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Student Research Spotlight: Hawaiian Protest in Print

Library · Newberry Library, 60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL 60610

Join the Kim-Park Program at Newberry Library for a Student Research Spotlight from Sam Maza, a PhD Candidate in English Language and Literature at the University of Chicago.

EMSI Renaissance Literature Seminar with Tanya Schmidt Morstein, Caltech

Early Modern Studies Institute (EMSI) · Huntington, Seaver 1 & 2, 1151 Oxford Rd, San Marino, CA 91108

The USC-Huntington Early Modern Studies Institute Renaissance Literature Seminar will meet with Tanya Schmidt Morstein, Postdoctoral Scholar Teaching Fellow at Caltech, on November 20, 2026. Dr.

Peter B. Gontrum Lecture on Poetry

University of Oregon · Gerlinger Hall, Lounge, 1468 University Street, Eugene, OR 97403

In poems that attend to overlapping social and planetary catastrophes, the Romanian-German Jewish poet Paul Celan provokes an expanded field of memory and trauma that anticipates and stands to inform…

DELC Research Seminar Series: Margarita Vaysman

University of Edinburgh · Room G.01, 50 George Square

An in-person seminar by Dr Margarita Vaysman (University of Oxford) exploring Russian culture’s continuous engagement with narratives of transgender lives, pulling from a case study in Dr Vaysman's…

Creative Conversations: Colin MacIntyre

University of Glasgow · University Memorial Chapel

Mull Historical Society's Us (2003), reached number 19 in the UK Albums Chart. His debut novel, The Letters of Ivor Punch, was published in 2015 and has been followed up by Hometown Tales: Highlands…

Symposium on Neil Kenny's Rabelais and the Social Order

Queen Mary University of London · Room 313, School of Law, Queen Mary University of London Mile End Road London E1 4NS

Criminal Justice

Keele Hall Readings - Luke Kennard

Keele University · Keele Hall

Join Booker Prize-shortlisted novelist and award-winning poet Luke Kennard for an evening of readings, discussion and insight into his acclaimed work, including his latest novel, Black Bag.

Sixteenth-Century London Dialect: How Londoners Spoke in Sir Thomas Gresham’s Time

Gresham College · Barnard's Inn Hall

Sir Thomas Gresham (1519-1579) was born in London, and would have spoken what is now known as Early Modern English.

Workshop on Iris Murdoch and Literature

Central European University · Quellenstrasse 51 · Room Senate Room, Vienna

Iris Murdoch writes that “[f]or both the collective and the individual salvation of the human race, art is doubtless more important than philosophy, and literature most important of all.” (E&M, 362).

Planetary Geostories and Alexis Wright’s Praiseworthy

Faculty of Education · Forum Theatre (153), Arts West - North Wing (148A)

2026 Miegunyah Distinguished Visiting Fellowship Lecture presented by Professor Kathryn Yusoff:

Translation Studies Research Seminar Series: Dongxuan Zhao and Lucie-Ly Mey

University of Edinburgh · Room G.06, 50 George Square

An in-person PhD showcase seminar by two PhD students, Dongxuan Zhao (Translation Studies) and Lucie-Ly Mey (Celtic and Scottish Studies), on their respective research areas.

Poetry London presents: Bolderston, Redford and Iqbal

Goldsmiths, University of London · 137, Richard Hoggart Building

Join us to hear poets Natalie Linh Bolderston, Catherine Redford and Shagufta K. Iqbal read from and discuss their work

Carol Ann Duffy and Friends: Imtiaz Dharker and Guests

Manchester Metropolitan University · Manchester Poetry Library

Reading, Manchester Poetry Library

4th Annual Egmont Lee Founders' Lecture: Restorying Urban Indigenous Presence

University of Calgary · Burnswest Theatre, The Confluence, 790 9 Ave SW

More than half of Indigenous Peoples in Canada live in cities, and yet we are often perceived as being out of place in, or absent from, the here and now.

Creative Conversations: Caleb Nichols

University of Glasgow · University Memorial Chapel

Caleb’s discography includes several releases on the Kill Rock Stars label, and he was a member of Oakland-based neo-folk project Port O’Brien. Stone Age Is Now: Poems From Lithic, is their first…

Arts / Law Research Colloquium on 'Character'

Queen Mary University of London · Room 313, Third Floor, Laws Building, Queen Mary University of London Mile End Road E1 4NS

Criminal Justice

Festival of Research 2026- Research Stories Told Live

Manchester Metropolitan University · Manchester Central Library, ["St Peter's Square"], Manchester, M2 5PD

Festival, Manchester Central Library

Translation Studies Research Seminar Series: Minlin Yu

University of Edinburgh · Room G.06, 50 George Square

An in-person seminar by Dr Minlin Yu (University of Glasgow), titled 'Bias Without Bodies: A Situated Critique of Generative AI Translation'.

Brunel's Big Read Live: Claire Lynch

Brunel University of London · Eastern Gateway - Building Auditorium

Claire Lynch, Winner of the Nero Book Awards Debut Fiction Category, the Nero Gold Award and Brunel's Big Read, will join us for a live event.

Inaugural lecture - Professor Christian Jones: What is spoken language and how on earth do we teach it?

University of Liverpool