BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//UM//UM*Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/America/Detroit X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Detroit BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20070311T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20071104T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250122T130950 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250318T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250318T123000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Fellowship and Grant Writing DESCRIPTION:This workshop will provide brainstorming and feedback time for fellowship and grant proposals.\n\nHow do you articulate your research for an audience who holds the purse strings? In this workshop\, we will review rhetorical considerations needed when developing a fellowship or grant proposal. There will then be time to brainstorm and begin sketching out a proposal based on fellowship and grant calls participants bring in. We’ll then take time to provide group feedback on participants’ ideas and questions after reviewing the calls and responding to them.\n\nRegister for this workshop at https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/session/90016\n\nRackham / Sweetland Workshops\, co-sponsored by the Rackham Graduate School\, cover a host of topics designed to help graduate students in various aspects of writing. UID:131595-21868794@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/131595 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - East Conference Room, 4th floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20241217T091825 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250318T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250318T135000 SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:Take Command Of Your Dissertation With Microsoft Word DESCRIPTION:You are an expert in your field\, but you may not be an expert in Rackham’s rules around properly formatting your dissertation or thesis. This 50-minute online workshop will save you hours of time in creating your dissertation — and in any other writing you do with Microsoft Word.\n\nIn this online workshop\, the experts from the University Library will introduce you to lesser-known features of Microsoft Word that can help you ensure consistent formatting through the document\, as well as manage margin size\, insert captions\, and create an automatic Table of Contents\, List of Figures\, or a List of Tables. You’ll also learn about support resources and people who are available to answer your questions when you run into problems.\n\nPlease visit https://ttc.iss.lsa.umich.edu/ttc/sessions/upcoming/tag/dissertations to register for this session\, and receive the Zoom link. UID:101962-21865207@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/101962 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:writing LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250306T165923 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250320T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250320T170000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Ben Collins\, Journalist and CEO of The Onion DESCRIPTION:The Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan is excited to welcome Ben Collins\, CEO of The Onion\, as the speaker for the fourth annual Mitchell Lecture. He previously worked as a senior reporter at NBC News\, where he won an Emmy and Walter Cronkite Award. He was also a senior editor at The Daily Beast. \n\nThe Mitchell Lecture Series — a component of the Mitchell Program — features ethically minded lecturers from the creative industries to bolster the development of ethical\, diverse business leaders. The Patricia W. Mitchell Trusts provided an endowment to Michigan Ross in 2019 to establish the Mitchell Program for Business Ethics and Communications and honor the legacy of John H. Mitchell\, LSA ‘39\, founder of Columbia Pictures Television\, and his wife Patricia Mitchell. UID:133512-21873189@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/133512 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Ross School of Business - Robertson Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250123T125001 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250320T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250320T170000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Hopwood Tea DESCRIPTION:All are welcome to tea\, coffee\, light refreshments\, and conviviality in a beautiful\, historic setting. UID:124348-21868974@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/124348 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Angell Hall - 1176 (Hopwood Room) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240815T125004 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250320T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250320T183000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Reading and Q&A with Monica Youn DESCRIPTION:Login here (no pre-registration needed): https://tinyurl.com/ZellWriters24\n\nZell Visiting Writers Series readings and Q&As are free and open to the public and will be offered both virtually (via Zoom) and in person (in UMMA's Stern Auditorium). Seats are offered on a first come\, first served basis\; please arrive early to secure a spot.\n\nMonica Youn is the author of four poetry collections\, most recently *FROM FROM*\, which won the Anisfield-Wolf Award and was a finalist for the 2023 National Book Award. It was also named a *New York Times Book Review Notable Book* and Best Poetry Book of 2023 and was a *Time*\, *NPR*\, *Publishers Weekly*\, *Library Journal*\, and *Electric Literature* Best Book of 2023. She has been awarded the Levinson Prize from the Poetry Foundation\, the William Carlos Williams Award of the Poetry Society of America\, a Guggenheim Fellowship\, a Witter Bytter Fellowship from the Library of Congress\, and a Stegner Fellowship. Her previous books have been shortlisted for the National Book Award\, the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Kingsley Tufts Award. A former constitutional lawyer\, she is a member of the curatorial collective the Racial Imaginary Institute and is a professor of English at UC Irvine. \n\nTess Taylor\, on *NPR’s All Things Considered*\, declared that “Monica Youn is one of the most consistently innovative poets working today.” As John Yau has put it\, “In every generation there is a handful of poets who challenge the way we think about language and how it is used. . . . It is to this distinguished company that Youn now belongs.” Claudia Rankine has called Youn’s work “disconcerting in its spectatorship and breathtaking in its beauty\,\" and Linda Gregerson says\, “Monica Youn\, quite simply\, is one of the two or three most brilliant poets working in America today.” \n\nFor any questions about the event or to share accommodation needs\, please email kimjulie@umich.edu--we are eager to help ensure this event is inclusive to you. The building\, event space\, and restrooms are wheelchair accessible. Diaper changing tables are available in nearby restrooms. Gender-inclusive restrooms are available on the second floor of the Museum\, accessible via the stairs\, or in nearby Hatcher Graduate Library (Floors 3\, 4\, 5\, and 6). The Hatcher Library also offers a reflection room (4th Floor South Stacks)\, and a lactation room (Room 13W\, an anteroom to the basement women's staff restroom\, or Room 108B\, an anteroom of the first floor women's restroom). ASL interpreters and CART services at in-person events are available upon request\; please email kimjulie@umich.edu at least two weeks prior to the event\, whenever possible\, to allow time to arrange services.\n\nU-M employees with a U-M parking permit may use the Church Street Parking Structure (525 Church St.\, Ann Arbor) or the Thompson Parking Structure (500 Thompson St.\, Ann Arbor). There is limited metered street parking on State Street and South University Avenue. The Forest Avenue Public Parking Structure (650 South Forest Ave.\, Ann Arbor) is five blocks away\, and the parking rate is $1.20 per hour. All of these options include parking spots for individuals with disabilities. UID:122638-21849471@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/122638 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Museum of Art - Stern Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250123T201320 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250320T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250320T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Michigan Gayly Study Session DESCRIPTION:Come join the Michigan Gayly for a chill study session at the Spectrum Center every other Thursday from 6-8pm!! UID:131702-21869061@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/131702 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Michigan Union - Spectrum Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240815T125026 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250321T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250321T110000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CRAFT LECTURE: Proleptic Form: Toward a Poetics of Self Defense DESCRIPTION:Login here (no pre-registration needed): https://tinyurl.com/ZellWriters24\n\nSeats are limited and are offered on a first come\, first served basis\; please arrive early to secure a spot.\n\nZell Visiting Writers Series craft lectures are free and open to the public\, and will be offered both virtually (via Zoom) and in person (in The Robert Hayden Conference Room\, Angell Hall #3222). Please contact kimjulie@umich.edu with any questions or accommodation needs.\n\nOf her lecture\, \"Proleptic Form: Toward a Poetics of Self Defense\,\" Monica says\, \"In rhetoric\, prolepsis is the anticipation of possible counterarguments or objections in order to answer them in advance. It’s a defensive posture\, one that assumes in advance that the speaker will be criticized or attacked. So it seems appropriate that proleptic form – a poetics of self defense – would be particularly the province of those groups who are accustomed to being attacked\, to constantly rebutting spoken and unspoken accusations of being overemotional\, hypersensitive\, irrational\, lazy\, unnuanced\, non-objective\, trivial\, overly political\, of always playing the race card\, the gender card\, the sexuality card\, the class card\, pick a card. Proleptic form assumes an audience not of the speaker’s tribe\, potentially a hostile audience\, an audience assumed to be in a dominant position in society\, often a White audience\, a cishet audience etc. I’ll look at some well-known examples\, Phillis Wheatley\, Bhanu Kapil\, Robin Coste Lewis\, Claudia Rankine\, Layli Long Soldier\, and Paul Tran and try to identify certain characteristics of proleptic form.\"\n \nMonica Youn is the author of four poetry collections\, most recently *FROM FROM*\, which won the Anisfield-Wolf Award and was a finalist for the 2023 National Book Award. It was also named a *New York Times Book Review Notable Book* and Best Poetry Book of 2023 and was a *Time*\, *NPR*\, *Publishers Weekly*\, *Library Journal*\, and *Electric Literature* Best Book of 2023. She has been awarded the Levinson Prize from the Poetry Foundation\, the William Carlos Williams Award of the Poetry Society of America\, a Guggenheim Fellowship\, a Witter Bytter Fellowship from the Library of Congress\, and a Stegner Fellowship. Her previous books have been shortlisted for the National Book Award\, the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Kingsley Tufts Award. A former constitutional lawyer\, she is a member of the curatorial collective the Racial Imaginary Institute and is a professor of English at UC Irvine. \n\nTess Taylor\, on *NPR’s All Things Considered*\, declared that “Monica Youn is one of the most consistently innovative poets working today.” As John Yau has put it\, “In every generation there is a handful of poets who challenge the way we think about language and how it is used. . . . It is to this distinguished company that Youn now belongs.” Claudia Rankine has called Youn’s work “disconcerting in its spectatorship and breathtaking in its beauty\,\" and Linda Gregerson says\, “Monica Youn\, quite simply\, is one of the two or three most brilliant poets working in America today.” \n\nFor any questions about the event or to share accommodation needs\, please email kimjulie@umich.edu--we are eager to help ensure this event is inclusive to you. The building\, event space\, and restrooms are wheelchair accessible. Diaper changing tables are available in nearby restrooms. Gender-inclusive restrooms are available on the second floor of the Museum\, accessible via the stairs\, or in nearby Hatcher Graduate Library (Floors 3\, 4\, 5\, and 6). The Hatcher Library also offers a reflection room (4th Floor South Stacks)\, and a lactation room (Room 13W\, an anteroom to the basement women's staff restroom\, or Room 108B\, an anteroom of the first floor women's restroom). ASL interpreters and CART services at in-person events are available upon request\; please email kimjulie@umich.edu at least two weeks prior to the event\, whenever possible\, to allow time to arrange services.\n\nU-M employees with a U-M parking permit may use the Church Street Parking Structure (525 Church St.\, Ann Arbor) or the Thompson Parking Structure (500 Thompson St.\, Ann Arbor). There is limited metered street parking on State Street and South University Avenue. The Forest Avenue Public Parking Structure (650 South Forest Ave.\, Ann Arbor) is five blocks away\, and the parking rate is $1.20 per hour. All of these options include parking spots for individuals with disabilities. UID:122639-21849472@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/122639 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Angell Hall - The Robert Hayden Conference Room, #3222 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250204T134224 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250323T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250323T163000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Literature Review Reading- My Lines Lay Before Me DESCRIPTION:The 29th Annual Exhibition of Artists in Michigan Prisons occurring March 18- April 1st showcases the life-affirming creative work of artists from 26 Michigan prisons.\n\nAs part of this year's exhibition\, join us for a reading of selections from the 17th edition of the Michigan Review of Prisoner Creative Writing titled \"My Lines Lay Before Me.\" These will be read by family and friends of contributing authors. PCAP’s Michigan Review of Prisoner Creative Writing seeks to showcase the talent and diversity of writers incarcerated in Michigan. Books will also be available for purchase at this wonderful event.\n\n*Free accessible shuttle service available the day of the event from 10:30 AM-5:00 PM\, running every half-hour Loops to the event from the Plymouth Rd. Park & Ride (3700 Plymouth Rd.\, right off of US-23) You may enter via the Chrysler center building or the Duderstadt Center* UID:132288-21870724@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/132288 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Chrysler Center - Chesebrough Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250226T193653 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250324T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250324T183000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Worlds Within: Exploring the Intersection of Humanities\, Medicine\, and the Arts DESCRIPTION:Are you a pre-med or med student with a passion for the humanities? Or a humanities student curious about the field of medicine? This is an event you won't want to miss!\n\nJoin us for a thought-provoking lecture and discussion on the deep\, fascinating connections between medicine and the humanities—how they shape\, influence\, and enrich each other. Featuring an autobiographical talk by Dustin Cummings\, a surgeon and writer\, followed by a conversation with Joel Howell\, a Michigan professor emeritus of medical history\, internal medicine\, and history.\n\nCome expand your perspective\, engage with brilliant minds\, and discover how these two fields enrich each other and the world. Reception to follow.\n\nDustin Cummings is the author of the sci-fi series Exiles of a Gilded Moon\, a poet\, and a general and bariatric surgeon in New York City. He received a BA in French and biology in 2006 and an MPH and MD in 2012\, all from the University of Michigan. Originally from Mid-Michigan\, he is an avid fan of science fiction and fantasy. In his spare time\, he enjoys reading\, playing the piano\, listening to classical music\, and long walks.\n\nJoel Howell is the Elizabeth Farrand Professor Emeritus of the History of Medicine\, Professor Emeritus of Internal Medicine and History\, and the former director of the Medical Arts Program\, which explores how the arts can lead to better caregiving. He has written about the use of medical technology\, the history of medical education in Ethiopia\, and human experimentation\, among many other subjects. In addition to his medical publications\, Howell is the author of *Washtenaw County Bike Rides* (University of Michigan Press).\n\nAdmission is free but seating is limited. Save your spot and register to attend https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/p/track/13817.\n\nMany thanks to Duke HuMed for their consultation and support for this event. Learn more at https://dukehumed.wixsite.com/my-site. UID:130464-21866052@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/130464 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Lobby CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250123T125001 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250327T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250327T170000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Hopwood Tea DESCRIPTION:All are welcome to tea\, coffee\, light refreshments\, and conviviality in a beautiful\, historic setting. UID:124348-21868975@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/124348 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Angell Hall - 1176 (Hopwood Room) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250305T114415 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250327T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250327T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:The Return of the Contemporary: The Latin American Novel in the End Times Workshop DESCRIPTION:In this workshop\, Nicolas Campisi will discuss his most recent book. By situating his argument at the intersection of ecocritical and environmental humanities\, affect studies\, and the politics of memory and postmemory\, Campisi presents new comparative methods to show how Latin America’s neoliberal crisis prompted significant changes in how the novel as a form imagines a different future. In preparation\, please read the Introduction and Chapter 1: “The Return of Nature: The Novel of the Crisis.\"\n\nPlease RSVP to attend. UID:133441-21873103@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/133441 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Modern Languages Building - RLL Commons (MLB 4314) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250305T114523 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250328T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250328T170000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:The Agrochemical Gothic: Pesticide Writing in South America DESCRIPTION:In this presentation\, Nicolas Campisi (Georgetown University) will discuss the emergence of a new literary genre that he calls the agrochemical gothic. He will talk about two novels: *Fruta podrida* (2006) by the Chilean writer Lina Meruane and *Distancia de rescate* (2014) by the Argentine writer Samanta Schweblin. Nicolas will show that just as agribusiness has obscured the borders between humans and nonhumans through the creation of genetically modified seeds (GMOs)\, these works blur the limits between prose\, poetry\, and theater to depict the invisible and omnipresent violence of pesticide contamination. UID:133442-21873104@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/133442 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Modern Languages Building - RLL Commons (MLB 4314) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250115T164616 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250331T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250331T170000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Lecture hosted by Marcello Hernandez Castillo DESCRIPTION:Join us in the Keene Theater for a reading and lecture by visiting poet and writer Marcello Hernandez Castillo. Free and open to the public. UID:131225-21867997@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/131225 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:East Quadrangle - Keene Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250327T101157 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250402T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250402T113000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:What is Critical Now? Media Studies Between Crisis and Critique DESCRIPTION:Media today are our situation\; they constitute the fabric of living. But a number of new crises–and subjects–have profoundly shaped the field of media studies\, including an environmental turn in media studies\, elemental media\, ubiquitous computing\, distributed sensing\, and pervasive algorithms and artificial intelligence. Accordingly\, this conference revists and updates Mark B.N. Hansen and WJT Mitchell’s landmark Critical Terms for Media Studies (2010) by accounting for how these new ways of thinking impact the subjective\, aesthetic\, political\, material and economic registers of life and living in the twenty-first century. \n\nIn particular\, the conference will explore the many disciplinary and post-disciplinary transformations in the study of media since its publication (including the moment of “post-critique”). To that end\, the conference will bring together an interdisciplinary set of emerging scholars external to the University of Michigan with UM graduate students and faculty to reconsider the project of media critique today.\n\nThe morning session (10:00 am-11:30 am\, Digital Studies Institute Lab Space) is reserved for a limited-capacity working session with the invited speakers for graduate students involved broadly in the critical study of media. RSVP here: https://myumi.ch/qZkRx\n\nThe afternoon (2:00 pm- 5:00 pm\, Hatcher Graduate Library\, Hatcher Gallery\, Room 100) will consist of four 45-minute “Keyword Panel” sessions\, with a talk by each guest speaker followed by a dialogue with U-M faculty. The panel discussion is open to graduate students\, the Digital Studies Institute\, University of Michigan faculty and students\, and the general public to reflect on post-disciplinary or trans-disciplinary turns within the study of media technology and culture as well as new limits and possibilities for media critique. RSVP here: https://myumi.ch/qZkRx\n\n2:00 - 2:05 pm: Opening Remarks\n\n2:05 - 2:40 pm: Dr. Thomas Pringle (USC)\, Keyword: “Environment\,” Respondent: Dr. Megan Ewing (Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures)\n\n2:40 - 3:15 pm: Dr. Hannah Zeavin (UC Berkeley)\, Keyword: “Mother\,” Respondent: Dr. Andreas Gailus (Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures)\n\n3:15 - 3:30 pm: Break \n\n3:30 - 4:05 pm: Dr. Ranjodh Singh Dhaliwal (Basel)\, Keyword: “Concretion\,” Respondent: Dr. Justin Joque (Visualization Librarian\, Social Sciences and Clark Library)\n\n4:05 - 4:40 pm: Dr. Anna Shechtman (Cornell)\, Keyword: “Text\,” Respondent: Dr. Megan Ankerson (Communication & Media)\n\n4:40 - 4:55 pm: Faculty Lightning Presentations \n\n4:55 - 5:00 pm: Closing Remarks\n\n\nSpeaker Bios:\n\nRanjodh Singh Dhaliwal is an Associate Professor of Digital Humanities\, Artificial Intelligence\, and Media Studies at the University of Basel\, Switzerland. He holds a PhD in English Literature\, with a designated emphasis in Science and Technology Studies\, from University of California\, Davis. Ranjodh’s research\, which traces the aesthetic and political entanglements of our technological cultures\, lies at the intersections of science fiction studies\, critical media theory\, and histories of science and technology.\n\nThomas Patrick Pringle is an Assistant Professor of Cinema and Media Studies at the University of Southern California. He received his Ph.D. in Modern Culture and Media from Brown University. Pringle focuses on historical approaches to film and media\, with an emphasis on how media shape how environments are conceived in a given place and time and how technologies interact with physical environments.\n\n​​Anna Shechtman is an Assistant Professor of Literatures in English\, specializing in media studies and American literature. She is writing a two-volume history of the “media” and “data” concepts in the United States. The first examines the social formations and technologies of production that have allowed \"media\" to incorporate—and perhaps even supersede—the categories of \"art\,\" \"literature\,\" \"communication\,\" and \"culture\" in the second half of the 20th century.\n\nHannah Zeavin is a scholar\, writer\, and editor whose work centers on the history of human sciences (psychoanalysis\, psychology\, and psychiatry)\, the history of technology and media\, feminist science and technology studies\, and media theory. Zeavin is an Assistant Professor of History (Science / North America) in the Department of History and The Berkeley Center for New Media at UC Berkeley.\n\nWe want to make our events accessible to all participants. CART services will be provided. If you anticipate needing accommodations to participate or would like help filling out the RSVP form\, please email Rebecca Uliasz at ruliasz@umich.edu.\n\nWe would like to thank the following co-sponsors:\n\nCenter for Ethics\, Society\, and Computing\nDepartment of American Culture\nDepartment of Comparative Literature \nDepartment of English Language & Literature\nDepartment of Film\, Television\, and Media\nDepartment of Communication and Media\nDigital Studies Institute\nInstitute for Humanities\nMedia Studies (Graduate Student) Interest Group UID:133706-21873423@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/133706 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Off Campus Location - G333 Mason Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250327T101157 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250402T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250402T170000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:What is Critical Now? Media Studies Between Crisis and Critique DESCRIPTION:Media today are our situation\; they constitute the fabric of living. But a number of new crises–and subjects–have profoundly shaped the field of media studies\, including an environmental turn in media studies\, elemental media\, ubiquitous computing\, distributed sensing\, and pervasive algorithms and artificial intelligence. Accordingly\, this conference revists and updates Mark B.N. Hansen and WJT Mitchell’s landmark Critical Terms for Media Studies (2010) by accounting for how these new ways of thinking impact the subjective\, aesthetic\, political\, material and economic registers of life and living in the twenty-first century. \n\nIn particular\, the conference will explore the many disciplinary and post-disciplinary transformations in the study of media since its publication (including the moment of “post-critique”). To that end\, the conference will bring together an interdisciplinary set of emerging scholars external to the University of Michigan with UM graduate students and faculty to reconsider the project of media critique today.