BIP: Informal Chalk Talks by Students and Postdocs
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM, sponsored by Department of Chemistry
BIP is a great place for the Chemistry community to meet other students and faculty while learning about research at...
Attend one of the college's upcoming events, listed below. You can also review the Academic Calendars or find information about major college events, such as Convocation.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM, sponsored by Department of Chemistry
BIP is a great place for the Chemistry community to meet other students and faculty while learning about research at...
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM, sponsored by Department of Asian Languages and Cultures
Practice speaking Hindi-Urdu in an informal setting with other Hindi-Urdu learners and enthusiasts. OPEN TO ALL LEVELS OF HINDI-URDU Questions? email Prof....
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by Brady Scholars Program in Ethics and Civic Life
Brady Scholars gather weekly for refreshments and discussion about recent events and their implications for our society, ongoing moral difficulties...
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM, sponsored by English Department
Please join us for the 16th annual Writers Festival, featuring renowned writers offering public readings! This year's featured writers are Stephanie...
All day, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
May 22-24, 2024 Panelists: Annie Bourneuf (SAIC) Christine Helmer (Northwestern) Jason Springs (Notre Dame) Michelle Wright (Emory) Chris Wild (UofC) Robert Orsi (Northwestern) Isabel von Holt (Hamburg) Jacqueline Mariña...
12:15 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Political Science
Please join the Race, Ethnicity, and Politics Workshop as they host Carolyn Barnes, PhD, Associate Professor in the Crown Family...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by Department of French and Italian
We hope you can join us Friday, April 26 at 3:00pm in the Hagstrum Room (University Hall 201) for "Ariosto,...
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM, sponsored by Chicago Field Studies
Find out more about the Chicago Field Studies Program and get all your questions answered by one of the CFS...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
Ben Bradlow, Assistant Professor of Sociology and International Affairs, Princeton University
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Political Science
Please join Comparative Historical Social Sciences as they host Ben Bradlow, Assistant Professor of Sociology and International Affairs at Princeton...
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Diversity and Inclusion
Northwestern University Third Annual Traditional Spring Pow Wow - Hosted by the Native American and Indigenous Student Alliance ALL ARE WELCOME!!!
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Middle East and North African Studies
This virtual panel discussion convenes leading experts to delve into the causes and dynamics of the current war and humanitarian...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Department of French and Italian
Join us on Monday, April 29 at 4 pm in Harris 108 for a poetry event with Antonella Anedda. Anedda...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry Faculty Seminars
12:45 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Neurobiology
How Reward Expectation and Neuromodulatory Inputs Shape Hippocampal Encoding and Retrieval
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Chemistry
Location: Tech L211 Contact: Kelly Levander, kelly.levander@northwestern.edu
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
Edmund Perry Lecture presented by Rima Vesely-Flad, Professor of Religious Studies at Warren Wilson College This lecture is drawn from Dr....
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Cognitive Science Program
Social media platforms continue to accrue important roles in our lives. Popular discourse has discussed the impact of social media...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by International Studies
Join us for a talk with Folayemi Agbede, currently at USAID. Folayemi’s roles include diversity and inclusion, equitable tech, people...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by The Subcontinent Project
Dr. Alpa Shah, an anthropologist, BBC correspondent, and ethnographic at the London School of Economics (LSE) and Political Science, will...
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM, sponsored by Brady Scholars Program in Ethics and Civic Life
Sophomores meet to select the topic for their senior project.
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM, sponsored by History Department
Join lunch with your fellow History undergrads and faculty on Wednesday May 1, 2024 at 12:30PM - 1:45PM. If this...
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Chemistry
Chemistry Department Colloquium Hosted by Lin Chen For further information, contact ana.camino@northwestern.edu
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Program of African Studies
Please join us at PAS for snacks, tea, and Swahili - whether you want to practice your Swahili or learn...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by African American Studies Department
Should Black Studies Use the “N-Word”?
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
Professor Christopher Bail, Duke University, presents: "Leveraging AI for Democratic Discourse: Chat Interventions can Improve Political conversations at scale" Hybrid Please contact the...
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
The Department of Sociology's Culture & Society Workshop: Valerie Gruest "Instagram Usage Practices, Representation and Body Image: An Interview Study with Latinx...
