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

Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Grant Writing with Ann Faust Allbritton 103 at 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Wasch Center Program Events Wasch Center Butterfield Room at 04:15 PM - 06:30 PM

Stem Cells on the Brain: from Politics to Therapies Usdan 108 (Taylor Meeting Room) at 05:15 PM - 06:15 PM

Thursday, February 11, 2010

Dr. Ertugrul Ozbudak, "Global analysis of the regulatory landscaape controlling differentitations and segmentation of muscle precursors" Shanklin 107 (Kerr Lecture Hall) at 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM free

Poetry Reading by Elena Fanailova Downey 200 (Lounge) at 04:15 PM - 06:00 PM

Writer's Out Loud: Literary Open Mic Green Street Performance Studio at 06:30 PM - 09:00 PM $3 Members, Students, Seniors $5 Non-Members

Friday, February 12, 2010

CHEM-522-01 Chemistry Symposia II, Professor Ming Tien, Penn State University, "Biological Lignocellulose Degradation: from Pure Culture Studies to Metagenomes" Hall-Atwater 84 (Hayes Applera Corporation) at 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM Free

Monday, February 15, 2010

Lecture: IFE's Paris Field Study and Internship Program Romance Languages Common Room at 04:15 PM - 05:30 PM

Rape Trauma, Combat Trauma, and the Making of PTSD: Feminist Fiction in the 1970s Russell House All Rooms at 08:00 PM - 10:00 PM Free

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Environmental Studies Open House Usdan 108 (Taylor Meeting Room) at 11:45 AM - 01:15 PM

Book Signing and Reading with Katja Kolcio Broad Street Books, 45 Broad Street, Middletown at 04:00 PM - 07:00 PM

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Dr. Pratip Bhattacharya, " Hyperpolarization: the emerging techniques for real time imaging and spectroscopy in vivo" Shanklin 107 (Kerr Lecture Hall) at 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM free

Ellen Gerdes Shen Wei Dance Arts: Philosophy in Body Calligraphy FEAS Seminar Room (Mary Houghton Freeman Room) at 04:30 PM - 06:00 PM

Friday, February 19, 2010

CHEM-522-01 Chemistry Symposia II, Professor Kirk Peterson, Washington State University Hall-Atwater 84 (Hayes Applera Corporation) at 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM Free

Sunday, February 21, 2010

Sunday Salon with Peter Patton: Water Crisis and Environmental Change in the American West Green Street Performance Studio at 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM $3 Members, Students, Seniors $5 Non-Members Wesleyan students free

Monday, February 22, 2010

War and the Nation Russell House All Rooms at 08:00 PM - 10:00 PM Free

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Wasch Center Program Events Wasch Center Butterfield Room at 04:15 PM - 06:30 PM

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Dr. Eric Nestler, "Molecular Mechanisms of Drug Addiction" Shanklin 107 (Kerr Lecture Hall) at 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM free

PHYS-522-01 Physics Colloquium II ESC 058 at 04:15 PM - 06:00 PM

Peter Perdue On Exhausting the Earth FEAS Seminar Room (Mary Houghton Freeman Room) at 04:30 PM - 06:00 PM

Friday, February 26, 2010

Psychology Colloquium Series ESC 121 at 11:15 AM - 01:15 PM

Monday, March 01, 2010

Blank Spots on the Map: State Secrecy and the Limits of the Visible Russell House All Rooms at 08:00 PM - 10:00 PM Free

Wednesday, March 03, 2010

Wasch Center Program Events Wasch Center Butterfield Room at 04:15 PM - 06:30 PM

David Henry Hwang Memorial Chapel at 07:00 PM - 08:15 PM Free

Thursday, March 04, 2010

Lecture: Josiah Blackmore Romance Languages Common Room at 04:15 PM - 06:00 PM

PHYS-522-01 Physics Colloquium II ESC 058 at 04:15 PM - 06:00 PM

Jewish Time/Christian Time: Calendar and Polemic in Early Modern Europe PAC 004 at 04:30 PM - 06:15 PM

Monday, March 22, 2010

War in Flanders in 1127-28 Russell House All Rooms at 08:00 PM - 10:00 PM Free

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Wasch Center Program Events Wasch Center Butterfield Room at 04:15 PM - 06:30 PM

Thursday, March 25, 2010

Dr. Ofer Tchernichovski, "Developmental song learning in the zebra finch: from sensory development to cultural evolution" Shanklin 107 (Kerr Lecture Hall) at 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM free

PHYS-522-01 Physics Colloquium II ESC 058 at 04:15 PM - 06:00 PM

FEAS Lecture Events Programs FEAS Seminar Room (Mary Houghton Freeman Room) at 04:30 PM - 06:00 PM Free

Friday, March 26, 2010

CHEM-522-01 Chemistry Symposia II, Professor William Klemperer, Harvard University, "The Chemistry of the Universe" Hall-Atwater 84 (Hayes Applera Corporation) at 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM Free