\n\nThe morning session (10:00 am-11:30 am\, Digital Studies Institute Lab Space) is reserved for a limited-capacity working session with the invited speakers for graduate students involved broadly in the critical study of media. RSVP here: https://myumi.ch/qZkRx\n\nThe afternoon (2:00 pm- 5:00 pm\, Hatcher Graduate Library\, Hatcher Gallery\, Room 100) will consist of four 45-minute “Keyword Panel” sessions\, with a talk by each guest speaker followed by a dialogue with U-M faculty. The panel discussion is open to graduate students\, the Digital Studies Institute\, University of Michigan faculty and students\, and the general public to reflect on post-disciplinary or trans-disciplinary turns within the study of media technology and culture as well as new limits and possibilities for media critique. RSVP here: https://myumi.ch/qZkRx\n\n2:00 - 2:05 pm: Opening Remarks\n\n2:05 - 2:40 pm: Dr. Thomas Pringle (USC)\, Keyword: “Environment\,” Respondent: Dr. Megan Ewing (Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures)\n\n2:40 - 3:15 pm: Dr. Hannah Zeavin (UC Berkeley)\, Keyword: “Mother\,” Respondent: Dr. Andreas Gailus (Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures)\n\n3:15 - 3:30 pm: Break \n\n3:30 - 4:05 pm: Dr. Ranjodh Singh Dhaliwal (Basel)\, Keyword: “Concretion\,” Respondent: Dr. Justin Joque (Visualization Librarian\, Social Sciences and Clark Library)\n\n4:05 - 4:40 pm: Dr. Anna Shechtman (Cornell)\, Keyword: “Text\,” Respondent: Dr. Megan Ankerson (Communication & Media)\n\n4:40 - 4:55 pm: Faculty Lightning Presentations \n\n4:55 - 5:00 pm: Closing Remarks\n\n\nSpeaker Bios:\n\nRanjodh Singh Dhaliwal is an Associate Professor of Digital Humanities\, Artificial Intelligence\, and Media Studies at the University of Basel\, Switzerland. He holds a PhD in English Literature\, with a designated emphasis in Science and Technology Studies\, from University of California\, Davis. Ranjodh’s research\, which traces the aesthetic and political entanglements of our technological cultures\, lies at the intersections of science fiction studies\, critical media theory\, and histories of science and technology.\n\nThomas Patrick Pringle is an Assistant Professor of Cinema and Media Studies at the University of Southern California. He received his Ph.D. in Modern Culture and Media from Brown University. Pringle focuses on historical approaches to film and media\, with an emphasis on how media shape how environments are conceived in a given place and time and how technologies interact with physical environments.\n\n​​Anna Shechtman is an Assistant Professor of Literatures in English\, specializing in media studies and American literature. She is writing a two-volume history of the “media” and “data” concepts in the United States. The first examines the social formations and technologies of production that have allowed \"media\" to incorporate—and perhaps even supersede—the categories of \"art\,\" \"literature\,\" \"communication\,\" and \"culture\" in the second half of the 20th century.\n\nHannah Zeavin is a scholar\, writer\, and editor whose work centers on the history of human sciences (psychoanalysis\, psychology\, and psychiatry)\, the history of technology and media\, feminist science and technology studies\, and media theory. Zeavin is an Assistant Professor of History (Science / North America) in the Department of History and The Berkeley Center for New Media at UC Berkeley.\n\nWe want to make our events accessible to all participants. CART services will be provided. If you anticipate needing accommodations to participate or would like help filling out the RSVP form\, please email Rebecca Uliasz at ruliasz@umich.edu.\n\nWe would like to thank the following co-sponsors:\n\nCenter for Ethics\, Society\, and Computing\nDepartment of American Culture\nDepartment of Comparative Literature \nDepartment of English Language & Literature\nDepartment of Film\, Television\, and Media\nDepartment of Communication and Media\nDigital Studies Institute\nInstitute for Humanities\nMedia Studies (Graduate Student) Interest Group UID:133706-21873424@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/133706 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Hatcher 100 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250123T125001 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250403T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250403T170000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Hopwood Tea DESCRIPTION:All are welcome to tea\, coffee\, light refreshments\, and conviviality in a beautiful\, historic setting. UID:124348-21868976@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/124348 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Angell Hall - 1176 (Hopwood Room) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250312T141918 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250403T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250403T180000 SUMMARY:Meeting:Lingering in the Wound: Sadism and Confusion as Aesthetic Practice DESCRIPTION:Lecture: April 3\, 4pm - 6pm\nWorkshop: April 4\, 11:30pm - 1pm\n\nContrasting the logic that wounds only produce suffering and that\, therefore\, the proper approach to trauma is the reparative\, Saketopoulou draws our attention to the concept of traumatophilia\, which conditions a differently textured relation to injury. In this talk\, she turns to art that lingers in the wound not in order to address/heal the injury but to graze against it\, even to risk re-opening it in the interembodied space of the theatre. Such art is not after healing or repair: it risks\, rather\, an exposure to traumatic intensities that cannot be captured through anamnesis\, intensities that have a fugitive relationship to being grasped or understood\, and which\, importantly\, exert a sadistic force on the artist and the audience. That such sadism is also tender is not a contradiction\, but the very condition of a kind of sadism we might think of as aesthetic. Drawing on the first part of the Cadela Força trilogy by Carolina Bianchi and the art collective Cara de Cavalo\, Saketopoulou explores how wound and aesthetics meet through an ethical form of sadistic practice conjugated not through clarity\, understanding\, or catharsis but through the courting of confusion.\n\nAvgi Saketopoulou is a psychoanalyst who lives and works in New York City. She completed her analytic training at the NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis\, where she also teaches. Her published work addresses issues around trauma\, gender\, and sexuality. She is the author of Sexuality Beyond Consent: Risk\, Race\, Traumatophilia (NYU Press\, 2023) and co-author with Ann Pellegrini of Gender Without Identity (Unconscious in Translation 2023). \n\nThank you to our co-sponsors: \nInstitute for the Humanities\, UMOR\, and LSA DEI Office UID:133768-21873540@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/133768 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Modern Languages Building - RLL Commons (MLB 4314) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240815T125101 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250403T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250403T183000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Reading and Q&A with Weike Wang DESCRIPTION:Login here (no pre-registration needed): https://tinyurl.com/ZellWriters24\n\nZell Visiting Writers Series readings and Q&As are free and open to the public and will be offered both virtually (via Zoom) and in person (in UMMA's Stern Auditorium). Seats are offered on a first come\, first served basis\; please arrive early to secure a spot.\n\nWeike Wang is the author of *CHEMISTRY* (Knopf 2017)\, *JOAN IS OKAY* (Random House 2022) and the forthcoming *RENTAL HOUSE* (Riverhead 2024). She is the recipient of a Pen Hemingway\, a Whiting award and a National Book Foundation 5 under 35. Her work has appeared in *Ploughshares*\, *The New Yorker*\, *Best American Short Stories* and has won an O. Henry Prize. She earned her MFA from Boston University and her other degrees from Harvard. She currently lives in New York City and teaches at the University of Pennsylvania\, Columbia University and Barnard College.\n\nFor any questions about the event or to share accommodation needs\, please email kimjulie@umich.edu--we are eager to help ensure this event is inclusive to you. The building\, event space\, and restrooms are wheelchair accessible. Diaper changing tables are available in nearby restrooms. Gender-inclusive restrooms are available on the second floor of the Museum\, accessible via the stairs\, or in nearby Hatcher Graduate Library (Floors 3\, 4\, 5\, and 6). The Hatcher Library also offers a reflection room (4th Floor South Stacks)\, and a lactation room (Room 13W\, an anteroom to the basement women's staff restroom\, or Room 108B\, an anteroom of the first floor women's restroom). ASL interpreters and CART services at in-person events are available upon request\; please email kimjulie@umich.edu at least two weeks prior to the event\, whenever possible\, to allow time to arrange services.\n\nU-M employees with a U-M parking permit may use the Church Street Parking Structure (525 Church St.\, Ann Arbor) or the Thompson Parking Structure (500 Thompson St.\, Ann Arbor). There is limited metered street parking on State Street and South University Avenue. The Forest Avenue Public Parking Structure (650 South Forest Ave.\, Ann Arbor) is five blocks away\, and the parking rate is $1.20 per hour. All of these options include parking spots for individuals with disabilities. UID:122479-21849249@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/122479 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Museum of Art - The Robert Hayden Conference Room, #3222 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250123T201320 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250403T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250403T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Michigan Gayly Study Session DESCRIPTION:Come join the Michigan Gayly for a chill study session at the Spectrum Center every other Thursday from 6-8pm!! UID:131702-21869067@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/131702 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Michigan Union - Spectrum Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240815T125115 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250404T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250404T110000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Craft Lecture: The burden and responsibility of representation in literary craft DESCRIPTION:Login here (no pre-registration needed): https://tinyurl.com/ZellWriters24\n\nSeats are limited and are offered on a first come\, first served basis\; please arrive early to secure a spot.\n\nZell Visiting Writers Series craft lectures are free and open to the public\, and will be offered both virtually (via Zoom) and in person (in The Robert Hayden Conference Room\, Angell Hall #3222). Please contact kimjulie@umich.edu with any questions or accommodation needs.\n\nWeike Wang is the author of *CHEMISTRY* (Knopf 2017)\, *JOAN IS OKAY* (Random House 2022) and the forthcoming *RENTAL HOUSE* (Riverhead 2024). She is the recipient of a Pen Hemingway\, a Whiting award and a National Book Foundation 5 under 35. Her work has appeared in *Ploughshares*\, *The New Yorker*\, *Best American Short Stories* and has won an O. Henry Prize. She earned her MFA from Boston University and her other degrees from Harvard. She currently lives in New York City and teaches at the University of Pennsylvania\, Columbia University and Barnard College.\n\nFor any questions about the event or to share accommodation needs\, please email kimjulie@umich.edu--we are eager to help ensure that this event is inclusive to you. The building\, event space\, and restrooms are wheelchair accessible. A lactation room (Angell Hall #5209)\, reflection room (Haven Hall #1506)\, and gender-inclusive restroom (Angell Hall 5th floor) are available on site. ASL interpreters and CART services at in-person events are available upon request\; please email kimjulie@umich.edu at least two weeks prior to the event\, whenever possible\, to allow time to arrange services.\n\nU-M employees with a U-M parking permit may use the Church Street Parking Structure (525 Church St.\, Ann Arbor) or the Thompson Parking Structure (500 Thompson St.\, Ann Arbor). There is limited metered street parking on State Street and South University Avenue. The Forest Avenue Public Parking Structure (650 South Forest Ave.\, Ann Arbor) is five blocks away\, and the parking rate is $1.20 per hour. All of these options include parking spots for individuals with disabilities. UID:122493-21849263@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/122493 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:writing LOCATION:Angell Hall - The Robert Hayden Conference Room, #3222 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250317T124457 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250404T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250404T123000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Banned\, Bold\, and Brave in Detroit DESCRIPTION:Leah Johnson\, author of YA novels and owner of Loudmouth Books bookstore\, will speak to young adult readers about the freedom that the act of reading brings. Attendess will have the chance to stroll through the beautiful grounds of the parkway and dive into the important and timely topic of access to books through a banned book pop-up installation. Johnson will share her insights and experiences\, sparking meaningful conversations about the reasons behind the banning of these books and their relevance in today's world.\n\nEach attendee will receive a free book and a beautifully customized bookmark. This isn't just any bookmark—it's a keepsake that reflects the themes and messages of the day\, perfect for holding your place in a new favorite read.\n\nRegister and let us know you're coming! https://www.eventcreate.com/e/you-should-see-me-in-a-crown UID:130232-21865621@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/130232 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250312T141918 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250404T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250404T130000 SUMMARY:Meeting:Lingering in the Wound: Sadism and Confusion as Aesthetic Practice DESCRIPTION:Lecture: April 3\, 4pm - 6pm\nWorkshop: April 4\, 11:30pm - 1pm\n\nContrasting the logic that wounds only produce suffering and that\, therefore\, the proper approach to trauma is the reparative\, Saketopoulou draws our attention to the concept of traumatophilia\, which conditions a differently textured relation to injury. In this talk\, she turns to art that lingers in the wound not in order to address/heal the injury but to graze against it\, even to risk re-opening it in the interembodied space of the theatre. Such art is not after healing or repair: it risks\, rather\, an exposure to traumatic intensities that cannot be captured through anamnesis\, intensities that have a fugitive relationship to being grasped or understood\, and which\, importantly\, exert a sadistic force on the artist and the audience. That such sadism is also tender is not a contradiction\, but the very condition of a kind of sadism we might think of as aesthetic. Drawing on the first part of the Cadela Força trilogy by Carolina Bianchi and the art collective Cara de Cavalo\, Saketopoulou explores how wound and aesthetics meet through an ethical form of sadistic practice conjugated not through clarity\, understanding\, or catharsis but through the courting of confusion.\n\nAvgi Saketopoulou is a psychoanalyst who lives and works in New York City. She completed her analytic training at the NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis\, where she also teaches. Her published work addresses issues around trauma\, gender\, and sexuality. She is the author of Sexuality Beyond Consent: Risk\, Race\, Traumatophilia (NYU Press\, 2023) and co-author with Ann Pellegrini of Gender Without Identity (Unconscious in Translation 2023). \n\nThank you to our co-sponsors: \nInstitute for the Humanities\, UMOR\, and LSA DEI Office UID:133768-21873541@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/133768 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Modern Languages Building - RLL Commons (MLB 4314) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20241220T094319 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250407T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250407T180000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Banned\, Bold\, and Brave: 2025 Jill S. Harris Memorial Lecture DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a conversation with author and Loudmouth Books bookstore owner Leah Johnson. Johnson will sit down with U-M's Ebony Elizabeth Thomas\, author and Associate Professor of Education. They'll talk about censorship\, public education\, entrepreneurship\, and Black Girl Magic. Expect questions like: \n \n-Why was Johnson's debut novel banned? \n-What was the inspiration behind the name Loudmouth Books? \n-What's next on the horizon for Johnson's readers?\n\nBook sale and signing immediately following the Q&A courtesy of Black Stone Bookstore.\n\nLeah Johnson is an eternal midwesterner and author of award-winning books for children and young adults. Her bestselling debut YA novel\, *You Should See Me in a Crown*\, was a Stonewall Honor Book\, and the inaugural Reese's Book Club YA pick. In 2021\, *TIME *named it one of the 100 Best Young Adult Books of All Time. Her debut middle grade book\, *Ellie Engle Saves Herself* was published by Disney-Hyperion in May 2023. When she’s not writing\, you can find her at Loudmouth Books\, her Indianapolis independent bookstore that specializes in highlighting the work of marginalized authors and uplifting banned or challenged books.\n\nEbony Elizabeth Thomas\, PhD is Chair of the Joint Program in English and Education at the University of Michigan’s Marsal Family School of Education\, as well as Associate Professor of Education. She is the author of *The Dark Fantastic: Race and the Imagination from Harry Potter to the Hunger Games* (NYU Press\, 2019)\, which won the World Fantasy Award\, the British Fantasy Award\, and the Children’s Literature Association Book Award\, among other accolades. Her most recent books are *Harry Potter and the Other: Race\, Justice\, and Difference in the Wizarding World *(University Press of Mississippi\, 2022) co-edited with Sarah Park Dahlen\, and* Restorying Young Adult Literature: Expanding Students’ Perspectives with Digital Texts* (NCTE\, 2023) co-authored with James Joshua Coleman and Autumn A. Griffin.\n\nThe Jill S. Harris Memorial Endowment was established in 1985 by Roger and Meredith Harris\, Jill’s parents\, her grandparents Allan and Norma Harris\, and friends. The fund was established in memory of Jill\, a resident of Chicago and undergraduate student at U-M who passed away due to injuries from an auto accident. The fund brings a distinguished visitor to campus each year who will appeal to undergraduates interested in the humanities and the arts. The visitor may either be a fellow of the institute for an extended period of time or invited for a few days to present the annual lecture. The visiting fellow will usually interact with undergraduates\, informally and through visits to classes or by other means by which exchanges with undergraduates may be promoted. UID:130225-21865618@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/130225 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Lobby and Osterman Common Room, first floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250122T132053 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250409T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250409T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Writing with ChatGPT DESCRIPTION:This workshop will provide students with techniques for graduate writing with ChatGPT. We will start with a brief overview of current academic conversations about ChatGPT\, authorship\, and citation\, and we will consider how disciplinary contexts might shape these conversations. We will then practice a series of prompts and writing exercises graduate students can use while working with ChatGPT. Students should bring a piece of writing they are interested in working on during the workshop.\n\nRegister for this workshop at https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/session/90019\n\nRackham / Sweetland Workshops\, co-sponsored by the Rackham Graduate School\, cover a host of topics designed to help graduate students in various aspects of writing. UID:131596-21868795@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/131596 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:North Quad - Space 2435 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250123T125001 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250410T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250410T170000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Hopwood Tea DESCRIPTION:All are welcome to tea\, coffee\, light refreshments\, and conviviality in a beautiful\, historic setting. UID:124348-21868977@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/124348 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Angell Hall - 1176 (Hopwood Room) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240815T125130 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250410T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250410T183000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Reading and Q&A with Distinguished Poet in Residence Ilya Kaminisky DESCRIPTION:Login here (no pre-registration needed): https://tinyurl.com/ZellWriters24\n\nZell Visiting Writers Series readings and Q&As are free and open to the public and will be offered both virtually (via Zoom) and in person (in UMMA's Stern Auditorium). Seats are offered on a first come\, first served basis\; please arrive early to secure a spot.\n\nIlya Kaminsky was born in Odessa\, former Soviet Union\, in 1977\, and arrived to the U.S. in 1993\, when his family was granted asylum by the government. He is the author of *Deaf* Republic (Graywolf Press\, 2019) and *Dancing In Odessa* (Tupelo Press\, 2004) and co-editor and co-translator of many other books. His work was a finalist for the National Book Award and won the *Los Angeles Times* Book Award\, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award\, the National Jewish Book Award\, the Whiting Award\, the American Academy of Arts and Letters’ Metcalf Award\, and *Poetry* magazine’s Levinson Prize\, and was also shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award\, Neustadt International Literature Prize\, and T.S. Eliot Prize (UK). He is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship\, a Lannan Fellowship\, an Academy of American Poets’ Fellowship\, and an NEA Fellowship. He currently teaches in Princeton and lives in New Jersey\n\nFor any questions about the event or to share accommodation needs\, please email kimjulie@umich.edu--we are eager to help ensure this event is inclusive to you. The building\, event space\, and restrooms are wheelchair accessible. Diaper changing tables are available in nearby restrooms. Gender-inclusive restrooms are available on the second floor of the Museum\, accessible via the stairs\, or in nearby Hatcher Graduate Library (Floors 3\, 4\, 5\, and 6). The Hatcher Library also offers a reflection room (4th Floor South Stacks)\, and a lactation room (Room 13W\, an anteroom to the basement women's staff restroom\, or Room 108B\, an anteroom of the first floor women's restroom). ASL interpreters and CART services at in-person events are available upon request\; please email kimjulie@umich.edu at least two weeks prior to the event\, whenever possible\, to allow time to arrange services.\n\nU-M employees with a U-M parking permit may use the Church Street Parking Structure (525 Church St.\, Ann Arbor) or the Thompson Parking Structure (500 Thompson St.\, Ann Arbor). There is limited metered street parking on State Street and South University Avenue. The Forest Avenue Public Parking Structure (650 South Forest Ave.\, Ann Arbor) is five blocks away\, and the parking rate is $1.20 per hour. All of these options include parking spots for individuals with disabilities. UID:123277-21850719@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/123277 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Museum of Art - Stern Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240815T125153 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250411T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250411T110000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Distinguished Poet in Residence Craft Lecture: Your Own Singing School: How to Create Your Own Tradition DESCRIPTION:Login here (no pre-registration needed): https://tinyurl.com/ZellWriters24\n\nSeats are limited and are offered on a first come\, first served basis\; please arrive early to secure a spot.\n\nZell Visiting Writers Series craft lectures are free and open to the public\, and will be offered both virtually (via Zoom) and in person (in The Robert Hayden Conference Room\, Angell Hall #3222). Please contact kimjulie@umich.edu with any questions or accommodation needs.\n\nOf his lecture\, Ilya says\, \"How do poets learn in solitude? How do they negotiate their relationships/non-relationships to larger traditions of writers who came before them? How do poets influence each other? What is this conversation across time and space that happens between poets? What is our place in this conversation? What\, indeed\, is that strange thing: an education of a poet? There is no singing school but studying monuments of its own magnificence\, wrote Yeats. So\, in our time together we will look at some very practical devices\, overhear some echoes\, and consider how to discover your own singing school—your own literary tradition—and how to enter and change that tradition. Expect to leave the room with many ideas about how poets learn from other poets and how it can help your own work develop and change into the future.