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March 27 - April 25, 2023

Monday, March 27

Johanna Winant

The Comparative Literature Luncheon presents Johanna Winant (West Virginia University) on “Looking into Elizabeth Bishop: Poetry and Philosophical Reasoning.”

EMP Lab Meeting

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,...

4:15pm
Stream Available

Tuesday, March 28

College of Arts and Architecture Sustainability Showcase

Date: March 28–April 6 Location: Borland Project Space Reception: 3:00 pm, April 5th, 2023 The Sustainability Showcase recognizes sustainability research...

drawing of two Mesoamerican people playing instruments

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...

Department of English

In this presentation, I propose a thinking of failure that might potentially be truer to failure itself. Common understandings of failure and even current...

Girl reading a book with a pencil in her hand

Writing Effective Literature Reviews - EPPIC Workshops

5pm
Virtual Event
Target Tuesday: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Target

Target Tuesday is a virtual series focused on personal and professional development. During this session, recruiters will share the importance of mentorship...

6pm
Virtual Event
We Are...Working in New York

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...

6pm
Virtual Event

Wednesday, March 29

First-Generation Students Watch Party

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

Ismael Quiñones presents “Life After Rhetoric: Unrealism in Colonial Times” The talk is a meditation on the possibilities of augmenting pluriversal futures....

Drop-In or Pop-In Career Support

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...

First-Generation Students Watch Party

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...

Bluemel

CALPER Professional Development Webinars Series: Dual-language immersion and content-based language courses development Brody Bluemel, Delaware State...

Omi Salas-SantaCruz

“Invenatadas/Inventada: Addressing the Coloniality of Transgender Through Jotería Selves” While recent scholarship addresses how transness and brownness...

Thursday, March 30

Professionalization Brownbag- virtual

Title: Government and Policy Jobs Speakers: Amanda Fidalgo, Social Scientist at the FDA Joshua Semat, Senior Business Analyst at the Mitre...

12:15pm
Virtual Event
Department of Political Science Lecture Series: Susan Hyde

Susan Hyde, Robson Professor of Political Science and chair of The Charles and Louise Travers Department of Political Science at University of California,...

Department of English

This event will feature readings and conversations with two poets—Mihaela Moscaliuc and Michael Waters.

Bate-Papo: Portuguese Conversation Hour

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...

Speak UP

Weekly English Speaking Group

Etiquette Essentials: Networking Reception

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

Intersectionality as Epistemic Resistance:  The Critical Theory of Patricia Hill Collins

Philosophy conference - Intersectionality as Epistemic Resistance: The Critical Theory of Patricia Hill Collins

Find Out More Fridays | Chaiken Center for Student Success

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...

John Lynch - “Space Monkeys: Museums and Memorialization of America's Other Astronauts”

CAS Colloquium - John Lynch, “Space Monkeys: Museums and Memorialization of America's Other Astronauts”

Saturday, April 1

Intersectionality as Epistemic Resistance:  The Critical Theory of Patricia Hill Collins

Philosophy conference - Intersectionality as Epistemic Resistance: The Critical Theory of Patricia Hill Collins

Monday, April 3

Expanding Empathy 2023

Bringing together international perspectives on empathy and moral decision-making and providing a window into understanding when, why, and how people decide...

12pm
Virtual Event
Leif Weatherby

The Comparative Literature Luncheon presents Leif Weatherby (New York University) on “Towards a Digital Dialectics.“

Professionalization Brownbag

Title: Designing Syllabi and Assignments Speakers: Gretchen Casper, Amy Linch, and Kevin Munger

José Luis Venegas

The Iberian Studies Forum hosts José Luis Venegas, director of interdisciplinary humanities and professor of Spanish and interdisciplinary humanities at Wake...

4pm
Virtual Event
EMP Lab Meeting

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,...

4:15pm
Stream Available

Tuesday, April 4

Faculty Scholars in Residence: Sarah Miller

“On Relationality, Need, and Power” Sarah Miller, associate professor of philosophy, bioethics, and women’s, gender, and sexuality studies and spring 2023...

Alumni Career Conversations: Careers in Non-Profits and Social Services

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...

4pm
Virtual Event
Burrowes Building Patio

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...

Person writing in a notebook with charts on it

Writing about Data and Results in Research Papers

5pm
Virtual Event

Wednesday, April 5

Scott R. Stroud

“Democracy, Caste, and Bhimrao Ambedkar’s Rhetoric of Reconstruction” Bhimrao Ambedkar (1891–1956) is one of the most pivotal figures for India’s democracy....

Drop-In or Pop-In Career Support

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...

Digital Pedagogies and Initiatives

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...

Department of English

Lecture sponsored by the Digital Culture and Media Initiative, Department of English This talk addresses mainstream literary fiction written by American...

Tangerines

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

South Asian Studies Speaker Series: Tarini Bedi

The South Asian Studies Speaker Series hosts Tarini Bedi (University of Illinois Chicago) presenting “Automobilities and Urban Topologies in Contemporary...

