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Swahili Table

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Program of African Studies

Practice speaking Swahili at the Swahili Language Table! All levels welcome.

multi-day

African Seminar group meeting

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Program of African Studies

The Africa Seminar (AfriSem) provides an interdisciplinary and area-defined setting for graduate students studying Africa to develop, present, and draw...

multi-day

Title IX at 50: Day 3 Program

8:00 AM - 12:30 PM, sponsored by Title IX at 50

8:00 a.m. Walking tour of Walter Athletics Center and Ryan Fieldhouse Visitors to Saturday’s sessions are invited to a walking tour of...

Jun
3
2023

New Directions in Asian American Studies

8:00 AM - 4:15 PM, sponsored by Asian American Studies Program

Dear Asian American Studies Program community members and supporters of Asian American Studies in the Chicago area, Please join us for...

May
25
2023

CFS Info Session Live on Zoom

12:00 PM - 12:45 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...

May
23
2023

CFS Info Session Live on Zoom

10:00 AM - 10:45 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...

May
22
2023

MENA Mondays: Book Talk: Sentient Flesh

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Middle East and North African Studies

 In Sentient Flesh R. A. Judy takes up freedman Tom Windham’s 1937 remark “we should have our liberty 'cause ....

May
18
2023

CFS Info Session Live on Zoom

4:00 PM - 4:45 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...

May
16
2023

CFS Info Session Live on Zoom

12:00 PM - 12:45 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...

May
11
2023

CFS Info Session Live on Zoom

10:30 AM - 11:15 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...

May
9
2023

CFS Info Session Live on Zoom

4:00 PM - 4:45 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...

May
8
2023

Swahili Table

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Program of African Studies

Practice speaking Swahili at the Swahili Language Table! All levels welcome.

May
4
2023

CFS Info Session Live on Zoom

1:30 PM - 2:15 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...

May
2
2023

CFS Info Session Live on Zoom

12:00 PM - 12:45 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...

Apr
24
2023

MENA Mondays: Book Talk: Iran in Motion

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Middle East and North African Studies

Completed in 1938, the Trans-Iranian Railway connected the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf. Drawing on newspapers, industry publications, travelogues,...

Apr
19
2023

CFS Info Session Live on Zoom

12:00 PM - 12:45 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...

Apr
18
2023

CFS Info Session Live on Zoom

4:30 PM - 5:15 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...

Apr
17
2023

CFS Info Session Live on Zoom

4:00 PM - 4:45 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...

Apr
17
2023

Anthropology Colloquium: Lara Deeb, Scripps College

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Anthropology Colloquia and Events

“What Will People Say? Love Across Difference in Lebanon”   Intersectarian and interreligious marriages often provoke strong opposition from Lebanese of all...

Apr
14
2023

SPAN Postdoc Talk: Annie Wilkinson

12:15 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by The Sexualities Project at Northwestern (SPAN)

Annie Wilkinson will present her research in the talk, "Gender as Conspiracy: Mistrust & Misinformation in Anti-Gender Organizing in Mexico." Annie...

Apr
13
2023

A Conversation with Phil Yu

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM, sponsored by Asian American Studies Program

Join us for an interactive discussion on Asian American pop culture with Phil Yu, an award-winning author, blogger, podcaster, and...

Apr
13
2023

CFS Info Session Live on Zoom

2:30 PM - 3:15 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...

Apr
12
2023

CFS Info Session Live on Zoom

4:00 PM - 4:45 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...

Apr
11
2023

Zeina Hashem Beck: Reading and Conversation

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM, sponsored by Middle East and North African Studies

Join MENA and Creative Writing for an evening with acclaimed poet Zeina Hashem Beck! Reception followed by poetry reading. Zeina Hashem Beck...

Apr
10
2023

Populism, the conservative wave and religion in Brazil

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Global Religion and Politics Research Group

Abstract: The last decade represented a marked shift in the profile of public religion in Brazil. After three decades of sustained...