\" \n\nIlya Kaminsky was born in Odessa\, former Soviet Union\, in 1977\, and arrived to the U.S. in 1993\, when his family was granted asylum by the government. He is the author of *Deaf Republic* (Graywolf Press\, 2019) and *Dancing In Odessa* (Tupelo Press\, 2004) and co-editor and co-translator of many other books. His work was a finalist for the National Book Award and won the *Los Angeles Times* Book Award\, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award\, the National Jewish Book Award\, the Whiting Award\, the American Academy of Arts and Letters’ Metcalf Award\, and *Poetry* magazine’s Levinson Prize\, and was also shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award\, Neustadt International Literature Prize\, and T.S. Eliot Prize (UK). He is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship\, a Lannan Fellowship\, an Academy of American Poets’ Fellowship\, and an NEA Fellowship. He currently teaches in Princeton and lives in New Jersey. \n\nFor any questions about the event or to share accommodation needs\, please email kimjulie@umich.edu--we are eager to help ensure that this event is inclusive to you. The building\, event space\, and restrooms are wheelchair accessible. A lactation room (Angell Hall #5209)\, reflection room (Haven Hall #1506)\, and gender-inclusive restroom (Angell Hall 5th floor) are available on site. ASL interpreters and CART services at in-person events are available upon request\; please email kimjulie@umich.edu at least two weeks prior to the event\, whenever possible\, to allow time to arrange services.\n\nU-M employees with a U-M parking permit may use the Church Street Parking Structure (525 Church St.\, Ann Arbor) or the Thompson Parking Structure (500 Thompson St.\, Ann Arbor). There is limited metered street parking on State Street and South University Avenue. The Forest Avenue Public Parking Structure (650 South Forest Ave.\, Ann Arbor) is five blocks away\, and the parking rate is $1.20 per hour. All of these options include parking spots for individuals with disabilities. UID:123278-21850720@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/123278 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Angell Hall - The Robert Hayden Conference Room, #3222 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20241217T091825 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250411T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250411T105000 SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:Take Command Of Your Dissertation With Microsoft Word DESCRIPTION:You are an expert in your field\, but you may not be an expert in Rackham’s rules around properly formatting your dissertation or thesis. This 50-minute online workshop will save you hours of time in creating your dissertation — and in any other writing you do with Microsoft Word.\n\nIn this online workshop\, the experts from the University Library will introduce you to lesser-known features of Microsoft Word that can help you ensure consistent formatting through the document\, as well as manage margin size\, insert captions\, and create an automatic Table of Contents\, List of Figures\, or a List of Tables. You’ll also learn about support resources and people who are available to answer your questions when you run into problems.\n\nPlease visit https://ttc.iss.lsa.umich.edu/ttc/sessions/upcoming/tag/dissertations to register for this session\, and receive the Zoom link. UID:101962-21865209@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/101962 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:writing LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20241126T124920 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250416T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250416T190000 SUMMARY:Ceremony / Service:2025 Hopwood Awards Ceremony and Lecture DESCRIPTION:All are welcome to celebrate the winners and finalists of the 2025 Hopwood Awards. Award-winning poet and novelist Hala Alyan will deliver the 2025 Hopwood Lecture. UID:129486-21862871@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/129486 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - Rackham Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250403T131416 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250417T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250417T190000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Hopwood Reading and Q&A with Hala Alyan DESCRIPTION:Award-winning novelist\, poet\, and clinical psychologist Dr. Hala Alyan will read from her work. A Q&A and book signing will follow the reading. UID:131671-21868980@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/131671 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - Fourth floor Amphitheatre CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250410T135033 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250417T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250417T200000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:EIHS Public Lecture: Ancestors: Where Do We Come From and Why Do We Care? DESCRIPTION:Format: Lecture followed by Q&A\n\nAbstract: Everyone comes from somewhere. From the doctor’s office to the passport office\, from whom we’ve descended affects the biological\, legal\, and cultural identities of just about everybody in the world today. How did ancestry come to play such a critical role in defining status? The answers lie\, in part\, in the many kinds of genealogical records created and maintained by religious and political authorities over time\, such as royal chronicles\, family trees\, and certificates of birth\, marriage\, and death. Drawing on insights from history\, anthropology\, and genetics\, this lecture will meditate on the human preoccupation with lineage from ancient times to the DNA tests of today.\n\nBiography: Maya Jasanoff is the Coolidge Professor of History at Harvard University. She is the author of three books—\"Edge of Empire\" (2005)\, \"Liberty’s Exiles\" (2011)\, and \"The Dawn Watch\" (2017)—which have won accolades including the National Book Critics Circle Award\, the Cundill Prize in History\, the George Washington Book Prize\, and the Windham-Campbell Prize for Non-Fiction. Jasanoff is currently completing a broad-ranging history of the human preoccupation with ancestry. She writes widely about history\, literature\, and world affairs for publications including The New Yorker and The New York Times.\n\nThis event presented by the Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies. It is made possible in part by a generous contribution from Kenneth and Frances Aftel Eisenberg. Additional support from the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies. UID:133614-21873309@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/133614 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Michigan Union - Pendleton Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20241217T091825 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250512T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250512T125000 SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:Take Command Of Your Dissertation With Microsoft Word DESCRIPTION:You are an expert in your field\, but you may not be an expert in Rackham’s rules around properly formatting your dissertation or thesis. This 50-minute online workshop will save you hours of time in creating your dissertation — and in any other writing you do with Microsoft Word.\n\nIn this online workshop\, the experts from the University Library will introduce you to lesser-known features of Microsoft Word that can help you ensure consistent formatting through the document\, as well as manage margin size\, insert captions\, and create an automatic Table of Contents\, List of Figures\, or a List of Tables. You’ll also learn about support resources and people who are available to answer your questions when you run into problems.\n\nPlease visit https://ttc.iss.lsa.umich.edu/ttc/sessions/upcoming/tag/dissertations to register for this session\, and receive the Zoom link. UID:101962-21865210@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/101962 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:writing LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250527T142309 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250603T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250603T200000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Waterline Launch at Literati Bookstore DESCRIPTION:Fiction at Literati: Aram Mrjoian\n\nTue\, 6/3/2025 - 6:30pm\nLiterati Bookstore\n124 E. Washington St.\nAnn Arbor\, MI 48104\n\nAbout The Book: In this deeply moving debut\, a close-knit Armenian American family grapples with the aftermath of losing one of their own.\n\nOutside Detroit on the island of Gross Ile\, the Kurkjians receive news that Mari\, the eldest of their youngest generation\, has swum into the depths of Lake Michigan with no intent of returning to shore—the consequences of which drag out a deeply rooted pain passed down from generations before.\n\nMore than a century earlier\, Gregor\, the great-grandfather and patriarch of the Kurkjian family\, survived the Armenian Genocide after fighting for his freedom atop Musa Dagh. Decades later and miles away\, Gregor’s epic mythos is inherited by his family as they navigate living in its shadow. As the Kurkjians now struggle with their new\, devastating loss\, secrets and shortcomings rise to the surface\, forcing each relative to decide where their own story fits in the narrative of their family’s fraught history. UID:135839-21877315@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/135839 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250501T104252 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250620T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250620T184500 SUMMARY:Performance:Ann Arbor Japan Week 2025 | Shodo Japanese Calligraphy Performance with Ms. Kyoko Fujii DESCRIPTION:Join us at the Ann Arbor District Library: Downtown Library Lobby for this free performance!\n \n Shodō is a form of calligraphy or artistic writing in the Japanese language. Kyoko attained the title of Shihan in her 20s and has been dedicated to the art of Shodo ever since. She teaches calligraphy classes while creating commercial designs\, including sake labels and sumi ink art. Passionate about sharing Japanese culture\, she actively engages with the community through performances and workshops at events and colleges. Kyoko strives to bridge tradition and modernity\, bringing the beauty of Japanese calligraphy into a contemporary setting.\n \n This event is part of Japan Week 2025 in partnership with the Ann Arbor District Library: https://aadl.org/node/640495.\n \n The 11th annual Ann Arbor Japan Week is from June 15 to 21. Join us all week for free Japan-themed events and activities for all ages! View the complete schedule at: https://myumi.ch/V7nxn.\n\nAccommodation: If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at cjsevents@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. UID:135312-21876669@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/135312 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Lobby CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250730T112259 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250827T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250827T183000 SUMMARY:Performance:MFA Visiting Faculty Reading DESCRIPTION:Help us welcome our 2025-2026 visiting professors\, poet Samiya Bashir and fiction writer Kristen Roupenian who will both read from recent works.\n\nAbout Samiya:\nDescribed by Booklist’s Diego Báez as “a dynamic\, shape-shifting machine of perpetual motion\,” Samiya Bashir is a poet\, librettist\, performer\, and multimedia artist whose work has been widely published\, exhibited\, and staged across the United States and internationally\, from Berlin to Düsseldorf\, Amsterdam to Accra\, Florence to Rome.\n\nSometimes she makes poems of dirt. Sometimes zeros and ones. Sometimes variously rendered text. Sometimes light. Bashir is the author of four poetry collections\, including Field Theories\, winner of the 2018 Oregon Book Award’s Stafford/Hall Award for Poetry. Her fourth collection\, I Hope This Helps\, which Jericho Brown called “Bashir’s magnum opus\,” was released in Spring 2025 by Nightboat Books.\n\nBashir’s honors include the Rome Prize in Literature\, the Pushcart Prize\, the Oregon Arts & Culture Council Individual Artist Fellowship in Literature\, and fellowships or residencies from MacDowell\, the Atlantic Center for the Arts\, and the New York Council on the Arts\, among many others. Her editorial work includes national magazines and anthologies of literature and visual art. In 2002\, she co-founded Fire & Ink\, an advocacy organization and festival supporting LGBTQ+ writers of African descent and led its work through 2015. Bashir is currently reigniting Fire & Inkwell\, a movement dedicated to supporting the lives and work of LGBTQ+ artists and writers of African descent and heritage.\n\nMost recently\, she served as the June Jordan Visiting Scholar at Columbia University\, prior to which she taught at the Vermont College of Fine Arts\, ran the poetry program as Associate Professor of Creative Writing at Reed College\, and led Lambda Literary through a year of renewed growth and national in-person programming. She lives—when not on the road—in Harlem.\n\nAbout Kristen:\nKristen Roupenian holds a PhD in English from Harvard\, an MFA from the Helen Zell Writers’ Program at the University of Michigan\, and a BA from Barnard College. She is the author of the short story\, “Cat Person\,” which was published in The New Yorker and selected by Sheila Heti for The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2018. She is at work on a novel. Follow her on Instagram @KRoupenian. UID:108985-21849227@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/108985 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Angell Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250805T113918 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250828T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250828T170000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Hopwood Tea DESCRIPTION:Enjoy coffee\, tea\, and refreshments in a beautiful\, book-filled space. Check out a book from the Hopwood library or engage with other readers and writers. All are welcome. UID:136054-21877764@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136054 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Angell Hall - 1176 (Hopwood Room) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250805T141453 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250901T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250901T190000 SUMMARY:Rally / Mass Meeting:YENIKA Editorial Mass Meeting DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening of snacks\, music\, and creative energy as we kick off a new year with YENIKA Editorial!\n\nCome learn what YENIKA is all about through a fun\, interactive presentation\, meet like‑minded people\, and dive into activities that spark collaboration and inspiration. Whether you're passionate about fashion\, design\, writing\, or just curious about our community\, this is the perfect chance to connect\, create\, and be part of something bold. UID:137093-21879535@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137093 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Michigan League - Henderson (3rd Floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250805T113918 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250904T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250904T170000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Hopwood Tea DESCRIPTION:Enjoy coffee\, tea\, and refreshments in a beautiful\, book-filled space. Check out a book from the Hopwood library or engage with other readers and writers. All are welcome. UID:136054-21877765@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136054 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Angell Hall - 1176 (Hopwood Room) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250825T100956 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250904T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250904T183000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Reading and Q&A with Carl Phillips DESCRIPTION:Login here (no pre-registration needed): http://tinyurl.com/ZellWriters25\n\nZell Visiting Writers Series readings and Q&As are free and open to the public and will be offered both virtually (via Zoom) and in person (in UMMA's Stern Auditorium). Seats are offered on a first come\, first served basis\; please arrive early to secure a spot.\n\nCarl Phillips’s latest book of poems is *Scattered Snows\, to the North* (Farrar\, Straus & Giroux\, 2024). His *Then the War: And Selected Poems 2007-2020* (Farrar\, Straus & Giroux\, 2022) won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize. Other honors include the Jackson Poetry Prize\, the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award\, the Los Angeles Times Book Award\, the Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry\, and awards and fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation\, the Academy of American Poets\, the American Academy of Arts and Letters\, and the Library of Congress. Phillips has also written three prose books\, most recently *My Trade Is Mystery: Seven Meditations from a Life in Writing* (Yale University Press\, 2022). He lives on Cape Cod\, in Massachusetts.\n\nFor any questions about the event or to share accommodation needs\, please email kimjulie@umich.edu--we are eager to help ensure this event is inclusive to you. The building\, event space\, and restrooms are wheelchair accessible. Diaper changing tables are available in nearby restrooms. Gender-inclusive restrooms are available on the second floor of the Museum\, accessible via the stairs\, or in nearby Hatcher Graduate Library (Floors 3\, 4\, 5\, and 6). The Hatcher Library also offers a reflection room (4th Floor South Stacks)\, and a lactation room (Room 13W\, an anteroom to the basement women's staff restroom\, or Room 108B\, an anteroom of the first floor women's restroom). ASL interpreters and CART services at in-person events are available upon request\; please email kimjulie@umich.edu at least two weeks prior to the event\, whenever possible\, to allow time to arrange services.\n\nU-M employees with a U-M parking permit may use the Church Street Parking Structure (525 Church St.\, Ann Arbor) or the Thompson Parking Structure (500 Thompson St.\, Ann Arbor). There is limited metered street parking on State Street and South University Avenue. The Forest Avenue Public Parking Structure (650 South Forest Ave.\, Ann Arbor) is five blocks away\, and the parking rate is $1.20 per hour. All of these options include parking spots for individuals with disabilities. UID:135580-21876967@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/135580 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Museum of Art - Stern Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250826T131103 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250905T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250905T110000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Craft Lecture by Carl Phillips DESCRIPTION:Login here (no pre-registration needed): http://tinyurl.com/ZellWriters25\n\nCarl Phillips’s latest book of poems is *Scattered Snows\, to the North* (Farrar\, Straus & Giroux\, 2024). His *Then the War: And Selected Poems 2007-2020* (Farrar\, Straus & Giroux\, 2022) won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize. Other honors include the Jackson Poetry Prize\, the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award\, the *Los Angeles Times Book* Award\, the Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry\, and awards and fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation\, the Academy of American Poets\, the American Academy of Arts and Letters\, and the Library of Congress. Phillips has also written three prose books\, most recently *My Trade Is Mystery: Seven Meditations from a Life in Writing* (Yale University Press\, 2022). He lives on Cape Cod\, in Massachusetts.\n\nFor any questions about the event or to share accommodation needs\, please email kimjulie@umich.edu--we are eager to help ensure this event is inclusive to you. The building\, event space\, and restrooms are wheelchair accessible. Diaper changing tables are available in nearby restrooms. Gender-inclusive restrooms are available on every floor of the Union. ASL interpreters and CART services at in-person events are available upon request\; please email kimjulie@umich.edu at least two weeks prior to the event\, whenever possible\, to allow time to arrange services.\n\nU-M employees with a U-M parking permit may use the Church Street Parking Structure (525 Church St.\, Ann Arbor) or the Thompson Parking Structure (500 Thompson St.\, Ann Arbor). There is limited metered street parking on State Street and South University Avenue. The Forest Avenue Public Parking Structure (650 South Forest Ave.\, Ann Arbor) is five blocks away\, and the parking rate is $1.20 per hour. All of these options include parking spots for individuals with disabilities. UID:136923-21879335@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136923 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Michigan Union - Anderson ABCDE CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250815T113950 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250905T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250905T120000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:How Do You Conceptualize Your Time in Graduate School?: From the Practical to the Philosophical DESCRIPTION:Whether you are moving directly from your undergraduate degree or returning after some time away\, the first term of graduate school will challenge you to expand skills critical to your success. Two of the most essential skills needed to thrive are reading and writing. This four-part Rackham/Sweetland workshop series will showcase reading and writing practices for new graduate students that will inform your approaches to reading and writing through the course of your graduate career.\n\nThis workshop will address time management strategies\, and effective habits and motivation for early graduate school success.\n\nTime management and productivity may not seem like an exciting topic\, but harnessing concrete tactics and strategies for how to maintain autonomy and agency over your own schedule is a crucial skill in graduate school. You will find yourself juggling multiple\, and often competing\, priorities– and many of them have to do with writing… lots\, and lots of writing! This 50-minute Rackham/Sweetland workshop will address time management strategies across scales (from pomodoros to physical planners to semester and year-long planning)\, as well as considerations regarding habits and motivation. The earlier you find what works for you\, the more you can tailor your schedule to fit your life instead of the other way around!\n\nRegister at https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/session/96936 UID:137175-21879847@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137175 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:North Quad - Space 2435 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250805T113918 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250911T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250911T170000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Hopwood Tea DESCRIPTION:Enjoy coffee\, tea\, and refreshments in a beautiful\, book-filled space. Check out a book from the Hopwood library or engage with other readers and writers. All are welcome. UID:136054-21877766@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136054 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Angell Hall - 1176 (Hopwood Room) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250821T100218 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250912T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250912T120000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Write with ME! DESCRIPTION:Working on an abstract? Polishing up your resume? Writing a paper or dissertation?\n\nJoin us for our new Mechanical Engineering Department writing group\, “Write with ME!”\n\nAll ME undergrads\, grads\, postdocs\, faculty\, and staff are welcome to join us for any of their writing needs.\n\nCommunity & support\nConnect with peers\, share your writing\, exchange feedback\, and brainstorm solutions to writing challenges.\n\nAccountability & consistency\nSharpen your writing skills and develop positive\, consistent writing routines. Learn from other members of the ME department!\n\nFood & flexibility\nNo need to attend every week! Drop in at any time\, and leave at any time. Light snacks\, coffee\, and tea will be available.\n\nWeekly on Fridays\, starting September 12\n2636 G.G.B\n10 am – 12 pm UID:137880-21880946@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137880 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:GG Brown Laboratory - 2636 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250815T114043 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250912T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250912T120000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:What’s Reading Got to Do with It?: Reading to Support Writing in Graduate School DESCRIPTION:Whether you are moving directly from your undergraduate degree or returning after some time away\, the first term of graduate school will challenge you to expand skills critical to your success. Two of the most essential skills needed to thrive are reading and writing. This four-part Rackham/Sweetland workshop series will showcase reading and writing practices for new graduate students that will inform your approaches to reading and writing through the course of your graduate career.\n\nThis workshop will address how you can read strategically to support your work as a writer in your academic field and discipline.\n\nWhat is the relationship between reading and writing for academic purposes? How can you read to support your work as a writer in your specific academic field and discipline? In this 50-minute Rackham/Sweetland workshop\, you will discover answers to these questions through guided reflection on your current reading (and writing) practices\, as well as a hands-on introduction to specific reading strategies that support writing. You'll also leave with additional resources and ideas for how to continue to explore and develop the reading-writing connection in your own academic work.\n\nRegister at https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/session/96937 UID:137178-21879883@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137178 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:North Quad - Space 2435 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250912T093546 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250918T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250918T140000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Critical Conversations: English Prospectus Showcase DESCRIPTION:At our annual Prospectus Showcase\, graduate students in the English Department will present short talks on their developing dissertation projects. Please join us to hear them share about their ongoing research projects\, ask questions\, and celebrate their work so far.