Events
Current English Scheduling of Events
Fall 2009
- November 20th Lecture by Brian Boyd: On the Origin of Stories: Evolution, Cognition, Art & Fiction"
- When: Friday, 4:30 pm
- Location: Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall
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- Professor Boyd, author of On the Origin of Stories: Evolution, Cognition and Fiction will speak on his recent work in literature and evolution.
- Featuring:
- Brian Boyd, University of Auckland
- November 19th The Wendy Rosenthal Gellman Lecture on Modern Literature “Nabokov’s Literary Legacy”
- When: Thursday, 4:30 pm
- Location: Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall
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- In celebration of the publication of The Original of Laura, Vladimir Nabokov’s final and unfinished novel, Professor Boyd, an expert on the life and works of Nabokov, will present a lecture focusing on Nabokov’s posthumous literary legacy.
- Featuring:
- Brian Boyd, University of Auckland
- A reception will follow the lecture, in the Pale Fire Lounge.
- November 13th Lounge Hour Reading Series
- When: Friday, 7:00 pm
- Location: Goldwin Smith 258, Goldwin Smith Hall
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- Featuring:
- Beth Rogers, Poet
- Rachel Coye, Fiction Writer
- November 12th Centennial Reading
- When: Thursday, 4:30 pm
- Location: Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall
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- The Richard Cleaveland Memorial Reading featuring:
- Alice Fulton, Poet and Fiction Writer
- Kenneth McClane, Poet and Essayist
- November 6th Lounge Hour Reading Series
- When: Friday, 7:00 pm
- Location: Goldwin Smith 258, Goldwin Smith Hall
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- Featuring:
- Ben Garcia, Poet
- Megan Coe, Fiction Writer
- November 5th Centennial Reading
- When: Thursday, 4:30 pm
- Location: Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall
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- Featuring:
- Sana Krasikov, Fiction Writer
- Rattawut Lapcharoensap, Fiction Writer
- Angela Shaw, Poet
- October 30th CSMA Community Reading
- When: Friday, 7:30 pm
- Location: 3rd Floor Auditorium, Community School of Music and Art, 330 E. State St.
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- Featuring short readings by over 20 local noted Fiction Writers and Poets
- Tea Obreht
- Helena Viramontes
- Emily Rosko
- Catherine Taylor
- Kate Sullivan
- Matt Grice
- Nicholas Kowalczyk
- Jamie Warburton
- Sarah Scoles
- Ernesto Quiñonez
- Daniel Schwarz
- Lamar Herrin
- Edwar Hower
- Christopher Kempf
- Nancy Viera Couto
- Irakli Kakabadze
- October 29th Lounge Hour Reading Series
- When: Thursday, 7:00 pm
- Location: Goldwin Smith 258, Goldwin Smith Hall
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- Featuring:
- Tacey Atsitty, Poet
- Christian Howard, Fiction Writer
- October 23rd Lounge Hour Reading Series
- When: Friday, 7:00 pm
- Location: Goldwin Smith 258, Goldwin Smith Hall
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- Featuring:
- Clayton Pityk, Poet
- Laurel Lathrop, Fiction Writer
- October 23rd Resistant Rhetorics: An Early Modern Symposium with Vicky Kahn
- When: Friday, 9:30 am to 4:30 pm
- Location: 258 Goldwin Smith Hall
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- This symposium is being presented in conjunction with the Paul Gottschalk Memorial lecture.
- › More Info October 22nd Gottschalk Memorial Lecture
- When: Thursday, 4:30 pm
- Location: Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall
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- Featuring:
- Victoria Kahn, University of California, Berkeley
- Marlowe’s Vice
- October 21st Rhythm and Reading
- When: Wednesday, 7:30 pm
- Location: Barnes Hall
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- A blend of writing, voice and instrumentation featuring:
- H.G. Carrillo, Fiction Writer
- J. Robert Lennon, Fiction Writer
- Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon, Poet, and friends
- With Johnny Dowd and Richie Stearns
- › More Info October 17th Conference on Human Rights
- When: Saturday, 10:00 am to 4:30 pm
- Location: Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium
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- Paper presentations and roundtable discussion featuring:
- Elizabeth Anker, Cornell University
- Pheng Cheah, University of California, Berkeley
- Peter Fitzpatrick, Birbeck College School of Law
- Joseph Slaughter, Columbia University
- › More Info October 16th Conference on Human Rights
- When: Friday, 4:30 pm
- Location: Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium
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- Keynote Speaker:
- Homi Bhabha, Harvard University
- October 15th Epoch Celebrates - the publication and its people
- When: Thursday, 4:30 pm
- Location: Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall
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- Featuring:
- Michael Koch, Editor
- Manuel Muñoz, Fiction Writer
- Lydia Peelle, Fiction Writer
- October 10th CSMA Community Reading
- When: Saturday, 7:30 pm
- Location: 3rd Floor Auditorium, Community School of Music and Art, 330 E. State St.
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- Featuring short readings by over 20 local noted Fiction Writers and Poets
- October 1st Centennial Reading
- When: Thursday, 7:30 pm
- Location: Bailey Hall
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- An Evening with Nobel Laureate
- Ms. Toni Morrison
- September 24th Centennial Reading
- When: Thursday, 4:30 pm
- Location: Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall
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- Featuring:
- Sharon Bryan, Poet
- Gina Franco, Poet
- Richard Price, Fiction Writer and Screen Writer
- September 16th Cornell Writers on Cornell Writers
- When: Wednesday, 4:30 pm
- Location: Goldwin Smith 258, Goldwin Smith Hall
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- Featuring:
- Alison Lurie on E.B. White
- Robert Morgan on James McConkey
- Emily Rosko on Phyllis Janowitz
- September 10th Centennial Reading
- When: Thursday, 4:30 pm
- Location: Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall
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- Featuring:
- Susan Choi, Fiction Writer
- David Friedman, Poet
- Charity Ketz, Poet