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
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Sunday,
February
12, 2012 |
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Optimizing Career Resilience & Planning
41 Wyllys 101 (Olson Career Commons) at 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
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Monday,
February
13, 2012 |
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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
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Wednesday,
February
15, 2012 |
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FDAC Artful Lunch Series with David Schorr
DAC Alsop House Dining Room at 12:10 PM - 01:00 PM Free
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"American Exceptionalism: Travels in Korea" given by Peter Kilby
Wasch Center Butterfield Room at 04:15 PM - 06:15 PM
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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
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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
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Daniyal Mueenuddin
Russell House All Rooms at 08:00 PM - 10:00 PM Free and open to the public.
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Thursday,
February
16, 2012 |
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Novel Careers: From Day Job to the Pulitzer
41 Wyllys Room 114 (Classroom) at 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
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Sally Haslanger, Social Explanation and Social Structure.
Russell House All Rooms at 04:15 PM - 06:00 PM Free
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Pearl Primus
Film Studies 190 (Powell Family Cinema) at 04:30 PM - 06:00 PM Free
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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
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Feas Lecture Series: Strange Times: Cannibalism and Capitalist Kitsch
FEAS Seminar Room (Mary Houghton Freeman Room) at 04:30 PM - 06:00 PM Free
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Working Abroad: A Wes Student Travel Alert!
41 Wyllys Room 115 (Classroom) at 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM
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Friday,
February
17, 2012 |
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"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
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Monday,
February
20, 2012 |
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The Library as an Archive, or Poetry and the Historian
Allbritton 311 (Shapiro Creative Writing Center) at 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM none
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Democracy, Development, and the Puzzling Success of Brazil
PAC 002 (Class of 1965 Classroom) at 04:15 PM - 06:00 PM
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Professor Elizabeth Povinelli "The Dwelling Science: Embodiment, Obligation, Knowledge" (CHUM Lecture Series)
Russell House All Rooms at 04:30 PM - 06:30 PM
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Tuesday,
February
21, 2012 |
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UES Info Session
41 Wyllys 101 (Olson Career Commons) at 05:30 PM - 06:45 PM
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Working Domestic: Staying in the USA
41 Wyllys 101 (Olson Career Commons) at 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM
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Wednesday,
February
22, 2012 |
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Shades of Gray: Starting off on the Right Foot
41 Wyllys Room 115 (Classroom) at 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
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"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
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Approaching Apothecary: Lecture by Professor of Art David Schorr
CFA Hall at 04:30 PM - 05:30 PM Free Admission
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It's All About the Money: Personal Finance 101
41 Wyllys 101 (Olson Career Commons) at 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM
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Robert Sullivan
Russell House All Rooms at 08:00 PM - 10:00 PM Free and open to the public.
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Thursday,
February
23, 2012 |
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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
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More Than Dollars & Cents - Understanding Your Compensation Package
41 Wyllys Room 114 (Classroom) at 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
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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
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English Major Talk Series: Serious Sisters: Representations of Black Womanhood by Grace Ross
Downey 113 (Hobbs Classroom) at 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM
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Saturday,
February
25, 2012 |
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Wesleyan University Career Center Forum
41 Wyllys 101 (Olson Career Commons) at 10:00 AM - 03:45 PM
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Sunday,
February
26, 2012 |
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Management and Leadership with Jim Dresser '62
41 Wyllys 101 (Olson Career Commons) at 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
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Monday,
February
27, 2012 |
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Professor Colin Wayne Leach "Just Feeling? Emotion in Civic Life" (CHUM Lecture Series)
Russell House All Rooms at 04:30 PM - 06:30 PM
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Tuesday,
February
28, 2012 |
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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
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English Dept Lecture Series: "Striking Things" by Lynn Festa
Downey 113 (Hobbs Classroom) at 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM
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Wednesday,
February
29, 2012 |
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"Another Arab Spring: An Historian's Long View" given by Bruce Masters
Wasch Center Butterfield Room at 04:15 PM - 06:15 PM
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Medieval Studies Program Spring 2012 Lecture
41 Wyllys Room 112 (Classroom) at 04:30 PM - 06:30 PM none
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Colum McCann
Memorial Chapel at 08:00 PM - 09:00 PM Free and open to the public.