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM, sponsored by Neurobiology
Preparing and Delivering the Research Talk Session with Tom Bozza and Yue Yang
10:00 AM - 11:45 AM, sponsored by Department of Political Science
Please join the International Relations Speaker Series as they host Emilia Justyna Powell, Professor of Political Science and Concurrent Professor...
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM, sponsored by Chicago Field Studies
Find out more about the Chicago Field Studies Program and get all your questions answered by one of the CFS...
12:15 PM - 1:45 PM, sponsored by Department of Political Science
Please join the Comparative Politics Workshop as they host Sarah Moore, Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science and an MS Candidate...
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Political Science
Please join the Commune for a panel discussion and Q&A with three outgoing Ph.D. students on navigating the academic job...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Political Science
Please join Comparative Historical Social Sciences as they host Khoa Phan-Howard and Jack Votava, graduate students in Northwestern University's Department...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
Student Presentations: Khoa Phan-Howard & Jack Votava
3:15 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Psychology
Executive function remains one of the most investigated variables in both cognitive science and education given its high correlation with...
4:00 PM - 5:15 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
The Department of Sociology's Applied Quantitative Methods Workshop: Vineet Gupta "Tweeting Transgender: Discursive Networks and Categorical Change."
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Lecture by Ana M. Fernandez-Cebrian, Assistant Professor, Columbia University. Fables of Development: Capitalism and Social Imaginaries in Spain (1950-1967) focuses on...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Israel & Palestine: Joint Speaker Series Exploring Fundamental History
Since this fall, intense attention has turned to Israel and Palestine. Many on campus who are following events find themselves...
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Spanish and Portuguese
All are welcome to join the Portuguese 105-8 students and the Portuguese Language Program for a performance and workshop by...
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Center for Historical Studies
Craig KOSLOFSKY (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), co-author of Stigma: Marking Skin in the Early Modern World (2023)—Tuesday, May 7 LUNCH...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry Faculty Seminars
12:45 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Neurobiology
Enhancing Benefits of Sleep via Surreptitious Memory Reactivation
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM, sponsored by Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
Spring Quarter Faculty Meeting May 7, 2024 Meeting from 3:00 - 4:00pm Guild Lounge, Scott Hall | 601 University Pl.
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Political Science
Please join the Political Science Department as they host Jothie Rajah, Research Professor with the American Bar Foundation. This is a...
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Department of French and Italian
Join us Tuesday, May 7 at 4:30pm in the Kaplan Seminar Room (Kresge 2-351)for "Everyone is Talking About Totalitarianism Again:...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
The Department of Sociology's Ethnography Workshop: Marco Marzano, Professor of Sociology, The University of Bergamo Hybrid
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM, sponsored by Office of Fellowships Information Sessions
Interested in pursuing research, study, or the arts abroad? Attend an application workshop to learn about the Fulbright application process...
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Political Science
Please join the joint Comparative/IR Graduate Workshop for this event. More details forthcoming.
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry Colloquium Hosted by Omar Farha For further information, contact farha-ofc@northwestern.edu
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Program of African Studies
Please join us at PAS for snacks, tea, and Swahili - whether you want to practice your Swahili or learn...
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by Department of German
Join the German department Thur, May 9th at 12pm for lunch, as we hear from Professor Jörg Kreienbrock and Martina...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities
Spring Keynote of the Kaplan Humanities Institute's SOVEREIGNTIES Dialogue: Dialogue on Food Sovereignties In today's world, access to food is profoundly unequal....
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
Professor Rene Almeling, Yale University, presents: "Conceptualizing Climate Privilege" Hybrid Please contact the Department of Sociology for zoom link and for any questions...
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Molecular Biosciences
Department of Molecular Biosciences Seminar Series
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
The Department of Sociology's Culture & Society Workshop: Dima Younes "Commoning for Hope: Care, Contention, and the Day-to-Day Opening of New Possibilities...
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM, sponsored by Center for Historical Studies
May 9-10 faculty CONFERENCE convened by Prof. Leslie HARRIS on "The Stories in Our Histories: Historians Confront Themselves” Conference keynote conversation on...
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities
FREE! Public welcome; drop in any time! Please join us for an opening reception and interactive exhibit to kick off this...
All day, sponsored by Center for Historical Studies
Friday, May 10—all-day faculty CONFERENCE (9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Harris Hall 108), convened by Prof. Leslie HARRIS on "The...
