Event Types
Location
Poetry & Poetics Workshop
Introduction to the Books Arts Studio with Fritz Swanson
In preparation for our Zine Initiative, PPW is hosting an introductory workshop to the Book Arts Studio with Fritz Swanson. Those interested...
Environmental Humanities Workshop
Group Reading Discussion: Jeffrey Insko’s Energy Humanities
In preparation for this term’s visiting lecture, we will be reading two of Jeffrey Insko’s recent contributions to the field of energy...
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 Book Lovers' Tea
Fall in love with books all over again at the annual Hopwood Book Lovers' Tea. Enjoy coffee, tea, refreshments, and conviviality. Go on...
CLIFF 2026 - 30th Anniversary Event
Comparative Literature Intra-student and Faculty Forum (CLIFF) has been a cornerstone of the Department of Comparative Literature since...
Poetry & Poetics Workshop
Chapter Workshop with Stephanie Kraver
Graduate students and faculty are invited to join us for a roundtable discussion of a chapter from Stephanie Kraver’s forthcoming...
Information Session: Accelerated Master’s Degree Program in Transcultural Studies
Earn your MA in one additional year!
Join us to learn more about Transcultural Studies, an interdisciplinary accelerated master's degree program designed to enable current...
Information Session: Accelerated Master’s Degree Program in Transcultural Studies
Earn your MA in one additional year!
Join us to learn more about Transcultural Studies, an interdisciplinary accelerated master's degree program designed to enable current...
Poetry at Literati
Kelly Hoffer, Tracy Zeman, and Kameryn Alexa Carter
Celebrate the releases of "Fire Series," "Interglacial," and "Antediluvian" at Literati Bookstore with...
Teaching Reading and Writing in Access-oriented Institutions
Workshop led by Dr. Christie Toth (University of Utah) and Dr. Brett Griffiths (Schoolcraft College)
Please join Dr. Christie Toth (U of Utah) and Dr. Brett Griffiths (Schoolcraft College), both of whom are graduates of the Joint Program in...
Critical Conversations
"Sound"
Critical Conversations is a monthly lunch series organized by the English Department Associate Chair’s Office. Each Critical Conversations...
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...
Next Draft series
All English faculty are invited to attend
Meeting: English Department tenure-track faculty
1/16 (tenure-track faculty)...
Global Postcolonialisms Collective
The Mud Kin Project: A Curatorial Mapping Lecture & Discussion with Tracy Fenix
As we explore what it means to be a decolonial scholar outside the traditional walls of the academy, we turn our attention to the...
DSI Lecture Series | Trans Ecologies of the Real and the Virtual in Contemporary Art
with micha cárdenas
For the survival of all our ecologies, we must refuse human centricity and build networks of care across lines of species and liveliness....
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...
DISCO Network Presents - Content Creation and the End of Social Media
Crystal Abidin, Brooke Erin Duffy, and Kelechi Okafor in conversation with Catherine Knight Steele
Is social media still social? With the spread of content creation as a business, political strategy, and pastime across platforms, where is...
Reading and Q&A with Jamil Jan Kochai
Zell Visiting Writers Series
Login here (no pre-registration needed): http://tinyurl.com/ZellWriters25...
Craft Lecture: "The Sentence" by Jamil Jan Kochai
Zell Visiting Writers Series
Login here (no pre-registration needed): http://tinyurl.com/ZellWriters25...
Environmental Humanities Workshop
Faculty Writing Workshop: Liz Roberts
We will discuss new writing by Liz Roberts. Professor Roberts is a professor of anthropology at UM, who investigates scientific and public...
2026 Graduate English Welcome Week
Welcome Week events for 2026 MFA and PhD Admitted Students
2026 Graduate English Welcome Week
Welcome Week events for 2026 MFA and PhD Admitted Students
Critical Conversations
Welcome Week Dissertation and Thesis Showcase
Participants TBA RSVP here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeW2XrzbB2peOPVyFXtzm7A58xDctlwC6BwFCphZipjqKRjjQ/viewform
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...
2026 Graduate English Welcome Week
Welcome Week events for 2026 MFA and PhD Admitted Students
Craft Lecture: "Elements of Ecopoetry" by Dr. Craig Santos Perez
Zell Visiting Writers Series
Login here (no pre-registration needed): http://tinyurl.com/ZellWriters25...
Poetry & Poetics Workshop
Guest Lecture by Nikki Skillman
We are excited to welcome Professor Nikki Skillman to present a lecture this spring! Nikki Skillman is an Associate Professor in the English...
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...
Next Draft series
All English faculty are invited to attend
Meeting: English Department tenure-track faculty
1/16 (tenure-track faculty)...
English Graduate Group
English Graduate Group Reading Event
GPC Graduate Study Hall
Global Postcolonialisms Collective (GPC)
Need a dedicated space to write? Join the GPC for a mid-semester study hall. This session serves as a quiet, communal space for students to...
DSI Lecture Series | Predatory Data: Eugenics in Big Tech and Our Fight for an Independent Future
with Anita Say Chan
The insidious legacy of eugenics lives on in the techno-surveillance, algorithmic authoritarianism, and data-driven discrimination of Big...
Making Movies in India: A Conversation with Suresh Dagubatti
Please join us for a wide-ranging conversation about making movies in India, from conceptualization to distribution and everything 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...
Environmental Humanities Workshop
Jeffrey Insko
As a professor of English and a coordinator in the American Studies department at Oakland University, Professor Insko specializes 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...
Taste of English
Open house for faculty and potential English majors/minors to chat about the department
Environmental Humanities Workshop
Graduate Student Writing Workshop: Gina Hsu
We will discuss a new dissertation chapter by Gina Hsu. Gina is a PhD candidate in the joint program with Women’s and Gender Studies and...
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...
Meeting: English Department tenure-track faculty
1/16 (tenure-track faculty)...
Poetry & Poetics Workshop
Zine Launch
To wrap up our year thinking about poetry and media, we will gather to launch (and create!) our collaborative zine! Details forthcoming....
Roxane Gay Reading and Q&A
Moderated by Aisha Sabatini Sloan
Acclaimed writer and cultural critic Roxane Gay will read from her work and participate in a Q&A. Dr. Gay's books will be available...
2026 Hopwood Awards Ceremony and Lecture
Roxane Gay, Hopwood Lecturer
All are welcome to attend the awards ceremony for winners and finalists of the 2026 Hopwood Writing Awards. Acclaimed writer and cultural...
