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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