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

Sunday, February 12, 2012

Optimizing Career Resilience & Planning 41 Wyllys 101 (Olson Career Commons) at 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM

Monday, February 13, 2012

Professor Sharon Krause "Embodied Agency and Democratic Politics: Affect, Inequality, Responsibility" (CHUM Lecture Series) Russell House All Rooms at 04:30 PM - 06:30 PM

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

FDAC Artful Lunch Series with David Schorr DAC Alsop House Dining Room at 12:10 PM - 01:00 PM Free

"American Exceptionalism: Travels in Korea" given by Peter Kilby Wasch Center Butterfield Room at 04:15 PM - 06:15 PM

Beyond Apologies and Melodramas: The U.S. Public Health Service STD Studies in Tuskegee and Guatemala presented by Susan Reverby 41 Wyllys Room 112 (Classroom) at 04:15 PM - 05:30 PM

When Your Job Goes South: Bad Bosses, Creepy Co-workers, Termination, & Other Fun Stuff 41 Wyllys 101 (Olson Career Commons) at 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM

Daniyal Mueenuddin Russell House All Rooms at 08:00 PM - 10:00 PM Free and open to the public.

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Novel Careers: From Day Job to the Pulitzer 41 Wyllys Room 114 (Classroom) at 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM

Sally Haslanger, Social Explanation and Social Structure. Russell House All Rooms at 04:15 PM - 06:00 PM Free

Pearl Primus Film Studies 190 (Powell Family Cinema) at 04:30 PM - 06:00 PM Free

Changing the Rules of the Game: Shaping Market Systems to Create Social and Environmental Good Usdan 108 (Taylor Meeting Room) at 04:30 PM - 08:00 PM

Feas Lecture Series: Strange Times: Cannibalism and Capitalist Kitsch FEAS Seminar Room (Mary Houghton Freeman Room) at 04:30 PM - 06:00 PM Free

Working Abroad: A Wes Student Travel Alert! 41 Wyllys Room 115 (Classroom) at 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM

Friday, February 17, 2012

"Ki" seminar: Lecture and Demonstration of "Ki" by Riichi KItano FEAS Seminar Room (Mary Houghton Freeman Room) at 05:00 PM - 07:30 PM Free

Monday, February 20, 2012

The Library as an Archive, or Poetry and the Historian Allbritton 311 (Shapiro Creative Writing Center) at 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM none

Democracy, Development, and the Puzzling Success of Brazil PAC 002 (Class of 1965 Classroom) at 04:15 PM - 06:00 PM

Professor Elizabeth Povinelli "The Dwelling Science: Embodiment, Obligation, Knowledge" (CHUM Lecture Series) Russell House All Rooms at 04:30 PM - 06:30 PM

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

UES Info Session 41 Wyllys 101 (Olson Career Commons) at 05:30 PM - 06:45 PM

Working Domestic: Staying in the USA 41 Wyllys 101 (Olson Career Commons) at 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Shades of Gray: Starting off on the Right Foot 41 Wyllys Room 115 (Classroom) at 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM

"The significance of Taiwan's January 14th presidental election for the U.S. and China" given by Richard Kagan Wasch Center Butterfield Room at 04:15 PM - 06:15 PM

Approaching Apothecary: Lecture by Professor of Art David Schorr CFA Hall at 04:30 PM - 05:30 PM Free Admission

It's All About the Money: Personal Finance 101 41 Wyllys 101 (Olson Career Commons) at 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM

Robert Sullivan Russell House All Rooms at 08:00 PM - 10:00 PM Free and open to the public.

