Events
Events
March 27 - April 25, 2023
Monday, March 27
The Comparative Literature Luncheon presents Johanna Winant (West Virginia University) on “Looking into Elizabeth Bishop: Poetry and Philosophical Reasoning.”
Weekly lab meeting of the Empathy and Moral Psychology (EMP) Lab. We have a hybrid meeting in 444 Moore Building and Zoom. We discuss research articles,...
Tuesday, March 28
Date: March 28–April 6 Location: Borland Project Space Reception: 3:00 pm, April 5th, 2023 The Sustainability Showcase recognizes sustainability research...
Humanities Institute Faculty Scholar in Residence, Spring 2023 In the summer of 1940, the Museum of Modern Art in New York (MoMA) held the exhibition Twenty...
In this presentation, I propose a thinking of failure that might potentially be truer to failure itself. Common understandings of failure and even current...
Find Your First-Gen Community. Come mingle and meet other first-generation college students, administrators, faculty, and staff at the exclusive College of...
Writing Effective Literature Reviews - EPPIC Workshops
Target Tuesday is a virtual series focused on personal and professional development. During this session, recruiters will share the importance of mentorship...
Join this panel of Penn State alumni from a variety of different industries (business, liberal arts, science, and engineering) while also learning what it is...
Wednesday, March 29
Join us for a watch party of the 2023 First-Gen Student Support Summit. We will be viewing this event from 11:00 a.m.–noon and 3:00–4:00 p.m., to learn more...
Ismael Quiñones presents “Life After Rhetoric: Unrealism in Colonial Times” The talk is a meditation on the possibilities of augmenting pluriversal futures....
Not sure if your résumé is as competitive as it can be? Want some help with your job or internship search? Not even sure where to start? The Liberal Arts...
Join us for a watch party of the 2023 First-Gen Student Support Summit. We will be viewing this event from 11:00 a.m.–noon and 3:00–4:00 p.m., to learn more...
CALPER Professional Development Webinars Series: Dual-language immersion and content-based language courses development Brody Bluemel, Delaware State...
“Invenatadas/Inventada: Addressing the Coloniality of Transgender Through Jotería Selves” While recent scholarship addresses how transness and brownness...
Thursday, March 30
Title: Government and Policy Jobs Speakers: Amanda Fidalgo, Social Scientist at the FDA Joshua Semat, Senior Business Analyst at the Mitre...
Susan Hyde, Robson Professor of Political Science and chair of The Charles and Louise Travers Department of Political Science at University of California,...
This event will feature readings and conversations with two poets—Mihaela Moscaliuc and Michael Waters.
Come to Bate-Papo, an informal conversation group for speakers of Portuguese! All are welcome, whether you are just starting out, have been studying it for...
Weekly English Speaking Group
Sponsored by: The Paterno Fellows Program Ever find yourself at a formal networking event with someone you’d like to impress, and aren’t sure what to say?...
Friday, March 31
Philosophy conference - Intersectionality as Epistemic Resistance: The Critical Theory of Patricia Hill Collins
Join Patty Klug, director of the Chaiken Center for Student Success, from 10:00 a.m.–noon to learn more about funding available for first-generation students...
CAS Colloquium - John Lynch, “Space Monkeys: Museums and Memorialization of America's Other Astronauts”
Saturday, April 1
Philosophy conference - Intersectionality as Epistemic Resistance: The Critical Theory of Patricia Hill Collins
Monday, April 3
Bringing together international perspectives on empathy and moral decision-making and providing a window into understanding when, why, and how people decide...
The Comparative Literature Luncheon presents Leif Weatherby (New York University) on “Towards a Digital Dialectics.“
Title: Designing Syllabi and Assignments Speakers: Gretchen Casper, Amy Linch, and Kevin Munger
The Iberian Studies Forum hosts José Luis Venegas, director of interdisciplinary humanities and professor of Spanish and interdisciplinary humanities at Wake...
