Apr
15
2025
CFS Info Session Live on Zoom
2:00 PM - 2:45 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...
Events
Find upcoming events hosted by the Department of Anthropology and affiliated departments and programs, including Program of African Studies, Gender Studies, Chicago Field Studies, Latino and Latina Studies, Asian American Studies, and Middle East & North Africa Studies.
See our Past Events page to review ones that have occurred.
Apr
16
2025
CFS Info Session Live on Zoom
11:00 AM - 11:45 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...
Apr
16
2025
"An Environmental History of the Late Ottoman Frontier"
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Keyman Modern Turkish Studies (Northwestern Buffett)
Join KMTS, MENA, SHC and speaker Dr. Chris Gratien, University of Virginia, for a talk titled "An Environmental History of...
Apr
16
2025
Swahili Language Table
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Program of African Studies
Practice your Swahili skills at Swahili Table. Come for snacks and conversation at the Program of African Studies.
Apr
17
2025
CFS Info Session Live on Zoom
11:00 AM - 11:45 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...
Apr
21
2025
MENA Monday: I'm good at love, I'm good at hate, it's in between I freeze - Michael Rakowitz
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Middle East and North African Studies
I'm good at love, I'm good at hate, it's in between I freeze Speaker: Michael Rakowitz (Art History, Northwestern University) Lunch will...
Apr
28
2025
Between Orientalism and commercial alliances: Argentine and Chilean elites and the Empire of Japan
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Pedro Iacobelli (Universidad de los Andes) This presentation explores Latin American views of the growing Japanese presence in the region in...
Apr
28
2025
MENA Monday: The Portrait of an Alla Franca Shaykh: Sufism, Modernity, and Class in Turkey - Feyza Burak-Adli
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Middle East and North African Studies
Feyza Burak-Adli is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Anthropology at Northwestern University. She will give a presentation on...
Apr
28
2025
Anthropology Colloquium - Karen Strier, University of Wisconsin - Madison
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by Anthropology Colloquia and Events
The Limits of Resilience: A 40-year perspective on the future of the world’s most peaceful primate Field data on the behavioral...
Apr
30
2025
“How to Write a Democratic History of the Ottoman Empire?”
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Keyman Modern Turkish Studies (Northwestern Buffett)
Join KMTS and Ali Yaycioglu on April 30 from 12:30- 2:00PM in the Buffett Reading Room (720 University Place, 2nd...
Apr
30
2025
Swahili Language Table
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Program of African Studies
Practice your Swahili skills at Swahili Table. Come for snacks and conversation at the Program of African Studies.
May
5
2025
MENA Monday: Palestinian Diplomacy: Past and Present - Mkhaimar Abusada
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Middle East and North African Studies
Palestinian Diplomacy: Past and Present Speaker: Mkhaimar Abusada (Political Science & MENA, Northwestern University) Lunch will be served at this event.
May
12
2025
MENA Monday: Image & Text in the Pre-Modern Islamicate World - Jonathan Brack & Usman Hamid
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Middle East and North African Studies
Image & Text in the Pre-Modern Islamicate World Speakers: Jonathan Brack (History, Northwestern University) and Usman Hamid (Religious Studies, Northwestern University) Lunch...
May
12
2025
Anthropology Colloquium - Barbra Meek, University of Michigan
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by Anthropology Colloquia and Events
Relanguaging: From semiotic marginalization to decolonization What does it mean to “re-language”? I offer this term as a proposal for extending...
May
14
2025
Swahili Language Table
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Program of African Studies
Practice your Swahili skills at Swahili Table. Come for snacks and conversation at the Program of African Studies.
May
21
2025
Buffett Book Talk: Heaven Has a Wall
4:00 PM - 5:15 PM, sponsored by Buffett Institute for Global Affairs
Join us for a book talk with Beth Hurd, author of Heaven Has a Wall. Through an analysis of the many ways...
May
22
2025
Learning Sciences Book Talk: Revolutionary Engineers: Learning, Politics, and Activism at Aryamehr University of Technology
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by School of Education and Social Policy
Please join us on Thursday, May 22 at 12:30 pm CST for a book talk on Revolutionary Engineers: Learning, Politics,...
May
28
2025
Franny Choi Reading, Q&A, and Book Signing
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM, sponsored by Asian American Studies Program
Please join Northwestern’s Asian American Studies Program 5:00PM Wednesday, May 28 (Harris 108) for a poetry reading, Q&A, and book...