\n\nPanel 1\, 11:05am - 11:50am\nA Boom in Minor Key: Charting the Sri Lankan Anglophone Boom Through the Institution of the Literary Prize - Nathan Omprasadham (Language & Literature)\nWithin and Without: Teaching While Disabled in School Cultures of Inclusion and Exclusion - Alaina Perez (English & Education)\n\"Teaching and Learning\, Oceti Sakowin Literature\, and Oceti Sakowin Essential Understandings: A Transformative Constellation for Teachers\" - Jody Rust (English & Education)\n\nPanel 2\, 12:05pm - 12:50pm\nTitle Forthcoming - Darrell Hughson (Language & Literature)\nIm(possible) Things: How Objects Weave Hi(stories) of the Americas in 21st-Century Fiction - Madeline Hennessey (Language & Literature)\nForms of Belief in Victorian Fiction - Alexa Kelly (Language & Literature)\n\nPanel 3\, 1:05pm - 1:50pm\nForms of Enclosure: Allegorizing Affect in Medieval English Devotional Literature - Madeline Fox (Language & Literature)\n“‘Sharing voices’: A poetics of impositionality” - James Kiselik (Language & Literature)\nPoetry in the Fold: Scrying Language in the 21st Century - Renee Wehrle (Language & Literature)\n\nRSVP here:\nhttps://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdkRV5OeEZbJ1C3spZlYLKVm6crIuzikIu-trJATARnhsdL7g/viewform\n\nEach session of Critical Conversations\, a monthly luncheon series organized by the English Department Associate Chair’s Office\, features flash talks from faculty members and graduate students about their current work as related to a rotating theme. The goal of these sessions is to share and learn about each other's work and serve as an important hub for timely conversations with relevance across the humanities.\n\nUPCOMING\nThursday\, October 23\, 12–2pm: Novels\nWednesday\, November 19\, 1–3pm: Method(ologies) UID:138455-21883091@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138455 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Angell Hall - 3222 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250805T113918 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250918T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250918T170000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Hopwood Tea DESCRIPTION:Enjoy coffee\, tea\, and refreshments in a beautiful\, book-filled space. Check out a book from the Hopwood library or engage with other readers and writers. All are welcome. UID:136054-21877767@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136054 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Angell Hall - 1176 (Hopwood Room) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250804T114600 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250918T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250918T183000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Reading and Q&A with Garth Greenwell DESCRIPTION:Login here (no pre-registration needed): http://tinyurl.com/ZellWriters23\n\nZell Visiting Writers Series readings and Q&As are free and open to the public and will be offered both virtually (via Zoom) and in person (in UMMA's Stern Auditorium). Seats are offered on a first come\, first served basis\; please arrive early to secure a spot.\n\nGarth Greenwell is the author of *What Belongs to You*\, which won the British Book Award for Debut of the Year\, was longlisted for the National Book Award\, and was a finalist for many other awards\, including the PEN/Faulkner Award\, the *LA Times* Book Prize\, and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. His second book\, *Cleanness*\, was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award and was longlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize\, the Joyce Carol Oates Prize\, and the Prix Sade\, among others. A *New York Times Notable Book*\, it was named a Best Book of 2020 by over thirty publications. \n\nGreenwell’s new novel\, *Small Rain* won the 2025 PEN/Faulkner Award and was longlisted for the National Book Critics' Circle Award. His cultural criticism appears widely\, and he writes regularly about books\, music\, and film for the Substack newsletter *To a Green Thought*. He has taught at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop\, Princeton University\, Grinnell College\, and the University of Mississippi\, where he was the John and Renée Grisham Writer in Residence. A 2020 Guggenheim Fellow and recipient of the 2021 Vursell Award for prose style from the American Academy of Arts and Letters\, he is currently a Distinguished Writer in Residence at New York University.\n\nFor any questions about the event or to share accommodation needs\, please email kimjulie@umich.edu--we are eager to help ensure this event is inclusive to you. The building\, event space\, and restrooms are wheelchair accessible. Diaper changing tables are available in nearby restrooms. Gender-inclusive restrooms are available on the second floor of the Museum\, accessible via the stairs\, or in nearby Hatcher Graduate Library (Floors 3\, 4\, 5\, and 6). The Hatcher Library also offers a reflection room (4th Floor South Stacks)\, and a lactation room (Room 13W\, an anteroom to the basement women's staff restroom\, or Room 108B\, an anteroom of the first floor women's restroom). ASL interpreters and CART services at in-person events are available upon request\; please email kimjulie@umich.edu at least two weeks prior to the event\, whenever possible\, to allow time to arrange services.\n\nU-M employees with a U-M parking permit may use the Church Street Parking Structure (525 Church St.\, Ann Arbor) or the Thompson Parking Structure (500 Thompson St.\, Ann Arbor). There is limited metered street parking on State Street and South University Avenue. The Forest Avenue Public Parking Structure (650 South Forest Ave.\, Ann Arbor) is five blocks away\, and the parking rate is $1.20 per hour. All of these options include parking spots for individuals with disabilities. UID:135581-21876968@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/135581 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Museum of Art - Stern Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250803T204551 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250919T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250919T110000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Craft Lecture: Daddy Augustine: Against “Autofiction” by Garth Greenwell DESCRIPTION:*IN-PERSON ONLY*\n\nGarth Greenwell is the author of *What Belongs to You*\, which won the British Book Award for Debut of the Year\, was longlisted for the National Book Award\, and was a finalist for many other awards\, including the PEN/Faulkner Award\, the *LA Times* Book Prize\, and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. His second book\, *Cleanness*\, was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award and was longlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize\, the Joyce Carol Oates Prize\, and the Prix Sade\, among others. A *New York Times* Notable Book\, it was named a Best Book of 2020 by over thirty publications. \n\n\"The term “autofiction” is often applied to my books\; I think it’s meaningless\,\" Garth Greenwell says of his craft lecture \"Daddy Augustine: Against “Autofiction.” \"In this talk\, I hope to think a little about the actual sources of the tradition to which I aspire\, that of the novel of consciousness: the radical reflexivity of St. Augustine’s Confessions.\"\n\nFor any questions about the event or to share accommodation needs\, please email kimjulie@umich.edu--we are eager to help ensure this event is inclusive to you. The building\, event space\, and restrooms are wheelchair accessible. Diaper changing tables are available in nearby restrooms. Gender-inclusive restrooms are available on every floor of the Union. ASL interpreters and CART services at in-person events are available upon request\; please email kimjulie@umich.edu at least two weeks prior to the event\, whenever possible\, to allow time to arrange services.\n\nU-M employees with a U-M parking permit may use the Church Street Parking Structure (525 Church St.\, Ann Arbor) or the Thompson Parking Structure (500 Thompson St.\, Ann Arbor). There is limited metered street parking on State Street and South University Avenue. The Forest Avenue Public Parking Structure (650 South Forest Ave.\, Ann Arbor) is five blocks away\, and the parking rate is $1.20 per hour. All of these options include parking spots for individuals with disabilities. UID:136924-21879336@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136924 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Michigan Union - Wolverine Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250821T100218 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250919T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250919T120000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Write with ME! DESCRIPTION:Working on an abstract? Polishing up your resume? Writing a paper or dissertation?\n\nJoin us for our new Mechanical Engineering Department writing group\, “Write with ME!”\n\nAll ME undergrads\, grads\, postdocs\, faculty\, and staff are welcome to join us for any of their writing needs.\n\nCommunity & support\nConnect with peers\, share your writing\, exchange feedback\, and brainstorm solutions to writing challenges.\n\nAccountability & consistency\nSharpen your writing skills and develop positive\, consistent writing routines. Learn from other members of the ME department!\n\nFood & flexibility\nNo need to attend every week! Drop in at any time\, and leave at any time. Light snacks\, coffee\, and tea will be available.\n\nWeekly on Fridays\, starting September 12\n2636 G.G.B\n10 am – 12 pm UID:137880-21880947@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137880 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:GG Brown Laboratory - 2636 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250815T120131 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250919T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250919T120000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Who Are You Talking To?: Identifying and Responding To Your Interlocutors DESCRIPTION:Whether you are moving directly from your undergraduate degree or returning after some time away\, the first term of graduate school will challenge you to expand skills critical to your success. Two of the most essential skills needed to thrive are reading and writing. This four-part Rackham/Sweetland workshop series will showcase reading and writing practices for new graduate students that will inform your approaches to reading and writing through the course of your graduate career.\n\nThis workshop will address how reading skills and writing conventions allow you to ethically represent others’ knowledge and support your arguments.\n\nInterlocutors are those you engage with in your research and writing\; they may appear (re: be valued) differently across disciplines. This workshop will address how reading skills and writing conventions allow you to ethically represent others’ knowledge and support your arguments. Participants will work with peers to talk through rhetorical decisions scholars make when identifying and responding to interlocutors and set goals of how to use the workshop experience in their own graduate writing careers.\n\nRegister at https://lsa.umich.edu/sweetland/graduates/rackham-sweetland-workshops.html UID:137184-21879888@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137184 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - East Conference Room, 4th Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250903T175633 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250919T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250919T130000 SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:Hail to the Michigan Woman Virtual Lunch Series DESCRIPTION:Join the University of Michigan Alumnae Council (UMAC) for our ongoing virtual lunch series featuring remarkable Michigan women. On September 19\, Anna Baumgarten\, ’15 (LS&A)\, will talk about her debut feature film “Disfluency\,” which won the Austin Film Festival Jury Prize and an additional 10 jury awards at regional festivals across the country. The film explores trauma after sexual assault. There will be a Q&A session after the presentation.\nTo RSVP and for link\, email: rzald@umich.edu. UID:138786-21883919@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138786 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250908T165319 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250919T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250919T190000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Screenwriting Workshop DESCRIPTION:Join the Black Film Society as we teach screenwriting tips on structure\, characters\, and dialogue! All experience levels are encouraged to attend! UID:139014-21884591@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139014 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Trotter Multicultural Center - Large Meeting Room (1st Floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250805T113918 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250925T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250925T170000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Hopwood Tea DESCRIPTION:Enjoy coffee\, tea\, and refreshments in a beautiful\, book-filled space. Check out a book from the Hopwood library or engage with other readers and writers. All are welcome. UID:136054-21877768@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136054 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Angell Hall - 1176 (Hopwood Room) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250828T113933 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250925T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250925T180000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Better Writing\, Less Waste DESCRIPTION:In his book *Total Garbage: How We Can Fix Our Waste and Heal Our World*\, journalist Edward Humes employs engaging investigative storytelling to link our waste crisis to bigger issues in the humanities like ethics\, community\, culture\, and our relationships with each other and the environment. He'll talk about his writing process and how the everyday choices we make and the systems we rely on contribute to the overwhelming problem of waste. \n\nEdward Humes is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and narrative nonfiction writer who spends months embedded in the lives of his subjects in order to investigate and research his incredible stories about the justice system\, science\, nature\, and sustainability. His seventeen books include *Door to Door: The Magnificent\, Maddening\, Mysterious World of Transportation*\, *Mississippi Mud*\, *No Matter How Loud I Shout: A Year in the Life of Juvenile Court*\, and *Garbology: Our Dirty Love Affair with Trash*.\n\nIn *Garbology*\, the prequel to *Total Garbage*\, Humes focused on what we throw away – and how we are so much more “trashy” than we imagined. Humes’s message of reducing and reinventing our approach to what we roll to the curb each week resonated strongly with student and sustainability-minded audiences\, who selected Garbology as a “One Book” community read over 30 times\, including at colleges such as Georgia Institute of Technology\, California State University Northridge\, Rowan University\, University of Central Florida\, and such cities as Portland\, OR\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, Palos Verdes\, California\, and Atlanta\, GA.\n\nNow\, Humes returns with *Total Garbage* to tackle the wider world of waste: in which our fossil fuel power plants squander two-thirds of our energy\, our gasoline-powered cars waste 80 percent of our fuel\, and 40 percent of our food—and all the energy\, water\, chemicals and fertilizer used to produce it—goes to waste. From Georgia to Minnesota\, Maine to California\, Humes found the game-changers and ordinary people tackling this waste and the environmental catastrophes it drives—all while saving (and even making) money doing it.\n\nHumes is also a popular true crime writer. His bestseller\, *Mississippi Mud*\, a murder mystery set in a historic Gulf Coast city steeped in corruption\, is currently being developed as a series by Immersive Pictures. *Burned: A Story of Murder and the Crime That Wasn’t*\, is a gripping investigative narrative into a young mother’s sentencing for killing her three children in a house fire\, and the flawed\, so-called “forensic fire science” behind it. Humes’s investigative work in *Burned *helped lead to her release and took readers inside the world of the California Innocence Project that challenged the conviction. His latest in the genre\, *The Forever Witness*\, is about the disappearance and murder of a young couple\, a 32-year-old cold-case investigation\, and the emergence of a revolutionary new crime-fighting science\, genetic genealogy. It’s also being developed as a documentary streaming series.\n\nHumes received his Pulitzer Prize for his newspaper coverage of the military\, and a PEN Award for Nonfiction for *No Matter How Loud I Shout: A Year in the Life of Juvenile Court*. He has taught writing\, journalism\, and literary nonfiction at graduate and undergraduate levels\, and has written for *The New York Times*\, *The Los Angeles Times*\, *Sierra Magazine*\, and *Los Angeles Magazine*. A graduate of Hampshire College\, he lives in Southern California with his family\, two rescued greyhounds\, and a rescue collie. UID:136650-21878935@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136650 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Michigan League - Michigan Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250821T100218 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250926T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250926T120000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Write with ME! DESCRIPTION:Working on an abstract? Polishing up your resume? Writing a paper or dissertation?\n\nJoin us for our new Mechanical Engineering Department writing group\, “Write with ME!”\n\nAll ME undergrads\, grads\, postdocs\, faculty\, and staff are welcome to join us for any of their writing needs.\n\nCommunity & support\nConnect with peers\, share your writing\, exchange feedback\, and brainstorm solutions to writing challenges.\n\nAccountability & consistency\nSharpen your writing skills and develop positive\, consistent writing routines. Learn from other members of the ME department!\n\nFood & flexibility\nNo need to attend every week! Drop in at any time\, and leave at any time. Light snacks\, coffee\, and tea will be available.\n\nWeekly on Fridays\, starting September 12\n2636 G.G.B\n10 am – 12 pm UID:137880-21880948@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137880 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:GG Brown Laboratory - 2636 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250806T122821 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250926T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250926T120000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:How to Make Revision Count: Revising Practices for Graduate Students DESCRIPTION:Whether you are moving directly from your undergraduate degree or returning after some time away\, the first term of graduate school will challenge you to expand skills critical to your success. Two of the most essential skills needed to thrive are reading and writing. This four-part Rackham/Sweetland workshop series will showcase reading and writing practices for new graduate students that will inform your approaches to reading and writing through the course of your graduate career.\n\nThis workshop will introduce new graduate students to revising practices to advance their academic writing.\n\nThe most critical phase in the writing process is also the most mysterious and least taught. Revision is especially challenging for first-year graduate writers learning to write extended academic arguments. What do academic writers do when they revise their work? How does an early draft become a polished\, publishable article? This workshop will demystify the role of revision in academic writing – to advance and refine our good ideas! – and provide strategies to help you build quality revision into your writing practice. You will expand your revising practices and elevate your writing skills for graduate school.\n\nRegister at https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/session/96939 UID:137186-21879890@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137186 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - Earl Lewis Room, 3rd floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250926T125526 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250926T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250926T210000 SUMMARY:Performance:Come As You Are Open Mic DESCRIPTION:Urban Wordsmith Society is having our first event of the 2025-2026 school year! Join us at the Come As You Are Open Mic to hear amazing poets share their work\, connect with other creatives\, and maybe even share some of your own lines. Poems shared at this event will be in the interest of defining who you are and who you want to become for the next year.\n\n7pm-9pm in the Trotter Multicultural Center Basement. Limited snacks will be available. UID:139237-21885176@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139237 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Trotter Multicultural Center - Basement CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250805T113918 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251002T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251002T170000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Hopwood Tea DESCRIPTION:Enjoy coffee\, tea\, and refreshments in a beautiful\, book-filled space. Check out a book from the Hopwood library or engage with other readers and writers. All are welcome. UID:136054-21877769@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136054 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Angell Hall - 1176 (Hopwood Room) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250821T100218 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251003T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251003T120000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Write with ME! DESCRIPTION:Working on an abstract? Polishing up your resume? Writing a paper or dissertation?\n\nJoin us for our new Mechanical Engineering Department writing group\, “Write with ME!”\n\nAll ME undergrads\, grads\, postdocs\, faculty\, and staff are welcome to join us for any of their writing needs.\n\nCommunity & support\nConnect with peers\, share your writing\, exchange feedback\, and brainstorm solutions to writing challenges.\n\nAccountability & consistency\nSharpen your writing skills and develop positive\, consistent writing routines. Learn from other members of the ME department!\n\nFood & flexibility\nNo need to attend every week! Drop in at any time\, and leave at any time. Light snacks\, coffee\, and tea will be available.\n\nWeekly on Fridays\, starting September 12\n2636 G.G.B\n10 am – 12 pm UID:137880-21880949@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137880 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:GG Brown Laboratory - 2636 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250925T160500 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251007T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251007T123000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Transition to Graduate Writing I DESCRIPTION:Writing in graduate school calls on students to work in a variety of new genres and challenges writers to expand on their skills as communicators. This workshop will help early graduate student writers identify critical practices and strategies to enhance their writing. We will focus on how to become more strategic readers\, and examine patterns of inquiry across disciplines\, including the practice of asking good questions and the importance of topic construction. We will also focus on the variety of communication forms graduate writing can take\, and what these genres entail. The workshop will conclude by offering a variety of good writing habits and processes to develop in your early graduate student years.\n\nPresented by Cat Cassel\, Sweetland Center for Writing Faculty.\n\nRegistration required. See link.\n\nFood and coffee/tea provided. Please bring a water bottle to fill if needed. UID:139894-21886297@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139894 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - West Conference Room (4th floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250818T120059 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251009T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251009T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Yiddish Poetry in the Sukkah DESCRIPTION:Enjoy snacks in the sukkah\, read from a bilingual collection of poetry and talk about inspiring figures in Yiddish culture. UID:137715-21880632@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137715 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:School of Social Work Building - Courtyard CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251001T090233 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251009T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251009T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Yiddish Poetry in the Sukkah DESCRIPTION:Enjoy snacks in the sukkah\, read from a bilingual collection of poetry and talk about inspiring figures in Yiddish culture. UID:140122-21886645@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/140122 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:School of Social Work Building - Courtyard CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250821T100218 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251010T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251010T120000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Write with ME! DESCRIPTION:Working on an abstract? Polishing up your resume? Writing a paper or dissertation?\n\nJoin us for our new Mechanical Engineering Department writing group\, “Write with ME!”\n\nAll ME undergrads\, grads\, postdocs\, faculty\, and staff are welcome to join us for any of their writing needs.\n\nCommunity & support\nConnect with peers\, share your writing\, exchange feedback\, and brainstorm solutions to writing challenges.\n\nAccountability & consistency\nSharpen your writing skills and develop positive\, consistent writing routines. Learn from other members of the ME department!\n\nFood & flexibility\nNo need to attend every week! Drop in at any time\, and leave at any time. Light snacks\, coffee\, and tea will be available.