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September 25 - October 24, 2023

Monday, September 25

Comparative Literature Luncheon: Tom Beebee on “Comparative Media Literacies”

The Comparative Literature Luncheon presents Tom Beebee (Penn State)

Mindfulness Mondays | Chaiken Center for Student Success

Join peer sucess coach Sammy Vaillancourt for an hour of relaxation techniques and overall wellness discussion.

Tuesday, September 26

Humanities Institute

Talks by Graduate Student Summer Residents: “Black Cosmo-cologies: Rebirth and Renaissance in the Long Nineteenth Century” by Eunice Toh, Departments of...

How Do We Fix Our Democracy: Culture or Structure? David Daley, FairVote and Christopher Beem, The McCourtney Institute for Democracy

All around us, we hear that democracy is broken or not working up to its full potential. If this is true, then how do we fix it? Some say it’s through...

Speak UP: Weekly English Speaking Group

Speak UP is an advanced English speaking group designed for international undergraduate students, graduate students, postdocs, and fellows. Speak UP aims to...

Join the Spanish Club! Tuesdays, 6:00–7:00 p.m. Follow @spanishclub_psu on Instagram. Scan QR code for GroupMe.

Practice and improve while learning about Spanish culture, cook delicious food, and learn traditional Spanish dance styles like salsa.

Wednesday, September 27

Wayfinding Wednesdays | Chaiken Center for Student Success

Stop by the Chaiken Center for Student Success to speak with Delany Moreno, from the student-run organization First-Gen Advocates. Delany will help connect...

The HI Collaborative Colloquia Series Presents: “Monks, Nuns, and Manuscripts: Crossing the English Channel in the Middle Ages” with Kathryn Salzer

The Penn State Society for the Study of Religion (SSR) presents a seminar with Kathryn Salzer, associate professor of history and Gorman-McCourtney Early...

Paterno Fellows Program

Enjoy a free Irving’s lunch while listening to Christopher Heaney’s presentation, “Inca Surgeons, Andean Mummies, and the Peruvian Ancestors of American...

Career Enrichment Network

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...

1pm
Stream Available
English Major Event

This event is for non-majors and English majors to find out more information about the Department of English, including courses, internships, minors, and the...

Digital Liberal Arts Research Initiative

How do we fit humanities and social science studies into the growing digital sphere? This workshop provides an answer to the question, “What are digital...

“The Guardian of the Sacred Bundle: Migrant Women Wisdom Between Archives”

The bottom right corner of a folio of the Codex Azcatitlan shows an Indigenous Nahua migrant woman kneeling on the floor and holding a child on her lap,...

Thursday, September 28

Career Enrichment Network

This event has been canceled. We apologice for any inconvenience. We hope to reschedule for later in the fall semester. Join representatives from Federated...

South Asian Studies Speaker Series

The South Asian Studies Speaker Series: Thursday, September 28: Alaka Chudal Thursday, October 12 : Coralynn Davis Thursday, November 16: Elizabeth Kadetsky

The 2023-2024 Child Study Center's Lois Bloom Lecture

Joseph P. Allen, Ph.D. Hugh P. Kelly Distinguished Professorship in Arts & Sciences, Psychology University of Virginia "The Connection Effect: Understanding...

Anthony Orozco

“Journalism for Our Communities: Reporting on Latina/o Pennsylvania” A lecture and Q&A session on media coverage of our communities across the...

Friday, September 29

Empathy & Moral Psychology Lab Meeting

Weekly meeting of the Empathy and Moral Psychology (EMP) Lab, directed by Dr. Daryl Cameron in the Psychology Department. We will discuss research articles...

Research Methods for Applied Linguists-Instructed second language acquisition methods

The Center for Language Acquisition is pleased to announce 2023 Penn State Workshops in Research Methods for Applied Linguists: Instructor: Laura...

