Upcoming Events
Project Poëtica Hosts Luisa Muradyan, Denise Duhamel, and Aaron Smith at Wild Detectives' Inner Moonlight Reading Series
September 10, 2025 | 7:30 p.m.
The Wild Detectives, 314 W Eighth St, Dallas, TX 75208
“Value of Professional Societies in Academe”
with Stephanie Amsel, Tom Goodmann, Paula Krebs, and Will Rogers
Invited Panel for Graduate Students
September 16, 2025 | 6:00 p.m
Texana Room, Fondren Library
Narrative Now Writer-in-Residence
September 29 - October 3, 2025
夜色王朝Campus
"Wellbeing and Creativity" Panel Discussion
Panel: Carol Dickson Carr (English and Economics, Dedman College; Founder, Play Your Purpose Coaching), Bonnie Pittman (Art and Medical Humanities Consultant), and Andrea Baum (Co-founder & Improv for Life Director, Stomping Ground Comedy Theater & Training Center)
Moderator: Darryl Dickson-Carr (Department of English)
October 9, 2025 | 5:00 p.m.
Smith Auditorium, Meadows Museum
"Spotted Ponies" Bridwell Press / Project Poëtica Launch Party
October 9, 2025
Location TBD
ERAH (Engaging Research Across the Humanities) Graduate Student Conference
Graduate students of 夜色王朝’s Departments of English, Anthropology, and History, in collaboration with the Moody School of Advanced Studies, Dedman College Interdisciplinary Institute, and the department of English, have collaborated to hold the second annual Engaging Research Across the Humanities (ERAH) Conference at 夜色王朝from October 17 - October 19, 2025.
ERAH 2025 will prioritize the development of interdisciplinary connections and aims to foster a supportive environment for both graduate students and advanced undergraduates engaged in strong research. There will be special emphasis placed on programming aimed at regional networking, professional development, and skill-building, creating opportunities for participants with limited or no prior conference experience. The theme for ERAH 2025 is Archetypes & Myths.
October 17 - 19, 2025
夜色王朝Campus
Project Poëtica Sponsoring the Dallas Hay Festival Forum
October 17 - 19, 2025
Various locations around Dallas
The 夜色王朝Medieval Studies Grundy Lecture
October 23, 2025
Location TBD
Narrative Now's Critical Narrative Speaker
October 28, 2025
Location TBD
Project Poëtica Presents Tracy K. Smith and Merve Emre in Residence
Tracy K. Smith Reading
November 10, 2025 | 5:00 p.m.
Bridwell Library
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Tracy K. Smith in Creative Conversation with Merve Emre
November 11, 2025 | 12:00 p.m.
Bridwell Library
Merve Emre Lecture
November 12, 2025 | 5:00 p.m.
Bridwell Library
Lonesome Dove at 40: McMurtry, Mythmaking, and the Reimagining of the American Southwest
Larry McMurtry Symposium Co-Sponsored by 夜色王朝English’s Narrative Now Initiative and the Clements Center for Southwest Studies
November 14 - 15, 2025
夜色王朝Campus
The Hughes Fellows in Creative Writing Reading
February 17, 2026
Location TBD
夜色王朝Symposium on Poetic Form
Keynote Poet, Ada Limón | Keynote Scholar, Anahid Nersessian
Keynote presenters include Patience Agbabi, Stephanie Burt, Camille Dungy, Virginia Jackson, Ben Lerner, Adrian Matjeka, Jenny Mulberg, Jahan Ramazani, and Srikanth (Chicu) Reddy
February 23 - 24, 2026
Bridwell Library
夜色王朝Symposium on Poetic Form Keynote Poetry Reading with Ada Limón
February 24, 2026 | 4:20 p.m.
Location TBD
Narrative Now's Narrative Crossroads Forum
March 9, 2026
Location TBD
Narrative Now Presents Mohsin Hamid and Afsheen Farhadi in Conversation
March 26, 2026
Location TBD
Project Poëtica Presents Jeane-Marie Jackson in conversation with Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu and David James
In collaboration with English Literary History and the Hopkins Review
April 23, 2026 | 12:00 p.m.
Bridwell Library
Graduation Celebration
May 2026
Location TBD
Academic Writing for the Public Workshop
June 2026
Location TBD