Past Event Category: Upcoming Events
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Sep 9🍎 Pedagogy Brown Bag
Helen C. White Hall, Room 7191
Pedagogy Brown Bags are loosely facilitated discussions about teaching, led by Amanda Shubert. These sessions offer space to talk about your classroom experiences, troubleshoot challenges, share strategies, and build relationships with fellow instructors. Teachers at all ranks and across all areas—including TAs, E100 instructors, and Writing Center instructors—are warmly welcome. In addition, faculty and staff …
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Sep 8🎉 English Welcome Event
Helen C. White Hall, Room 6191
Join us for a welcome event in the English Department! All undergraduates are invited to stop by for free boxed lunches, community, and information about getting involved in student organizations. Drop in anytime between 12–1 PM to meet peers, connect with department staff, and learn more about opportunities in English. For questions or accessibility accommodations, …
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Apr 23🍕 TESOL Certificate Event
Helen C. White Hall, Room 6191
Learn about opportunities to teach English to speakers of other languages and connect with current TESOL certificate students and staff. This info session and networking event will introduce pathways into TESOL, share student experiences, and offer space for informal conversation. Pizza and snacks provided. This free, in‑person event is open to undergraduates and graduate students. …
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Apr 14Day of the Badger🦡
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Day of the Badger returns on April 14 and 15. Join the English Department in celebrating UW–Madison’s annual tradition of pride, connection, and giving. For 1,848 minutes, Badgers everywhere come together to support the teaching, writing, and learning that shape nearly 20,000 students each year. Visit dayofthebadger.org and search “English” to find our campaign page. …
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Mar 24🎤🧠 Humanities Now: The Humanities as a Toolkit for Citizenship
Elvehjem Building, Room L160
This panel explores how the humanities cultivate essential skills for navigating the complex issues of our time and strengthening our capacities as citizens—both within our communities and in broader civic contexts. Panelists will highlight key components of the humanities “toolkit,” including media literacy, historical awareness, and interpretive and rhetorical skills. Hosted by the Center for …
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Mar 24🧠 Psychoanalysis for Diabetics: Freud in the Popular Jewish Press
Memorial Union, Old Madison Room
Join Naomi Seidman (University of Toronto) for a lecture exploring the “Freud craze” in the Yiddish press of the interwar period. Although Karl Kraus famously quipped that psychoanalysis was “the disease of assimilated Jews,” Eastern European Jewish readers were deeply fascinated by Freud—following his life, attending lectures, and eagerly consuming articles about “the most famous …
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Mar 23📚 Pathways into Library & Information Studies
Virtual (Zoom)
Explore what the MA in Library and Information Studies actually looks like through the experiences of three current students who began their academic paths in the UW–Madison English Department. This graduate panel is designed especially for undergraduates who are curious about LIS pathways, coursework, and career directions. Attendees will hear personal perspectives and have the …
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Mar 21🗣️Midwest Undergraduate Conference on the Humanities (MUCH)
Undergraduates from across the Midwest and beyond will gather at UW–Madison to share their work in a day-long celebration of humanities scholarship. The conference features student panels chaired by graduate students, themed faculty panels, and creative writing showcases. Attendance is free and includes catered lunch. Each presenter will give a 10–15 minute talk, with creative …
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Mar 14🧠 Center for Culture History and Environment (CHE) Graduate Symposium
Dr. Sarah Dimick
Pyle Conference Center, Room 213
The Nelson Institute’s Center for Culture, History, and the Environment (CHE) invites you to the CHE Graduate Student Symposium 2026. Hosted by CHE’s Graduate Associate Organizing Committee and co‑sponsored by the English Department, this year’s theme, Agency in the Anthropocene, asks participants to consider how agency intersects with the environment. The symposium features talks by …
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Mar 12🌍 Passport to Postgrad: Exploring Graduate School Abroad
Online
Are you interested in attending graduate school outside of the United States? Join this virtual panel featuring UW alumni from humanities and language programs to learn what it takes to pursue graduate studies internationally. Panelists will discuss applying to programs in other countries, identifying funding opportunities, navigating new academic systems, and more. Bring your questions …