Barbara F. Walter

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...

Department of English

This event will feature readings and conversations with two poets—David Keplinger and Jenny Molberg.

Brazilian Film Series: Neighboring Sounds (O soma o redor) (2012)

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

CAS Undergraduate Showcase

Communication Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Showcase

Petrus Liu, associate professor of Chinese, comparative literature, and women’s, gender, and sexuality studies at Boston University

Asian Studies Lecture Series hosts Petrus Liu, associate professor of Chinese, comparative literature, and women’s, gender, and sexuality studies at Boston...

“Phoenician Religious Iconography and Its Adaptations: Resilience and Innovation in Ancient Mediterranean Religions”

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

John Hendrickson

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...

EMP Lab Meeting

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,...

4:15pm
Stream Available

Tuesday, April 11

Department of English

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...

“Historical Contexts of Humans Shaping Their Environment”

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

Wayfinding Wednesdays | Chaiken Center for Student Success

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!

Rock Ethics Institute Colloquium: Ben Randolph

“Adorno’s Secularization of Hope” By Ben Randolph, Rock Ethics Institute Graduate Fellow and doctoral candidate in Philosophy (A hybrid option is available...

Perrin M. Lathrop

Between 1947 and 1967, institutions such as the Harmon Foundation, the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and Historically Black Colleges and Universities...

Drop-In or Pop-In Career Support

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...

Expanding Empathy 2023

Bringing together international perspectives on empathy and moral decision-making and providing a window into understanding when, why, and how people decide...

1pm
Virtual Event
Merve Sarıkaya-Şen

“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

School of Labor and Employment Relations

April 13-14,2023 Latin American Labor at a Crossroads: Obstacles and Opportunities in Times of Change. At the Penn Stater, State College, PA

Department of English

Lecture sponsored by the Digital Culture and Media Initiative, Department of English This talk suggests how literary studies might be viably described as...

credit: Jennifer Anne Tucker

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

Burke Lecture

CAS Colloquium - Burke Lecture

School of Labor and Employment Relations

April 13-14,2023 Latin American Labor at a Crossroads: Obstacles and Opportunities in Times of Change. At the Penn Stater, State College, PA

Find Out More Fridays | Chaiken Center for Student Success

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...

Christopher Dum

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...

 GreenGov Webinar Series — Land Management Best Practices for Ecosystem Health and Pollinators

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...

Dotterer Lecture: Serene Khader - “Feminism is Not About Freedom”

Philosophy talk - Dotterer Lecture: Serene Khader, “Feminism is Not About Freedom”

Monday, April 17

EMP Lab Meeting

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,...

4:15pm
Stream Available
“On Savage Shores: How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe,” Caroline Pennock

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

Ihlseng Cottage at Penn State University Park

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...

Advising To-Go Tuesdays

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...

Huck Distinguished Lecture: Professor Suzanne Simard

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...

Perspectives on Ukraine  3 Dots Reception

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

Rock Ethics Institute Colloquium: Ashley Lamarre

Title: TBA By Ashley Lamarre, Rock Ethics Institute Graduate Fellow and doctoral candidate in Philosophy (A hybrid option is available on request for those...

Expanding Empathy 2023

Bringing together international perspectives on empathy and moral decision-making and providing a window into understanding when, why, and how people decide...

12:30pm
Virtual Event
Drop-In or Pop-In Career Support

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...

Non-Tenure-Line Faculty Promotion Workshop

Open to all non-tenure-line faculty in the College of the Liberal Arts.

Department of English

How do drone technologies imagine an automated public sphere? This talk analyzes early experiments with drone aircraft to show how automation and machine...

Shiloh Krupar and Sarah Kanouse

“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...

3:30pm
Virtual Event
CALPER Webinar: Best Practices in L2 Pronunciation Teaching

CALPER Professional Development Webinars Series: Best Practices in L2 Pronunciation Teaching Ines Martin, United States Naval Academy This webinar will...

FILMABEND Spring 2023 Flyer

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

After Trust: From Unraveling to Repair

Philosophy conference: After Trust: From Unraveling to Repair

“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

After Trust: From Unraveling to Repair

Philosophy conference: After Trust: From Unraveling to Repair

The Ethics of Birthright Citizenship:  Latinx Perspectives

Philosophy conference: The Ethics of Birthright Citizenship: Latinx Perspectives

“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...

Find Out More Friday: Academic Scholarships

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...

Department of English

Labor disputes, body politics, racial injustice: professional and collegiate athletics are no mere fun and games, but microcosms of American sociopolitical...

12pm
Virtual Event
CAS Awards Ceremony

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

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

The Ethics of Birthright Citizenship:  Latinx Perspectives

Philosophy conference: The Ethics of Birthright Citizenship: Latinx Perspectives

2023 Watershed Cleanup Day

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

EMP Lab Meeting

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,...

4:15pm
Stream Available

March 27 - April 25, 2023

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