Apr
7
2023

CFS Info Session Live on Zoom

12:00 PM - 12:45 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...

Apr
6
2023

African Seminar group meeting

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM, sponsored by Program of African Studies

Join the AfriSem group at the Program for African Studies for a screening of "Queen Nanny: Legendary Maroon Chieftainess." The...

Apr
4
2023

CFS Info Session Live on Zoom

3:30 PM - 4:15 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...

Mar
30
2023

African Seminar group meeting

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM, sponsored by Program of African Studies

Join the AfriSem student group for this Thursday 5-7 pm for a Fellowship/Grant Writing Workshop! Bring anything you are working...

Mar
30
2023

CFS Info Session Live on Zoom

4:00 PM - 4:45 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...

Mar
27
2023

CFS Info Session Live on Zoom

12:00 PM - 12:45 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...

Mar
24
2023

CFS Info Session Live on Zoom

1:00 PM - 1:45 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...

Mar
9
2023

Afrisem: African Seminar Peer Presentations

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Program of African Studies

This weeks African Seminar group meeting with feature presetiantions by graduate students Rebecca Rwakabukoza, Sreddy Yen, and Craig Stevens. They...

Mar
8
2023

AASP x LLSP Winter Quarter Study Break

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Asian American Studies Program

Join the Asian American Studies Program and the Latina & Latino Studies Program for our quarterly study break! We will...

Feb
20
2023

MENA Mondays: MENA CONVERSATION | Landscapes of Toxicity

12:30 PM - 1:45 PM, sponsored by Middle East and North African Studies

Join us for this week's MENA Monday event.  This event is virtual.  Register for the Zoom here: https://bit.ly/MENAFeb20 . Title: MENA CONVERSATION...

Feb
19
2023

A Mirror is Not a Window: Roe Versus Wade

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM, sponsored by Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts

A reading of a new play by award-winning novelist, non-fiction writer and playwright Sarah Schulman, directed by Obie-winner Lisa Peterson....

Feb
15
2023

Swahili Table

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Program of African Studies

Practice speaking Swahili at the Swahili Language Table! All levels welcome.

Feb
8
2023

Swahli Table

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Program of African Studies

Practice speaking Swahili at the Swahili Language Table! All levels welcome.

Feb
8
2023

Colombian Truth Commission Series

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Spanish and Portuguese

LACS and the Department of Spanish and Portuguese will be hosting the fourth dialogue of the series Colombia's Truth Commission...

Feb
7
2023

Student Lunch with Dr. Keva X. Bui

12:30 AM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Asian American Studies Program

Keva X. Bui is a President’s Postdoctoral Fellow in Asian American Studies in the Department of Asian Studies at Pennsylvania...

Feb
2
2023

Leslie Reagan: Abortion is an American Tradition

5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Gender & Sexuality Studies Program

"Abortion is an American Tradition: The Supreme Court, Fake History, and the Dobbs Decision" Professor Reagan will discuss the history, practice,...

Feb
1
2023

Swahili Table

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Program of African Studies

Practice speaking Swahili at the Swahili Language Table! All levels welcome.

Jan
31
2023

Movie Night at the Program of African Studies

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM, sponsored by Program of African Studies

All winter quarter, the Program of African Studies is hosting movie night. Please join us for pizza, snacks, and good...

Jan
31
2023

Student Lunch with Dr. Natalia Duong

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Asian American Studies Program

Natalia Duong is a researcher, teacher, and multidisciplinary performance maker. Her current book, Chemical Diasporas: Performing Toxicity through Ecological Kinship...

Jan
25
2023

Student Lunch with Dr. Simeon Man

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Asian American Studies Program

Simeon Man (PhD, American Studies, Yale University) is Associate Professor of History and affiliate faculty of Ethnic Studies and Critical...

Jan
18
2023

Swahili Table

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Program of African Studies

Practice speaking Swahili at the Swahili Language Table! All levels welcome.

Jan
17
2023

Conversatorio: What's going on in Peru? - 1:10pm

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Latin American and Caribbean Studies

This virtual talk will begin at 1:10pm CT. Zoom registration: bit.ly/3IEA2za WHAT’S GOING ON IN PERU? is part of our Conversatorio series,...

Jan
11
2023

Swahili Table

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Program of African Studies

Practice speaking Swahili at the Swahili Language Table! All levels welcome.

Jan
11
2023

Conversatorio: WHAT'S GOING ON IN PERU?

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Please join us online for a discussion about the political upheaval in Peru, particularly in light of President Castillo's self-coup...

Dec
6
2022

CFS Info Session Live on Zoom

12:00 PM - 12:45 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...

Dec
5
2022

Shoniqua Roach: The Black Bedroom

5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Gender & Sexuality Studies Program

While both Black and Queer studies have frequently theorized the domestic and its interiors (e.g., the closet) as paradigmatic spaces...

Dec
5
2022

CFS Info Session Live on Zoom

12:00 PM - 12:45 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...

Nov
30
2022

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...

Nov
29
2022

CFS Info Session Live on Zoom

1:00 PM - 1:45 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...

Nov
28
2022

CFS Info Session Live on Zoom

12:00 PM - 12:45 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...

Nov
22
2022

CFS Info Session Live on Zoom

12:00 PM - 12:45 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...

Nov
21
2022

CFS Info Session Live on Zoom

4:00 PM - 4:45 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...

Nov
21
2022

MENA Mondays: Everyday Policing in the MENA Region

12:30 PM - 1:45 PM, sponsored by Middle East and North African Studies

Join us for this week's MENA Monday *virtual* event.  Speakers: Rema Hammami, Birzeit University; Jillian Schwedler, Hunter College; Omar Sirri, Human...

Nov
17
2022

Afrisem

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Program of African Studies

Please join AfriSem Nov. 17, 4-6 pm for our event:  WANA UDOBANG & CHRIS ABANI IN CONVERSATION: Explorations of Creative...

Nov
17
2022

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...

Nov
16
2022

Swahili Table

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Program of African Studies

Come practice your Swahili skills at the Swahili language table!

Nov
14
2022

Anthropology Colloquium: Tsim Schneider, UC Santa Cruz

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by Anthropology Colloquia and Events

From Hinterland to Homeland: The Archaeology of Refuge and Recourse in Colonial California This talk presents my ongoing archaeological, historical, and...

Nov
14
2022

MENA Mondays: Graduate Student Colloquium

12:30 PM - 1:45 PM, sponsored by Middle East and North African Studies

Join us for this week's MENA Monday event. Lunchboxes will be available at noon if attendees would like to eat...

Nov
9
2022

Swahili Table

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Program of African Studies

Swahili students, come practice your skills at the Swahili Language Table from 4-5pm at the Program of African Studies!

Nov
8
2022

CFS Info Session Live on Zoom

4:00 PM - 4:45 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...

Nov
7
2022

MENA Mondays: New Directions in MENA Studies

12:30 PM - 1:45 PM, sponsored by Middle East and North African Studies

Join us for this week's MENA Monday event held via Zoom. Register for the event. Speaker: Can Açiksöz, Anthropology, UCLA Salih Can...

Nov
2
2022

CFS Info Session Live on Zoom

4:00 PM - 4:45 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...

Nov
2
2022

Swahili Table

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Program of African Studies

Swahili students, come practice your skills at the Swahili Language Table from 4-5pm at the Program of African Studies!

Nov
1
2022

Justin Dunnavant (University of California, Los Angeles)

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Have Confidence in the Sea: Archaeologies of Marronageco-sponsored by African-American Studies and Anthropology   Dunnavant will discuss how archaeology has contributed to...

Oct
31
2022

MENA Mondays: Faculty Colloquium with Fahri Oz

12:30 PM - 1:45 PM, sponsored by Middle East and North African Studies

Join us for this week's MENA Monday event. Lunchboxes will be available at noon if attendees would like to eat...

Oct
31
2022

CFS Info Session IN-PERSON at Annenberg G30

12:00 PM - 12:45 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...

Oct
28
2022

CFS Info Session Live on Zoom

12:00 PM - 12:45 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...

Oct
26
2022

CFS Info Session IN-PERSON at Kresge 2-339

4:00 PM - 4:45 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...

Oct
26
2022

Swahili Table

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Program of African Studies

Swahili students, come practice your skills at the Swahili Language Table from 4-5pm at the Program of African Studies!

Oct
25
2022

Faculty Roundtable: Family and Identity

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Héctor Carrillo and Gerry Cadava in dialogue Please join us for our first interdisciplinary faculty dialogue of the year. Héctor Carillo...

Oct
24
2022

CFS Info Session Live on Zoom

12:00 PM - 12:45 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...

Oct
20
2022

Comfort Food Poetry Workshop

4:00 PM - 7:00 PM, sponsored by Program of African Studies

Comfort Food Poetry Workshop What does the food we eat say about us? Our histories, our identities, our existence. When we prepare...

Oct
20
2022

CFS Info Session Live on Zoom

10:00 AM - 10:45 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...

Oct
19
2022

Swahili Table

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Program of African Studies

Swahili students, come practice your skills at the Swahili Language Table from 4-5pm at the Program of African Studies!

Oct
18
2022

Fall Book Forum: Jesús Escobar

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Please join us for the first meeting of the 2022-2023 academic year for a forum on LACS faculty affiliate Jesús...

Oct
18
2022

CFS Info Session IN-PERSON at Locy 110

12:00 PM - 12:45 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...

Oct
14
2022

The ROE Reversal in Historical Context

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Gender & Sexuality Studies Program

To best understand or act in response to the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, we need to know the legal, social,...

Oct
13
2022

CFS Info Session IN-PERSON at Kresge 2-319

12:00 PM - 12:45 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...

Oct
12
2022

Swahili Table

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Program of African Studies

Swahili students, come practice your skills at the Swahili Language Table from 4-5pm at the Program of African Studies!

Oct
10
2022

CFS Info Session Live on Zoom

4:00 PM - 4:45 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...

Oct
7
2022

CFS Info Session IN-PERSON at Kresge 3-410

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...

Oct
4
2022

CFS Info Session Live on Zoom

12:00 PM - 12:45 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...

Sep
27
2022

CFS Info Session Live on Zoom

4:00 PM - 4:45 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...

Sep
26
2022

CFS Info Session IN-PERSON at Kresge 2-331

4:00 PM - 4:45 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...

Sep
23
2022

LGBTQ-focused Monkeypox Conversation

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Gender & Sexuality Studies Program

Do you have all the info you need? PROF. STEVEN THRASHER (Journalism/ISGMH) & PROF. CHAD HORNE (Philosophy) will lead an...

Sep
23
2022

CFS Info Session IN-PERSON at Kresge 2-331

12:00 PM - 12:45 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...

Sep
21
2022

CFS Info Session Live on Zoom

4:00 PM - 4:45 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...

Sep
16
2022

CFS Info Session Live on Zoom

12:00 PM - 12:45 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...

Sep
14
2022

CFS Info Session Live on Zoom

12:00 PM - 12:45 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...

Sep
13
2022

CFS Info Session Live on Zoom

1:30 PM - 2:15 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...

Sep
8
2022

CFS Info Session Live on Zoom

12:00 PM - 12:45 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...

Sep
6
2022

CFS Info Session Live on Zoom

4:00 PM - 4:45 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...

Jun
6
2022

MENA Studies Spring 2022 Graduate Student Colloquium

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Middle East and North African Studies

This is a hybrid event Participate via Zoom (must have a Northwestern NetID) Xena Amro, Comparative Literary Studies | Foreigners in Paris:...

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