\n\nWeekly on Fridays\, starting September 12\n2636 G.G.B\n10 am – 12 pm UID:137880-21880950@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137880 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:GG Brown Laboratory - 2636 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251006T091516 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251011T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251011T170000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Student Art Meetup: Ann Arbor Comic Arts Festival (A2CAF): Small + Indie Press DESCRIPTION:Join us on Saturday\, October 11 for the Ann Arbor Comic Arts Festival (A2CAF): Small + Indie Press! This event offers the chance to meet comic artists\, support creators\, and learn about the art of creating comics outside of a traditional publisher. This event will also feature an Author Spotlight on Lisa Hanawalt\, the author and illustrator of the graphic novels Hot Dog Taste Test and Coyote Doggirl\, creator of the show Tuca and Bertie\, and producer of Bojack Horseman. We will meet right outside the Sweetwaters in the Michigan Union at 2 PM\, and walk together for 10 minutes to the Ann Arbor District Library. \n\nSpace is limited and registration is required.\n\nArt Meetups are student-led excursions to explore the arts on campus and in Ann Arbor - all while giving you a chance to meet your peers who share similar interests! From local artist markets to performances to hands on artmaking\, Art Meetups have something for all interests. UID:139406-21885434@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139406 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250930T071946 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251015T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251015T183000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Minor in Writing Info Session DESCRIPTION:If you are interested in learning more about the Sweetland Minor in Writing from current students and faculty\, or have questions about the application process\, you can attend a Minor in Writing Virtual Information Session hosted on Zoom.\n\nThe deadline to apply for the Winter 2026 cohort is Monday\, October 20th at noon.\n\nThe Sweetland Minor in Writing is designed for undergraduate students who are interested in developing their disciplinary and professional writing abilities while pursuing their majors. It gives you the freedom to write about what matters to you while helping you develop as a writer and thinker.\n\nStudents currently in the Minor program come from all over the university bringing a wealth of diverse interests to the classroom. You might find a screenwriter sitting between a scientist and a musician or Kinesiology\, Business\, and Communications majors giving each other feedback on their writing.\n\nWith a Sweetland Minor in Writing you will earn a credential that certifies your writing expertise to prospective employers and graduate programs. You will also pick up new media skills designing and creating content for your electronic writing portfolios. UID:139467-21885577@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139467 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250805T113918 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251016T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251016T170000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Hopwood Tea DESCRIPTION:Enjoy coffee\, tea\, and refreshments in a beautiful\, book-filled space. Check out a book from the Hopwood library or engage with other readers and writers. All are welcome. UID:136054-21877771@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136054 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Angell Hall - 1176 (Hopwood Room) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250930T071946 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251016T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251016T183000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Minor in Writing Info Session DESCRIPTION:If you are interested in learning more about the Sweetland Minor in Writing from current students and faculty\, or have questions about the application process\, you can attend a Minor in Writing Virtual Information Session hosted on Zoom.\n\nThe deadline to apply for the Winter 2026 cohort is Monday\, October 20th at noon.\n\nThe Sweetland Minor in Writing is designed for undergraduate students who are interested in developing their disciplinary and professional writing abilities while pursuing their majors. It gives you the freedom to write about what matters to you while helping you develop as a writer and thinker.\n\nStudents currently in the Minor program come from all over the university bringing a wealth of diverse interests to the classroom. You might find a screenwriter sitting between a scientist and a musician or Kinesiology\, Business\, and Communications majors giving each other feedback on their writing.\n\nWith a Sweetland Minor in Writing you will earn a credential that certifies your writing expertise to prospective employers and graduate programs. You will also pick up new media skills designing and creating content for your electronic writing portfolios. UID:139467-21885578@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139467 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250903T100857 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251016T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251016T183000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Reading and Q&A with Roger Reeves DESCRIPTION:Login here (no pre-registration needed): http://tinyurl.com/ZellWriters25\n\nZell Visiting Writers Series readings and Q&As are free and open to the public and will be offered both virtually (via Zoom) and in person (in UMMA's Stern Auditorium). Seats are offered on a first come\, first served basis\; please arrive early to secure a spot.\n\nRoger Reeves's most recent book is *Dark Days: Fugitive Essays* (Graywolf Press\, 2024)\, winner ofthe GLCA New Writers Award for Creative Nonfiction and a finalist for the 2024 Pegasus Award in Poetry Criticism. He is also the author of *Best Barbarian* (W.W. Norton & Co.\, 2022)\, a finalist\nfor the National Book Award and winner of the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award. Tracy K. Smith called it “a revelation and a form of reparation.” His debut collection is *King Me* (Copper Canyon Press\, 2013)\, a Library Journal Best Poetry Book of the year\, and winner of the Larry Levis Reading Prize\, the PEN/Oakland Josephine Miles Literary Award\, and a John C. Zacharis First Book Award.\n\nHis poems have appeared in journals such as *Poetry*\, *Ploughshares*\, *American Poetry Review*\, *Boston Review*\, and *Tin House*\, among others. He is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship\, a Radcliffe Fellowship from Harvard University\, a Whiting Award\, an NEA Fellowship\, a Ruth Lilly Fellowship from the Poetry Foundation\, a Hodder Fellowship from Princeton University\, two Bread Loaf Scholarships\, an Alberta H. Walker Scholarship from the Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center\, and two Cave Canem Fellowships.\n\nHe earned a BA in English from Morehouse College\, an MA in English from Texas A&M University\, an MFA from the James A. Michener Center for Creative Writing at the University of Texas at Austin\, and a PhD from the University of Texas at Austin. He is currently an associate professor of English and creative writing at the University of Texas at Austin.\n\nFor any questions about the event or to share accommodation needs\, please email kimjulie@umich.edu--we are eager to help ensure this event is inclusive to you. The building\, event space\, and restrooms are wheelchair accessible. Diaper changing tables are available in nearby restrooms. Gender-inclusive restrooms are available on the second floor of the Museum\, accessible via the stairs\, or in nearby Hatcher Graduate Library (Floors 3\, 4\, 5\, and 6). The Hatcher Library also offers a reflection room (4th Floor South Stacks)\, and a lactation room (Room 13W\, an anteroom to the basement women's staff restroom\, or Room 108B\, an anteroom of the first floor women's restroom). ASL interpreters and CART services at in-person events are available upon request\; please email kimjulie@umich.edu at least two weeks prior to the event\, whenever possible\, to allow time to arrange services.\n\nU-M employees with a U-M parking permit may use the Church Street Parking Structure (525 Church St.\, Ann Arbor) or the Thompson Parking Structure (500 Thompson St.\, Ann Arbor). There is limited metered street parking on State Street and South University Avenue. The Forest Avenue Public Parking Structure (650 South Forest Ave.\, Ann Arbor) is five blocks away\, and the parking rate is $1.20 per hour. All of these options include parking spots for individuals with disabilities. UID:135583-21876969@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/135583 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Museum of Art - Stern Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250903T100919 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251017T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251017T110000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Craft Lecture: A Poet's History by Roger Reeves DESCRIPTION:*IN-PERSON ONLY*\n\nRoger Reeves's most recent book is *Dark Days: Fugitive Essays* (Graywolf Press\, 2024)\, winner ofthe GLCA New Writers Award for Creative Nonfiction and a finalist for the 2024 Pegasus Award in Poetry Criticism. He is also the author of *Best Barbarian* (W.W. Norton & Co.\, 2022)\, a finalist\nfor the National Book Award and winner of the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award. Tracy K. Smith called it “a revelation and a form of reparation.” His debut collection is *King Me* (Copper Canyon Press\, 2013)\, a *Library Journal* Best Poetry Book of the year\, and winner of the Larry Levis Reading Prize\, the PEN/Oakland Josephine Miles Literary Award\, and a John C. Zacharis First Book Award.\n\nHis poems have appeared in journals such as *Poetry*\, *Ploughshares*\, *American Poetry Review*\, *Boston Review*\, and *Tin House*\, among others. He is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship\, a Radcliffe Fellowship from Harvard University\, a Whiting Award\, an NEA Fellowship\, a Ruth Lilly Fellowship from the Poetry Foundation\, a Hodder Fellowship from Princeton University\, two Bread Loaf Scholarships\, an Alberta H. Walker Scholarship from the Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center\, and two Cave Canem Fellowships. \n\nHe earned a BA in English from Morehouse College\, an MA in English from Texas A&M University\, an MFA from the James A. Michener Center for Creative Writing at the University of Texas at Austin\, and a PhD from the University of Texas at Austin. He is currently an associate professor of English and creative writing at the University of Texas at Austin.\n\nFor any questions about the event or to share accommodation needs\, please email kimjulie@umich.edu--we are eager to help ensure this event is inclusive to you. The building\, event space\, and restrooms are wheelchair accessible. Diaper changing tables are available in nearby restrooms. Gender-inclusive restrooms are available on every floor of the Union. ASL interpreters and CART services at in-person events are available upon request\; please email kimjulie@umich.edu at least two weeks prior to the event\, whenever possible\, to allow time to arrange services.\n\nU-M employees with a U-M parking permit may use the Church Street Parking Structure (525 Church St.\, Ann Arbor) or the Thompson Parking Structure (500 Thompson St.\, Ann Arbor). There is limited metered street parking on State Street and South University Avenue. The Forest Avenue Public Parking Structure (650 South Forest Ave.\, Ann Arbor) is five blocks away\, and the parking rate is $1.20 per hour. All of these options include parking spots for individuals with disabilities. UID:136925-21879337@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136925 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Michigan Union - Anderson ABCDE CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250821T100218 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251017T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251017T120000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Write with ME! DESCRIPTION:Working on an abstract? Polishing up your resume? Writing a paper or dissertation?\n\nJoin us for our new Mechanical Engineering Department writing group\, “Write with ME!”\n\nAll ME undergrads\, grads\, postdocs\, faculty\, and staff are welcome to join us for any of their writing needs.\n\nCommunity & support\nConnect with peers\, share your writing\, exchange feedback\, and brainstorm solutions to writing challenges.\n\nAccountability & consistency\nSharpen your writing skills and develop positive\, consistent writing routines. Learn from other members of the ME department!\n\nFood & flexibility\nNo need to attend every week! Drop in at any time\, and leave at any time. Light snacks\, coffee\, and tea will be available.\n\nWeekly on Fridays\, starting September 12\n2636 G.G.B\n10 am – 12 pm UID:137880-21880951@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137880 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:GG Brown Laboratory - 2636 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250930T071714 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251017T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251017T133000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Peer Writing Program Info Session DESCRIPTION:Information session for students interested in applying to the Peer Writing Program.\n\nThe Sweetland Peer Writing Program provides undergraduate students from across the University with an opportunity to assist fellow U-M undergrads with their writing. Sweetland-trained peer writing consultants offer consulting at our Peer Writing Center.\n\nThe Peer Writing Program is an excellent way for undergraduate students from across the University to get involved in consulting with their peers about written communication. Becoming a writing consultant gives you the opportunity to work with others on their writing\, enjoying conversations about interesting topics\, helping to solve writing challenges\, and supporting effective writing processes. Once writing consultants enter the job market or go to graduate school\, many of them find that the program has given them important experience relating to people\, working collaboratively\, and engaging in rigorous thinking.\n\nApplications are accepted once a year in the Fall term. Accepted students enroll in Writing 300: Seminar in Peer Writing Consultation the following Winter which trains them to become theoretically informed and well-practiced Peer Writing Consultants. Students who excel in Writing 300 are invited to join the Peer Writing Program as paid consultants and enroll in WRITING 301: Practicum in Peer Writing Consultation. After completing 301\, students may be asked to continue on as consultants.\n\nPlease note: In order to apply\, students must have completed or be currently enrolled in a first-year college writing course. Students may also apply if they obtained first-year college writing exemption for credits already earned when they enrolled at U-M. UID:140050-21886540@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/140050 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251016T083644 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251018T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251018T113000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Saturday Morning Physics | When “Physic(k)s” Lost Its ‘k’ and other Language Quarks DESCRIPTION:Good linguistic fun for science and word enthusiasts alike! Linguist Anne Curzan will talk about quirky etymologies\, the metaphors that abound in scientific language (and whether that’s a problem)\, as well as how human narratives (and the pronoun “I”) dropped out of scientific writing.\n\nLecture and Q&A\, live-streamed on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z3jkjJBGnw UID:138243-21882663@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138243 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 170 & 182 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251008T130506 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251020T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251020T203000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:By the Grace of the Game: Dan Grunfeld DESCRIPTION:Join us on October 20th at 7pm as Dan Grunfeld shares his family's improbable journey from the Holocaust to sports stardom. Dan's dad\, Ernie Grunfeld\, is the only player in NBA history -- and the only professional athlete in any major American sport -- whose parents survived the Holocaust. Grunfeld's story is captured in Dan's book\, By the Grace of the Game\, and Dan's speaking tells his family's incredible story and highlights the lessons of survival\, perseverance\, and hope that are featured prominently in his book. UID:140450-21887165@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/140450 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251017T152506 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251023T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251023T140000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Critical Conversations: Novels DESCRIPTION:Andrea Zemgulys (Chair)\n\n“The African Novel”\nGaurav Desai is Frederick G. L. Huetwell Professor of English and a scholar of African and postcolonial literature. Along with a colleague at Rutgers University he is currently completing work on an edited collection on the Institutions of African Literature to be published by Cambridge University Press. He recently served as President of the African Literature Association and is currently the President of the Association of Departments of English.\n\n“Shrinking the Infinite”\nGabe Habash is the author of the novel Stephen Florida\, a finalist for the New York Public Library's Young Lions Fiction Award\, the American Booksellers Association Indies Choice Award for Adult Debut Book of the Year\, and the Clark Fiction Prize. He is the recipient of a fellowship from Bread Loaf and his work has appeared in The Paris Review\, the Los Angeles Times\, Guernica\, The Millions\, Poets & Writers\, Lithub\, and more.\n\n“The Transit of Venus\, Middlemarch\, and the Stupidity of Intertextuality.”\nDaniel Hack is Professor of English at U-M and the author of two books: The Material Interests of the Victorian Novel and Reaping Something New: African American Transformations of Victorian Literature. He has two articles forthcoming later this fall: an appreciation of A Month in the Country\, by J. L. Carr\, for the Public Books website\, and \"Why Always That Dorothea: Realism and the Rise of Meaning.\" That article will appear in the journal Novel: A Forum on Fiction\, in a special issue he co-edited on \"Belief in Fiction.\n\nModern Refugee Codices: Rethinking Authorship\, Medium\, and Format\nWill Stroebel teaches Modern Greek and Comparative Literature. His book\, Literature's Refuge\, came out earlier this year and is well worth the reading.\n\nPlease RSVP here:\nhttps://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScwlTusdaN7mdtJeWS6xsxSe4fdrc857oq9Zl94J-y8pjm0gg/viewform\n\nUPCOMING\nWednesday\, November 19\, 1–3pm: Method(ologies)\n\nEach session of Critical Conversations\, a monthly luncheon series organized by the English Department Associate Chair’s Office\, features flash talks from faculty members and graduate students about their current work as related to a rotating theme. The goal of these sessions is to share and learn about each other's work and serve as an important hub for timely conversations with relevance across the humanities. UID:138516-21883158@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138516 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Angell Hall - 3222 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250805T113918 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251023T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251023T170000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Hopwood Tea DESCRIPTION:Enjoy coffee\, tea\, and refreshments in a beautiful\, book-filled space. Check out a book from the Hopwood library or engage with other readers and writers. All are welcome. UID:136054-21877772@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136054 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Angell Hall - 1176 (Hopwood Room) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250821T100218 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251024T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251024T120000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Write with ME! DESCRIPTION:Working on an abstract? Polishing up your resume? Writing a paper or dissertation?\n\nJoin us for our new Mechanical Engineering Department writing group\, “Write with ME!”\n\nAll ME undergrads\, grads\, postdocs\, faculty\, and staff are welcome to join us for any of their writing needs.\n\nCommunity & support\nConnect with peers\, share your writing\, exchange feedback\, and brainstorm solutions to writing challenges.\n\nAccountability & consistency\nSharpen your writing skills and develop positive\, consistent writing routines. Learn from other members of the ME department!\n\nFood & flexibility\nNo need to attend every week! Drop in at any time\, and leave at any time. Light snacks\, coffee\, and tea will be available.\n\nWeekly on Fridays\, starting September 12\n2636 G.G.B\n10 am – 12 pm UID:137880-21880952@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137880 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:GG Brown Laboratory - 2636 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250925T160653 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251024T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251024T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Editing and Style for Graduate Writers DESCRIPTION:How can you catch grammatical or typographical errors before submitting your conference paper? How can you “sound” like yourself while maintaining a professional\, academic voice in your dissertation? In this workshop\, you will focus on applying editing strategies and stylistic choices in graduate writing. You will learn tips for editing your own writing and practice identifying common grammatical and typographical errors in writing samples. You will also explore the rhetorical effectiveness of stylistic elements commonly found in academic and professional writing and practice applying them to your own writing project. Writers should bring a current writing project to work on.\n\nPresented by Allie Piippo\, Sweetland Center for Writing Faculty\n\nZoom link available upon registration. UID:139895-21886298@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139895 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250825T101111 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251030T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251030T183000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Reading and Q&A with Lorrie Moore DESCRIPTION:Login here (no pre-registration needed): http://tinyurl.com/ZellWriters25\n\nZell Visiting Writers Series readings and Q&As are free and open to the public and will be offered both virtually (via Zoom) and in person (in UMMA's Stern Auditorium). Seats are offered on a first come\, first served basis\; please arrive early to secure a spot.\n\nLorrie Moore is a writer\, critic\, and essayist best known for her short stories. Her recent novel\, * I Am Homeless if This Is Not My Home*\, won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction. Other honors include the O. Henry Award for her short story \"People Like That Are the Only People Here\"\, the Rea Award for the Short Story\, for outstanding achievement in that genre\, and fellowships from the American Academy of Arts and Letters\, the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences\, Arts & Letters among others. Moore's other published work includes a children's book\, *The Forgotten Helper*\, and a collection of essays\, *See What Can Be Done*. She is the Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of English at Vanderbilt University.\n\nFor any questions about the event or to share accommodation needs\, please email kimjulie@umich.edu--we are eager to help ensure this event is inclusive to you. The building\, event space\, and restrooms are wheelchair accessible. Diaper changing tables are available in nearby restrooms. Gender-inclusive restrooms are available on the second floor of the Museum\, accessible via the stairs\, or in nearby Hatcher Graduate Library (Floors 3\, 4\, 5\, and 6). The Hatcher Library also offers a reflection room (4th Floor South Stacks)\, and a lactation room (Room 13W\, an anteroom to the basement women's staff restroom\, or Room 108B\, an anteroom of the first floor women's restroom). ASL interpreters and CART services at in-person events are available upon request\; please email kimjulie@umich.edu at least two weeks prior to the event\, whenever possible\, to allow time to arrange services.\n\nU-M employees with a U-M parking permit may use the Church Street Parking Structure (525 Church St.\, Ann Arbor) or the Thompson Parking Structure (500 Thompson St.\, Ann Arbor). There is limited metered street parking on State Street and South University Avenue. The Forest Avenue Public Parking Structure (650 South Forest Ave.\, Ann Arbor) is five blocks away\, and the parking rate is $1.20 per hour. All of these options include parking spots for individuals with disabilities. UID:136344-21878523@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136344 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Museum of Art - Stern Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250825T101130 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251031T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251031T110000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Craft Lecture by Lorrie Moore DESCRIPTION:Log-in via http://tinyurl.com/ZellWriters25 (no pre-registration required). \n\nLorrie Moore is a writer\, critic\, and essayist best known for her short stories. Her recent novel\, I Am Homeless if This Is Not My Home\, won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction. Other honors include the O. Henry Award for her short story \"People Like That Are the Only People Here\"\, the Rea Award for the Short Story\, for outstanding achievement in that genre\, and fellowships from the American Academy of Arts and Letters\, the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences\, Arts & Letters among others. Moore's other published work includes a children's book\, The Forgotten Helper\, and a collection of essays\, See What Can Be Done. She is the Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of English at Vanderbilt University.\n\nFor any questions about the event or to share accommodation needs\, please email kimjulie@umich.edu--we are eager to help ensure this event is inclusive to you. The building\, event space\, and restrooms are wheelchair accessible. Diaper changing tables are available in nearby restrooms. Gender-inclusive restrooms are available on every floor of the Union. ASL interpreters and CART services at in-person events are available upon request\; please email kimjulie@umich.edu at least two weeks prior to the event\, whenever possible\, to allow time to arrange services.\n\nU-M employees with a U-M parking permit may use the Church Street Parking Structure (525 Church St.