2pm
Virtual Event
Parents and Families Weekend | Penn State College of the Liberal Arts

Stop by to meet and mingle with Dean Clarence Lang and Associate Dean Richard Page, along with other College of the Liberal Arts Student Services staff...

“Empires of the Dead: Inca Mummies and the Peruvian Ancestors of  American Anthropology”

Faisal Husain, assistant professor in History, is hosting speaker Chris Heaney, assistant professor in Latin American History, Penn State to give a guest...

Department of English

An evening of poetry by A.L. Nielsen and Kimberly Q. Andrews. Music provided by Justin Dorsey and Kevin Sims. Event will be hosted by Carmin Wong.

Monday, October 2

The Comparative Literature Luncheon: Hangping Xu

“Transmediality and Translatability: Chinese ‘Crip’ Poetry in/and the World”

Book Proposal Workshop

Open to all faculty in the College of the Liberal Arts.

1pm
Virtual Event
Mindfulness Mondays | Chaiken Center for Student Success

Join peer sucess coach Sammy Vaillancourt for an hour of relaxation techniques and overall wellness discussion.

Department of English

Kimberly Q. Andrews, a Filipinx-American poet and critic, is author of Between, winner of the New Women’s Voices award, and A Brief History of Fruit, winner...

EPPIC Workshop: The Sounds of American English

Do you want to better understand the pronunciation of U.S. English? IN THIS WORKSHOP, YOU WILL: Learn which sounds can make spoken English easier to...

Tuesday, October 3

Career Enrichment Network

Do you want to make a positive impact on the world around you - whether that be a single person, a group of individuals, or a community? Join our Social...

4pm
Virtual Event
Speak UP: Weekly English Speaking Group

Speak UP is an advanced English speaking group designed for international undergraduate students, graduate students, postdocs, and fellows. Speak UP aims to...

Join the Spanish Club! Tuesdays, 6:00–7:00 p.m. Follow @spanishclub_psu on Instagram. Scan QR code for GroupMe.

Practice and improve while learning about Spanish culture, cook delicious food, and learn traditional Spanish dance styles like salsa.

Wednesday, October 4

Career Enrichment Network

Liberal Arts undergraduates are invited to join the Jana Marie Foundation as they lead a training for Adult Mental Health First Aid. Completion of this...

Sara Curran, director of the Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology at the University of Washington

“Reflections on Necessary, Next Generation Population and Environment Research Agendas“ by Sara Curran, director of the Center for Studies in Demography and...

Migration Studies Project

A lecture by Professor Yumi Matsumoto, entitled, “Towards Enacting Equitable Multilingualism: Illuminating Complexity Within Multilingual Classroom Interaction”

Religious Studies Conversation and Coffee with Grad Students

Daniel Falk, Rob Jones, and Jen Singletary have put together a series of events for graduate students whose work intersects with the Religious Studies...

Career Enrichment Network

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...

1pm
Stream Available
Bate-Papo: Portuguese Conversation Hour

Join us at Bate-Papo, an informal discussion group designed for Portuguese speakers of all levels. This welcoming environment offers a chance to share ideas,...

Child Study Center Speaker Series: Velma McBride Murry, Ph.D.

Velma McBride Murry, Ph.D. Lois Audrey Betts Chair, Education and Human Development, Vanderbilt University "Re-Envisioning Resilience in African American...

Department of English

“Duke Ellington’s Symphonic Poems as a Vehicle for Social Change in the Harlem Renaissance” Maestro Chelsea Tipton, II Harlem and Black, Brown, and Beige...

Thursday, October 5

2023 Child Maltreatment Solutions Network Conference

"Supporting Crossover Youth Involved with Child Welfare and Juvenile Court Systems" The Child Maltreatment Solutions Network is hosting a 1-day in-person...

Career Enrichment Network

Liberal Arts students are encouraged to attend the HHD Career Fair for a chance to meet with recruiters about internships and full- time positions. Whether...

Sustainability Council Teaching Community: Monthly Meeting

Join us each month as we come together to explore, learn, and share innovative ideas and practices in sustainability education.

