Past Events
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May 13Constellations Study Jam!
6191 Helen C. White
You’re all invited to the end of semester Constellations Study Jam! This event is designed to give undergrads in Constellations courses a space to study together. Please stop by if you are able! There will be pizzas for a variety of dietary needs and drinks!
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May 12An Evening with Jane Hirshfield
Central Library, Rooms 301-302 201 W. Mifflin Street
The English department is partnering with the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies to host an event, welcoming an award-winning poet, essayist, and translator, Jane Hirshfileld. Hirshfiled will give a reading from her recent work The Asking: New and Selected Poems, which will be followed by a discussion and Q&A led by our own Dr. …
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May 2Medieval Studies events with Holly Crocker
Elvehjem 150 (Hagen Room)
Professor Holly Crocker (English, University of South Carolina) will give a workshop and talk for the Medieval Studies Program on Friday, May 2nd, at 2 pm in Elvehjem 150 (Hagen Room). The workshop for graduate students and faculty/staff will be focused on the introduction to Crocker’s award-winning monograph The Matter of Virtue: Women’s Ethical Action from Chaucer to …
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Apr 30The Yiddish Patient: Postwar Illness and the Sanatorium in Daniel Charney’s Oyfn Shvel Fun Yener Velt
Zoom
Jacqueline Krass (Ph.D candidate in lit studies) will be giving a talk, “The Yiddish Patient: Postwar Illness and the Sanatorium in Daniel Charney’s Oyfn Shvel Fun Yener Velt [On the Threshold of the Other World]” on Wednesday, Apr 30 at 1:00 pm via Zoom. More information and registration are available at this link: https://yivo.org/The-Yiddish-Patient
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Apr 27English Undergraduate Awards Ceremony
Alumni Room, Pyle Center
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Apr 24Careers in Writing
Zoom: https://tinyurl.com/careers-in-writing
Careers in Writing Thursday, April 24, 4:30 PM on Zoom: https://tinyurl.com/careers-in-writing Join us for a panel on professional writing careers featuring English alumnus HJ Nelson (science fiction novelist), alumnus Sammy Gibbons (USA Today journalist), and Professor Ainehi Edoro (faculty and founder of Brittle Paper literary forum). Contact ekincaid2@wisc.edu for questions or needs.
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Apr 24Care on the Page: A Conversation with The Madison Journal of Literary Criticism Staff
HCW 7191
The Madison Journal of Literary Criticism is an international, abolitionist, literary magazine and study group on UW–Madison’s campus. For this event, members of the MJLC staff will be speaking from their experiences on staff, the organization’s mission, and the upcoming edition of the MJLC: Care. This will be a facilitated conversation among the panelists, and …
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Apr 22English 516 Poster Symposium: Explore Research in Grammar
Helen C. White 6191
Join us for the English 516 Poster Symposium! Students will present their research on English grammar through engaging posters. Stop by to explore their work and ask questions. Click here for more information.
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Apr 17Creative Writers in Conversation: Ajanaé Dawkins & Amy Quan Barry
Zoom
The English department community is invited to an exciting, moderated conversation with esteemed writers: UW–Madison alumnus Ajanaé Dawkins, recent winner of the 2025 Early Career Alumni Award, and Professor of Creative Writing, Amy Quan Barry. Join us in discussion about writing practices, Ajanaé’s undergraduate time at UW working with AQB, and these writers’ current projects, including …
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Apr 9CHE Environmental Colloquium – Mechanical Angels: Satellites, Cosmology, and Capitalism
110 Science Hall
Professor Frédéric Neyrat is giving a talk entitled “Mechanical Angels: Satellites, Cosmology, and Capitalism” at the CHE Environmental Colloquium In April. In this talk, Professor Neyrat will explore the way in which satellites may contribute to the different formation of technological futures in the age of AI capitalism. You can find more information here.