the public and will be offered both virtually (via Zoom) and in person...
Rebuilding Democracy
Osita Nwanevu in conversation with Elizabeth Anderson on the American Crossroads
As the country heads into the 2026 midterm elections, the University of Michigan welcomes journalist Osita Nwanevu, contributing editor at...
Transcultural Studies AMDP Drop-In Info Session
Join us for a drop-in remote information session with the TCS Director to learn about the Accelerated Master’s Degree Program in...
Hopwood Tea
Enjoy coffee, tea, and refreshments in a beautiful, book-filled space. Check out a book from the Hopwood library or engage with other...
Hopwood Tea
Enjoy coffee, tea, and refreshments in a beautiful, book-filled space. Check out a book from the Hopwood library or engage with other...
Reading, Q&A, and Book Signing with Tisa Byrant
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Craft Lecture by Tisa Bryant
Zell Visiting Writers Series craft lecutures are free and open to the public and will be offered both virtually (via Zoom) and in person...
In the Shadow of Empire:
Calcutta’s Victoria Memorial and its Cast of Moving Statuary
With a focus on Calcutta’s landmark monument – the most grandiose of the memorials to the Queen of all the ones built across the British...
Hopwood Halloween Tea
All are welcome to an early Halloween celebration in our spookily decorated room. Enjoy cider, donut holes, and candy galore along with...
Alternative Affinities: Constellations of Kinship and Community
2026 Graduate Student Conference
The Kleinfamilie, or “nuclear family,” endures as a core structure that helps to define human relations. With roots in the eighteenth...
Alternative Affinities: Constellations of Kinship and Community
2026 Graduate Student Conference
The Kleinfamilie, or “nuclear family,” endures as a core structure that helps to define human relations. With roots in the eighteenth...
Hopwood Tea
Enjoy coffee, tea, and refreshments in a beautiful, book-filled space. Check out a book from the Hopwood library or engage with other...
Environmental Humanities Workshop
Visiting Lecture by Michelle N. Huang
EHW will be hosting Michelle N. Huang as our visiting speaker for this school year! Michelle is jointly appointed in the English Department...
Hopwood Tea
Enjoy coffee, tea, and refreshments in a beautiful, book-filled space. Check out a book from the Hopwood library or engage with other...
Reading, Q&A, and Book Signing with Tony Tulathimutte
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Next Draft
English Faculty workshop series
Craft Lecture by Tony Tulathimutte
Zell Visiting Writers Series craft lecutures are free and open to the public and will be offered both virtually (via Zoom) and in person...
Hopwood Tea
Enjoy coffee, tea, and refreshments in a beautiful, book-filled space. Check out a book from the Hopwood library or engage with other...
Hopwood Tea
Enjoy coffee, tea, and refreshments in a beautiful, book-filled space. Check out a book from the Hopwood library or engage with other...
Reading, Q&A, and Book Signing with Diana Khoi Nguyen
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Next Draft
English Faculty workshop series
Craft Lecture by Diana Khoi Nguyen
Zell Visiting Writers Series craft lecutures are free and open to the public and will be offered both virtually (via Zoom) and in person...
Environmental Humanities Workshop
ASLE Conference Abstract Workshop
The Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment, the biggest environmental humanities association is holding its biennial...
Hopwood Tea
Enjoy coffee, tea, and refreshments in a beautiful, book-filled space. Check out a book from the Hopwood library or engage with other...
Hopwood Tea
Enjoy coffee, tea, and refreshments in a beautiful, book-filled space. Check out a book from the Hopwood library or engage with other...
Hopwood Tea
Enjoy coffee, tea, and refreshments in a beautiful, book-filled space. Check out a book from the Hopwood library or engage with other...
Hopwood Tea
Enjoy coffee, tea, and refreshments in a beautiful, book-filled space. Check out a book from the Hopwood library or engage with other...
Hopwood Tea
Enjoy coffee, tea, and refreshments in a beautiful, book-filled space. Check out a book from the Hopwood library or engage with other...
Reading, Q&A, and Book Signing with Lars Horn
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Craft Lecture by Lars Horn
Zell Visiting Writers Series craft lecutures are free and open to the public and will be offered both virtually (via Zoom) and in person...
Hopwood Tea
Enjoy coffee, tea, and refreshments in a beautiful, book-filled space. Check out a book from the Hopwood library or engage with other...
Reading, Q&A, and Booking Signing with Renee Gladman
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Craft Lecture by Renee Gladman
Zell Visiting Writers Series craft lecutures are free and open to the public and will be offered both virtually (via Zoom) and in person...
Hopwood Tea
Enjoy coffee, tea, and refreshments in a beautiful, book-filled space. Check out a book from the Hopwood library or engage with other...
