English Department Symposium
Cancelled Due to Covid 19
17th Annual Tolkien in Vermont UVM Conference
Cancelled Due to Covid 19
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Past Events
The Painted Word Poetry Series
Wednesday, February 26, 2020, 6:00pm at the Fleming Museum of Art
Featuring Poets Joshua Bennett and Penelope
Actors From The London Stage: The Tempest
Thursday-Saturday, February 20-22 2020, Flynn Space, 153 Main St
Co-presented by the UVM Lane Series and the Flynn Center for the Performing Arts.
Co-Sponsored with the UVM English Dept, and the University of Vermont Humanities Center.
Labor, Social Justive, and the Return of the Strike
Thursday, October 17, 2019, 7:00 pm
Sugar Maple Ballroom, Davis Center
co-sponsored with the United Academics
Endorsed by the Global Justice Ecology Project, the Peace and Justice Center, and the Will Miller Green Mountain Veterans for Peace
Beyond the Box: Politics and Aesthetics of Flow in the Logistics Revolution
Wednesday, September 18, 2019
Innovation E102
co-sponsored with the Humanities Center and the Global and Regional Studies Program
PAINTED WORD POETRY SERIES: Sue Burton and Sara London
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 - 6:00 PM
Fleming Museum of Art
Full Professor Lecture Series: Is American Literature Secular? (Nope.) by Elizabeth Fenton
Wednesday, September 4 2019, 4:30 - 5:30 pm
Memorial Lounge, Waterman Building
Sunday, May 19 2019, University Green, 12:30 - 2:30 pm
Congrats graduating seniors!
27th Annual English and FTS Honors Day
Friday, April 26 2019, John Dewey Lounge, 3:30 - 5:30 pm
To learn more about our department awards, go to our Student Awards page.
The Painted Word Poetry Series: Matt Miller
Wednesday, April 24 2019, Fleming Museum 204 (Marble Court), 6:00 pm Co-hosted with the Fleming Museum of Art
Facebook event
Thursday, April 18 2019, Jost Foundation Room (Davis Center 422), 6:30 - 7:30 pm
Lecture by Slavoj Zizek
Tuesday, April 16th 2019, Fleming Museum 101, 4:45 pm
Danielle Evans Reading and Q&A
Tuesday, April 9th 2019, John Dewey Lounge, 5:00 pm
Murdered but not Silenced: Rosa Luxemburg for the 21st Century
Saturday, April 6 2019, Fleming Museum 101, 2:00 pm
Co-hosted with the Will Miller Social Justice Lecuture Series
Free and open to all, but please register on eventbrite
16th Annual Tolkien at UVM Conference
Friday - Saturday, April 5 - 6 2019
Co-hosted with Tolkien in Vermont
Nonfiction Reading with author Lia Purpura
Friday, April 5 2019, Fleming Museum, 12:00 - 1:00 pm
2nd Annual English Department Symposium
Thursday, April 4th 2019, Location TBA
English Dept Symposium - Workshop: How to Present at a Conference
Monday, March 18th 2019, in John Dewey Lounge, 6:00 pm
English Dept Symposium - Abstract and Creative Proposal Submission Deadline
Monday, March 4th 2019, email your 200 word abstract/proposal to Julie.Gundersen@uvm.edu
The Painted Word Poetry Series: Stephanie Burt
Wednesday, February 27 2019, Fleming Museum 204 (Marble Court), 6:00 pm
Co-hosted with the Fleming Museum of Art
Facebook event
Kevin Young Lecture, Brown: Adventures in Being
Thursday, February 21 2019, in the Livak Ballroom, Davis Center, 4:00 pm
Facebook event
English Dept Symposium - Workshop: How to Write an Abstract
Monday, February 11th 2019, in John Dewey Lounge, 6:00 pm
Mary Lou Kete Full Professor Lecture: Vermont's Lucy Terry Prince: Black Mother of the Republic
Wednesday, February 13th 2019, in Memorial Lounge, Waterman Building, 4:30 pm
