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Friday 30 October
- 7:00 PM in Los AngelesIn person
Bernie Taupin — Storyteller: A USC Thornton School of Music Celebration for Trojan Family Weekend 2026
Thornton School of Music · Bovard Auditorium (ADM), 3551 Trousdale Parkway, Los Angeles, CA 90089
Join USC Thornton School of Music for a special Trojan Family Weekend celebration honoring legendary lyricist and storyteller Bernie Taupin. This university-wide event will bring the Trojan Family…
Sunday 1 November
- 7:00 PM-9:00 PM in the UKIn person
Exe-pression: an evening of written and spoken reflection
Translational Funding · The Hall Exeter (Stepcote Hill, EX1 1BD), Devon, United Kingdom
As the daylight fades and the evenings lengthen, many of us begin to feel more contemplative. Historically, this was a time to gather indoors and share stories -- not to dwell in our thoughts alone…
Monday 2 November
- Mon, 02 November 2026, 9:00 AM to Fri, 06 November 2026, 5:00 PMIn person and online
Online UNESCO RIELA Spring School: The Arts of Integration (Caring & Sharing)
University of Glasgow · Entirely online
Online conference looking at intergenerational caring & sharing in the context of (forced) migration. Organised by the UNESCO Chair on Refugee Integration through Education, Languages, and Arts and…
- 1:00 PM-2:00 PM in the UKIn person
Creative Conversations: Art Allen
University of Glasgow · University Memorial Chapel
Poet Art Allen in ConversationsArthur’s poem ‘Ratlets’ appeared in the 2025 anthology Vocal Inhabitants from Strange Region Press, and ‘Buzzcut’ was included in the New Zealand Poetry Society…
- 2:00 PM-5:00 PM in the UKIn person
Memento Mori: Reclaiming death, dying and bereavement
Liverpool John Moores University · Make Hamilton, 69-71 Argyle St, Birkenhead, CH41 6LQ
Explore death, culture and digital legacy through panel discussion and poetry/prose workshops in a safe, reflective space. The whole event will take three hours with breaks included;…
Tuesday 3 November
- 10:00 AM-11:30 AM in VancouverOnline
Making Indigenous Language Learning More Accessible Through Technology with K’odi Taylor
University of British Columbia
What happens when an Indigenous language learner with ADHD sets out to create the resources he wished he’d had as a child? Join K’odi Taylor, founder of First-ory, as he shares his personal language…
- 5:00 PM in ChicagoIn person
CEAS Spotlight Lecture Series ft. Tina Lu (Yale University)
Center for East Asian Studies · Joseph Regenstein Library Room 122 1100 E. 57th St. Chicago, IL 60637
“Cheng Yi’s Legacy and an Alt History of the Vernacular”
Wednesday 4 November
- 10:00 AM-1:30 PM in the UKIn person
Seeing Yourself in Stories
University of Manchester · HOME, 2 Tony Wilson Place, Manchester M15 4FN
In this professional development workshop for librarians, SENCOs, literacy coordinators, and other education professionals, we will share key research insights and evidence-informed…
- 4:00 PM-5:00 PM in the UKOnline
Reading Workshop with Anna Kornbluh
Loughborough University
Professor Anna Kornbluh (University of Illinois, Chicago) will join us virtually to conduct a workshop inspired by her book Immediacy, Or, The Style of Too Late Capitalism (Verso 2024). We will be…
- 6:30 PM-8:00 PM in the UKIn person
The Fermi Paradox and Doxa: God, aliens and why Science Fiction can explain the mysteries of creation
University of York · Ron Cooke Hub, Campus East
Part of the Science: Fictions, Faiths And Futures conference
- 3:30 PM in HoustonIn person
Open Mic in Spanish, Portuguese, and Spanglish
Center for Latin American and Latinx Studies (CELAS) · George R. Brown Hall
Open Mic in Spanish, Portuguese, and Spanglish
- 6:30 PM-8:00 PM in CaliforniaIn person
Stegner Fellow Reading with Daniel Lurie and Katerina Ivanov Prado
Creative Writing Program · Building 460, Margaret Jacks Hall, Terrace Room (Room 426), 450 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305
The Creative Writing Program is pleased to announce a reading with Stegner Fellows in Poetry and Fiction: Daniel Lurie and Katerina Ivanov Prado.
Thursday 5 November
- 2:00 PM-4:00 PM in IrelandIn person
Deaf people’s experiences of engaging with Irish Sign Language interpreters
Trinity College Dublin · Neill Lecture Theatre, Trinity Long Room Hub
A presentation by Teresa Lynch (TCD) and Dr Noel O'Connell (UCC) organised by the School of Linguistic, Speech and Communication Sciences.
- 6:30 PM-8:00 PM in the UKIn person
Making It So: Finding faith and culture in a modern scientific world
University of York · Ron Cooke Hub, Campus East
Part of the Science: Fictions, Faiths and Futures conference
- 3:00 PM-5:30 PM in ProvidenceIn person
The Novel in the Age of AI (Day 1)
John Nicholas Brown Center for Advanced Study (JNBC) · Nightingale-Brown House
The Novel in the Age of AI:
- 4:30 PM in ProvidenceIn person
Book talk: “Just Language: Traumatic Names and Linguistic Resistance from Walter Benjamin to May Ayim” w/2017 Brown PhD alumnus Dennis Johannssen
German Studies · 190 Hope Street
The Department of German Studies and the Program in European Critical Thought present
- 5:00 PM-7:00 PM in Rochester, New YorkIn person
Tatyana Voltskaya: Poetic Readings and Discussion
University of Rochester · Rush Rhees Library, Humanities Room D, 755 Library Road, Rochester, NY 14627
Muse of Resistance: War and Emigration in Russian Lyrics. Poetic readings.
- 5:15 PM-8:00 PM in Rochester, New YorkIn person
An Evening at the George Eastman Museum with Daniel Kehlmann
University of Rochester · George Eastman Museum, 900 East Ave, Rochester, NY 14607
The University of Rochester, in partnership with the George Eastman Museum, presents a conversation with acclaimed author and playwright Daniel Kehlmann, moderated by Peter Bagrov, the museum's…
- 5:30 PM in ProvidenceIn person
Anne Waldman with Andrew Whiteman & Ariel Engle: Writers on Writing
Literary Arts · 70 Brown St., Providence
Anne Waldman will take part in Writers on Writing, a reading series hosted by Literary Arts. Waldman will be joined by musician Andrew Whiteman.
- 6:00 PM-8:00 PM in AustinIn person
Barbie in the Bunker: Childhood, War, and Imagination | Maša Kolanović
The University of Texas at Austin · Alienated Majesty Books, 613 W 29th Street
Join us for a conversation with Croatian author Maša Kolanović about her novel Underground Barbie, moderated by Dr. Mary Neuburger, a historian of modern Eastern Europe and Director of UT Austin’s…