Thursday, February 23, 2012

Dr. Lynn Adler, "Pretty and poisonous: the role of plant defenses in flowers" Shanklin 107 (Kerr Lecture Hall) at 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM free

More Than Dollars & Cents - Understanding Your Compensation Package 41 Wyllys Room 114 (Classroom) at 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM

FEAS Lecture Series: Alternative Models for Social Organization during the Longshan Period in China FEAS Seminar Room (Mary Houghton Freeman Room) at 04:30 PM - 06:00 PM Free

English Major Talk Series: Serious Sisters: Representations of Black Womanhood by Grace Ross Downey 113 (Hobbs Classroom) at 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM

Saturday, February 25, 2012

Wesleyan University Career Center Forum 41 Wyllys 101 (Olson Career Commons) at 10:00 AM - 03:45 PM

Sunday, February 26, 2012

Management and Leadership with Jim Dresser '62 41 Wyllys 101 (Olson Career Commons) at 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM

Monday, February 27, 2012

Professor Colin Wayne Leach "Just Feeling? Emotion in Civic Life" (CHUM Lecture Series) Russell House All Rooms at 04:30 PM - 06:30 PM

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

FEAS Lecture Series: Reshaping Collective Consciousness: Hebrew and Chinese Narrative on the Holocaust and Nanking Massacre (1960-1980) FEAS Seminar Room (Mary Houghton Freeman Room) at 04:30 PM - 06:00 PM Free

English Dept Lecture Series: "Striking Things" by Lynn Festa Downey 113 (Hobbs Classroom) at 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

"Another Arab Spring: An Historian's Long View" given by Bruce Masters Wasch Center Butterfield Room at 04:15 PM - 06:15 PM

Medieval Studies Program Spring 2012 Lecture 41 Wyllys Room 112 (Classroom) at 04:30 PM - 06:30 PM none

Colum McCann Memorial Chapel at 08:00 PM - 09:00 PM Free and open to the public.

Thursday, March 01, 2012

Dr. Scott Hawley, The Molecular Structure of Meiosis Shanklin 107 (Kerr Lecture Hall) at 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM free

Lydia Goehr, The Agon of Improvising - on Broken Strings: Toward a Theory of Fit and Wit. Russell House All Rooms at 04:15 PM - 06:00 PM free

Jennifer Knust Lecture: "A Biblical Sex Scandal? Noah, Ham, and the Curse of Canaan" CAAS Lounge (Vanguard Lounge) at 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM

Monday, March 05, 2012

Professor Sonali Chakravarti "Anger and Justice after Mass Violence: Lessons from Adam Smith" (CHUM Lecture Series) Russell House All Rooms at 04:30 PM - 06:30 PM

Thursday, March 08, 2012

Dr. Armin Moczek, "On the origins of novelty and diversity in development and evolution: a case study on beetle horns" Shanklin 107 (Kerr Lecture Hall) at 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM free

FEAS Lecture Series: Tohoku Earthquake/Tsunami & Disaster, Food, and Fishing: The Aftermath of March 11 FEAS Seminar Room (Mary Houghton Freeman Room) at 05:00 PM - 06:30 PM Free

Monday, March 26, 2012

Professor Leah M. Wright "Law, Order, and Social Justice? Black Republicans, Linked Fate, and the Pursuit of Power, 1965-1976" (CHUM Lecture Series) Russell House All Rooms at 04:30 PM - 06:30 PM

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Sturm Lecture: "Making the Invisible Sun Visible" by Dr. Alan M. Title (Lockheed Martin) Usdan 300 (Daniel Family Commons & Lounge) at 07:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

FDAC Artful Lunch Series with Michael Roth DAC Alsop House Dining Room at 12:10 PM - 01:00 PM Free

"Redescribing Christian Origins" given by Ron Cameron Wasch Center Butterfield Room at 04:15 PM - 06:15 PM

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Promise and Peril: America at the Dawn of a Global Age Allbritton 311 (Shapiro Creative Writing Center) at 04:00 PM - 06:00 PM none

FEAS Lecture Series: Murakami Ryz and the Madonna Horror Complex FEAS Seminar Room (Mary Houghton Freeman Room) at 04:30 PM - 06:00 PM Free

Friday, March 30, 2012

Pre-Performance Talk: Chunky Move CFA Hall at 07:15 PM - 07:45 PM $21 general public; $18 senior citizens, Wesleyan faculty/staff, non-Wesleyan students; $6 Wesleyan students

Tuesday, April 03, 2012

Amitav Ghosh Memorial Chapel at 08:00 PM - 09:30 PM Free and open to the public.

