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September 2026
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EMP Lab Meeting
2:30 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
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Richards Center Fall Professional Development Workshop #1 with Taylor Black and Heather Menefee
1:00 p.m.–2:30 p.m.
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“Cultural Comparisons in Late Antiquity: The Case of Nonnus”
5:00 p.m.–6:30 p.m.
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Africana Studies Global Virtual Forum: Decoloniality and Southern Epistemologies – Dianne M. Stewart
9:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
Center for Language Science Speaker Series: Dissertation Pilot and Summer School Funding Presentations
9:00 a.m.–10:30 a.m.
Applied Linguistics Roundtable
2:30 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
The Odyssey: From Homer to Nolan
3:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
East and Southeast Asian Film Series
6:00 p.m.
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EMP Lab Meeting
2:30 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
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“Making the Survey Matter” with Sasha Coles
1:00 p.m.–2:30 p.m.
EPPIC Academic Workshop: Foundational Academic Skills Series
4:30 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
Brief Communications: Emails and Informal Meeting Talk
4:30 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
“Prosthetic Trauma at the Nova Exhibition: Holocaust Memory, Reenactment, and the Affective Reproduction of Genocidal Nightmares”
6:00 p.m.–7:30 p.m.
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On Mindful Democracy: Talk by Jeremy Engels
noon–1:30 p.m.
Bate-papo: Portuguese Conversation Hour
4:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m.
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Donald Childs Endowed Lecture
4:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
EPPIC Academic Workshop: Building Connections for Career Development Series
4:30 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
EPPIC Academic Workshop: Applying for Jobs in the United States Series
4:30 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
Preparing for Industry Job Interviews in the United States
4:30 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
The Mary E. Rolling Reading Series presents Noah Davis
6:00 p.m.–7:30 p.m.
9/11: Reclaiming Ground Zero Documentary Screening
7:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m.
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From Households to Habitats: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Human–Environment Interaction
8:45 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Africana Studies Global Virtual Forum: Decoloniality and Southern Epistemologies – Mohamed-Salah Omri
9:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
Center for Language Science Speaker Series: Adele Miccio Award Presentations
9:00 a.m.–10:30 a.m.
The Film Studies Working Group
6:00 p.m.
The Film Studies Working Group
6:00 p.m.
Envisioning a Year of Film Studies, or How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck?
6:00 p.m.
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EMP Lab Meeting
2:30 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
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America 250: Let’s Talk History!
9:15 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
Graduate Student Summer Resident Talks
noon–1:00 p.m.
Making Group Work Useful: What to Expect and How to Get Involved
4:30 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
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Workers’ Rights Research Skills Series
5:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
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Criminology Speaker Series: P. Jeffrey Brantingham
noon–1:00 p.m.
Policy Profile: Jessica Whitley, Assistant to the State College Borough Manager
noon–1:00 p.m.
Three-Minute Thesis: How to Explain Your Research Quickly and Clearly
4:30 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
Reading and Q&A with Pardeep Toor
5:00 p.m.–6:30 p.m.
Phenomenological Discussion Group Meeting
6:00 p.m.
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African Studies Global Virtual Forum: Decoloniality and Southern Epistemologies – Alaba Ilesanmi
9:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
Center for Language Science Speaker Series: Kim Potowski, Ph.D.
9:00 a.m.–10:30 a.m.
The Film Studies Working Group
6:00 p.m.
The Film Studies Working Group
6:00 p.m.
Film Screening and Talk: News from Home
6:00 p.m.
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The Comparative Literature Luncheon Series: Translation Pedagogy: A Roundtable
12:15 p.m.–1:30 p.m.
EMP Lab Meeting
2:30 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Workers’ Rights Research Skills Series
5:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
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Graduate Student Summer Resident Talks
noon–1:00 p.m.
Richards Center Manuscript Workshop with John Craig Hammond
1:00 p.m.–2:30 p.m.
Language and Literature Alumni Career Conversations
4:30 p.m.
EPPIC Academic Workshop: Foundational Academic Skills Series
4:30 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
EPPIC Academic Workshop: Foundational Academic Skills Series
4:30 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
Strategies for Reading Academic Articles
4:30 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
Canceled: Timothy J. Williams, Richards Center Persun Visiting Scholar to Present Civil War Round Table Talk
7:00 p.m.
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Liberal Arts Harrisburg Career Exploration Day
7:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
AFS Brown Bag Lecture Series: Katharine Thompson
12:30 p.m.–1:30 p.m.
“Enough Already! The Recent (and not so recent) Vicissitudes of Holocaust Memory”
6:00 p.m.
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EPPIC Academic Workshop: Applying for Jobs in the United States Series
Justice, Public Service, and Community Impact Career Expo
11:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
“The Who, Where, and Why of Menstrual Seclusion Practices in Rural Nepal” with Supriya Joshi
3:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Preparing for Academic Job Interviews in the United States
4:30 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
The Mary E. Rolling Reading Series presents Ellen Wayland-Smith
6:00 p.m.–7:30 p.m.
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African Studies Global Virtual Forum: Decoloniality and Southern Epistemologies – Adrie Kusserow
9:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
Center for Language Science Speaker Series: Angela Swain
9:00 a.m.–10:30 a.m.
Liberal Arts Chaiken Center Fifth Anniversary Kickoff Celebration
1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
The CMLIT Horror Network Film Screening Series
6:00 p.m.
Penn State Horror Network Film Series
6:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m.
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Brown Bag Discussion: Daphne Maurer, O.C., Ph.D.
11:00 a.m.
The Comparative Literature Luncheon Series: Sam Frederick
12:15 p.m.–1:30 p.m.
EMP Lab Meeting
2:30 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
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EPPIC Academic Workshop: Foundational Academic Skills Series
4:30 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
Academic Writing: Structure, Flow, and Paraphrasing
4:30 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
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“The Culture of Deliberative Democracy in Ireland” Student Film Screenings
1:30 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
“A History of Uncertainty: Science between the Ottoman Empire and Early Modern Europe”
4:00 p.m.–5:30 p.m.
EPPIC Speak UP: Weekly English Speaking Group
4:30 p.m.–6:30 p.m.
Workers’ Rights Research Skills Series
5:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
Consortium for Early Modern and Medieval Studies Lecture Series with Colby Gordon
5:30 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
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Consortium for Early Modern and Medieval Studies Workshop with Colby Gordon
10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
2026 Penn State Marathon Reading
10:00 a.m.–10:00 p.m.
Sociology Colloquium Speaker Series: Natasha Warikoo
2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Guobin Yang on “Online Diaries in the History of the Chinese Internet: Form, Accordance, Affect”
4:00 p.m.–5:30 p.m.
EPPIC Academic Workshop: Applying for Jobs in the United States Series
4:30 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
Writing Targeted Cover Letters
4:30 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
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African Studies Global Virtual Forum: Decoloniality and Southern Epistemologies – Maya Alkateb-Chami
9:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
Center for Language Science Speaker Series: Jonathan Dunn, Ph.D.
9:00 a.m.–10:30 a.m.
Applied Linguistics Roundtable
2:00 p.m.–4:30 p.m.
“Words as Psychological Windows: What Language Reveals About the Human Mind”
2:30 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
The Film Studies Working Group
6:00 p.m.
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