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These are events sponsored wholly or in part by the Center for the Humanities for 2026-2027

• September 
• October 
• November 
• December 
• January 
• February 
• March 
• April 
• May 

SEPTEMBER

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29

WRITERS AT WORK SERIES

Faculty Reading: Dr. Kathleen Forni and Dr. James Bunzli

Dr. Kathy Forni, a professor in the English department, specializes in medieval literature. Her research focuses on reception history: how medieval texts become part of the literary canon and how they are reinvented for modern consumption. Her books include Chaucerian Apocrypha: A Counterfeit Canon; Chaucer鈥檚 Afterlife, and Beowulf's Popular Afterlife in Literature, Comic Books, and Film.

Dr. James Bunzli teaches performance courses and directs Evergreen Players productions. Dr. Bunzli鈥檚 30+ years of work on Solo Performance have yielded scholarly articles (The Drama Review, Theatre Annual), new work creation with other artists 鈥� and multiple pieces he has devised, written, and performed himself (Write a Will, Get Religion, 1973 Dodge Monaco Station Wagon, Time and the Means).  

Fourth Floor Program Room
Andrew White Student Center
6:00 PM

OCTOBER

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2

Celebrate the Humanities!
CFH Annual Celebration of Teaching, Learning, and Research in the Humanities

Nachbahr Award and Address
2026 Nachbahr recipient Dr. Amy Bree Becker, professor from department of Communication & Media, will deliver the Nachbahr address on the life of the mind, ""

2026 Teaching Faculty Excellence Award
Dr. Sondra Guttman, professor from English department

Student Presentations from the CFH Summer Student Research Fellows:

Student Summer Humanities Internships:

Plus there will be an opportunity to learn more about a new program, the Humanities Student Conference Grant, which reimburses students up to $500 to attend conferences or other similar academic meetings related to the humanities.

Fourth Floor Program Room
Andrew White Student Center
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9

Center for the Humanities Student Grants Info Session

Join us to learn what grants are available for 91看片 students from the CFH! 

We will discuss Student-led Seminars, Summer Research Fellowships, stipends for Summer Study programs, stipends for otherwise unpaid Internships, and Humanities Student Conference Grants. After the presentation by CFH Student grant coordinator, Dr. Brett Butler and past student recipients, there will be time for pizza and conversation.

Register on the Bridge.

Center for Intercultural Engagement (CIE)
Student Center East 317
4:15 PM

WEDNESDAY, 28

Cardin Conversations:
Rabbi Robert Harris and the Rev. Dr. Judy Fentress-Williams 

The first 鈥淐ardin Conversations鈥� event will feature an interreligious dialogue on a sacred text shared by the Jewish and Christian traditions: The Book of the Prophet Isaiah. In the earliest developing Christian community, Jews and Christians disagreed about how to interpret this prophetic text. These scholars will discuss the book itself and the situation that gave rise to it while also modeling how Jews and Christians can find common ground in respectful dialogue over a shared history and shared sacred text. 

McGuire Hall
6:00 - 8:00 PM

NOVEMBER

NATIONAL 2026 FRENCH WEEK  - Between Friends and Enemies: Franco-American Relationships"

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4 TO TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9

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Check loyola.edu/frenchweek for times and other details. You may also contact the Department of Modern Languages.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12

WRITERS AT WORK SERIES

Amie Whittemore
"Person, Place, Thing or Idea: How Nouns Conjure Locale"

Whittemore is the author of four poetry collections, including Glass Harvest and Nest of Matches (both published by Autumn House Press) and the chapbook Hesitation Waltz (Midwest Writing Center, 2025).She was the 2020-2021 Poet Laureate of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and an Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellow. Her poems have won multiple awards, including a Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Prize. The talk will encourage beginning and advanced writing students to tap into nature so their work might fully honor the places and people they know and love鈥攂ut Whittemore's ideas will be inspiring to students in any discipline.

Fourth Floor Program Room
Andrew White Student Center
6:00 PM

DECEMBER

MONDAY, 7

MODERN MASTERS SERIES

Alan R. Shapiro 

McManus Theatre
6:30 PM

JANUARY

FEBRUARY

 

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5

Center for the Humanities Student Grants Info Session

Join us to learn what grants are available for 91看片 students from the CFH! 

We will discuss Student-led Seminars, the new Student Conference Grants, Summer Research Fellowships, stipends for Summer Study programs, stipends for otherwise unpaid Internships, and the new Humanities Student Conference Grant. After the presentation by CFH Student grant coordinator, Dr. Brett Butler, and past student recipients, there will be time for pizza and conversation.

Writing Department Lounge
Maryland Hall 038
4:15 PM

Thursday, February 11

Chris Terry
"Resisting Backstory"

Chris L. Terry is author of the novels Black Card (Catapult, 2019) and Zero Fade (Curbside Splendor, 2013), and co-editor with James Spooner of the literary anthology Black Punk Now (Soft Skull, 2023). His recent writing has appeared in Rejection Letters, Razorcake, and the 120 Murders anthology.

Terry's talk centers on a new novel-in-progress that explores the effects of gentrification in a Black neighborhood. Terry will explore how the horror genre often reckons with history, and includes villains that are stuck in the past. 

Fourth Floor Program Room
Andrew White Student Center
6:00 PM

MARCH

 

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10 and THURSDAY, MARCH 11
HUMANITIES SYMPOSIUM COLLOQUIA

 

THURSDAY, MARCH 11

LOYOLA'S 2026 HUMANITIES SYMPOSIUM KEYNOTE ADDRESS:

McGuire Hall
6:30 PM

If you require additional accommodations, please contact Disability and Accessibility Services at das@loyola.edu.

 

APRIL

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7

2027 Hanna Geldrich-Leffman Colloquium on Language, Literature, and Society:

Wednesday, April 8
Fourth Floor Program Room
Andrew White Student Center

MAY