| DATE | TIME/LOCATION | EVENT NAME | EVENT DETAILS |
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| 1/22/26 | 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m., HSS Humanities Center at W151 Howe Russell | Open House | The HSSHC invites all faculty, staff, and students to drop by our brand-new space in Howe Russell. Learn about our suite of programming, talk with the HSSHC Director and Advisory Board members, share ideas, or just enjoy our comfortable space and light refreshments. We look forward to chatting with you on day one of our special two-day launch event. |
| 1/23/26 | 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m., HSS Humanities Center at W151 Howe Russel | Open House | The HSSHC invites all faculty, staff, and students to drop by our brand-new space in Howe Russell. Learn about our suite of programming, talk with the HSSHC Director and Advisory Board members, share ideas, or just enjoy our comfortable space and light refreshments. We look forward to chatting with you on this second day of our two-day launch event. |
| 1/23/26 | 12:00 p.m., HSS Humanities Center at W151 Howe Russell | Momentum Workshop | The HSSHC Book Institute’s Momentum Workshop Series welcomes Mari Rethelyi (Religious Studies and History; Director, Jewish Studies). We will discuss her chapter, “Race of Hungarians, the Race of Hungarian Jews, and their Common History,” from her book on Jewish nationalism in twentieth-century Hungary. All faculty and graduate students are invited to attend. You do not have to read the chapter in advance to participate in this energizing conversation. Email Prof. Pallavi Rastogi (prastogi@lsu.edu), co-director of The Book Institute, if you would like to read a pre-circulated copy of Prof. Rethelyi’s work or if you have any other questions about The Momentum Workshops. The chapter will be available electronically at the event. Light refreshments will be served. |
| 2/10/26 | 12:00 p.m., HSS Humanities Center at W151 Howe Russell | Public Reading | The HSSHC and LSU Creative Writing will host a reading featuring work by Maurice Carlos Ruffin and Tyler Robert Sheldon. Join us for literary brilliance and community. |
| 2/12/26 | 3:00 p.m., HSS Humanities Center at W151 Howe Russell | Public Lecture | Andrew High (Penn State University) will deliver a public lecture on "Navigating Multiple Channels for Engaging in Supportive Interactions," as part of his mini-residency, hosted by Prof. Kellie Brisini (Communication Studies) and the students of CMST 7912. |
| 2/13/26 | 11:30 a.m., HSS Humanities Center at W151 Howe Russell | Graduate Student Workshop | Andrew High (Penn State University) will lead a graduate student workshop in the "Hidden Curriculum: Pizza and Professional Development” series, as part of his mini-residency, hosted by Prof. Kellie Brisini (Communication Studies) and the students of CMST 7912. All interested HSS graduate students are welcome to attend. Light refreshments will be served. |
| 2/25/26 | 12:00 p.m., HSS Humanities Center at W151 Howe Russell | Public Lecture | Daniel Smith (Purdue) will deliver a public lecture on “Being is a Problem: Deleuze’s Metaphysics of Manifolds,” as part of his mini-residency, hosted by Prof. Michael Ardoline (Philosophy) and the students of PHIL 7910. |
| 2/26/26 | 12:00 p.m., 211 Coates Hall | Graduate Student Workshop | Daniel Smith (Purdue) will lead a graduate student workshop on “Research in Continental Philosophy,” as part of his mini-residency, hosted by Prof. Michael Ardoline (Philosophy) and the students of PHIL 7910. All interested HSS graduate students are welcome to attend. Light refreshments will be served. |
| 2/27/26 | 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., HSS Humanities Center at W151 Howe Russell | Books in Progress Symposium | The HSSHC is proud to sponsor the symposium “Asians on the Third Coast: Other Races, Other Cultures in Louisiana,” in support of the essay collection of the same name, edited by Madoka Kishi (English) and Pallavi Rastogi (English), and under advance contract with LSU Press. Contributors to this volume will present their research and creative activity, discuss the work in progress, and offer feedback to one another. Join this thrilling discussion, featuring authors reflecting on the rich, textured, and often-obscured aspects of the Asian and Asian American presence in Louisiana. All are welcome; light refreshments will be served. |
| 3/4/26 | 5:00 p.m., HSS Humanities Center at W151 Howe Russell | Public Lecture | Alys Eve Weinbaum (University of Washington) will deliver a public lecture on "The Mud Womb of The Deep: Lessons in Hold/ing the History of Middle Passage," as part of her mini-residency, hosted by Prof. Alex Meany (English) and the students of ENGL 7974. |
