Events
English Department Events
Explore English's events including readings, lectures, screenings, and key academic milestones for the department, featuring visiting writers, faculty scholarship, and student work.
Winter/Spring 2026 schedule:
- February 1: The Laureate Poetry Series presents April Bernard, Peg Boyers & Chase Twichell, 3:00-5:00 pm, TANG Museum, Payne Room.
- February 6: Department Meeting, 2:30 pm, Zoom followed by Faculty Meeting at 3:30
- February 12: Exploremore with Professors Golden and Ranwalage and student reps Merritt Baldwin, Gray Birchby, and Kit Simpson, 5:30-6:30, PMH 300
- February 27: Department Meeting, 2:30 pm, Zoom followed by Faculty Meeting at 3:30
- March 1-3: Golden Fellow Residency with Wendy Wilson ’96
- March 2: Wendy Wilson ’96 one-on-one chats with students by sign-up, LIB 404
- March 2: Wendy Wilson ’96 chat with the department, 5:15-6:00, PMH 300
- March 3: Wendy Wilson ’96 one-on-one chats with students by sign-up, LIB 404
- March 3: Moseley Lecture with Professor Barbara Black, 5:00 pm, Gannett Auditorium
- March 5: Deadline to submit Creative Writing Awards manuscript, 5:00 pm
- March 18: Literary Studies Event with Professor Xander Manshel, McGill University, author of 2026 Perkins Prize, Writing Backwards, 5:00 pm, Wyckoff Center
- March 20: CODA options information meeting with Professor Bozio, 2:30-3:30 pm. PMH 300
- March 20: Humanistic Inquiry Symposium with Skidmore faculty, TANG Museum, 3:00-8:00 pm
- March 21: Humanistic Inquiry Symposium with Skidmore faculty, TANG Museum, 8:30 am-6:30 pm
- March 23: Guest speaker Tim McMahon, Marquette Univ. Translating Ireland: The Irish Jesuits and Catholic Education in Colonial Australia, Emerson Auditorium, 4:00 pm
- March 24: Professor Jamie Parra Film Screening “BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions” Somers Room, TANG Museum
- March 25: Professor Mark Mayer reading of About, Above, Around: 50 Prepositions, 6:00 pm, Northshire Bookstore
- March 26: Samantha Hunt, novelist, essayist and short-story writer, 5:30 pm, Surrey Williamson Inn
- March 27: Department Meeting, 2:30 pm, Zoom followed by Faculty Meeting at 3:30
- April 17: Critical Futures Book Event with Professors Ruth McAdams and Eileen Sperry, 3:00 pm, Emerson Auditorium
- April 23: CW Advanced Projects Night, 5:30-8:30 pm, location tbd
- April 24: Writing Awards Ceremony, 2:00-3:00 pm, PMH 300
- April 30: Academic Festival
- May 1: Department Meeting, 2:30 pm, PMH 304 followed by Faculty Meeting at 3:30
- May 13: Faculty Meeting, 10:00 am, Murray Aikins Dining Hall, 2nd Fl or Zoom
- May 13: Senior Major/Minor Party, 4:00-6:00 pm, Walt Whitman Brewery, 20 Lake Avenue