Upcoming Events with the English Department
UVM Tolkien Conference 2022
Saturday, April 2nd, 2022
English Department Symposium
Writing Wrongs in 2021 - UVM Annual Symposium
The Painted Word Poetry Series: Matt Miller
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
Reading with Paul Legault
Thursday, April 18 2019, Jost Foundation Room (Davis Center 422), 6:30 - 7:30 pm
Lecture by Slavoj Zizek
Most Dangerous Philosopher in the West' to Give 'Buddhism Naturalized' Talk Oct. 16 - University Communications
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
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
Kevin Young Lecture, Brown: Adventures in Being
Thursday, February 21 2019, in the Livak Ballroom, Davis Center, 4:00 pm
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
Labor, Social Justice, 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
PAINTED WORD POETRY SERIES: Sue Burton and Sara London
Full Professor Lecture Series: Is American Literature Secular? (Nope.) by Elizabeth Fenton
2019 Commencement
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.
Actors From The London Stage: The Tempest 2-22-2020
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.
The Painted Word Poetry Series 2-26-2020
Wednesday, February 26, 2020, 6:00pm at the Fleming Museum of Art
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
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 4 pm in the Marsh Room in Billings Library https://www.uvm.edu/cas/vermontresearch/upcoming-events
Info Session: Literary London
Monday, December 3rd 2:00 - 3:00pm in John Dewey Lounge, 325 Old Mill
Full Professor Lecture Series
The Dean’s Lecture Series: celebrating the wealth of professional knowledge in our college for over 20 years
These lectures are based on faculty members' current research and are open to the public.
Future Lectures:
Recent Lectures:
Full Professor Lecture Series: From Baseball Gloves to Facism: Knowledge and the Social Order
Wednesday, September 25th, 2019, 5:05 - 6:05 pm, Billings Lecture Hall
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
Past Lectures:
Mary Lou Kete Full Professor Lecture: Vermont's Lucy Terry Prince: Black Mother of the Republic
Wednesday, February 13 2019, in Memorial Lounge, Waterman Building, 4:30 pm
Professor Andrew Barnaby's Full Professor Lecture on Hamlet Mignon took place on Wednesday, April 25th at 4:30pm in Memorial Lounge.
Interview with Professor Andrew Barnaby.
Professor Todd McGowan presented his lecture on "How Marx's Misreading of Hegel Led to Stalin" on Wednesday, February 28th.
