Welcome to University Lectures

Wesleyan University offers lectures throughout the year that celebrate academic excellence and liberal arts education. Lectures take place both on and off campus, and most are free and open to the public. Learn more…

Upcoming Lectures

Monday, November 09, 2009

Professor Jonathan Cutler: "Who's Bad? Capitalism, Morality, and The Sub-Prime Mortgage Crisis" The Green Room @ Alpha Delta Phi at 04:15 PM free admission

Before Trauma: Doppelgangers and Psychological Violence in Yumeno Kyūsaku's "Dogura Magura" (1935) by Miri Nakamura, Assistant Professor of Asian Languages and Literatures and East Asian Studies, Wesleyan University Russell House All Rooms at 08:00 PM - 10:00 PM Free

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

P. Steinfels Lecture: Religion and Democracy in a Post-Secular Era Usdan 108 (Taylor Meeting Room) at 05:00 PM - 06:30 PM

20 Years After the Berlin Wall Allbritton 103 at 07:00 PM - 09:30 PM

Local author, conservationist to give author talk in Russell Library! Hubbard Room, Russell Library (123 Broad St. Middletown, CT) at 07:00 PM - 08:15 PM

Peter Steinfels Lecture: How Are We Catholic in a Post Secular Society Usdan 110 (Andersen Meeting Room) at 07:30 PM - 09:00 PM

Writing at Wesleyan: Jill Hunting Russell House All Rooms at 08:00 PM - 10:00 PM Free

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Econ. Dept. Seminar PAC 125 at 04:10 PM - 06:10 PM

Lecture by Dan Bahat, A leading Israeli Archaeologist, University of Toronto Downey 113 (Hobbs Classroom) at 08:00 PM - 10:30 PM none

Thursday, November 12, 2009

FEAS: Norman Kutcher: Associate Professor History Department, Syracuse University FEAS Seminar Room (Mary Houghton Freeman Room) at 04:30 PM - 06:00 PM This event is free and open to the public.

PHYS-521-01 Physics Colloquium I ESC 058 at 04:30 PM - 06:00 PM

Writers Out loud: Literary Open Mic Green Street Performance Studio at 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM $3 members, $5 non-members

Friday, November 13, 2009

Chemistry Symposia I, Dr. Holly Soutter, Pfizer "Enzymatic and structural studies of Transglycosylase, an essential bacterial enzyme" Hall-Atwater 84 (Hayes Applera Corporation) at 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Reading and Book Signing with Dr. Mel Goldstein Broad Street Books, 45 Broad Street at 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM

Sunday, November 15, 2009

SARN Peer Advisors: Exam Taking ESC 184 (Woodhead Lounge) at 07:15 PM - 08:30 PM

Monday, November 16, 2009

What Makes a New War? Some Critical Reflections by Yves Winter, Andrew Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, Wesleyan University Russell House All Rooms at 08:00 PM - 10:00 PM Free

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Econ. Dept. Seminar PAC 125 at 04:10 PM - 06:10 PM

Program Talks Wasch Center Butterfield Room at 04:15 PM - 06:15 PM

Work in Progress presents a lecture by Michael Printy "Enlightenment's Reformation: Recasting German Protestantism, 1770-1830." Butterfield C100 (Lounge) at 04:15 PM - 06:00 PM

Writing at Wesleyan: Renee Gladman Russell House All Rooms at 08:00 PM - 10:00 PM Free

Thursday, November 19, 2009

FEAS: Ellen Widmer, Mayling Soong Professor, East Asian Languages & Literatures Wellesley College FEAS Seminar Room (Mary Houghton Freeman Room) at 04:30 PM - 06:00 PM This event is free and open to the public.

PHYS-521-01 Physics Colloquium I ESC 058 at 04:30 PM - 06:00 PM

Friday, November 20, 2009

Chemistry Symposia I, Prof. James Hofrichter, National Institute of Health "Ultrafast Protein Folding" Hall-Atwater 84 (Hayes Applera Corporation) at 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM

Sunday, November 22, 2009

Sunday Salon- Indira Karamcheti: Reading the Nobel Prize Writers Green Street Performance Studio at 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM $3 members, $5 non-members

Monday, November 23, 2009

Why Civil Resistance Works: Nonviolent Resistance as an Alternative to Armed Insurgency by Erica Chenoweth, Assistant Professor of Government, Wesleyan University Russell House All Rooms at 08:00 PM - 10:00 PM Free

Monday, November 30, 2009

George Shultz at the Negotiations Table by Ronald Schatz, Professor of History, Wesleyan University Russell House All Rooms at 08:00 PM - 10:00 PM Free

Wednesday, December 02, 2009

Econ. Dept. Seminar PAC 125 at 04:10 PM - 06:10 PM

Program Talks Wasch Center Butterfield Room at 04:15 PM - 06:15 PM

Thursday, December 03, 2009

Faculty Lunch Series Usdan 300 (Daniel FC & Lounge) at 11:30 AM - 01:15 PM

Dr. Roger Traub, "Very fast oscillations in the brain (>80 Hz) and neuronal gap junctions" ESC 121 at 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM free

FEAS: Kim Kono Assistant Professor, Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures Smith College FEAS Seminar Room (Mary Houghton Freeman Room) at 04:30 PM - 06:00 PM This event is free and open to the public.

PHYS-521-01 Physics Colloquium I ESC 058 at 04:30 PM - 06:00 PM

Friday, December 04, 2009

Chemistry Symposia I, Prof. Matthew Zimmt, Brown University TBA Hall-Atwater 84 (Hayes Applera Corporation) at 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM

Monday, December 07, 2009

Mourning War: A Story of Love and Greed in British America by Kirk Swinehart, Assistant Professor of History, Wesleyan University Russell House All Rooms at 08:00 PM - 10:00 PM Free

Wednesday, December 09, 2009

Econ. Dept. Seminar PAC 125 at 04:10 PM - 06:10 PM

Thursday, December 10, 2009

Writers Out loud: Literary Open Mic Green Street Performance Studio at 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM $3 members, $5 non-members

Friday, December 18, 2009

Winter Solstice Celebration Green Street Performance Studio at 05:00 PM - 07:30 PM Free

Thursday, February 04, 2010

Faculty Lunch Series Usdan 300 (Daniel FC & Lounge) at 11:30 AM - 01:15 PM

Thursday, April 01, 2010

Faculty Lunch Series Usdan 300 (Daniel FC & Lounge) at 11:30 AM - 01:15 PM

Thursday, May 06, 2010

Faculty Lunch Series Usdan 300 (Daniel FC & Lounge) at 11:30 AM - 01:15 PM

Monday, January 10, 2011

This is a test film screening PAC 002 (Class of 1965 Classroom) at 09:15 AM - 10:00 AM