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May 2022

 5    CHIIRS - The Ethics of Extinction: Anthropocene Fragments (L. Huffer)  1:00pm CANCELLED
 5    CHIIRS - Europe and Beyond  Virtual Happy Hour  5pm
 5    Great Works Seminar – Virgil’s Aeneid: Poem of Duty (Duquette/Thomas)  6:30pm
 9    ECAS Commencement Ceremonies
 9    Great Works Seminar - Readers of the Lost Arkhive: Afrofuturism, Black Speculative
       Fiction, and Special Collections (C. Fluker)  6pm
16   Great Works Seminar - Readers of the Lost Arkhive: Afrofuturism, Black Speculative
       Fiction, and Special Collections (C. Fluker)  6pm 
18   CHIIRS - el Club de lectura/LAA Una vez fui tú de Maria Hinojosa  6pm
23   Great Works Seminar - Readers of the Lost Arkhive: Afrofuturism, Black Speculative
       Fiction, and Special Collections (C. Fluker)  6pm
30   Great Works Seminar - Readers of the Lost Arkhive: Afrofuturism, Black Speculative
       Fiction, and Special Collections (C. Fluker)  6pm    

April 2022

 4    CHIIRS - Europe and Beyond  4:15pm
 5    Great Works Seminar - The 1960s in Global Perspective (S. Klug)  5pm
 6    Undergraduate Honors Colloquium @ Carlos Museum  4pm
 7    Great Works Seminar – Virgil’s Aeneid: Poem of Duty (Duquette/Thomas)  6:30pm
 8    Junior Faculty Workshop - 12pm
 8    Book Discussion (The White Indians of Mexican Cinema) with Dr. Mónica García Blizzard 3:15pm
7-9  Lovis Corinth Colloquium XII: Motus mixti et compositi: The Portrayal of Mixed and Compound 
       Emotions in the Visual and Literary Arts of Northern Europe: 1500 – 1700  9am
12   Great Works Seminar - The 1960s in Global Perspective (S. Klug)  5pm
12   CHIIRS - Contemporary Women Novelists (S. Still)  7pm
13   Fellows’ Works-in-Progress Lunch   12pm
13   Public Scholarship Forum - Talk by Christina E. Crawford, Art History @ Carlos Museum 4pm
13   CHIIRS - Transculturalism and Migrant Imagineries (S. Xavier)  4:15pm
14   Emerging Technologies – A talk with Tung-Hui Hu: "This Talk Was (Mostly) Written by a Human, or Two 
       Forgeries Using Big Data"  5pm
14   Great Works Seminar – Virgil’s Aeneid: Poem of Duty (Duquette/Thomas)  6:30pm
15   A Works In Progress Discission with Tung-Hui Hu  11am
18   Denis O'Hare and Lisa Peterson will present scenes from their latest play, A Song of Rome   4pm
19   Great Works Seminar - The 1960s in Global Perspective (S. Klug)  5pm
20   CHIIRS - el Club de lectura/LAA  Los abismos por Pilar Quintana  6pm
20   Great Works Seminar - W.E.B. Du Bois: Then and Now (I. Browne)  6:30pm
21   CHIIRS - The Ethics of Extinction: Anthropocene Fragments (L. Huffer)  11:00am  
21   Great Works Seminar – Virgil’s Aeneid: Poem of Duty (Duquette/Thomas)  6:30pm
25   ECAS Spring 2022 Classes End
28   Great Works Seminar – Virgil’s Aeneid: Poem of Duty (Duquette/Thomas)  6:30pm

March 2022
 
 2    CHIIRS - Transculturalism and Migrant Imagineries (S. Xavier)  4:15pm
10   Georgia Seminar - Common Good Atlanta: Breaking Down the Walls of Mass Incarceration
       with the Liberal Arts (H. Jacobs)  6:30pm
15   CHIIRS - Contemporary Women Novelists (S. Still)  7pm
16   Fellows’ Works-in-Progress Lunch   12pm
16   Humanities Honors Seminar  2pm
16   CHIIRS - el Club de lectura/LAA  Fantomas contra los vampiros multinacionales por Julio Cortazar 6pm
17   CHIIRS - The Ethics of Extinction: Anthropocene Fragments (L. Huffer)  11:00am  
17   Georgia Seminar - Common Good Atlanta: Breaking Down the Walls of Mass Incarceration
       with the Liberal Arts (H. Jacobs)  6:30pm
22   Great Works Seminar - The 1960s in Global Perspective (S. Klug) 5pm
23   Fellows’ Works-in-Progress Lunch   12pm
24   Georgia Seminar - Common Good Atlanta: Breaking Down the Walls of Mass Incarceration
       with the Liberal Arts (H. Jacobs)  6:30pm
25   Digital Publishing in the Humanities Workshop: What is a Digital Monograph?  9am
29   Great Works Seminar - The 1960s in Global Perspective (S. Klug) 5pm
31   A Trans & Non-Binary Poetry Reading hosted by Trace Peterson, Poetics Fellow  6:30pm

