Events
These are events sponsored wholly or in part by the Center for the Humanities for 2026-2027
SEPTEMBER
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29
WRITERS AT WORK SERIES
Faculty Reading: Dr. Kathleen Forni and Dr. James Bunzli
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 $1,500 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
NOVEMBER
NATIONAL 2026 FRENCH WEEK - Between Friends and Enemies: Franco-American Relationships"
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4 TO TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4
Event tbd
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5
Event tbd
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6
Event tbd
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9
event tbd
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 three poetry collections. 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
6:30 PM
DECEMBER
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
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
Contact
Bess Garrett
Program Administrator
esgarrett@loyola.edu
Dr. Mavis Biss
Director
mlbiss@loyola.edu