9:30 AM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities
FREE! Public welcome; drop in any time! This all-day symposium seeks to engage members of the Northwestern community and the broader...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities
In this keynote lunch, Lauren M. Pacheco, Co-Creative Director at Chicago Humanities, will join Dr. Jessica Winegar, Director of the...
12:15 PM - 1:45 PM, sponsored by Department of Political Science
Please join the Comparative Politics Workshop as they host Nimah Mazaheri, associate professor of political science at Tufts University. Nimah Mazaheri's...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Political Science
Please join the Graduate Student Political Theory Workshop as they host Lawrence Svabek, a postdoctoral teaching fellow in the Departments...
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
This workshop brings together early and mid-career faculty in Classics from Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana for informal peer review. Papers...
10:00 AM - 5:30 PM, sponsored by The Crown Family Center for Jewish and Israel Studies
"Cosmic Ecologies: Animalities in Premodern Jewish Culture" a conference This program will take place at Northwestern University (May 13) and the...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by Anthropology Colloquia and Events
Rapa Nui Voice, Stance, and Subjectivities Language has become a desired object of attention in many indigenous and other minority communities...
4:00 PM - 5:15 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
The Department of Sociology's Applied Quantitative Methods Workshop: Andrew L. Owen, Feinberg School of Medicine (Northwestern Sociology Alumnus) "The Impact of Health...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry Faculty Seminars
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
Honorees: Yarrow Axford William Deering Professor Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Christina Kiaer Frances Hooper Professor in the Arts and Humanities Department of Art History Akinwumi...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by International Studies
Join the Global Café for a talk with NU alum Izabela Stankiewicz, medical school and global health.
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by International Studies
The Weaponization of International Law? The Enduring Power of Principle in an Era of Drones, Gender Apartheid, and Aggressive War CHARLI...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by East Asia Research Forum
How does a translator come to choose their author? This talk explores the allegorical layers of meaning that emerge from...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by African American Studies Department
Dr. Casidy Campbell Presents: Finding Sakia: Black Queer Blogging Culture in the Early 2000s
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM, sponsored by History Department
Join lunch with your fellow History graduate students and faculty on Wednesday May 15th, 2024 at 12:30PM - 1:45PM. If...
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry Colloquium Hosted by Xiaoyu Zhang For further information, contact zhang-ofc@northwestern.edu
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM, sponsored by Brady Scholars Program in Ethics and Civic Life
The Brady Scholars will welcome the Brady Class of 2027 and the Brady Grad Fellows at the Get Acquainted Dinner.
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Artist, graphic novelist, and podcaster, Quan Zhou, will address stereotypes and discuss the diversity and identity within the Chinese diaspora. Lunch...
12:30 PM - 2:30 PM, sponsored by English Department
The Honors Colloquium provides students the opportunity to present their research and discuss their findings.
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Molecular Biosciences
Department of Molecular Biosciences Seminar Series
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
The Department of Sociology's Culture & Society Workshop: Sharif El Shishtawy Hassan "Ambivalent Texts: State Feminism and Official Religion in the UAE” Hybrid
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM, sponsored by Neurobiology
Preparing and Delivering the Chalk Talk Session with Dan Dombeck and Marco Gallio
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
Department of Sociology's Problem-Solving Workshop: Ryan Fajardo, Northwestern University Sino Esthappan, Northwestern University
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by English Department
Please join the Medieval Colloquium for a talk by Professor Persis Berlekamp from the Art History Department at the University...
12:15 PM - 1:45 PM, sponsored by Department of Political Science
Please join the Race, Ethnicity, and Politics Workshop as they host Kiela Crabtree, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Emory...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
Student Presentations: Sharif Ibrahim El Shishtawy Hassan & Ana Vedovato
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Political Science
Please join the Political Science Department's Undergraduate Affairs division as they host a New Major Meet-Up. Details forthcoming.
3:15 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Psychology
There has been a significant growth in research and public interest in mindfulness interventions, which teach a capacity to be...
11:45 AM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
Tuesday, May 21, 2024 11:45 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. CT | Guild Lounge in Scott Hall This year’s awardees Distinguished Teaching Award Michelle Huang,...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Political Science
Please join the American Politics Workshop as they host Sarah Anzia, Associate Professor of Public Policy & Political Science at...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry Faculty Seminars
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Israel & Palestine: Joint Speaker Series Exploring Fundamental History
Since this fall, intense attention has turned to Israel and Palestine. Many on campus who are following events find themselves...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
The Department of Sociology's Urban & Community Workshop: Io Brooks, Northwestern University
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
The Department of Sociology's Ethnography Workshop: Mitchell Duneier, Professor of Sociology, Princeton University, presents: Slim's Table in Retrospect In-Person Only
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by International Studies
Join the Global Café for one last social meeting to wrap up the school year.