February 2022

  1   Great Works Seminar - Language, Politeness, and Civility (D. Tuten)  6pm  
  2   Fellows’ Works-in-Progress Lunch  12pm
  2   CHIIRS - Transculturalism and Migrant Imagineries (S. Xavier)  4:15pm
  2   Great Works Seminar - W.E.B. Du Bois: Then and Now (I. Browne)  6:30pm
  7   CHIIRS - Europe and Beyond  4:15pm
  8   Great Works Seminar - Language, Politeness, and Civility (D. Tuten)  6pm  
  8   CHIIRS - Contemporary Women Novelists (S. Still)  7pm
  9   Fellows’ Works-in-Progress Lunch   12pm
15   Great Works Seminar - Language, Politeness, and Civility (D. Tuten)  6pm
16   Fellows’ Works-in-Progress Lunch  12pm
16   Humanities Honors Seminar  2pm
16   CHIIRS - el Club de lectura/LAA  El amor, las mujeres y la vida por Mario Benedetti 6pm
22   Great Works Seminar - Language, Politeness, and Civility (D. Tuten)  6pm
23   Fellows’ Works-in-Progress Lunch   12pm
23   Race, Social Justice, and Contemporary African-American Art: Glenn Ligon talk  4:15pm
23   Great Works Seminar - W.E.B. Du Bois: Then and Now (I. Browne)  6:30pm
24   CHIIRS - The Ethics of Extinction: Anthropocene Fragments (L. Huffer)  11:30am  
25   Fox Center Junior Faculty Seminar  12pm    
28   CHIIRS - Europe and Beyond  4:15pm

January 2022

11   Spring 2022 Classes Begin
12   Fellows’ Works-in-Progress Lunch  12pm
14   President's, Senior, and Postdoctoral Fellowship Application Deadline
19   Fellows’ Works-in-Progress Lunch   12pm
19   Junior Faculty Works in Progress Seminar 4pm
19   CHIIRS - el Club de lectura/LAA  La sangre de la aurora, de Claudia Salazar (Perú) 6 pm
26   Humanities Honors Seminar  2pm
26   Response Forum XXI - Works in Progress Discussions  5pm

December 2021

 1     Fellows’ Works-in-Progress Lunch  12pm
 3     Announcement of Spring Undergraduate Honors Fellows
 7     Fall 2021 Classes End
 9     Georgia Seminar - Georgia's Origin Stories (R. Smith)  5:30pm
10    CHIIRS - The Right Thing in 21st Century America (B. Smith-Shomade)  12pm
15    CHIIRS - el Club de lectura/LAA   6pm
17    CHIIRS - The Right Thing in 21st Century America (B. Smith-Shomade)  2pm

November 2021

 1     President's, Senior and Postdoctoral Fellowship Programs Open for Applications
 1     Undergraduate Humanities Honors Fellowship Application Deadline
 2     Great Works Seminar - W.E.B. DuBois's Black Reconstruction in America (S. Klug)  5:30pm
 3     Fellows’ Works-in-Progress Lunch  12pm
 4     Georgia Seminar - Georgia's Origin Stories (R. Smith)  5:30pm
 5     CHIIRS - The Right Thing in 21st Century America (B. Smith-Shomade)  12pm
 9     Great Works Seminar - W.E.B. DuBois's Black Reconstruction in America (S. Klug)  5:30pm
10    Fellows’ Works-in-Progress Lunch  12pm
11    Georgia Seminar - Georgia's Origin Stories (R. Smith)  5:30pm
16    Great Works Seminar - W.E.B. DuBois's Black Reconstruction in America (S. Klug)  5:30pm
16    CHIIRS - Contemporary Women Novelists (S. Still)  7pm
17    Halle Institute/Fox Center Undergraduate Global Research Fellow Colloquium  4pm
17    CHIIRS - el Club de lectura/LAA La ruta de su evasión Yolanda Oreamundo (Costa Rica)  6pm
18    Georgia Seminar - Georgia's Origin Stories (R. Smith)  5:30pm
20    Fellows’ Works-in-Progress Lunch   12pm
22    Dissertation Completion Fellows Program Application Deadline
23    Great Works Seminar - W.E.B. DuBois's Black Reconstruction in America (S. Klug)  5:30pm
28    Thanksgiving Holiday
29    Thanksgiving Holiday

October 2021

 1     CHIIRS - The Right Thing in 21st Century America (B. Smith-Shomade) 12pm
 1     Dissertation Completion Fellows Program Open for Applications
 6     Fellows’ Works-in-Progress Lunch  12pm
11    Fall Break
12    Fall Break
12    CHIIRS - Contemporary Women Novelists (S. Still)  7pm
14-16    Lovis Corinth Colloquium XI: Customized Books in Early Modern Europe 1400-1700
20    Fellows’ Works-in-Progress Lunch   12pm
20    CHIIRS - el Club de lectura/LAA La mucama de Omicunle, de Rita Indiana (República Dominicana) 6pm

September 2021

 1     Fellows’ Works-in-Progress Lunch  12pm
 8     Fellows’ Works-in-Progress Lunch  12pm
14    CHIIRS - Contemporary Women Novelists (S. Still)  7pm
15    Fellows’ Works-in-Progress Lunch   12pm
15    CHIIRS - el Club de lectura/LAA   Señales que precederán al fin del mundo Yuri Herrera (México)  6pm
17    CHIIRS - The Right Thing in 21st Century America (B. Smith-Shomade) 12pm
22    Fellows’ Works-in-Progress Lunch  12pm
22    MAP IT | Little Dots, Big Ideas: Digital Mapping and the Humanities  **POSTPONED**
29    Fellows’ Works-in-Progress Lunch  12pm

August 2021

12-18   Public Humanities Workshop - Faculty and Graduate Students
18    CHIIRS - el Club de lectura/LAA   Aire de tango Manuel Mejía Vallejo (Colombia) 6pm
26    Classes Begin / First Day of Center Operations

July 2021

12-16    Interventions Meetings
21    CHIIRS - el Club de lectura/LAA   Yo el Supremo, de Augusto Roa Bastos (Paraguay) 6pm

June 2021

15    CHIIRS - Women Novelists (Still) 7:30pm
19    CHIIRS - el Club de lectura/LAA  Temporada de huracanes, de Fernanda Melchor (México)  6pm