Info Session: Literary London
Monday, December 3rd 2:00 - 3:00pm in John Dewey Lounge, 325 Old Mill
An Evening with Viet Thanh Nguyen
Wednesday, November 7th from 5:00 - 6:30pm in the Ira Allen Chapel
Words, Pictures, and Ragnarok: Comics as the Trickster's Tool with Guest Speaker Jason Lutes
Thursday, September 27th from 4:00 - 5:30pm in the Davis Center
English & FTS Majors and Minors BBQ
Monday September 24th at 4:30pm on the Royall Tyler Theatre Plaza
Podcast Storytelling: Stories From Vermont (Presented by the Reporting & Documentary Storytelling Project)
Thursday, September 20th 2018 at 4pm in the Marsh Room in Billings Library
Moustafa Bayoumi Lecture
Thursday, September 6th 2018 in the Davis Center Livak Ballroom (room 417/419)
Event Archives
2018 Commencement Ceremony
Sunday, May 20th on the University Green
Graduate College Commencement Ceremony
Saturday, May 19th from 12:30 - 2:30pm in the Multipurpose Facility in the Athletic Complex
College of Arts and Sciences Award Ceremony
Friday, May 18th at 3:00pm in the Ira Allen Chapel
"Trans*: A Quick and Quirky Guide to Gender Variablity" with Jack Halberstam
Thursday, April 19th at 5:30pm in the Davis Center Mildred Livak ballrooms
English and Film and Television Studies Honors Day
Friday April 27th 3:30pm - 5:30pm in John Dewey Lounge
Film Screening and Q&A with Filmmaker Judy Hoffman
Wednesday, April 4th from 7:00 - 8:00pm in the Bailey-Howe Library Screening Room
Sponsored by the Film and Television Program, UVM Film Club, and the English Department
Reading and Q&A with Kristin Valdez Quade
Thursday, April 5th from 6:30 - 8:00pm in the Old Mill John Dewey Lounge
Reading and Q&A with Andrew Higgins
Q&A: Friday, April 6th at 4:30pm in Lafayette 108
Reading: Friday, April 6th at 7:00pm in Waterman Memorial Lounge
15th Annual Tolkein in Vermont Conference
Theme: Language and Etymologies. Saturday, April 8th from 8:00am - 5:00pm in Waterman.
Alison Bechdel's Vermont: A Queer Regionalism with Professor Valerie Rohy
Wednesday March 28th from 12:00-3:00pm in the Fleming Museum of Art
The First Annual 2018 Student Symposium
Thursday, March 29th from 9:00am - 4:00pm in the Davis Center Livak Ballrooms.
The Painted Word: Michael Dickman
A UVM Poetry Series. Wednesday, February 28th at 6:00pm in the Fleming Museum
The Crest Film Screening and Q&A with Director Mark Covino
Wednesday, February 28th at 6:00pm in Waterman 413
Alison Bechdel: The Inappropriately Intimate Comics of Alison Bechdel
Wednesday, February 21st from 7:00pm-8:30pm in the Silver Maple Ballroom
Sponsored by the English Department, The Fleming Museum of Art, and The Vermont Humanities Council.
The Painted Word: Jill McDonough
A UVM Poetry Series. Thursday, November 30 at 6:00pm in the Fleming Museum
Sponsored by the English Department and the Fleming Museum of Art
BOSP Information Session with Beryl Frishtick
Wednesday, October 25th from 3:00-4:00pm in Old Mill John Dewey Lounge.
Kelly Link Q&A
Wednesday, October 11th at 5:00pm in the Ira Allen Chapel
English and FTS Majors Barbeque
Thursdeay, October 5 from 4:30 - 6:40pm in front of Royal Tyler Theater
The Painted Word: Willie Perdomo
A UVM Poetry Series. Thursday, September 21st in the Fleming Museum
Sponsored by the English Department and The Fleming Museum of Art
A "Live" Podcast Discussion & Reading with Poet, Literary Critic, and Essayist David Lehman
Friday, September 15th from 1:00pm - 3:00pm in the Old Mill Dewey Lounge