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Thursday,
March
01, 2012 |
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Dr. Scott Hawley, The Molecular Structure of Meiosis
Shanklin 107 (Kerr Lecture Hall) at 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM free
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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
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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
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Monday,
March
05, 2012 |
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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
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Thursday,
March
08, 2012 |
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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
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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
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Monday,
March
26, 2012 |
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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
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Tuesday,
March
27, 2012 |
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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
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Wednesday,
March
28, 2012 |
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FDAC Artful Lunch Series with Michael Roth
DAC Alsop House Dining Room at 12:10 PM - 01:00 PM Free
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"Redescribing Christian Origins" given by Ron Cameron
Wasch Center Butterfield Room at 04:15 PM - 06:15 PM
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Thursday,
March
29, 2012 |
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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
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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
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Friday,
March
30, 2012 |
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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
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Tuesday,
April
03, 2012 |
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Amitav Ghosh
Memorial Chapel at 08:00 PM - 09:30 PM Free and open to the public.
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Wednesday,
April
04, 2012 |
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CAAS 18th Annual Distinguished Lecture Lonnie Bunch
Fayerweather 202 (Beckham Hall) at 08:00 PM - 09:30 PM Free
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Thursday,
April
05, 2012 |
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Faculty Lunch Series - DFC Closed
Usdan 300 (Daniel Family Commons & Lounge) at 11:30 AM - 01:15 PM
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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
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Diane Weiss '80 Memorial Lecture presented by Rebecca Jordan-Young
PAC 001 (Hansel Lecture Hall) at 08:00 PM - 10:00 PM
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Monday,
April
09, 2012 |
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Professor J Kehaulani Kauanui "The Savage Paradoxes of Hawaiian Sovereignty" (CHUM Lecture Series)
Russell House All Rooms at 04:30 PM - 06:30 PM
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Wednesday,
April
11, 2012 |
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"Perspectives on Continuing Education" given by Sheryl Culotta
Wasch Center Butterfield Room at 04:15 PM - 06:15 PM
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Dorothy Wickenden
Russell House All Rooms at 08:00 PM - 10:00 PM Free and open to the public.
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Thursday,
April
12, 2012 |
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Susanne Sreedhar, "Sex and the Social Contract."
Russell House All Rooms at 04:15 PM - 06:00 PM Free
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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
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Saturday,
April
14, 2012 |
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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
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Monday,
April
16, 2012 |
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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
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Wednesday,
April
18, 2012 |
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Sam Lipsyte
Russell House All Rooms at 08:00 PM - 10:00 PM Free and open to the public.
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Thursday,
April
19, 2012 |
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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
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FEAS Freeman Lecture: Post 3/11 Japanese Economy
FEAS Seminar Room (Mary Houghton Freeman Room) at 08:00 PM - 09:00 PM Free
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Monday,
April
23, 2012 |
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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
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Wednesday,
April
25, 2012 |
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FDAC Artful Lunch Series with Joe Siry
DAC Alsop House Dining Room at 12:10 PM - 01:00 PM Free
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"Sustainable Human Life: Oxymoron or Possibility?" given by John Hall
Wasch Center Butterfield Room at 04:15 PM - 06:15 PM
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Thursday,
April
26, 2012 |
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Dr. James Haber, "Maintaining genome stability by repairing chromosomal breaks"
Shanklin 107 (Kerr Lecture Hall) at 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM free
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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
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Monday,
April
30, 2012 |
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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
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Thursday,
May
03, 2012 |
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Faculty Lunch Series - DFC Closed
Usdan 300 (Daniel Family Commons & Lounge) at 11:30 AM - 01:15 PM
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Wednesday,
May
09, 2012 |
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Winners of Wesleyan's 2012 Writing Prizes
Russell House All Rooms at 08:00 PM - 10:00 PM Free and open to the public.
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Wednesday,
May
23, 2012 |
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"Watershed Moments: Yale, 1928; Wesleyan, 1962" given by David Potts
Wasch Center Butterfield Room at 04:15 PM - 06:15 PM
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