Manage Events
All events are in Central time unless specified.

Displaying upcoming from the calendar "English"

Upcoming Events

Next 7 events

Activity

Spring Writing Marathon

Date:
Time:
12:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Location: Pioneers Park Nature Center Target Audiences:
The Writing Lincoln Initiative is proud to invite you to our Spring Writing Marathon on Saturday, April 20th from 12- 4 PM in Pioneers Park. Following in the tradition of our Nebraska Writing Project collaborators, this writing marathon invites …
Lecture

Humanities on the Edge presents: Dr. Julio Ramos

“Diverging Underground: Martin Sostre and José R. Soltero in 1968”

Date:
Time:
5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Location: Sheldon Museum of Art Room: auditorium Target Audiences:
Dr. Julio Ramos is Professor Emeritus of Spanish and Portuguese, University of California-Berkeley
Discussion

Book Release Celebration for Julia Schleck’s CONFLICTING CLAIMS TO EAST INDIA COMPANY WEALTH, 1600-1650

A CONVERSATION BETWEEN Julia Schleck and Kelly Stage about Dr. Schleck’s NEW BOOK, “CONFLICTING CLAIMS TO EAST INDIA COMPANY WEALTH, 1600-1650: Reading Debates over Risk and Reward”

Date:
Time:
5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Location: Francie & Finch Bookshop Target Audiences:
The event will include a conversation between Drs. Schleck and Stage about the new book, “Conflicting Claims to East India Company Wealth, 1600-1650: Reading Debates over Risk and Reward” (Amsterdam UP, 2024), catered hors d’oeuvres, and a …
Reading - Fiction/poetry

Poetry with Brandon Som

The National Book Award finalist reads from his work

Date:
Time:
Starts at 5:30 pm
Location: Nebraska Union Room: Swanson Auditorium Target Audiences:
Brandon Som follows up his award-winning debut with TRIPAS, a collection of poems built out of a multicultural, multigenerational childhood home. In this book — a finalist for the National Book Award 2023 — he celebrates his Chicana grandmother, …
Social Event

Department End-of-Year Happy Hour #4

Date:
Time:
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Location: The Kindler Target Audiences:
Lecture

Humanities on the Edge presents: Dr. Anna Kornbluh

“Climate Counteraesthetics: Mediations against the extreme”

Date:
Time:
5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Location: Sheldon Museum of Art Room: Auditorium Target Audiences:
Dr. Anna Kornbluh is Professor of English, University of Illinois-Chicago.
Lecture

Humanities on the Edge presents: Dr. Andrew Culp

“Toward an an-arkhé-ology of the State”

Date:
Time:
5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Location: Sheldon Museum of Art Room: Auditorium Target Audiences:
Dr. Andrew Culp is Professor of Media History and Theory, California Institute of the Arts.