Event Types
Location
CM Burroughs Roundtable Q&A
CM Burroughs’ book of poems, The Vital System (Tupelo Press), illuminates what she calls "the protective capability of violence.”...
Hopwood Tea
Join us in the Hopwood Room for tea and conversation. Hopwood Teas are open to all, and happen every Thursday from 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM....
CM Burroughs Poetry Reading & Book Signing
CM Burroughs’ book of poems, The Vital System (Tupelo Press), illuminates what she calls "the protective capability of violence.”...
Germanic Languages and Literatures Graduate Student Conference
Embodying Vision/Envisioning Embodiment
Thursday, October 17th @ 5:30 - 7:00 pm (Forum Hall): “Present Tense: Time, Madness, and Democracy”: Keynote Lecture by Professor W. J....
Germanic Languages and Literatures Graduate Student Conference
Embodying Vision/Envisioning Embodiment
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18TH (Forum Hall):...
Language and Rhetorical Studies Conference
Join us for a conference on "Language, Rhetoric, and Digital Publics: Making Space for All."...
Germanic Languages and Literatures Graduate Student Conference
Embodying Vision/Envisioning Embodiment
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19TH (Rackham East Conference Room):...
ASC/MSW Reading Group: Stephen Best
None Like Us: Blackness, Belonging, Aesthetic Life
In preparation for Prof. Stephen Best's visit to UM to deliver the keynote lecture at the "African American Literature and Culture...
Richard T. Rodríguez Lecture
"The Stars Down Below: Sex, Labor, and the Fantasy of Hollywood"
This talk will examine the politics of fantasy in relation to representations of Latino male sexuality in contemporary independent and queer...
Hopwood Teaching Roundtable
A conversation about teaching creative writing
New, experienced, and future teachers of creative writing are invited to join an ongoing conversation about the art and craft of teaching...
Persuasion, Human Improvement, and Disability: A Talk from Fables and Futures
Award-winning Poet and Memoirist George Estreich
In this talk, award-winning poet and memoirist George Estreich will draw from his new book, Fables and Futures: Biotechnology, Disability,...
"Writing Aware" Reading and Q&A with Jess Row: White Flights
This event is for students in the Zell Writers' Program only....
Hopwood Tea
Join us in the Hopwood Room for tea and conversation. Hopwood Teas are open to all, and happen every Thursday from 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM....
P&PW Ecopoetics Reading Group
A reading group on ecopoetics: David Farrier’s Anthropocene Poetics: Deep Time, Sacrifice Zones, and Extinction (2019)
Part of the Poetry & Poetics Workshop roundtable series. For the pre-circulated reading material—“Intimacy: The Poetics of Thick...
The University of Michigan Initiative on Disability Studies (UMInDS) welcomes:
Lauren Obermark/ Interdependent Pedagogies: Rethinking Access and Disability in Graduate Education
Interdependent Pedagogies: Rethinking Access and Disability in Graduate Education...
Poetry, Politics and Mapuche Feminism: Readings and Dialogues with Daniela Catrileo.
Lecture
Join us in a dialogue with the mapuche poet and feminist activist Daniela Catrileo. She will talk about indigeneity, feminism and mapuche...
Heberle Lecture (Saidiya Hartman, Columbia University)
contact englishevents@umich.edu for details.
African American Literature and Culture Now: Symposium
The African American Literature and Culture Now symposium brings together a group of leading scholars in African American humanistic...
Hopwood Tea
Join us in the Hopwood Room for tea and conversation. Hopwood Teas are open to all, and happen every Thursday from 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM....
African American Literature and Culture Now Symposium: Keynote Lecture: Stephen Best
The End of Black Studies
The African American Literature and Culture Now symposium brings together a group of leading scholars in African American humanistic fields...
African American Literature and Culture Now: Symposium
The African American Literature and Culture Now symposium brings together a group of leading scholars in African American humanistic...
Poetry, Politics and Mapuche Feminism: Readings and Dialogues with Daniela Catrileo.
Workshop
The mapuche poet and feminist activist Daniela Catrileo will lead a workshop about mapuche poetry, with the reading of selected poems and...