| 3/4/26 or 3/5/26 | 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., HSS Humanities Center at W151 Howe Russell | Graduate Student Workshop | Alys Eve Weinbaum (University of Washington) will lead a graduate student workshop, "Works-in-Progress and Intellectual Trajectories," as part of her mini-residency, hosted by Prof. Alex Meany (English) and the students of ENGL 7974. All interested HSS graduate students are welcome to attend. Light refreshments will be served. |
| 3/31/26 | 12:00 p.m., 210 Stubbs Hall | Brown Bag Event | Jeffrey Church (University of Wisconsin—Madison) will discuss “Hegel on Bureaucracy” at the Political Science Research Series brown bag event, as part of his mini-residency, hosted by Prof. James Stoner (Political Science) and the students of POLI 7982. |
| 3/31/26 | 4:30 p.m., HSS Humanities Center at W151 Howe Russell | Public Lecture | Jeffrey Church (University of Wisconsin—Madison) will deliver a public lecture on “The Birth of Academic Freedom,” as part of his mini-residency, hosted by Prof. James Stoner (Political Science) and the students of POLI 7982. |
| 4/1/26 | 12:00 p.m., 216 Stubbs Hall | Graduate Student Workshop | Jeffrey Church (University of Wisconsin—Madison) will lead a graduate student workshop, “Conversation on Podcasts, Conferences, and the Public Face of Political Theory,” as part of his mini-residency, hosted by Prof. James Stoner (Political Science) and the students of POLI 7982, and in tandem with the Political Theory Lunch Colloquy. |
| 4/6/26 | 2:00 p.m., HSS Humanities Center at W151 Howe Russell | Momentum Workshop | The HSSHC Book Institute’s Momentum Workshop Series welcomes Cat Jacquet (History and WGSS). We will discuss a chapter from her monograph in progress. All faculty and graduate students are invited to attend. You do not have to read the chapter in advance to participate in this exciting conversation. Email Prof. Pallavi Rastogi (prastogi@lsu.edu), co-director of The Book Institute, if you would like to read a pre-circulated copy of Prof. Jacquet’s work or if you have any other questions about The Momentum Workshops. The chapter will be available electronically at the event. Light refreshments will be served. |
| 4/7/26 | 12:00 p.m., HSS Humanities Center at W151 Howe Russell | Public Lecture | Adam Rosenthal (Texas A&M) will deliver a public lecture on “Organic and Inorganic Intelligences: Evolution, AI & Biotechnicity,” as part of his mini-residency, hosted by Prof. Deborah Goldgaber (Philosophy and WGSS) and the students of FREN 7970/PHIL 4003. |
| 4/7/26 | 4:00 p.m., HSS Humanities Center at W151 Howe Russell | Graduate Student Workshop | Adam Rosenthal (Texas A&M) will lead a graduate student workshop on “Theory after Theory: On the ‘empirical-turn’ in the Humanities,” as part of his mini-residency, hosted by Prof. Deborah Goldgaber (Philosophy and WGSS) and the students of FREN 7970/PHIL 4003. |
| 6/1/26 – 6/5/26 | HSS Humanities Center at W151 Howe Russell | HSSHC Book Institute |
If you’re working on a book–whether your first or your twentieth–the HSSHS Book Institute is here to help you chisel through writer’s block, overcome those knotty conceptual problems, and advise you about the promotion process. During a week-long cohort model which will convene from Monday, June 1 to Friday, June 5 2026 from 10 am to 3.00 pm (with a break for lunch), Book Institute Fellows will receive detailed feedback on one chapter and the larger project, mentorship from peers, guidance from editors at university presses, and, above all, reassurance that they don’t have to go it alone. The Institute’s mentors will lead workshop reviews of Fellows’ manuscripts and assist them in developing concrete plans to publish their books. The call for applications for the 2026 HSSHC Book Institute will be announced early in Spring 2026. For more information on the Book Institute, click here. |
| DATE | TIME/LOCATION | EVENT NAME | EVENT DETAILS |
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| 9/25/25 | 3:30 p.m., Hill Memorial Library Lecture Hall | Public Lecture | Allison Levy (St. John's College Santa Fe) will deliver a public lecture on "Eros, Beauty, and Statesmanship in Thucydides' Peloponnesian War" as part of her mini-residency, hosted by Prof. Emily Davis (Political Science) and the students of POLI 7991. |
| 9/26/25 | 3:00 p.m., Hodges Hall Room 155 | Graduate Student Reading Group | Allison Levy (St. John's College Santa Fe) will lead a discussion of Pericles’ Funeral Oration, as part of her mini-residency, hosted by Prof. Emily Davis (Political Science) and the students of POLI 7991. PDF of reading available by request to eadavis@lsu.edu. All interested HSS graduate students are welcome to attend. Light refreshments will be served. |