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Political Science
Please join this Joint Comparative and International Relations Graduate Workshop as they host Andrés Schelp and Andrew Saab, two graduate...
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Chemistry
Chemistry Colloquium dated May 22, 2024 Joan-Emma Shea, hosted by George Schatz For more information, contact Alexis Foster at alexis.foster@northwestern.edu
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Molecular Biosciences
Department of Molecular Biosciences Seminar Series
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
The Department of Sociology's Culture & Society Workshop: Brianne Dubois “Short Contracts and Contracts Made Short: Examining Professional Stratification among French Contemporary...
4:30 PM - 7:00 PM, sponsored by Center for Historical Studies
Gray Boyce Memorial Lecture in Medieval History (CCHS/History) Kristina RICHARDSON (UVA), author of Roma in the Medieval Islamic Word: Literacy, Culture...
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
Title and topic forthcoming.
12:15 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Political Science
Please join the “How I Wrote [Title Here]” Event Series and the International Relations Speaker Series as they host Joanne...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry Faculty Seminars
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
The Department of Sociology's Urban & Community Workshop: Nalani Saito & Vineet Gupta, Northwestern University
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by The Crown Family Center for Jewish and Israel Studies
The Manfred H. Vogel Lecture in Judaic Studies "Christian Supremacy: Reckoning with the Roots of Antisemitism and Racism" Magda Teter Professor of History,...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
The Department of Sociology's Ethnography Workshop: Xi Wang, PhD Student, Northwestern University, presents: From Transnational Psychoanalytic Training to the Project of Social...
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM, sponsored by Department of Political Science
Please join this Joint Comparative and International Relations Graduate Workshop as they host Emerson Murray and Ana Vedovato, two graduate...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Department of German
Join the German department for our end of year Grillfest! Help us celebrate our students, awardees and seniors!
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Brady Scholars Program in Ethics and Civic Life
Sophomores will meet for the last time as a group during Reading Week of Spring Quarter.
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Chemistry
Chemistry Colloquium dated May 29, 2024 Andre Isaacs, College of the Holy Cross Hosted by NUBond For more information, contact Clover at cassandramoisanu2026@u.northwestern.edu
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Israel & Palestine: Joint Speaker Series Exploring Fundamental History
Please note that the location for this lecture in the series has changed. This event will take place in the...
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
Open to all members of the Classics Department
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Molecular Biosciences
Department of Molecular Biosciences Seminar Series
3:00 PM - 7:00 PM, sponsored by History Department
Join us as we celebrate our honor's candidates on the completion of their milestone thesis projects. Friends and family of the...
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM, sponsored by Neurobiology
Interview Day Do’s and Don’ts Session with Hojoon Lee and Indira Raman
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by English Department
Please join the Poetry & Poetics Colloquium for a lecture, titled “Who Reads Poetry?,” by Virginia Jackson. Professor Jackson’s talk...
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
Religious Studies End-Of-Year Celebration
2:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by History Department
A celebration of Jonathon Glassman and David Schoenbrun This spring, the history department is celebrating the work of two of our...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry Faculty Seminars
12:45 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Neurobiology
TBA
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Molecular Biosciences
Department of Molecular Biosciences Seminar Series
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
All Weinberg College graduates and their guests are invited to join me for food, drinks, and a toast to the...
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Brady Scholars Program in Ethics and Civic Life
The Brady Program celebrates with the Class of 2024 and their families. At this celebration, the undergraduate students, the graduate...
3:00 PM - 5:30 PM, sponsored by Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
Saturday, June 8, 2024 3:00-5:30pm Welsh-Ryan Arena Information on ticketing, regalia, and other key details can be found on our Convocation page. Additional...
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Molecular Biosciences
Department of Molecular Biosciences Seminar Series
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM, sponsored by Neurobiology
Negotiating the Position Session with Tiffany Schmidt and Genia Kozorovitskiy
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry Hosted by George Schatz For more information contact kelly.levander@northwestern.edu Room location to be confirmed
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry Hosted by George Schatz For more information contact kelly.levander@northwestern.edu Room location to be confirmed