EPPIC Workshop: Delivering an Elevator Speech: How to Explain Your Research in Three Minutes

Can you talk about your research in a clear and relatable way? Do you have a quick summary of your work ready to share with any audience? IN THIS WORKSHOP...

Screens of Defiance Ukrainian Film Series: “The Natural History of Destruction”

Sergei Loznitsa’s The Natural History of Destruction (2022) is an eerie docu-collation of archive footage meditating on the horrific aerial bombardment...

Friday, October 6

Dusé Mohamed Ali and Literary Pan-Africanism Symposium

Dusé Mohamed Ali (1866–1945) was an Egyptian political activist known for his African nationalism. He was also a playwright, historian, journalist, editor,...

8:30am
Virtual Event
Empathy & Moral Psychology Lab Meeting

Weekly meeting of the Empathy and Moral Psychology (EMP) Lab, directed by Dr. Daryl Cameron in the Psychology Department. We will discuss research articles...

Humanities Institute

Jack Bouchard, assistant professor of history at Rutgers University Registration is required for this workshop. Email Faisal Husain at fhh102@psu.edu to...

“Writing Ocean History and Publishing with The William and Mary Quarterly”

Pre-modern history maintains a terrestrial bias. It is often preoccupied with events unfolding on land, saying little about what happened within Earth’s...

10:30am
Stream Available
 Research Methods Workshop: “Corpus Linguistics and Triangulation”

“Corpus Linguistics and Triangulation” Jesse Egbert, Northern Arizona University The purpose of this workshop is to introduce the variety of ways that...

2pm
Virtual Event
Denise Solomon, Distinguished Professor of Communication Arts and Science, hosts the colloquium on Friday, Oct. 6 from 2:30–4:00pm in 129 Waring Building.

Denise Solomon leads a colloquium on interpersonal communication.

A headshot of the speaker and two images that depict the subject matter of the talk.

How do we recreate a place that has been lost? Around 1505, European mariners created a vast, floating colony in the northwest Atlantic. Centered on...

Monday, October 9

Mindfulness Mondays | Chaiken Center for Student Success

Join peer sucess coach Sammy Vaillancourt for an hour of relaxation techniques and overall wellness discussion.

EPPIC Workshop: Syllables and Stress in American English

Do you want to better understand U.S. English pronunciation patterns? IN THIS WORKSHOP, YOU WILL: Review how and when to stress syllables in American...

“Rabbis, Scribes, and Sorcerers: Incantations, Script, and Authority in Late Antique Jewish Babylonia,” Simcha Gross

One of the major scholarly revolutions in the study of ancient Judaism is the rejection of outdated binaries that stratified Jews into the scholastic elite...

Tuesday, October 10

Speak UP: Weekly English Speaking Group

Speak UP is an advanced English speaking group designed for international undergraduate students, graduate students, postdocs, and fellows. Speak UP aims to...

Join the Spanish Club! Tuesdays, 6:00–7:00 p.m. Follow @spanishclub_psu on Instagram. Scan QR code for GroupMe.

Practice and improve while learning about Spanish culture, cook delicious food, and learn traditional Spanish dance styles like salsa.

Wednesday, October 11

Paterno Fellows Program

“Boy Falls From the Sky: Disability as Spectacle in Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark” The Paterno Fellows Program welcomes Samuel Yates, assistant professor of...

Career Enrichment Network

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...

1pm
Stream Available
Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Join us in a Teaching Assistant and Faculty Pedagogy Interested in learning about effective, innovative assignments, in-class discussion strategies, tips...

Mentoring for the Future

Mentoring for the Future aims to bring diversity to academia by introducing undergraduate students from from diverse cultural, economic, geographic, and...

Cover of book Experiencing the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Children, Peace Communication, and Socialization by Yael Warshel

This reading seminar series invites early- to mid-career faculty from across the university to share their recently published humanities monographs with...