\, Ann Arbor) or the Thompson Parking Structure (500 Thompson St.\, Ann Arbor). There is limited metered street parking on State Street and South University Avenue. The Forest Avenue Public Parking Structure (650 South Forest Ave.\, Ann Arbor) is five blocks away\, and the parking rate is $1.20 per hour. All of these options include parking spots for individuals with disabilities. UID:136926-21879338@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136926 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Michigan Union - Anderson ABCDE CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250821T100218 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251031T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251031T120000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Write with ME! DESCRIPTION:Working on an abstract? Polishing up your resume? Writing a paper or dissertation?\n\nJoin us for our new Mechanical Engineering Department writing group\, “Write with ME!”\n\nAll ME undergrads\, grads\, postdocs\, faculty\, and staff are welcome to join us for any of their writing needs.\n\nCommunity & support\nConnect with peers\, share your writing\, exchange feedback\, and brainstorm solutions to writing challenges.\n\nAccountability & consistency\nSharpen your writing skills and develop positive\, consistent writing routines. Learn from other members of the ME department!\n\nFood & flexibility\nNo need to attend every week! Drop in at any time\, and leave at any time. Light snacks\, coffee\, and tea will be available.\n\nWeekly on Fridays\, starting September 12\n2636 G.G.B\n10 am – 12 pm UID:137880-21880953@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137880 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:GG Brown Laboratory - 2636 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250805T113918 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251106T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251106T170000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Hopwood Tea DESCRIPTION:Enjoy coffee\, tea\, and refreshments in a beautiful\, book-filled space. Check out a book from the Hopwood library or engage with other readers and writers. All are welcome. UID:136054-21877774@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136054 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Angell Hall - 1176 (Hopwood Room) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250821T100218 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251107T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251107T120000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Write with ME! DESCRIPTION:Working on an abstract? Polishing up your resume? Writing a paper or dissertation?\n\nJoin us for our new Mechanical Engineering Department writing group\, “Write with ME!”\n\nAll ME undergrads\, grads\, postdocs\, faculty\, and staff are welcome to join us for any of their writing needs.\n\nCommunity & support\nConnect with peers\, share your writing\, exchange feedback\, and brainstorm solutions to writing challenges.\n\nAccountability & consistency\nSharpen your writing skills and develop positive\, consistent writing routines. Learn from other members of the ME department!\n\nFood & flexibility\nNo need to attend every week! Drop in at any time\, and leave at any time. Light snacks\, coffee\, and tea will be available.\n\nWeekly on Fridays\, starting September 12\n2636 G.G.B\n10 am – 12 pm UID:137880-21880954@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137880 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:GG Brown Laboratory - 2636 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251023T135609 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251107T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251107T171500 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Graduate School Application Workshop DESCRIPTION:Join us for a workshop on writing your personal statement and statement of purpose for graduate school applications. This workshop is led by Sweetland Peer Writing Consultants and will be held at the Peer Writing Center on the 2nd floor of the Ugli (Shapiro 2160). Please register in advance at https://myumi.ch/Qw5xb UID:141064-21888048@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141064 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Shapiro Library - 2160 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250805T113918 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251113T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251113T170000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Hopwood Tea DESCRIPTION:Enjoy coffee\, tea\, and refreshments in a beautiful\, book-filled space. Check out a book from the Hopwood library or engage with other readers and writers. All are welcome. UID:136054-21877775@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136054 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Angell Hall - 1176 (Hopwood Room) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250825T101203 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251113T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251113T183000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Reading and Q&A with Maya Binyam DESCRIPTION:Login here (no pre-registration needed): http://tinyurl.com/ZellWriters25\n\nZell Visiting Writers Series readings and Q&As are free and open to the public and will be offered both virtually (via Zoom) and in person (in UMMA's Stern Auditorium). Seats are offered on a first come\, first served basis\; please arrive early to secure a spot.\n\nMaya Binyam is the author of *Hangman*\, which received the Rosenthal Family Foundation Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters\, and was longlisted for the Women’s Prize\, the Dublin Literary Award\, and the Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award. She was a 2024 National Book Foundation “5-under-35” honoree\, and is the recipient of the 2025 Bard Fiction Prize. Her work has appeared in the *Paris Review*\, the *New Yorker*\, *Best American Short Stories*\, and elsewhere. \n\nShe previously taught in the New School’s Creative Writing and Critical Journalism Program\, and in the literature department of Claremont McKenna College. She was a Senior Editor of the *New Inquiry* and *Triple Canopy*\, and currently serves as an advisory editor of the *Paris Review*. Her work has been supported by Blue Mountain Center\, Marble House Project\, and Headlands Center for the Arts\, where she received the McLaughlin Children’s Trust Award. She lives in Los Angeles. \n\nFor any questions about the event or to share accommodation needs\, please email kimjulie@umich.edu--we are eager to help ensure this event is inclusive to you. The building\, event space\, and restrooms are wheelchair accessible. Diaper changing tables are available in nearby restrooms. Gender-inclusive restrooms are available on the second floor of the Museum\, accessible via the stairs\, or in nearby Hatcher Graduate Library (Floors 3\, 4\, 5\, and 6). The Hatcher Library also offers a reflection room (4th Floor South Stacks)\, and a lactation room (Room 13W\, an anteroom to the basement women's staff restroom\, or Room 108B\, an anteroom of the first floor women's restroom). ASL interpreters and CART services at in-person events are available upon request\; please email kimjulie@umich.edu at least two weeks prior to the event\, whenever possible\, to allow time to arrange services.\n\nU-M employees with a U-M parking permit may use the Church Street Parking Structure (525 Church St.\, Ann Arbor) or the Thompson Parking Structure (500 Thompson St.\, Ann Arbor). There is limited metered street parking on State Street and South University Avenue. The Forest Avenue Public Parking Structure (650 South Forest Ave.\, Ann Arbor) is five blocks away\, and the parking rate is $1.20 per hour. All of these options include parking spots for individuals with disabilities. UID:136345-21878524@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136345 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Museum of Art - Stern Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250825T101224 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251114T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251114T110000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Craft Lecture by Maya Binyam DESCRIPTION:Login here (no pre-registration needed): http://tinyurl.com/ZellWriters25\n\n\nMaya Binyam is the author of *Hangman*\, which received the Rosenthal Family Foundation Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters\, and was longlisted for the Women’s Prize\, the Dublin Literary Award\, and the Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award. She was a 2024 National Book Foundation “5-under-35” honoree\, and is the recipient of the 2025 Bard Fiction Prize. Her work has appeared in the *Paris Review*\, the *New Yorker*\, *Best American Short Stories*\, and elsewhere.\n\nShe previously taught in the New School’s Creative Writing and Critical Journalism Program\, and in the literature department of Claremont McKenna College. She was a Senior Editor of the New Inquiry and Triple Canopy\, and currently serves as an advisory editor of the Paris Review. Her work has been supported by Blue Mountain Center\, Marble House Project\, and Headlands Center for the Arts\, where she received the McLaughlin Children’s Trust Award. She lives in Los Angeles.\n\n\nFor any questions about the event or to share accommodation needs\, please email kimjulie@umich.edu--we are eager to help ensure this event is inclusive to you. The building\, event space\, and restrooms are wheelchair accessible. Diaper changing tables are available in nearby restrooms. Gender-inclusive restrooms are available on every floor of the Union. ASL interpreters and CART services at in-person events are available upon request\; please email kimjulie@umich.edu at least two weeks prior to the event\, whenever possible\, to allow time to arrange services.\n\nU-M employees with a U-M parking permit may use the Church Street Parking Structure (525 Church St.\, Ann Arbor) or the Thompson Parking Structure (500 Thompson St.\, Ann Arbor). There is limited metered street parking on State Street and South University Avenue. The Forest Avenue Public Parking Structure (650 South Forest Ave.\, Ann Arbor) is five blocks away\, and the parking rate is $1.20 per hour. All of these options include parking spots for individuals with disabilities. UID:136927-21879339@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136927 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Michigan Union - Anderson ABCDE CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250821T100218 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251114T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251114T120000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Write with ME! DESCRIPTION:Working on an abstract? Polishing up your resume? Writing a paper or dissertation?\n\nJoin us for our new Mechanical Engineering Department writing group\, “Write with ME!”\n\nAll ME undergrads\, grads\, postdocs\, faculty\, and staff are welcome to join us for any of their writing needs.\n\nCommunity & support\nConnect with peers\, share your writing\, exchange feedback\, and brainstorm solutions to writing challenges.\n\nAccountability & consistency\nSharpen your writing skills and develop positive\, consistent writing routines. Learn from other members of the ME department!\n\nFood & flexibility\nNo need to attend every week! Drop in at any time\, and leave at any time. Light snacks\, coffee\, and tea will be available.\n\nWeekly on Fridays\, starting September 12\n2636 G.G.B\n10 am – 12 pm UID:137880-21880955@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137880 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:GG Brown Laboratory - 2636 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250811T125432 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251114T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251114T143000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Somatic Free Write DESCRIPTION:To celebrate the end of the fall semester\, the EHW will host a somatic free write workshop co-facilitated by Petra Kuppers and Aisha Sabatini Sloan. Bringing experience in pedagogy that fuses bodies\, places\, and the non-human alike\, Aisha and Petra will lead us through a series of writing prompts intended to help you think and feel embodiment\, place\, and the various places they intersect. Whether you consider yourself a creative spirit or not\, we hope you will join us in creating this generative spirit together.\n\n\nAisha Sabatini Sloan is the author ofThe Fluency of Light (University of Iowa Press 2013)\, Dreaming of Ramadi in Detroit (1913 Press 2017)\, Borealis (Coffee House 2021)\, and a collaborative book written with her father\, Captioning the Archives (McSweeney's Publications 2021). Dreaming of Ramadi in Detroit was nominated for the Iowa Essay Prize\, chosen by Maggie Nelson as the winner of the 1913 Open Prose Contest\, and won CLMP's Firecracker award for Nonfiction in 2018. Her writing can be found in Ecotone\, Ninth Letter\, Callaloo\, Michigan Quarterly Review\, Guernica\, The Paris Review\, Vanity Fair\, and Gulf Coast\, among other journals. \n\nPetra Kuppers is a disability culture activist and a community performance artist. She creates participatory community performance environments that think/feel into public space\, tenderness\, site-specific art\, access\, and experimentation. Petra grounds herself in disability culture methods\, and uses ecosomatics\, performance\, and speculative writing to engage audiences toward more socially just and enjoyable futures. UID:137404-21880204@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137404 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Angell Hall - 3241 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251106T135731 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251117T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251117T191500 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Literary and Publication Orgs Gathering DESCRIPTION:The Arts Initiative invites members of literary and publication student orgs to discuss your various orgs' needs and wants at Michigan\, and to share your thoughts with fellow org members and the Arts Initiative. We want to learn about what we can do to help your orgs here at Michigan! We'll also have some snacks\, giveaways\, and prizes. This is the third in a series of gatherings we're planning with groups across shared artistic practices-- we're really hoping to learn from the literary arts and publication orgs!\n\n\nPlease RSVP to let us know you're coming! UID:141488-21888915@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141488 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Michigan League - Room C CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250925T161128 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251119T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251119T163000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Writing Literature Reviews DESCRIPTION:How do I turn this never-ending tangle of literature into a neat\, polished review? In this interactive workshop\, we'll cover laying the foundation for your scholarly literature review and then taking that first critical step towards composition. We'll crowdsource tips for generating a source list\, organizing it as you go\, and starting to extract themes and ideas for section headings from your reading library. We'll also cover the basics of structure to reduce the barrier for writing your first sections. Whether you're halfway through or just starting out\, you'll have a chance to take the next step on organizing\, defining your purpose\, or revising your argumentation. This presentation will focus on reviews in the sciences\, but concepts are generalizable to all literature reviews.\n\nPresented by Jimmy Brancho\, Sweetland Center for Writing Faculty\n\nRegistration required. See link.\n\nFood and coffee/tea provided. Please bring a water bottle to fill if needed. UID:139897-21886299@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139897 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - Earl Lewis Room, 3rd floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251115T174140 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251119T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251119T180000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Lecture and Workshop with Victoria Saramago DESCRIPTION:Lecture: November 19th\, 4pm - 6pm\; Against the Current: Electricity\, \nEnvironment\, and Culture in Brazil\n\nWorkshop: November 20th\, 11:30am - 1pm\; Electroshock and Hydropower: \nWriting the Great Acceleration in Brazil’s Military Dictatorship\n\nLocation: Modern Languages Building - RLL Commons (MLB 4314) \n\nThis talk discusses how electricity is deeply intertwined with cultural production and formative of the narratives that have come to define the Anthropocene in the Great Acceleration in Brazil. \n\nLecture presented by Isabella Vergara (LSA Collegiate Fellow)\, Moderated by Ana Guimarães (Graduate Student)\nWorkshop presented by RLL Graduate Students: Ana Guimarães\, María Beusterien Pereira\, Daniel López\, Fernando Pliego\, and Alejandro Mendoza. \n\nVictoria Saramago is an associate professor of Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Studies at the University of Chicago. Her research interests include twentieth- and twenty-first-century Latin American literatures and cultures with a focus on Brazilian studies\, the environmental humanities\, the energy humanities\, the Great Acceleration and the Anthropocene\, fiction theory\, mimesis\, and interdisciplinary approaches to literature and the environment.\nhttps://rll.uchicago.edu/victoria-saramago UID:141532-21888979@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141532 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Modern Languages Building - RLL Commons, 4314 MLB CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251105T104651 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251119T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251119T203000 SUMMARY:Rally / Mass Meeting:New England Literature Program (NELP) Mass Meeting DESCRIPTION:Come learn more about the NELP Program and how to apply! \n\nEach year during Spring Term\, NELP sends forty students and thirteen instructors to live and study together in the woods of New England. The program is rigorous and exhilarating and deeply fulfilling:\n\n- We meet in small classes every day. \n- We read novels\, poems\, and essays written in and about the place we're living.\n- We do all our writing in personal journals. \n- We live and work collaboratively\, sharing the cooking and chores that maintain our community. \n- We put down our phones and computers for the duration of the program. \n- We swim in lakes. We hike up mountains. We touch the ocean.\n\n Our students receive nine credits in six weeks and fulfill LSA's Upper-Level Writing Requirement. Students from a wide range of majors and schools attend NELP each year.\n \nYou could be a Nelper this spring 2026! UID:141530-21888976@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141530 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Angell Hall - AUD C CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251115T174140 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251120T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251120T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Lecture and Workshop with Victoria Saramago DESCRIPTION:Lecture: November 19th\, 4pm - 6pm\; Against the Current: Electricity\, \nEnvironment\, and Culture in Brazil\n\nWorkshop: November 20th\, 11:30am - 1pm\; Electroshock and Hydropower: \nWriting the Great Acceleration in Brazil’s Military Dictatorship\n\nLocation: Modern Languages Building - RLL Commons (MLB 4314) \n\nThis talk discusses how electricity is deeply intertwined with cultural production and formative of the narratives that have come to define the Anthropocene in the Great Acceleration in Brazil. \n\nLecture presented by Isabella Vergara (LSA Collegiate Fellow)\, Moderated by Ana Guimarães (Graduate Student)\nWorkshop presented by RLL Graduate Students: Ana Guimarães\, María Beusterien Pereira\, Daniel López\, Fernando Pliego\, and Alejandro Mendoza. \n\nVictoria Saramago is an associate professor of Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Studies at the University of Chicago. Her research interests include twentieth- and twenty-first-century Latin American literatures and cultures with a focus on Brazilian studies\, the environmental humanities\, the energy humanities\, the Great Acceleration and the Anthropocene\, fiction theory\, mimesis\, and interdisciplinary approaches to literature and the environment.\nhttps://rll.uchicago.edu/victoria-saramago UID:141532-21888980@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141532 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Modern Languages Building - RLL Commons, 4314 MLB CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251107T141133 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251120T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251120T143000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Ask an MFA: A Roundtable Discussion DESCRIPTION:Thinking about applying to an MFA in Creative Writing? Curious what the experience is really like? \n\nJoin current and former MFA students for an open roundtable discussion on Thursday\, November 20\, 2025\, from 1:00–2:30 p.m. We'll talk about applications\, funding\, teaching\, life beyond the program\, and more.\n\nLunch will be provided! RSVP using this link: https://forms.gle/QcyKX8otYvtcxJ9K7. UID:141543-21888988@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141543 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Angell Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250805T113918 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251120T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251120T170000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Hopwood Tea DESCRIPTION:Enjoy coffee\, tea\, and refreshments in a beautiful\, book-filled space. Check out a book from the Hopwood library or engage with other readers and writers. All are welcome. UID:136054-21877776@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136054 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Angell Hall - 1176 (Hopwood Room) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250821T100218 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251121T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251121T120000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Write with ME! DESCRIPTION:Working on an abstract? Polishing up your resume? Writing a paper or dissertation?\n\nJoin us for our new Mechanical Engineering Department writing group\, “Write with ME!”\n\nAll ME undergrads\, grads\, postdocs\, faculty\, and staff are welcome to join us for any of their writing needs.\n\nCommunity & support\nConnect with peers\, share your writing\, exchange feedback\, and brainstorm solutions to writing challenges.\n\nAccountability & consistency\nSharpen your writing skills and develop positive\, consistent writing routines. Learn from other members of the ME department!\n\nFood & flexibility\nNo need to attend every week! Drop in at any time\, and leave at any time. Light snacks\, coffee\, and tea will be available.\n\nWeekly on Fridays\, starting September 12\n2636 G.G.B\n10 am – 12 pm UID:137880-21880956@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137880 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:GG Brown Laboratory - 2636 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251201T213109 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251203T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251203T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Artist & Writer Talk: ARIA Graphic Novel + Hispano-Arabic Interaction Exhibit DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, December 3 • 11:00 AM\nMardigian Library\, ACL Room\nFood will be provided\n\nJoin us for a talk with the artists and writers behind the ARIA graphic novel and exhibition on Hispano-Arabic interaction. The panel will feature a mix of in-person and virtual guests: two Detroit-based writers representing Arab American and Hispanic American communities\, along with two contributors joining from Spain and two from Egypt.\n\nThe project will be presented by Professor Jorge González del Pozo and Professor Wessam Elmeligi.\nHosted by the course Speculative Fiction: Cyberpunk\, Steampunk\, and Science Fiction and open to the campus community. UID:142302-21890440@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142302 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250805T113918 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251204T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251204T170000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Hopwood Tea DESCRIPTION:Enjoy coffee\, tea\, and refreshments in a beautiful\, book-filled space. Check out a book from the Hopwood library or engage with other readers and writers. All are welcome. UID:136054-21877778@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136054 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Angell Hall - 1176 (Hopwood Room) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250717T145634 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251204T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251204T183000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Reading and Q&A with Brenda Hillman DESCRIPTION:In-Person Only\n\nZell Visiting Writers Series readings and Q&As are free and open to the public and will be offered both virtually (via Zoom) and in person (in UMMA's Stern Auditorium). Seats are offered on a first come\, first served basis\; please arrive early to secure a spot.\n\nBrenda Hillman is the author of numerous collections of poetry: White Dress\, Fortress\, Death Tractates\, Bright Existence\, Loose Sugar\, Cascadia\, Pieces of Air in the Epic\, Practical Water\, for which she won the LA Times Book Award for Poetry\, Seasonal Works with Letters on Fire\, which received the 2014 Griffin Poetry Prize and the Northern California Book Award for Poetry\; Extra Hidden Life\, Among the Days\; and her most recent In a Few Minutes Before Later. Among other awards Hillman has received are the 2016 Academy of American Poets Chancellor\, 2012 Academy of American Poets Fellowship\, the 2005 William Carlos Williams Prize for poetry\, and Fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation.\n\nFor any questions about the event or to share accommodation needs\, please email kimjulie@umich.edu--we are eager to help ensure this event is inclusive to you. The building\, event space\, and restrooms are wheelchair accessible. Diaper changing tables are available in nearby restrooms. Gender-inclusive restrooms are available on the second floor of the Museum\, accessible via the stairs\, or in nearby Hatcher Graduate Library (Floors 3\, 4\, 5\, and 6). The Hatcher Library also offers a reflection room (4th Floor South Stacks)\, and a lactation room (Room 13W\, an anteroom to the basement women's staff restroom\, or Room 108B\, an anteroom of the first floor women's restroom). ASL interpreters and CART services at in-person events are available upon request\; please email kimjulie@umich.edu at least two weeks prior to the event\, whenever possible\, to allow time to arrange services.