Weekly lab meeting of the Empathy and Moral Psychology (EMP) Lab. We have a hybrid meeting in 444 Moore Building and Zoom. We discuss research articles,...
Tuesday, April 4
“On Relationality, Need, and Power” Sarah Miller, associate professor of philosophy, bioethics, and women’s, gender, and sexuality studies and spring 2023...
Interested in a career in the fields of non-profits and social services? Join Liberal Arts alumni mentors from a variety of backgrounds and organizations...
Event for students interested in the English major or minors and for current majors. We’ll be hanging out and writing collaborative stories. Food and...
Writing about Data and Results in Research Papers
Wednesday, April 5
“Democracy, Caste, and Bhimrao Ambedkar’s Rhetoric of Reconstruction” Bhimrao Ambedkar (1891–1956) is one of the most pivotal figures for India’s democracy....
Not sure if your résumé is as competitive as it can be? Want some help with your job or internship search? Not even sure where to start? The Liberal Arts...
Do you want your students to trace the movement of a historical figure through time and space? Do you want to add a visual narrative to your thesis? In this...
Lecture sponsored by the Digital Culture and Media Initiative, Department of English This talk addresses mainstream literary fiction written by American...
TANGERINES is a joint Georgian/Estonian production features a renowned Estonian actor in the leading role. The protagonists speak Russian most of the time...
Thursday, April 6
The South Asian Studies Speaker Series hosts Tarini Bedi (University of Illinois Chicago) presenting “Automobilities and Urban Topologies in Contemporary...
Over the last two decades, the number of active civil wars around the world has almost doubled. Barbara F. Walter reveals the warning signs—where wars tend...
This event will feature readings and conversations with two poets—David Keplinger and Jenny Molberg.
This series of showcases how filmmakers in Brazil respond to current social, political, and economic issues in their country. The three films included in...
Friday, April 7
Communication Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Showcase
Asian Studies Lecture Series hosts Petrus Liu, associate professor of Chinese, comparative literature, and women’s, gender, and sexuality studies at Boston...
Michael Beshay, assistant professor of classics and ancient Mediterranean studies at Penn State, is hosting Carolina López-Ruiz, professor of the history of...
Monday, April 10
In the fall of 2019, John Hendrickson wrote a groundbreaking story for The Atlantic about Joe Biden’s decades-long journey with stuttering, as well as his...
Weekly lab meeting of the Empathy and Moral Psychology (EMP) Lab. We have a hybrid meeting in 444 Moore Building and Zoom. We discuss research articles,...
Tuesday, April 11
John Hendrickson, Penn State alumnus and author of Life on Delay: Making Peace with a Stutter, joins members of our Department of English to talk about...
Join the College of the Liberal Arts for a series of short presentations on sustainability in human history from 3:00–4:00 p.m. in Foster Auditorium. Stop...
Wednesday, April 12
Stop by the Chaiken Center to explore law school opportunities, grab a snack, and enter our raffle for a Liberal Arts online apparel store gift card!
“Adorno’s Secularization of Hope” By Ben Randolph, Rock Ethics Institute Graduate Fellow and doctoral candidate in Philosophy (A hybrid option is available...
Between 1947 and 1967, institutions such as the Harmon Foundation, the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and Historically Black Colleges and Universities...
Not sure if your résumé is as competitive as it can be? Want some help with your job or internship search? Not even sure where to start? The Liberal Arts...
Bringing together international perspectives on empathy and moral decision-making and providing a window into understanding when, why, and how people decide...
“CONTEMPORARY BLACK WOMEN’S FICTION: Transmodern Ethics and Poetics of Crisis and Limits” This study explores contemporary narratives of the limit revolving...
Thursday, April 13
April 13-14,2023 Latin American Labor at a Crossroads: Obstacles and Opportunities in Times of Change. At the Penn Stater, State College, PA
Speaker: Melissa Lee
Lecture sponsored by the Digital Culture and Media Initiative, Department of English This talk suggests how literary studies might be viably described as...