EPPIC Workshop: Common Grammar Issues in Academic Writing: How to Edit Your Own Writing

Would you like to review your own writing for grammar issues? IN THIS WORKSHOP, YOU WILL: Learn to recognize common grammar errors in academic...

Career Enrichment Network

Are you considering law school or already applying? Join Liberal Arts alumni currently attending Law School to learn more about the applications process as...

6pm
Virtual Event
Photo of Mamphela Ramphele in a cyan jacket and white necklace.

In 2005, the Africana Research Center (ARC) and the Departments of African Studies and African American Studies created the Nelson Mandela Lecture Series to...

Thursday, October 12

Career Enrichment Network

Join representatives from Horace Mann to learn more about career opportunities. They will be available at their information table from 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m....

Political Science PEIR Workshop

Speaker: Ilayda Onder- practice job talk

South Asian Studies Speaker Series

The South Asian Studies Speaker Series: Thursday, September 28: Alaka Chudal Thursday, October 12 : Coralynn Davis Thursday, November 16: Elizabeth Kadetsky

Department of English

Kelle Groom is the author of the memoirs How to Live and I Wore the Ocean in the Shape of a Girl (B&N Discover Great New Writers and The New York Times Book...

Friday, October 13

Empathy & Moral Psychology Lab Meeting

Weekly meeting of the Empathy and Moral Psychology (EMP) Lab, directed by Dr. Daryl Cameron in the Psychology Department. We will discuss research articles...

Applied Linguistics Roundtable

Applied Linguistics Roundtable featuring: Robert Schrauf and Phoebe Quaynor

Sunday, October 15

Graduate Internship Program (GRIP) Application Deadline

Given the highly desirable writing, communication, and quantitative skills that our graduate students possess, the Liberal Arts Graduate Internship Program...

Virtual Event

Monday, October 16

Beth Blum

“‘Unlearning’ Culture” by Beth Blum, Harvard University

Mindfulness Mondays | Chaiken Center for Student Success

Join peer sucess coach Sammy Vaillancourt for an hour of relaxation techniques and overall wellness discussion.

EPPIC Workshop: The Rhythm of American English

Do you want to better understand the rhythm of American English? IN THIS WORKSHOP, YOU WILL: Learn the importance of thought groups, focus words and...

Tuesday, October 17

Jooyeon Rhee

“(Un)masking Colonial Subjectivity: Kim Naesŏng and Modern Korean Detective Fiction” A Faculty Scholar Resident talk by Jooyeon Rhee, Dorothy W. Gilpatrick...

Advising To-Go Tuesdays

What is Advising To-Go Tuesday? It is all about your convenience! Liberal Arts academic advisers are leaving their offices and coming to meet with you...

Nuzha Allassad Alhuzail, a senior lecturer in the School of Social Work at Sapir Academic College in Israel

Being an Arab lecturer in a Jewish academic institution under fire has challenged me as a professional, a researcher, and a lecturer. Social workers often...

Speak UP: Weekly English Speaking Group

Speak UP is an advanced English speaking group designed for international undergraduate students, graduate students, postdocs, and fellows. Speak UP aims to...

Join the Spanish Club! Tuesdays, 6:00–7:00 p.m. Follow @spanishclub_psu on Instagram. Scan QR code for GroupMe.

Practice and improve while learning about Spanish culture, cook delicious food, and learn traditional Spanish dance styles like salsa.

Wednesday, October 18

Liberal Arts Honor Code Day

October is National Academic Integrity Month. Throughout the month, the College of the Liberal Arts is sharing tips to help students learn more about the...

Paterno Fellows Program

“The Ethics of Police Deadly Force” Ben Jones, assistant director of the Rock Ethics Institute, is our guest speaker at Lunch with Honors this week. Join us...

Career Enrichment Network

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...

1pm
Stream Available
Cover of  book White Belongings: Race, Land, and Property in Post-Apartheid South Africa

This reading seminar series invites early- to mid-career faculty from across the university to share their recently published humanities monographs with...