\n\nU-M employees with a U-M parking permit may use the Church Street Parking Structure (525 Church St.\, Ann Arbor) or the Thompson Parking Structure (500 Thompson St.\, Ann Arbor). There is limited metered street parking on State Street and South University Avenue. The Forest Avenue Public Parking Structure (650 South Forest Ave.\, Ann Arbor) is five blocks away\, and the parking rate is $1.20 per hour. All of these options include parking spots for individuals with disabilities. UID:136346-21878525@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136346 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Museum of Art - Stern Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250803T211820 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251205T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251205T110000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Craft Lecture by Brenda Hillman DESCRIPTION:In-Person Only\n\nZell Visiting Writers Series readings and Q&As are free and open to the public and will be offered both virtually (via Zoom) and in person (in UMMA's Stern Auditorium). Seats are offered on a first come\, first served basis\; please arrive early to secure a spot.\n\nBrenda Hillman is the author of numerous collections of poetry: White Dress\, Fortress\, Death Tractates\, Bright Existence\, Loose Sugar\, Cascadia\, Pieces of Air in the Epic\, Practical Water\, for which she won the LA Times Book Award for Poetry\, Seasonal Works with Letters on Fire\, which received the 2014 Griffin Poetry Prize and the Northern California Book Award for Poetry\; Extra Hidden Life\, Among the Days\; and her most recent In a Few Minutes Before Later. Among other awards Hillman has received are the 2016 Academy of American Poets Chancellor\, 2012 Academy of American Poets Fellowship\, the 2005 William Carlos Williams Prize for poetry\, and Fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation.\n\nFor any questions about the event or to share accommodation needs\, please email kimjulie@umich.edu--we are eager to help ensure this event is inclusive to you. The building\, event space\, and restrooms are wheelchair accessible. Diaper changing tables are available in nearby restrooms. Gender-inclusive restrooms are available on every floor of the Union. ASL interpreters and CART services at in-person events are available upon request\; please email kimjulie@umich.edu at least two weeks prior to the event\, whenever possible\, to allow time to arrange services.\n\nU-M employees with a U-M parking permit may use the Church Street Parking Structure (525 Church St.\, Ann Arbor) or the Thompson Parking Structure (500 Thompson St.\, Ann Arbor). There is limited metered street parking on State Street and South University Avenue. The Forest Avenue Public Parking Structure (650 South Forest Ave.\, Ann Arbor) is five blocks away\, and the parking rate is $1.20 per hour. All of these options include parking spots for individuals with disabilities. UID:136928-21879340@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136928 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Michigan Union - Anderson ABCDE CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250821T100218 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251205T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251205T120000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Write with ME! DESCRIPTION:Working on an abstract? Polishing up your resume? Writing a paper or dissertation?\n\nJoin us for our new Mechanical Engineering Department writing group\, “Write with ME!”\n\nAll ME undergrads\, grads\, postdocs\, faculty\, and staff are welcome to join us for any of their writing needs.\n\nCommunity & support\nConnect with peers\, share your writing\, exchange feedback\, and brainstorm solutions to writing challenges.\n\nAccountability & consistency\nSharpen your writing skills and develop positive\, consistent writing routines. Learn from other members of the ME department!\n\nFood & flexibility\nNo need to attend every week! Drop in at any time\, and leave at any time. Light snacks\, coffee\, and tea will be available.\n\nWeekly on Fridays\, starting September 12\n2636 G.G.B\n10 am – 12 pm UID:137880-21880958@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137880 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:GG Brown Laboratory - 2636 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260409T141026 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251208T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251208T210000 SUMMARY:Performance:An Evening of Songs at the Keene Theater DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening of enjoying the works of student songwriters in Alex Wand's course on songwriting\, as part of the RC Music program. UID:141659-21889146@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141659 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:East Quadrangle - Keene Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250821T100218 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T120000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Write with ME! DESCRIPTION:Working on an abstract? Polishing up your resume? Writing a paper or dissertation?\n\nJoin us for our new Mechanical Engineering Department writing group\, “Write with ME!”\n\nAll ME undergrads\, grads\, postdocs\, faculty\, and staff are welcome to join us for any of their writing needs.\n\nCommunity & support\nConnect with peers\, share your writing\, exchange feedback\, and brainstorm solutions to writing challenges.\n\nAccountability & consistency\nSharpen your writing skills and develop positive\, consistent writing routines. Learn from other members of the ME department!\n\nFood & flexibility\nNo need to attend every week! Drop in at any time\, and leave at any time. Light snacks\, coffee\, and tea will be available.\n\nWeekly on Fridays\, starting September 12\n2636 G.G.B\n10 am – 12 pm UID:137880-21880959@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137880 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:GG Brown Laboratory - 2636 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250821T100218 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251219T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251219T120000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Write with ME! DESCRIPTION:Working on an abstract? Polishing up your resume? Writing a paper or dissertation?\n\nJoin us for our new Mechanical Engineering Department writing group\, “Write with ME!”\n\nAll ME undergrads\, grads\, postdocs\, faculty\, and staff are welcome to join us for any of their writing needs.\n\nCommunity & support\nConnect with peers\, share your writing\, exchange feedback\, and brainstorm solutions to writing challenges.\n\nAccountability & consistency\nSharpen your writing skills and develop positive\, consistent writing routines. Learn from other members of the ME department!\n\nFood & flexibility\nNo need to attend every week! Drop in at any time\, and leave at any time. Light snacks\, coffee\, and tea will be available.\n\nWeekly on Fridays\, starting September 12\n2636 G.G.B\n10 am – 12 pm UID:137880-21880960@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137880 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:GG Brown Laboratory - 2636 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250821T100218 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251226T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251226T120000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Write with ME! DESCRIPTION:Working on an abstract? Polishing up your resume? Writing a paper or dissertation?\n\nJoin us for our new Mechanical Engineering Department writing group\, “Write with ME!”\n\nAll ME undergrads\, grads\, postdocs\, faculty\, and staff are welcome to join us for any of their writing needs.\n\nCommunity & support\nConnect with peers\, share your writing\, exchange feedback\, and brainstorm solutions to writing challenges.\n\nAccountability & consistency\nSharpen your writing skills and develop positive\, consistent writing routines. Learn from other members of the ME department!\n\nFood & flexibility\nNo need to attend every week! Drop in at any time\, and leave at any time. Light snacks\, coffee\, and tea will be available.\n\nWeekly on Fridays\, starting September 12\n2636 G.G.B\n10 am – 12 pm UID:137880-21880961@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137880 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:GG Brown Laboratory - 2636 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250821T100218 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260102T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260102T120000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Write with ME! DESCRIPTION:Working on an abstract? Polishing up your resume? Writing a paper or dissertation?\n\nJoin us for our new Mechanical Engineering Department writing group\, “Write with ME!”\n\nAll ME undergrads\, grads\, postdocs\, faculty\, and staff are welcome to join us for any of their writing needs.\n\nCommunity & support\nConnect with peers\, share your writing\, exchange feedback\, and brainstorm solutions to writing challenges.\n\nAccountability & consistency\nSharpen your writing skills and develop positive\, consistent writing routines. Learn from other members of the ME department!\n\nFood & flexibility\nNo need to attend every week! Drop in at any time\, and leave at any time. Light snacks\, coffee\, and tea will be available.\n\nWeekly on Fridays\, starting September 12\n2636 G.G.B\n10 am – 12 pm UID:137880-21880962@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137880 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:GG Brown Laboratory - 2636 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250805T113918 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260108T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260108T170000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Hopwood Tea DESCRIPTION:Enjoy coffee\, tea\, and refreshments in a beautiful\, book-filled space. Check out a book from the Hopwood library or engage with other readers and writers. All are welcome. UID:136054-21877783@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136054 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Angell Hall - 1176 (Hopwood Room) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250821T100218 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260109T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260109T120000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Write with ME! DESCRIPTION:Working on an abstract? Polishing up your resume? Writing a paper or dissertation?\n\nJoin us for our new Mechanical Engineering Department writing group\, “Write with ME!”\n\nAll ME undergrads\, grads\, postdocs\, faculty\, and staff are welcome to join us for any of their writing needs.\n\nCommunity & support\nConnect with peers\, share your writing\, exchange feedback\, and brainstorm solutions to writing challenges.\n\nAccountability & consistency\nSharpen your writing skills and develop positive\, consistent writing routines. Learn from other members of the ME department!\n\nFood & flexibility\nNo need to attend every week! Drop in at any time\, and leave at any time. Light snacks\, coffee\, and tea will be available.\n\nWeekly on Fridays\, starting September 12\n2636 G.G.B\n10 am – 12 pm UID:137880-21880963@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137880 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:GG Brown Laboratory - 2636 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T162506 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260112T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260112T150000 SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:Hopwood Program Manager Virtual Office Hours DESCRIPTION:Bring your questions about the 2026 Hopwood Awards writing contests and get instant answers. Contest deadline is January 15th. UID:143226-21892517@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143226 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T162506 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T150000 SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:Hopwood Program Manager Virtual Office Hours DESCRIPTION:Bring your questions about the 2026 Hopwood Awards writing contests and get instant answers. Contest deadline is January 15th. UID:143226-21892518@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143226 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T162506 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T150000 SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:Hopwood Program Manager Virtual Office Hours DESCRIPTION:Bring your questions about the 2026 Hopwood Awards writing contests and get instant answers. Contest deadline is January 15th. UID:143226-21892519@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143226 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T170859 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260115T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260115T235900 SUMMARY:Other:Hopwood Awards Contest Deadline DESCRIPTION:The deadline for submitting work to the 2026 Hopwood Awards writing contests is 11:59 p.m. (one minute before midnight) Eastern time on January 15th. No late submissions will be accepted. Contests are open to enrolled University of Michigan graduate and undergraduate students at all three campuses. The contests are free to enter. For contest descriptions and guidelines\, see lsa.umich.edu/hopwood. UID:143228-21892526@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143228 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250805T113918 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260115T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260115T170000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Hopwood Tea DESCRIPTION:Enjoy coffee\, tea\, and refreshments in a beautiful\, book-filled space. Check out a book from the Hopwood library or engage with other readers and writers. All are welcome. UID:136054-21877784@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136054 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Angell Hall - 1176 (Hopwood Room) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250821T100218 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260116T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260116T120000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Write with ME! DESCRIPTION:Working on an abstract? Polishing up your resume? Writing a paper or dissertation?\n\nJoin us for our new Mechanical Engineering Department writing group\, “Write with ME!”\n\nAll ME undergrads\, grads\, postdocs\, faculty\, and staff are welcome to join us for any of their writing needs.\n\nCommunity & support\nConnect with peers\, share your writing\, exchange feedback\, and brainstorm solutions to writing challenges.\n\nAccountability & consistency\nSharpen your writing skills and develop positive\, consistent writing routines. Learn from other members of the ME department!\n\nFood & flexibility\nNo need to attend every week! Drop in at any time\, and leave at any time. Light snacks\, coffee\, and tea will be available.\n\nWeekly on Fridays\, starting September 12\n2636 G.G.B\n10 am – 12 pm UID:137880-21880964@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137880 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:GG Brown Laboratory - 2636 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251201T145601 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260116T174500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260116T193000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Student Art Meetup: Poetry at Literati - Kurt Luchs DESCRIPTION:Are you looking to explore art in the Ann Arbor community? Come join us for a poetry reading at Literati Bookstore! This event celebrates author Kurt Luchs's release of Tributaries\, a book of essays and poems celebrating twenty poems that hold vital meaning for Luchs as a reader. \n\nWe will meet right outside the Sweetwaters in the Michigan Union at 5:45 PM\, and walk together for 15 minutes to Literati Bookstore in downtown Ann Arbor. Hope to see you there! UID:142289-21890396@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142289 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251210T113622 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260118T230000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260118T235900 SUMMARY:Meeting:APPLICATION DEADLINE EXTENDED TO JANUARY 18TH: Up to $30\,000 Grant For Student Sustainability Projects DESCRIPTION:The Student Sustainability Coalition is awarding up to $30\,000 for student driven projects that enhance sustainability or in some instances social sustainability for the University of Michigan's campus community. Attend grant office hours\, email\, or check out our webpage to learn more!\n\nLINK TO APPLY: https://forms.gle/k7ChrFbqbjkAnNjt8 UID:117733-21891124@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/117733 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:1027 E. Huron Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260114T114059 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260120T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260120T190000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Proposal Writing (Student Success Workshop) DESCRIPTION:With summer fellowship applications just around the corner\, this workshop aims to guide you through writing a compelling and effective proposal. We will overview the main components of a proposal\, such as abstracts\, background\, objectives\, and budget justifications and how to tailor your proposal to different prompts and opportunities.\n\nRegister here: https://myumi.ch/Z2qVj UID:141968-21889699@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141968 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250805T113918 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260122T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260122T170000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Hopwood Tea DESCRIPTION:Enjoy coffee\, tea\, and refreshments in a beautiful\, book-filled space. Check out a book from the Hopwood library or engage with other readers and writers. All are welcome. UID:136054-21877785@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136054 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Angell Hall - 1176 (Hopwood Room) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260116T103059 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260122T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260122T200000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Learn Fast-Paced Theatre Development With The RC Players DESCRIPTION:Interested in creating theatre?The RC Players will work with you to write\, stage\, and perform a short play-- all in the same evening! And there's no experience necessary! \n\nThis is your chance to try it out and see if script-writing\, directing or acting is something you enjoy doing! The RC Players have honed their skills through their annual Red Eye 24-hour theatre event\, and will help you get a first taste of this exciting process. Bring your laptop\, your ideas and your self\, and we'll provide the stage\, and props and the support to bring your ideas to life!\n\nThe Arts Initiative's \"Learn/With\" workshops are designed to give students a chance to explore an artform or skill that's new to them by learning with their peers in one of U-M's many student arts orgs. Take a chance and see if it's your new thing! UID:143977-21894361@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143977 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:East Quadrangle - Keene Theatre CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250821T100218 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260123T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260123T120000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Write with ME! DESCRIPTION:Working on an abstract? Polishing up your resume? Writing a paper or dissertation?\n\nJoin us for our new Mechanical Engineering Department writing group\, “Write with ME!”\n\nAll ME undergrads\, grads\, postdocs\, faculty\, and staff are welcome to join us for any of their writing needs.\n\nCommunity & support\nConnect with peers\, share your writing\, exchange feedback\, and brainstorm solutions to writing challenges.\n\nAccountability & consistency\nSharpen your writing skills and develop positive\, consistent writing routines. Learn from other members of the ME department!\n\nFood & flexibility\nNo need to attend every week! Drop in at any time\, and leave at any time. Light snacks\, coffee\, and tea will be available.\n\nWeekly on Fridays\, starting September 12\n2636 G.G.B\n10 am – 12 pm UID:137880-21880965@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137880 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:GG Brown Laboratory - 2636 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260120T093312 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T200000 SUMMARY:Film Screening:The Watermelon Woman DESCRIPTION:The wry\, incisive debut feature by Cheryl Dunye gave cinema something bracingly new and groundbreaking: a vibrant representation of Black lesbian identity by a Black lesbian filmmaker. Dunye stars as Cheryl\, a video-store clerk and aspiring director whose interest in forgotten Black actresses leads her to investigate an obscure 1930s performer known as the Watermelon Woman\, whose story proves to have surprising resonances with Cheryl’s own life as she navigates a new relationship.\n\nThe film screening will be followed by a community conversation with professors SaraEllen Strongman (Afroamerican and African Studies)\, Lydia Kelow-Bennett (Afroamerican and African Studies)\, and graduate student Sydney Tunstall (English and Women's and Gender Studies). Moderated by Symone Campbell.\n\nFree and open to the public. No ticket necessary. *First 20 attendees receive a free popcorn!* UID:142748-21891333@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142748 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Theater 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250805T113918 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T170000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Hopwood Tea DESCRIPTION:Enjoy coffee\, tea\, and refreshments in a beautiful\, book-filled space. Check out a book from the Hopwood library or engage with other readers and writers. All are welcome. UID:136054-21877786@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136054 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Angell Hall - 1176 (Hopwood Room) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250821T100218 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T120000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Write with ME! DESCRIPTION:Working on an abstract? Polishing up your resume? Writing a paper or dissertation?\n\nJoin us for our new Mechanical Engineering Department writing group\, “Write with ME!”\n\nAll ME undergrads\, grads\, postdocs\, faculty\, and staff are welcome to join us for any of their writing needs.\n\nCommunity & support\nConnect with peers\, share your writing\, exchange feedback\, and brainstorm solutions to writing challenges.\n\nAccountability & consistency\nSharpen your writing skills and develop positive\, consistent writing routines. Learn from other members of the ME department!\n\nFood & flexibility\nNo need to attend every week! Drop in at any time\, and leave at any time. Light snacks\, coffee\, and tea will be available.\n\nWeekly on Fridays\, starting September 12\n2636 G.G.B\n10 am – 12 pm UID:137880-21880966@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137880 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:GG Brown Laboratory - 2636 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250805T113918 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T170000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Hopwood Tea DESCRIPTION:Enjoy coffee\, tea\, and refreshments in a beautiful\, book-filled space. Check out a book from the Hopwood library or engage with other readers and writers. All are welcome. UID:136054-21877787@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136054 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Angell Hall - 1176 (Hopwood Room) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250821T100218 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T120000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Write with ME! DESCRIPTION:Working on an abstract? Polishing up your resume? Writing a paper or dissertation?\n\nJoin us for our new Mechanical Engineering Department writing group\, “Write with ME!”\n\nAll ME undergrads\, grads\, postdocs\, faculty\, and staff are welcome to join us for any of their writing needs.\n\nCommunity & support\nConnect with peers\, share your writing\, exchange feedback\, and brainstorm solutions to writing challenges.\n\nAccountability & consistency\nSharpen your writing skills and develop positive\, consistent writing routines. Learn from other members of the ME department!\n\nFood & flexibility\nNo need to attend every week! Drop in at any time\, and leave at any time. Light snacks\, coffee\, and tea will be available.\n\nWeekly on Fridays\, starting September 12\n2636 G.G.B\n10 am – 12 pm UID:137880-21880967@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137880 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:GG Brown Laboratory - 2636 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251215T163808 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T170000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Hopwood Book Lovers Tea DESCRIPTION:Join us on February 12\, 2026\, from 3:00–5:00pm in the Hopwood Room (1176 AH) for tea\, coffee\, specialty treats\, Blind Dates with Books\, and the Hopwood Reading Challenge raffle - for every Hopwood Library book you read before the tea\, you'll earn a raffle ticket (up to 10) for the chance to win bookstore gift cards! \n\nSign up to join the Hopwood Reading Challenge and track your books here: https://forms.gle/f2Pyevu1r2nRGM4m7. UID:142767-21891433@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142767 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Angell Hall - 1176 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250805T113918 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T170000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Hopwood Tea DESCRIPTION:Enjoy coffee\, tea\, and refreshments in a beautiful\, book-filled space. Check out a book from the Hopwood library or engage with other readers and writers. All are welcome. UID:136054-21877788@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136054 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Angell Hall - 1176 (Hopwood Room) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260210T122911 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T183000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Reading and Q&A with Lena Tuffaha DESCRIPTION:In-Person Only\n\nZell Visiting Writers Series readings and Q&As are free and open to the public. Seats are offered on a first come\, first served basis\; please arrive early to secure a spot.