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English

Past Events

Oct

14

Oct

14

Apr

25

Seminar

Humanities AI Workshop and Conference

Location:
Lewis Lab 270
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Using LLMs in the machine translation of pre-modern Buddhist texts. AI-generated poetry. Deepfake maps.  Leading scholars from around the country working on the intersections of the humanities and technology will convene at Lehigh next April. We aim to identify shared…

Apr

24

Apr

24

Apr

14

Event

NOTATIONS: Tracy K. Smith (Virtual Event)

Location:
Virtual- See Registration Link
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Mon, 04/14/2025 - 6:30pmVirtualAn evening of poetry and conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Tracy K. Smith.

Mar

31

Lecture

Academic Freedom Public Lecture

Location:
Rauch 091
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Speaker Dr. Maura Finkelstein will present a lecture, " Academic Freedom in Times of Crisis". Recently, talk of “academic freedom” and “student safety” have become all- consuming on college and university campuses across the US. But what do we mean by “academic…

Mar

21

Event

Suzanne Edwards Faculty Spotlight

Location:
BIB 101
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Please join the WGSS program for our annual faculty spotlight program!This year we are celebrating the work of Dr. Suzanne Edwards, a scholar whose work powerfully addresses representations of violence in the medieval period, contemporary literary authors' visionary engagement…

Feb

27

Lecture

Africana Distinguished Lecture-Speaker Series: Caryl Phillips Public Talk

Location:
Business Innovation Center BI 221
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As part of Africana Studies' new Distinguished Lecture-Speaker Series, Professor Simone Alexander is hosting the black British writer Caryl Phillips at Lehigh on February 27, 2025. He will be giving a public lecture that day (4:30pm in BI 221 (Business Innovation Center)) as…

Feb

24

Event

Black History Month Celebration

Location:
Linderman 200
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Join us for this event in celebration of Black History Month! We will celebrate the great works of Nikki Giovanni and read from our favorite Black literature. Please contact Professor Stephanie Powell Watts if you'd like to read at the event: spw3@lehigh.edu

Feb

20

Feb

11

Lecture

Talk/ Lecture with Author Peter Hessler

Location:
STEPS 102
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The Asian & Asian American Studies program is organizing a visit by New Yorker writer Peter Hessler on Feb. 11, and faculty and students in the English Department have been invited to attend. Hessler will be hosting a lunchtime workshop on narrative nonfiction at noon in…