“Julieta” film poster

Join us for a screening of Julieta dir. Pedro Almodóvar (2016 Spain). Watch the film trailer.

“Once I Graduate with my History Degree, What Jobs and Career Options are Available to Me?”

This is an event hosted by Mike Milligan. He will host six panelists who will talk about their careers and how a History major has helped them with their...

6:30pm
Virtual Event

Thursday, October 19

WGSS Speaker Series: Crystal Leigh Endsley

In the second installment of the Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies' fall 2023 Speaker Series, Crystal Leigh Endsley, an alumna and an...

“The Jewish Dead,” Jonathan Boyarin

Jonathan Boyarin is the Diann G. and Thomas A. Mann Professor of Modern Jewish Studies at Cornell University. His work centers on Jewish communities and on...

Career Enrichment Network

Ever find yourself wondering about the value of your Liberal Arts degree? With the goal of making a positive impact on the world around us, a Liberal Arts...

Friday, October 20

Empathy & Moral Psychology Lab Meeting

Weekly meeting of the Empathy and Moral Psychology (EMP) Lab, directed by Dr. Daryl Cameron in the Psychology Department. We will discuss research articles...

Chris Schreck, professor of criminal justice and chair of the Department of Criminal Justice, Rochester Institute of Technology

“The Other Side of the Crime Equation: Theorizing Victimization and Vulnerability” Chris Schreck, professor of criminal justice and chair of the Department...

 Research Methods Workshop-Conducting just and equitable applied linguistics research

Instructors: Ethan Kutlu, University of Iowa Rachel Hayes-Harb, University of Utah

2pm
Virtual Event
“The Worlding of Arabic Literature:  Language, Affect, and the Ethics of Translatability”

Faisal Husain, assistant professor at Penn State is hosting a book launch called, “The Worlding of Arabic Literature: Language, Affect, and the Ethics of...

Populism and Religion: A Transactional Alliance?

Populism and religion have a long relationship, not least in the United States. The great Populist orator of the early twentieth century, William Jennings...

Monday, October 23

Immigrant family

“Immigration Policy and Immigrant Families” Immigrant families are heavily influenced by immigration policies. Laws determining who may legally enter the...

The Comparative Literature Luncheon: Hil Malatino

“The Work of Trans Affect” Hil Malatino, associate professor of women's, gender, and sexuality studies and philosophy

Mindfulness Mondays | Chaiken Center for Student Success

Join peer sucess coach Sammy Vaillancourt for an hour of relaxation techniques and overall wellness discussion.

EPPIC Workshop: Intonation in American English

Do you want to improve your pronunciation of U.S. English? IN THIS WORKSHOP, YOU WILL: Understand how and why intonation - the musical ‘flow’ of English -...

Tuesday, October 24

Immigrant family

“Immigration Policy and Immigrant Families” Immigrant families are heavily influenced by immigration policies. Laws determining who may legally enter the...

Linda Istanbulli

“Unravelling the Nation: Criticality and Agency in Contemporary Syrian Women’s Fiction” A Faculty Scholar Resident Talk by Linda Istanbulli, Caroline D....

Advising To-Go Tuesdays

What is Advising To-Go Tuesday? It is all about your convenience! Liberal Arts academic advisers are leaving their offices and coming to meet with you...

Speak UP: Weekly English Speaking Group

Speak UP is an advanced English speaking group designed for international undergraduate students, graduate students, postdocs, and fellows. Speak UP aims to...

An image of the book Immigration and Social Equality: The Ethics of Skill-Selective Immigration Policy

Immigration policies often favor high-skilled over low-skilled migrants. Wealthy Western states like the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and...

Join the Spanish Club! Tuesdays, 6:00–7:00 p.m. Follow @spanishclub_psu on Instagram. Scan QR code for GroupMe.

Practice and improve while learning about Spanish culture, cook delicious food, and learn traditional Spanish dance styles like salsa.

September 25 - October 24, 2023

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