| 10/6/25 | 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m., Zoom | Book Publication Workshop Series | Prof. Katelyn Knox (French), co-author of The Dissertation-to-Book Workbook, will lead a workshop for faculty on crafting the introduction chapter to monographs. Register for this Zoom workshop here: https://lsu.zoom.us/meeting/register/S8FpEpOTTrSZvEq5NpkgzA. |
| 10/8/25 | 11:00 a.m., Hodges Hall Room 155 | Graduate Student Reading Group | As part of the mini-residency hosted by Prof. Jessica Valdez (English) and the students of ENGL 7962, Susan Zieger (UC Riverside) will lead a discussion of "Against Management" from Fred Moten and Stefano Harney's All Incomplete. PDF of reading available by request to jvaldez@lsu.edu. All interested HSS graduate students are welcome to attend. Light refreshments will be served. |
| 10/8/25 | 5:00 p.m., French House Auditorium (Room 135) | Public Lecture | Susan Zieger (UC Riverside) will deliver a public lecture, "Henry Box Brown, Logistics, and Racial Capitalism,” as part of the mini-residency hosted by Prof. Jessica Valdez (English) and the students of ENGL 7962. Professor Zieger's talk drawn from Logistics and Power (University of California Press, 2025). |
| 10/28/25 | 12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m., Hodges Hall Room 155 | Graduate Student Workshop | Prof. Katelyn Knox (French) will offer this workshop for graduate students on “The Secret to Effective Academic Writing.” Topics will include revising your writing efficiently, building the essential skill of reverse outlining, and figuring out how the units of your chapters can work together best. |
| 10/30/25 | 10:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m., Stubbs 126 | Graduate Student Workshop | Elizabeth Fussell (Brown University) will host a graduate student workshop titled, “Ask a Journal Editor: Advice for graduate students on publication from the former editor of Population and Environment,” as part of her mini-residency, hosted by Prof. Kevin Smiley (Sociology) and the students of SOCL 7591. All interested HSS graduate students are welcome to attend. Light refreshments will be served. |
| 10/31/25 | 10:30 a.m., Hill Memorial Library Lecture Hall | Public Lecture | Elizabeth Fussell (Brown University) will deliver a public lecture, “Population return to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina: A long-term perspective,” as part of her mini-residency, hosted by Prof. Kevin Smiley (Sociology) and the students of SOCL 7591. |
| 11/4/25 | 12:00 p.m., Hodges Hall Room 155 | Graduate Student Workshop | Gregory Pierrot (UConn Stamford) will lead a workshop for graduate students on translation and archival work, as part of his mini-residency, hosted by Prof. Bastien Craipain (French) and the students of FREN 7140/CPLT 7160. All interested HSS graduate students are welcome to attend. Light refreshments will be served. |
| 11/5/25 | 4:00 p.m., French House Grand Salon | Public Lecture | Gregory Pierrot (UConn Stamford) will deliver a public lecture, “How sweet it is to be Haytian: the theatre of Juste Chanlatte at the court of Henry,” as part of his mini-residency, hosted by Prof. Bastien Craipain (French) and the students of FREN 7140/CPLT 7160. |
| 11/12/25 | 11:00 a.m., Hodges Hall Room 155 | Book Publication Workshop Series | Join Julia Irwin (History), Jon Cogburn (Philosophy), Sue Weinstein (English), and Jas Sullivan (Political Science, Psychology, and African-American Studies) for a conversation about turning your dissertation into a book, approaching publishers, and more. We all know that the publishing process can be a bit mysterious — especially to first-time authors, but even to those who have published before! At this workshop, our interdisciplinary team of commenters will cover a range of topics: how to begin revising your dissertation (and how to know when it’s time to stop), drafting a book proposal, finding a press that’s the right fit for your book, the dos and don’ts of contacting acquisitions editors, and the review and publishing process. The leaders of this roundtable have a lot of experience as both writers and editors, and will be happy to answer any questions you may have about the process! |
| DATE | TIME/LOCATION | EVENT NAME | EVENT DETAILS |
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| 2/3/25 | 4:00 p.m., Hill Memorial Lecture Hall | Public Lecture | Jenny Mann (NYU) will deliver a public lecture on "The Forms of Utopia: Paradox, Labyrinth, and Infinity" as part of her mini-residency, hosted by Prof. David Nee (English) and the students of ENGL 7943. Mann's most recent book is The Trials of Orpheus: Poetry, Science, and the Early Modern Sublime, newly out in paperback. |
| 2/6/25 | 12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m., Hodges Hall 155 | Graduate Writing Workshop |
Katelyn Knox (LSU Department of French Studies) will lead this workshop on "Building and Evaluating Your Bibliography: For seminar papers, journal articles, dissertation chapters, and general exam lists." This workshop is open to all HSS grad students, at every stage of their study. Topics to be covered include: What is secondary literature? What types of "buckets" do we need to ensure our bibliographies contain? How to do an exhaustive search for secondary sources. How to identify relevant sources. How to evaluate that unfolding bibliography, and to identify and fill gaps. (We will not be discussing citation management software, balancing reading and writing, annotated bibliography preparation, writing lit reviews, formatting bibliographies, or quoting from these materials.) Light refreshments will be served. Questions? Write Chris Barrett (cbarrett@lsu.edu) or Katelyn Knox (katelynknox@lsu.edu). Update: Prof. Knox has made available a video recap of the "Building Your Bibliography" event. You can watch that video here. |
| 2/10/25 | 11:30 a.m., Hill Memorial Lecture Hall | Public Lecture | Karma Chávez (UT Austin) will deliver a public lecture on "Rock Throwing, State Violence, and the Question of Resistance" as part of her mini-residency, hosted by Prof. Bryan McCann (Communication Studies) and the students of CMST 7970. |
| 2/10/25 | 5:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m., Hodges Hall 155 | Graduate Workshop | Karma Chávez (UT Austin) will lead this session on "The State of Higher Education in the US South and Beyond," as part of her mini-residency, hosted by Prof. Bryan McCann (Communication Studies) and the students of CMST 7970. Refreshments will be served. All HSS graduate students are welcome. |
| 2/20/25 | 11:00 a.m., Hill Memorial Lecture Hall | Public Lecture | Jeanne-Marie Jackson (Johns Hopkins University) will deliver a public lecture on "Disciplined Fictions" as part of her mini-residency, hosted by Prof. Saumya Lal (English) and the students of ENGL 7221. |
| 3/12/25 | 12:00 p.m., Howe Russell 313W | Book Institute Momentum Workshop | The HSSHC Book Institute’s Momentum Workshop Series welcomes Lauren Griffin (Religious Studies and History), who will discuss work in progress from her monograph. Write to organizers Pallavi Rastogi (prastogi@lsu.edu) or Benjy Kahan (bkahan@lsu.edu) to request a pre-circulated copy. All HSS faculty welcome to join the conversation; review of precirculated material not required. Light refreshments will be served. |
| 3/17/25 | 2:00-4:00 p.m., Zoom | Graduate Student Workshop | Katelyn Knox (LSU French Studies) will lead a workshop for graduate students on "Conference Presentations for Humanities Graduate Students." Topics will include identifying key conferences in your field, determining the right time to attend, processes for getting on the program and sharing your work, preparing roundtable remarks or papers for delivery, communicating your research interventions successfully, and more. All HSS grad students are welcome to attend. Register for the event by clicking here. |
| 3/18/25 | 12:00 p.m., Howe Russell 313W | Roundtable | The HSS Humanities Center is pleased to co-sponsor the "AI and Religion Roundtable." Colleagues from Philosophy & Religious Studies, English, and History will pose questions and possibilities for research on the social, cultural, and political implications of AI (broadly conceived). Write to organizers Lauren Griffin (lhgriffin@lsu.edu) and Lauren Coats (lac@lsu.edu) for more information. |
| 4/7/25 | 3:30 p.m., Hill Memorial Lecture Hall | Public Lecture | Alyosha Goldstein (University of New Mexico) will deliver a public lecture on "What is Colonialism Now?" as part of his mini-residency, hosted by Prof. Alex Meany (English) and the students of ENGL 7170. |
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12:00-1:30 p.m., Hodges Hall 155 | Workshop | Alyosha Goldstein (University of New Mexico) will offer a research workshop for graduate students, "Abolition Democracy and Antifascist Futures beyond the Colonial Present," as part of the mini-residency hosted by Prof. Alex Meany (English) and the students of ENGL 7170. |
| 4/17/25 | 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m., Howe Russell 313W | Book Institute Momentum Workshop | The HSSHC Book Institute’s Momentum Workshop Series welcomes Jacob Berman (English), who will discuss work in progress from his monograph. Write to organizers Pallavi Rastogi (prastogi@lsu.edu) or Benjy Kahan (bkahan@lsu.edu) to request a pre-circulated copy. All HSS faculty welcome to join the conversation; review of precirculated material not required. Light refreshments will be served. |
| 6/2/25-6/6/25 | French House | Book Institute | The call for applications for the 2025 HSSHC Book Institute will be announced early in Spring 2025. For more information on the Book Institute, click here. |
| DATE | TIME/LOCATION | EVENT NAME | EVENT DETAILS |
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| 10/4/24 | 12:00 p.m., Hill Memorial Lecture Hall | Public Lecture | Karl Steel (Brooklyn College, CUNY) will deliver a public lecture "On the Unsuitability of Human Dogs: Medieval Reason, Falling Sheep, and The Limits of Clever Animals" as part of his mini-residency, hosted by Prof. Rick Godden (English) and the students of ENGL 7030. |
| 10/7/24 | 11:30 a.m., Howe Russell 313 West | Monograph Publishing Workshop | Join faculty from English and History for a discussion of how to match your scholarly monograph with the right publisher. Discussion to include identifying publishers, selecting a press, and approaching acquisitions editors. |
| 10/9/24 | 12:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m., Howe Russell 313 West | Monograph Publishing Workshop | Prof. Katelyn Knox (French), co-author of The Dissertation-to-Book Workbook, leads this workshop on "Pinpointing & Sharpening Your Book Argument." You know your book needs a strong central argument to get published. But book arguments are complex and have a lot of points to hit: they’re tied to your book’s structure and need to emerge from your evidence. Where to start? In this workshop, we discuss the anatomy of a strong, significant book argument and show, using examples, how it differs from a claim for significance, a topic statement, and a collection of chapter arguments. We then walk you through some practical exercises for pinpointing your argument and testing its alignment with your book’s evidence. You’ll leave with language you can use to pitch your book to publishers, craft a standout book proposal, and write your book and chapter introductions. |
| 10/15/24 | 4:00 p.m., French House Grand Salon | Public Lecture | Rita Felski (University of Virginia) will deliver a public lecture "On Resonance," as part of her mini-residency, hosted by Prof. Gundela Hachmann and the students of COMP 7010. |
| 10/24/24 | 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m., Howe Russell 313 West | SBI Momentum Workshop | The Second Book Institute Momentum Workshop welcomes Prof. Gundela Hachmann (WLLC), who will discuss work in progress from her monograph. Write to organizers Pallavi Rastogi (prastogi@lsu.edu) or Benjy Kahan (bkahan@lsu.edu) by Oct. 17 to request a pre-circulated copy. |
| 11/7/24 | 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m., Howe Russell 313 West |
SBI Momentum Workshop | The Second Book Institute Momentum Workshop welcomes Prof. Deborah Goldgaber (PHIL), who will discuss work in progress from her monograph. Write to organizers Pallavi Rastogi (prastogi@lsu.edu) or Benjy Kahan (bkahan@lsu.edu) by Oct. 31 to request a pre-circulated copy. |
| 11/13/24 | 5:00 p.m., Allen Hall 139 | Public Lecture | Tore Olsson (University of Tennessee, Knoxville) will deliver a public lecture "Red Dead's History: How a Blockbuster Video Game Can Help Us Understand America's Violent Past" as part of his mini-residency, hosted by Prof. Julia Irwin (HIST) and the students of HIST 7956. |
| 11/20/24 | 12:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m., Hodges Hall 155 | Monograph Publishing Workshop | Prof. Katelyn Knox (French), co-author of The Dissertation-to-Book Workbook, leads this Book Proposal Workshop. We break down the common elements of a book proposal and explain how to approach each one. Drawing on our experience of mentoring authors through numerous successful book proposal submissions, we demystify the genre of the proposal and give practical tips for writing the various sections. During the Q&A, we answer questions about approaching editors, assembling the other components of the proposal package, and submitting the proposal. You will leave with a fuller understanding of book proposals in general and greater confidence about writing your own. |
| 12/2/24 | 12:30 p.m., Hill Memorial Library Lecture Hall | Public Lecture | Eden Lin (The Ohio State University) will deliver a public lecture entitled "The Value of Connection," as part of his mini-residency, hosted by Prof. Anthony Kelley (PHIL) and the students of PHIL 4943. |