Wednesday, April 04, 2012

CAAS 18th Annual Distinguished Lecture Lonnie Bunch Fayerweather 202 (Beckham Hall) at 08:00 PM - 09:30 PM Free

Thursday, April 05, 2012

Faculty Lunch Series - DFC Closed Usdan 300 (Daniel Family Commons & Lounge) at 11:30 AM - 01:15 PM

FEAS Lecture Series: Asian Tiger or Fragile Dragon? Understanding China's Development Model FEAS Seminar Room (Mary Houghton Freeman Room) at 04:30 PM - 06:00 PM Free

Diane Weiss '80 Memorial Lecture presented by Rebecca Jordan-Young PAC 001 (Hansel Lecture Hall) at 08:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Monday, April 09, 2012

Professor J Kehaulani Kauanui "The Savage Paradoxes of Hawaiian Sovereignty" (CHUM Lecture Series) Russell House All Rooms at 04:30 PM - 06:30 PM

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

"Perspectives on Continuing Education" given by Sheryl Culotta Wasch Center Butterfield Room at 04:15 PM - 06:15 PM

Dorothy Wickenden Russell House All Rooms at 08:00 PM - 10:00 PM Free and open to the public.

Thursday, April 12, 2012

Susanne Sreedhar, "Sex and the Social Contract." Russell House All Rooms at 04:15 PM - 06:00 PM Free

FEAS Lecture Series: China's Frustrated Quest for Global Influence FEAS Seminar Room (Mary Houghton Freeman Room) at 04:30 PM - 06:00 PM Free

Saturday, April 14, 2012

Pre-Concert Talk: Fernando Otero Quartet Crowell Concert Hall at 07:15 PM - 07:45 PM $23 general public; $18 senior citizens, Wesleyan faculty/staff, non-Wesleyan students, $6 Wesleyan students

Monday, April 16, 2012

Professor Wendy Bellion "What Statues Remember: Sculpture and Affect in Nineteenth-Century New York" (CHUM Lecture Series) Russell House All Rooms at 04:30 PM - 06:30 PM

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Sam Lipsyte Russell House All Rooms at 08:00 PM - 10:00 PM Free and open to the public.

Thursday, April 19, 2012

Shasha Seminar for Human Concerns: The Political Economy of Oil Memorial Chapel at 08:00 PM - 10:30 PM Keynote address is free and open to the public on a first come, first served basis

FEAS Freeman Lecture: Post 3/11 Japanese Economy FEAS Seminar Room (Mary Houghton Freeman Room) at 08:00 PM - 09:00 PM Free

Monday, April 23, 2012

Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow Neetu Khanna "Poetics of Progressive Feeling: Affects of Empire and the All-India Progressive Writers Association" (CHUM Lecture Series) Russell House All Rooms at 04:30 PM - 06:30 PM

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

FDAC Artful Lunch Series with Joe Siry DAC Alsop House Dining Room at 12:10 PM - 01:00 PM Free

"Sustainable Human Life: Oxymoron or Possibility?" given by John Hall Wasch Center Butterfield Room at 04:15 PM - 06:15 PM

Thursday, April 26, 2012

Dr. James Haber, "Maintaining genome stability by repairing chromosomal breaks" Shanklin 107 (Kerr Lecture Hall) at 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM free

FEAS Lecture Series: Chen Yinke (1890-1969) The Quiet Giant of China's Culture Wars FEAS Seminar Room (Mary Houghton Freeman Room) at 04:30 PM - 06:00 PM Free

Monday, April 30, 2012

Professor Patricia Rodriguez Mosquera "Muslims' Experience of Devaluation: Gendered Images, Gendered Sentiments" (CHUM Lecture Series) Russell House All Rooms at 04:30 PM - 06:30 PM

Thursday, May 03, 2012

Faculty Lunch Series - DFC Closed Usdan 300 (Daniel Family Commons & Lounge) at 11:30 AM - 01:15 PM

Wednesday, May 09, 2012

Winners of Wesleyan's 2012 Writing Prizes Russell House All Rooms at 08:00 PM - 10:00 PM Free and open to the public.

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

"Watershed Moments: Yale, 1928; Wesleyan, 1962" given by David Potts Wasch Center Butterfield Room at 04:15 PM - 06:15 PM