Critical Conversations: Dissertation Showcase
Kyle Frisina | Michael Hoffman | Talin Tahajian | Sunhay You | John Whittier-Ferguson (chair)
"Critical Conversations" is a monthly lunch series organized by the English Department for 2019-20. In each session, a panel of...
Hopwood Teaching Roundtable
A conversation about teaching creative writing
New, experienced, and future teachers of creative writing are invited to join an ongoing conversation about the art and craft of teaching...
Anelise Chen Roundtable Q&A
Anelise Chen is the author of So Many Olympic Exertions (Kaya Press 2017), an experimental novel that blends elements of sportswriting,...
Hopwood Tea
Join us in the Hopwood Room for tea and conversation. Hopwood Teas are open to all, and happen every Thursday from 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM....
Anelise Chen Reading & Book Signing
Anelise Chen is the author of So Many Olympic Exertions (Kaya Press 2017), an experimental novel that blends elements of sportswriting,...
P&PW Workshop with Sumita Chakraborty
Article workshop with Sumita Chakraborty, Helen Zell Visiting Professor in Poetry
Part of the Poetry & Poetics Workshop roundtable series. Please email Zoey Dorman (zdorman@umich.edu) to receive a copy of the paper....
Kate Marshall Lecture
Please join us for a public talk by Kate Marshall (Notre Dame). More info forthcoming.
Hopwood Tea
Join us in the Hopwood Room for tea and conversation. Hopwood Teas are open to all, and happen every Thursday from 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM....
Critical Conversations: Ecologies
Omolade Adunbi | Petra Kuppers | Benjamin Mangrum | Peggy McCracken | Susan Scott Parrish (chair)
"Critical Conversations" is a monthly lunch series organized by the English Department for 2019-20. In each session, a panel of...
Hopwood Teaching Roundtable
A conversation about teaching creative writing
New, experienced, and future teachers of creative writing are invited to join an ongoing conversation about the art and craft of teaching...
Hopwood Tea
Join us in the Hopwood Room for tea and conversation. Hopwood Teas are open to all, and happen every Thursday from 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM....
Hopwood Award Submissions Drop-in Workshop
Before the December 4th deadline for the Fall Hopwood Awards, come by to finalize your submission!...
Hopwood Award Submissions Drop-in Workshop
Before the December 4th deadline for the Fall Hopwood Awards, come by to finalize your submission!...
Arthur Sze Poetry Reading and Book Signing
Arthur Sze is a poet, translator, and editor. He has published ten books of poetry, including Sight Lines, Compass Rose, The Ginkgo Light,...
DECEMBER DEADLINE: Hopwood Awards!
The deadline is noon, December 4, 2019 for the First and Second Year Hopwood Awards and other creative writing contests. NO LATE SUBMISSIONS...
Author's Forum Presents: "The Center of the World: Regional Writing and the Puzzles of Place-Time"
A Conversation with June Howard and Joshua Miller
June Howard (English, American culture, women's studies) and Joshua Miller (English, Judaic studies) discuss Howard's latest book,...
Hopwood Teaching Roundtable
A conversation about teaching creative writing
New, experienced, and future teachers of creative writing are invited to join an ongoing conversation about the art and craft of teaching...
Arthur Sze Roundtable Q&A
Arthur Sze is a poet, translator, and editor. He has published ten books of poetry, including Sight Lines, Compass Rose, The Ginkgo Light,...
Teaching Contemporary Media
A panel discussion about pedagogical possibilities for teaching contemporary media. More info forthcoming.
Hopwood Tea
Join us in the Hopwood Room for tea and conversation. Hopwood Teas are open to all, and happen every Thursday from 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM....
Arthur Sze: In Conversation
Poet Arthur Sze, Interviewed by Prof. Khaled Mattawa
Arthur Sze is a poet, translator, and editor. He has published ten books of poetry, including Sight Lines, Compass Rose, The Ginkgo Light,...
Winter Solstice Gathering (Department of English)
This gathering warms the hearts of faculty, staff, and emeritus during this season of cheer. Contact audrawil@umich.edu for details.