Abby Minor lives in the ridges and valleys of central Pennsylvania, where she works on poems, essays, drawings, and projects exploring reproductive politics....
Friday, April 14
CAS Colloquium - Burke Lecture
April 13-14,2023 Latin American Labor at a Crossroads: Obstacles and Opportunities in Times of Change. At the Penn Stater, State College, PA
As part of Senior Career Week, career coaches from the Liberal Arts Career Enrichment Network will be in the Chaiken Center to answer your questions about...
Join Dr. Christopher Dum, an associate professor in the Department of Sociology at Kent State University, as he discusses, “Exiled in America: Life on the...
Join the Governor’s GreenGov Council and Penn State’s Sustainability Institute for the fourth edition of its monthly GreenGov Webinar series, which aims to...
Philosophy talk - Dotterer Lecture: Serene Khader, “Feminism is Not About Freedom”
Monday, April 17
Weekly lab meeting of the Empathy and Moral Psychology (EMP) Lab. We have a hybrid meeting in 444 Moore Building and Zoom. We discuss research articles,...
The Latin American Studies program is hosting guest speaker, Caroline Pennock, senior lecturer in international history at the University of Sheffield, who...
Tuesday, April 18
The Graduate Scholars in Residence program provides up to nine students in the humanities with a one-course teaching release or summer funding, enabling them...
What are Advising To-Go Tuesdays? They are all about convenience…yours! Liberal Arts academic advisers are coming to YOU on certain Tuesdays each month. We...
Dr. Suzanne Simard is a world-renowned ecologist and professor of forest ecology at The University of British Columbia. She came to scientific fame in the...
Free Ukrainian food and mocktails! Listen to Ukrainian music Make Ukrainian crafts Watch student videos about the war in Ukraine Engage with the...
Wednesday, April 19
Title: TBA By Ashley Lamarre, Rock Ethics Institute Graduate Fellow and doctoral candidate in Philosophy (A hybrid option is available on request for those...
Bringing together international perspectives on empathy and moral decision-making and providing a window into understanding when, why, and how people decide...
Not sure if your résumé is as competitive as it can be? Want some help with your job or internship search? Not even sure where to start? The Liberal Arts...
Open to all non-tenure-line faculty in the College of the Liberal Arts.
How do drone technologies imagine an automated public sphere? This talk analyzes early experiments with drone aircraft to show how automation and machine...
“A People’s Atlas of Nuclear Colorado” Operating in the tradition of the atlases and counter-maps developed by critical and activist scholars, “A People’s...
CALPER Professional Development Webinars Series: Best Practices in L2 Pronunciation Teaching Ines Martin, United States Naval Academy This webinar will...
Join the German Graduate Student Association and the Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures for film screenings at 7:00 p.m. in Foster...
Thursday, April 20
Philosophy conference: After Trust: From Unraveling to Repair
A cross-philosophical exploration of the trials and tribulations of trust and distrust. Speakers: Ami Harbin (Oakland University) Sarah...
Friday, April 21
Philosophy conference: After Trust: From Unraveling to Repair
Philosophy conference: The Ethics of Birthright Citizenship: Latinx Perspectives
A cross-philosophical exploration of the trials and tribulations of trust and distrust. Speakers: Ami Harbin (Oakland University) Sarah...
Staci Kelly, student awards coordinator for the College of the Liberal Arts, will be in the Chaiken Center to answer your questions about scholarships and...
Labor disputes, body politics, racial injustice: professional and collegiate athletics are no mere fun and games, but microcosms of American sociopolitical...
Communication Arts and Sciecnes Awards Ceremony
Heather Adams, 2021–22 Candace Bernard and Robert Glickman Dean’s Professor in the UNC Greensboro College of Arts and Sciences, will present the 2023 Center...
Saturday, April 22
Philosophy conference: The Ethics of Birthright Citizenship: Latinx Perspectives
Volunteer for four hours on Earth Day to make a long-lasting difference in your community! Since 1997, volunteers have prevented more than six million...
Monday, April 24