\n\nLena Tuffaha is a poet\, essayist\, and translator. She is author of three books of poetry: Something About Living (UAkron\, 2024)\, winner of the 2024 National Book Award and winner of the 2022 Akron Prize for Poetry\, Kaan & Her Sisters (Trio House Press)\, finalist for the 2024 Firecracker Award and honorable mention for the 2024 Arab American Book Award\, Water & Salt (Red Hen)\, winner of the 2018 Washington State Book Award and honorable mention for the 2018 Arab American Award. She is also the author of two chapbooks\, Arab in Newsland\, winner of the 2016 Two Sylvias Prize\, and Letters from the Interior (Diode\, 2019)\, finalist for the 2020 Jean Pedrick Chapbook Prize.\n\nHer writing has been published in journals including Los Angeles Review of Books\, Michigan Quarterly Review\, The Nation \, Poets.org \, Protean \, and Prairie Schooner and in anthologies including The Long Devotion (Georgia Press)\, We Call to the Eye and the Night (Persea Press)\, and Gaza Unsilenced (Just World Books). She was the translator and curator of the 2022 series “Poems from Palestine” at the Baffler magazine.* In 2024 she curated a year-long subscription of Palestinian poetry books with Open Books\, Seattle’s poetry-only bookstore.\n\nFor any questions about the event or to share accommodation needs\, please email kimjulie@umich.edu--we are eager to help ensure this event is inclusive to you. The building\, event space\, and restrooms are wheelchair accessible. Diaper changing tables are available in nearby restrooms. Gender-inclusive restrooms are available on the second floor of the Museum\, accessible via the stairs\, or in nearby Hatcher Graduate Library (Floors 3\, 4\, 5\, and 6). The Hatcher Library also offers a reflection room (4th Floor South Stacks)\, and a lactation room (Room 13W\, an anteroom to the basement women's staff restroom\, or Room 108B\, an anteroom of the first floor women's restroom). ASL interpreters and CART services at in-person events are available upon request\; please email kimjulie@umich.edu at least two weeks prior to the event\, whenever possible\, to allow time to arrange services.\n\nU-M employees with a U-M parking permit may use the Church Street Parking Structure (525 Church St.\, Ann Arbor) or the Thompson Parking Structure (500 Thompson St.\, Ann Arbor). The Forest Avenue Public Parking Structure (650 South Forest Ave.\, Ann Arbor) is five blocks away\, and the parking rate is $1.20 per hour. All of these options include parking spots for individuals with disabilities. UID:145319-21897045@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145319 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Museum of Art - Stern Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250821T100218 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T120000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Write with ME! DESCRIPTION:Working on an abstract? Polishing up your resume? Writing a paper or dissertation?\n\nJoin us for our new Mechanical Engineering Department writing group\, “Write with ME!”\n\nAll ME undergrads\, grads\, postdocs\, faculty\, and staff are welcome to join us for any of their writing needs.\n\nCommunity & support\nConnect with peers\, share your writing\, exchange feedback\, and brainstorm solutions to writing challenges.\n\nAccountability & consistency\nSharpen your writing skills and develop positive\, consistent writing routines. Learn from other members of the ME department!\n\nFood & flexibility\nNo need to attend every week! Drop in at any time\, and leave at any time. Light snacks\, coffee\, and tea will be available.\n\nWeekly on Fridays\, starting September 12\n2636 G.G.B\n10 am – 12 pm UID:137880-21880968@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137880 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:GG Brown Laboratory - 2636 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260121T133411 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T235900 SUMMARY:Other:Unveil: A Privacy@Michigan Student Art Contest Deadline DESCRIPTION:The deadline for submitting work to the 2026 Unveil Privacy@Michigan student art contest is 11:59 p.m. (one minute before midnight) Eastern Time on February 15. No late submissions will be accepted. The contest is open to enrolled University of Michigan graduate and undergraduate students on all three campuses. The contest is free to enter. For contest descriptions and guidelines\, see safecomputing.umich.edu/unveil. UID:144263-21895047@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144263 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260203T094108 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T173000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Workshop - On Revival: Hebrew Literature between Life and Death DESCRIPTION:We warmly invite you to attend a special workshop with visiting scholar Roni Henig (Assistant Professor of Modern Hebrew Literature at New York University) on Monday\, February 16\, from 4:00 - 5:30 PM\, in Thayer 2000. \n\nRoni Henig will share\, in dialogue with Prof. Maya Barzilai\, her critical approach to the Hebrew language revival and its uncanny and even monstrous metaphoric. This workshop is based on Henig's recent book publication\, \"On Revival: Hebrew Literature between Life and Death\" (UPenn Press\, 2025)\, and we will circulate the Introduction ahead of the event. The book can also be accessed through our library. UID:144963-21896207@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144963 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - 2000 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260209T134104 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T200000 SUMMARY:Film Screening:Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire DESCRIPTION:Eighty years after his liberation from Buchenwald\, we seek to understand the man behind Elie Wiesel's searing and widely read memoir Night. Told largely through his own words and eloquent voice\, Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire seeks to penetrate to the heart of the known and unknown Elie Wiesel (1928-2016) — his passions\, his conflicts and his legacy as one of the most public survivors of the Holocaust. With unique access to personal archives\, original interviews\, and employing hand-painted animation\, the film illuminates Wiesel’s biography as a survivor\, writer\, teacher and public figure.\n\nAfter the film\, stay for a discussion between one of the film’s producers\, Patti Askwith Kenner\, and Wallenberg Institute director Jeffrey Veidlinger.\n\nCo-presented by the University Musical Society (UMS)\, the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of the University of Michigan\, and the Michigan Theater. UID:145246-21896924@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145246 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Screening Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250805T113918 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260219T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260219T170000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Hopwood Tea DESCRIPTION:Enjoy coffee\, tea\, and refreshments in a beautiful\, book-filled space. Check out a book from the Hopwood library or engage with other readers and writers. All are welcome. UID:136054-21877789@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136054 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Angell Hall - 1176 (Hopwood Room) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250821T100218 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260220T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260220T120000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Write with ME! DESCRIPTION:Working on an abstract? Polishing up your resume? Writing a paper or dissertation?\n\nJoin us for our new Mechanical Engineering Department writing group\, “Write with ME!”\n\nAll ME undergrads\, grads\, postdocs\, faculty\, and staff are welcome to join us for any of their writing needs.\n\nCommunity & support\nConnect with peers\, share your writing\, exchange feedback\, and brainstorm solutions to writing challenges.\n\nAccountability & consistency\nSharpen your writing skills and develop positive\, consistent writing routines. Learn from other members of the ME department!\n\nFood & flexibility\nNo need to attend every week! Drop in at any time\, and leave at any time. Light snacks\, coffee\, and tea will be available.\n\nWeekly on Fridays\, starting September 12\n2636 G.G.B\n10 am – 12 pm UID:137880-21880969@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137880 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:GG Brown Laboratory - 2636 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260206T144823 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260220T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260220T123000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Transition to Graduate Writing II DESCRIPTION:This workshop offers practical strategies for reading\, writing\, and revising academic texts while identifying transferable patterns across disciplinary genres. \n\nGraduate students are required to navigate a range of academic writing conventions\, genres\, expectations\, and audiences. This workshop will help graduate student writers identify critical strategies for reading and writing academic texts. We’ll talk about how to approach unfamiliar writing tasks\, develop drafting and revision practices\, and identify patterns across all disciplinary forms of academic writing. The workshop will conclude by identifying our learning goals and developing best methods for achieving them. \n\nPresented by Monroe Moody\, Sweetland Center for Writing Faculty.\n\nRegistration required. See link.\n\nRackham/Sweetland Workshops\, co-sponsored by the Rackham Graduate School\, cover a host of topics designed to help graduate students in various aspects of writing. UID:145133-21896709@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145133 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:writing LOCATION:North Quad - 2435 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251201T103828 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T183000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Jewish Journalism in Dark Times DESCRIPTION:Join us for a roundtable discussion exploring the transformation of Jewish journalism during the interwar years (1918–1939) and World War II\, an era of profound upheaval. Panelists will analyze how Jewish newspapers and journals became vital platforms for political\, literary\, and cultural engagement. The discussion will highlight dramatic shifts in journalistic practices\, including evolving editorial strategies\, reporting methods\, and technological innovations in format and distribution and the transnational and transcultural elements that come to the fore during that time. Panelists will also examine the economic pressures and opportunities that shaped the Jewish press\, and consider the influence and role of Jews as journalists within the broader media landscape.\n\nGilad Halpern\, journalist and media historian\, draws on recent doctoral research on The Palestine Post amid imperial decline and rising nationalism\, bridging professional and scholarly perspectives. Naomi Brenner explores entertainment fiction in the Hebrew and Yiddish press\, focusing on the aesthetics and politics of the roman-feuilleton as a transnational literary form.\nMatthew Handelman investigates the cultural politics of German Jewish intellectuals and the primacy of culture in political discourse from the Weimar Republic onward.\n\nCentral to the conversation is the role of Jewish periodicals as spaces for cultural expression\, literary experimentation\, and political debate. These publications not only documented Jewish life\, but actively shaped identities\, fostered transnational dialogue\, and provided forums for writers\, artists\, and intellectuals grappling with questions of survival and belonging. This roundtable offers timely insights into journalism during a time of crisis\, illuminating enduring questions about Jews and media. UID:142275-21890347@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142275 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Room 2022 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260129T164237 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260225T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260225T133000 SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:Building Industry Partnerships Webinar Series DESCRIPTION:Federal funding trends\, including from NSF\, DOE and ARPA agencies\, indicate increasing interest in translational research – supporting the pathways for fundamental discoveries to have broader societal\, economic or public impact. New funding programs might require researchers to demonstrate their research impact at the proposal stage through established partnerships with companies that signal market interest or investment\, formal commitments like licensing agreements\, and/or evidence of technology readiness levels. Researchers who build these industry partnerships in advance will have a critical edge in a competitive funding landscape.\n\nThe Office of Research Development will host a webinar series for U-M researchers that explains why and how to build industry partnerships that advance mutual R&D goals. Webinars will take place noon-1:30 pm each day\; calendar invites will be sent upon registration. \n\nFebruary 25: Discovery to Innovation - Gain a practical framework for deciding when to engage industry\, how to demonstrate impact credibly and which funding mechanisms align with research maturing and scholarly goals.\nMarch 26: Industry Engagement for Faculty: From Early Signals to Funded Partnerships - Learn meaningful engagement strategies across the research lifecycle\, emphasizing alignment with academic incentives\, research integrity and appropriate funding mechanisms. \nApril 9: Building Industry Partnerships that Last: Whom to Talk to\, What to Ask - Learn how to identify the right industry counterparts\, structure early conversations to surface meaningful research and translational opportunities and set expectations that can evolve into sustained collaboration. \nContact RD-Support@umich.edu with questions. UID:144802-21895959@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144802 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250805T113918 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260226T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260226T170000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Hopwood Tea DESCRIPTION:Enjoy coffee\, tea\, and refreshments in a beautiful\, book-filled space. Check out a book from the Hopwood library or engage with other readers and writers. All are welcome. UID:136054-21877790@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136054 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Angell Hall - 1176 (Hopwood Room) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250825T101253 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260226T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260226T183000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Reading and Q&A with Jamil Jan Kochai DESCRIPTION:Login here (no pre-registration needed): http://tinyurl.com/ZellWriters25\n\nZell Visiting Writers Series readings and Q&As are free and open to the public and will be offered both virtually (via Zoom) and in person (in UMMA's Stern Auditorium). Seats are offered on a first come\, first served basis\; please arrive early to secure a spot.\n\nJamil Jan Kochai is the author of The Haunting of *Hajji Hotak and Other Stories*\, a finalist for the 2022 National Book Award and a winner of the 2023 Aspen Words Literary Prize and the 2023 Clark Fiction Prize. His debut novel *99 Nights in Logar* won John C. Zacharis First Book Award. Kochai was born in an Afghan refugee camp in Peshawar\, Pakistan\, but his family originally hails from Logar\, Afghanistan. His short stories have appeared in *The New Yorker*\, *Ploughshares*\, *The O. Henry Prize Stories*\, and *The Best American Short Stories*. Kochai was a Hodder Fellow at Princeton University\, a Stegner Fellow at Stanford University\, and a Truman Capote Fellow at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. He teaches creative writing at Princeton University.\n\nFor any questions about the event or to share accommodation needs\, please email kimjulie@umich.edu--we are eager to help ensure this event is inclusive to you. The building\, event space\, and restrooms are wheelchair accessible. Diaper changing tables are available in nearby restrooms. Gender-inclusive restrooms are available on the second floor of the Museum\, accessible via the stairs\, or in nearby Hatcher Graduate Library (Floors 3\, 4\, 5\, and 6). The Hatcher Library also offers a reflection room (4th Floor South Stacks)\, and a lactation room (Room 13W\, an anteroom to the basement women's staff restroom\, or Room 108B\, an anteroom of the first floor women's restroom). ASL interpreters and CART services at in-person events are available upon request\; please email kimjulie@umich.edu at least two weeks prior to the event\, whenever possible\, to allow time to arrange services.\n\nU-M employees with a U-M parking permit may use the Church Street Parking Structure (525 Church St.\, Ann Arbor) or the Thompson Parking Structure (500 Thompson St.\, Ann Arbor). There is limited metered street parking on State Street and South University Avenue. The Forest Avenue Public Parking Structure (650 South Forest Ave.\, Ann Arbor) is five blocks away\, and the parking rate is $1.20 per hour. All of these options include parking spots for individuals with disabilities. UID:136385-21878601@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136385 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Museum of Art - Stern Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250821T100218 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260227T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260227T120000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Write with ME! DESCRIPTION:Working on an abstract? Polishing up your resume? Writing a paper or dissertation?\n\nJoin us for our new Mechanical Engineering Department writing group\, “Write with ME!”\n\nAll ME undergrads\, grads\, postdocs\, faculty\, and staff are welcome to join us for any of their writing needs.\n\nCommunity & support\nConnect with peers\, share your writing\, exchange feedback\, and brainstorm solutions to writing challenges.\n\nAccountability & consistency\nSharpen your writing skills and develop positive\, consistent writing routines. Learn from other members of the ME department!\n\nFood & flexibility\nNo need to attend every week! Drop in at any time\, and leave at any time. Light snacks\, coffee\, and tea will be available.\n\nWeekly on Fridays\, starting September 12\n2636 G.G.B\n10 am – 12 pm UID:137880-21880970@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137880 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:GG Brown Laboratory - 2636 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T183212 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260227T203000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260227T235900 SUMMARY:Performance:Paint It Black Benefit Concert DESCRIPTION:Paint It\, Black is a benefit house concert hosted by the Urban Wordsmith Society\, celebrating Black artistry\, community\, and creative expression at the University of Michigan.\n\nTaking place on February 27\, 2026\, from 9:00 PM to 12:00 AM\, immediately following our annual Highlighting Black Voices event\, this late-night experience centers emerging student creatives across disciplines. The night will feature live band performances\, singers\, rappers\, spoken word artists\, and visual art installations displayed throughout the space.\n\nDesigned as an intimate\, high-energy celebration\, Paint It\, Black creates a space where Black artists on campus are seen\, heard\, and honored. Guests can expect immersive art\, vibrant music\, and a strong sense of community.\n\nAll proceeds from the event will be donated to a charitable cause\, allowing art and community to give back in meaningful ways. UID:144999-21896262@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144999 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260202T012510 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260305T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260305T180000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Writing an Abstract Workshop DESCRIPTION:Learn how to write a scientific abstract with the Undergraduate Research Symposium! UID:144897-21896113@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144897 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1650 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250821T100218 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260306T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260306T120000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Write with ME! DESCRIPTION:Working on an abstract? Polishing up your resume? Writing a paper or dissertation?\n\nJoin us for our new Mechanical Engineering Department writing group\, “Write with ME!”\n\nAll ME undergrads\, grads\, postdocs\, faculty\, and staff are welcome to join us for any of their writing needs.\n\nCommunity & support\nConnect with peers\, share your writing\, exchange feedback\, and brainstorm solutions to writing challenges.\n\nAccountability & consistency\nSharpen your writing skills and develop positive\, consistent writing routines. Learn from other members of the ME department!\n\nFood & flexibility\nNo need to attend every week! Drop in at any time\, and leave at any time. Light snacks\, coffee\, and tea will be available.\n\nWeekly on Fridays\, starting September 12\n2636 G.G.B\n10 am – 12 pm UID:137880-21880971@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137880 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:GG Brown Laboratory - 2636 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250805T113918 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T170000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Hopwood Tea DESCRIPTION:Enjoy coffee\, tea\, and refreshments in a beautiful\, book-filled space. Check out a book from the Hopwood library or engage with other readers and writers. All are welcome. UID:136054-21877792@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136054 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Angell Hall - 1176 (Hopwood Room) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260202T012801 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T180000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Poster Design Workshop DESCRIPTION:Learn how to design a scientific poster with the Undergraduate Research Symposium! UID:144898-21896114@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144898 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1640 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260303T110726 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T183000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Reading and Q&A with Craig Santos Perez DESCRIPTION:Zell Visiting Writers Series readings and Q&As are free and open to the public. Seats are offered on a first come\, first served basis\; please arrive early to secure a spot.\n\nDr. Craig Santos Perez is an indigenous Chamoru from Guam. He is the co-editor of nine anthologies and the author of seven books of poetry and the academic monograph\, *Navigating Chamoru Poetry: Indigeneity\, Aesthetics\, and Decolonization.* He has received the National Book Award for Poetry\, American Book Award\, Pen Center USA/Poetry Society of America Literary Prize\, Hawaiʻi Literary Arts Council Award\, Nautilus Book Award\, and the George Garrett Award for Outstanding Community Service in Literature from the Associated Writing Programs.\n\nFor any questions about the event or to share accommodation needs\, please email kimjulie@umich.edu--we are eager to help ensure this event is inclusive to you. The building\, event space\, and restrooms are wheelchair accessible. Diaper changing tables are available in nearby restrooms. Gender-inclusive restrooms are available on the second floor of the Museum\, accessible via the stairs\, or in nearby Hatcher Graduate Library (Floors 3\, 4\, 5\, and 6). The Hatcher Library also offers a reflection room (4th Floor South Stacks)\, and a lactation room (Room 13W\, an anteroom to the basement women's staff restroom\, or Room 108B\, an anteroom of the first floor women's restroom). ASL interpreters and CART services at in-person events are available upon request\; please email kimjulie@umich.edu at least two weeks prior to the event\, whenever possible\, to allow time to arrange services.\n\nU-M employees with a U-M parking permit may use the Church Street Parking Structure (525 Church St.\, Ann Arbor) or the Thompson Parking Structure (500 Thompson St.\, Ann Arbor). The Forest Avenue Public Parking Structure (650 South Forest Ave.\, Ann Arbor) is five blocks away\, and the parking rate is $1.20 per hour. All of these options include parking spots for individuals with disabilities. UID:146125-21898422@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146125 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:Museum of Art - Stern Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250821T100218 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260313T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260313T120000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Write with ME! DESCRIPTION:Working on an abstract? Polishing up your resume? Writing a paper or dissertation?\n\nJoin us for our new Mechanical Engineering Department writing group\, “Write with ME!”\n\nAll ME undergrads\, grads\, postdocs\, faculty\, and staff are welcome to join us for any of their writing needs.\n\nCommunity & support\nConnect with peers\, share your writing\, exchange feedback\, and brainstorm solutions to writing challenges.\n\nAccountability & consistency\nSharpen your writing skills and develop positive\, consistent writing routines. Learn from other members of the ME department!\n\nFood & flexibility\nNo need to attend every week! Drop in at any time\, and leave at any time. Light snacks\, coffee\, and tea will be available.\n\nWeekly on Fridays\, starting September 12\n2636 G.G.B\n10 am – 12 pm UID:137880-21880972@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137880 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Writing LOCATION:GG Brown Laboratory - 2636 CONTACT: END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR