Friday, August 30th
Department Welcome Back Lunch Reception. Guilford Parlor. 12:45 to 2:00 p.m.

Friday, September 6th
“The Profane Preacher and the Modern American Novel,” a Lecture by Steve Pinkerton. Guilford Parlor. 3:15 to 4:30 p.m.

Friday, September 13th
A Lecture by Arielle Zibrak (University of Wyoming, nineteenth century). Guilford Parlor. 3:15 to 4:30 p.m.

Friday, October 4th
A Lecture by Rachel Eisendrath (Barnard, English Renaissance poetry). Guilford Parlor. 3:15 to 4:30 p.m.

Friday, October 11th
A Fiction Reading by Ben Lerner (Brooklyn College). Clark 206. 3:15 to 4:30 p.m.

Friday, October 25th
A Lecture by Richard Strier (University of Chicago, Ohio Valley Shakespeare Conference). Guilford Parlor. 3:15 to 4:30 p.m.

Friday, November 1st
A Lecture by Sharon Holland (UNC-Chapel Hill, Black studies). Clark 206. 3:15 to 4:30 p.m. Reception following.

Friday, November 8th
“Disability Poetics Before Disability Poetics?” a Lecture by Travis Chi Wing Lau. Guilford Parlor. 3:15 to 4:30 p.m.

Friday, November 22nd
Fall Happy Hour. Guilford Parlor. 3:15 to 4:30 p.m.

Friday, December 6th
The MacIntyre event. Guilford Parlor. 3:15 to 4:30 p.m. Reception following.

Monday December 9th
The Sadar Lecture. Senior Classroom, Tinkham Veale University Center. 3:15 to 4:30 p.m. Reception following.