English Department Events
Annual Departmental Events
- Literary Awards Contest and Banquet
- Woodman Lecture Series
- Books & Coffee
- The "Big Read"
- English Pedagogy Showcase
Spring 2021 Virtual Events
February 4
Books and Coffee Week 1 - Speaker Angelica Duran on Sandra Fernandez Rhoads's Mortal Sight, 4:00-5:00 pm.
February 11
Books and Coffee Week 2 - Speaker Amina Gabrielov on Naomi Novik's Spinning Silver, 4:00-5:00 pm.
February 15
Literature, Theory, and Cultural Studies Forum Series with Ane Costa, 4:30-5:30 pm.
February 18
Books and Coffee Week 3 - Speakers Marianne Borouch, Wendy Flory, Dan Morris, and Don Platt on Louise Glück's Poems 1962–2012, 4:00-5:00 pm.
February 25
Books and Coffee Week 4 - Speakers Terese Mailhot and author Tommy Orange on Tommy Orange's There There, 4:00-5:00 pm.
March 1
Literature, Theory, and Cultural Studies Forum Series with Tzu-Yu Liu, 4:30-5:30 pm.
March 11
Woodman Lecture featuring Meredith McGill, 4:30 pm.
March 25
Literature, Theory, and Cultural Studies Forum Series with Daniel Froid, 4:30-5:30 pm.
April 5
Literature, Theory, and Cultural Studies Forum Series with Margaret Sheble, 4:30-5:30 pm.
April 15
Literary Awards Ceremony and reading with guest speaker Gish Jen, 6:30 pm.
April 16
Purdue Creative Writing Program presents an evening with novelist Laura van den Burg, 7:30 pm. The free zoom reading will be open to the public, but registration is required. To register: https://tinyurl.com/purduelvdb
April 19
Literature, Theory, and Cultural Studies Forum Series with Erika Gotfredson, 4:30-5:30 pm.