Thursday, April 01, 2010

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

Dr. A. Keith Dunker, "Intrinsic Protein Disorder and Cell Signaling" Shanklin 107 (Kerr Lecture Hall) at 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM free

PHYS-522-01 Physics Colloquium II ESC 058 at 04:15 PM - 06:00 PM

FEAS Lecture Events Programs FEAS Seminar Room (Mary Houghton Freeman Room) at 04:30 PM - 06:00 PM

Monday, April 05, 2010

Fascism and the Sacred: Sites of Inquiry After (or Along with) Trauma Russell House All Rooms at 08:00 PM - 10:00 PM Free

Wednesday, April 07, 2010

Wasch Center Program Events Wasch Center Butterfield Room at 04:15 PM - 06:30 PM

Thursday, April 08, 2010

PHYS-522-01 Physics Colloquium II ESC 058 at 04:15 PM - 06:00 PM

Gideon Shelach On Memory and Objects FEAS Seminar Room (Mary Houghton Freeman Room) at 04:30 PM - 06:00 PM

Friday, April 09, 2010

CHEM-522-01 Chemistry Symposia II, Professor Robert Birge, University of Connecticut, "Protein-Based Volumetric Memories, Associative Processors and Artificial Retinas." Hall-Atwater 84 (Hayes Applera Corporation) at 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM Free

Monday, April 12, 2010

Tour of the Freeman Family Japanese Garden FEAS Seminar Room (Mary Houghton Freeman Room) at 04:30 PM - 06:00 PM

Justice from the Victim's Perspective Russell House All Rooms at 08:00 PM - 10:00 PM Free

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Sound Opinions with Greg Kot and Jim Deragotis CFA Hall at 05:00 PM - 06:30 PM Free

Zhang Longxi 35th Annual Freeman Lecture Nature and Landscape in the Chinese Tradition FEAS Seminar Room (Mary Houghton Freeman Room) at 08:00 PM - 09:30 PM

Friday, April 16, 2010

35th Annual Freeman Lecture FEAS Seminar Room (Mary Houghton Freeman Room) at 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Psychology Colloquium Series ESC 121 at 11:15 AM - 01:15 PM

CHEM-522-01 Chemistry Symposia II, Professor Lai-Sheng Wang, Brown University, "Probing the Unique Electronic and Atomic Structures of Nano-Clusters and Solution Chemistry in the Gas Phase" Hall-Atwater 84 (Hayes Applera Corporation) at 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM Free

Monday, April 19, 2010

Paradoxes of International Justice Russell House All Rooms at 08:00 PM - 10:00 PM Free

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Wasch Center Program Events Wasch Center Butterfield Room at 04:15 PM - 06:30 PM

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Dr. Colin Orians, "Beyond chemical defenses: Do herbivores induce tolerance and resistance traits?" Shanklin 107 (Kerr Lecture Hall) at 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM free

PHYS-522-01 Physics Colloquium II ESC 058 at 04:15 PM - 06:00 PM

Andrew Pekarik Poetry in and of the Garden FEAS Seminar Room (Mary Houghton Freeman Room) at 04:30 PM - 06:00 PM Free

Friday, April 23, 2010

CHEM-522-01 Chemistry Symposia II, Professor James Zimmerman, Montclair State University, "How do we know what our students know? Classroom Assessment Techniques" Hall-Atwater 84 (Hayes Applera Corporation) at 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM Free

Monday, April 26, 2010

Thinking Beyond War Russell House All Rooms at 08:00 PM - 10:00 PM Free

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Su Zheng Shen Yuns Global Mission: A Tool of Falun Gong FEAS Seminar Room (Mary Houghton Freeman Room) at 04:15 PM - 05:30 PM

Thursday, April 29, 2010

Dr. Monica Colaiacovo, "Mechanisms underlying accurate meiotic chromosome segregation in C. elegans" Shanklin 107 (Kerr Lecture Hall) at 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM free

Friday, April 30, 2010

Psychology Colloquium Series ESC 121 at 11:15 AM - 01:15 PM

Monday, May 03, 2010

Japanese Tea Ceremony Demonstration and Tour of the Freeman Family Japanese Garden FEAS Tatami Room at 04:30 PM - 06:00 PM

Re-thinking Feminism's Sex Wars: Theorizing Male Violence in the Age of Reagan Russell House All Rooms at 08:00 PM - 10:00 PM Free

Tuesday, May 04, 2010

A Celebration of Silent Sounds World Music Hall at 07:00 PM - 10:00 PM Free

Thursday, May 06, 2010

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

Saturday, May 08, 2010

Tour of the Freeman Family Japanese Garden FEAS Seminar Room (Mary Houghton Freeman Room) at 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Monday, January 10, 2011

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