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Engage with English in person

The English Department offers a robust schedule of live events throughout each semester at Colorado State University. Most of the entries on this calendar are free of charge and open to all. They aim to cultivate diverse communities around common interests while fostering exchange of ideas.

These gatherings provide unique opportunities for direct engagement with department faculty and students. They invite major literary voices, offer informal spaces for fellowship, and celebrate scholarship and creativity.

Join us all year in person around campus at CSU, and scroll down this page for our full calendar of events.

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Distinguished Lecture Series on Race, Gender, and Ethnic Studies: A Public Talk by Ruha Benjamin
September 29, 2025    
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Dr. Ruha Benjamin, Princeton University, will speak at CSU about artificial intelligence and abundant imagination in this talk sponsored by a Mellon Foundation grant.
03 Oct
October 3, 2025    
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Alan Michael Parker, award-winning novelist, cartoonist, poet, and judge of both the 2021 National Book Award and the 2024 PEN/Faulkner Award, will visit CSU on Friday, October 3, at 1 pm in LSC Room 300 to share what literary prize and artist residency juries are looking for in applicants.
09 Oct
October 9, 2025    
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
The Creative Writing Reading Series presents Luis Alberto Urrea and Mariah Rigg on Thursday, October 9, 2025 at the Lory Student Center Theatre.
16 Oct
October 16, 2025    
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Rekindle your love of classic literature with the CSU Department of English and Poudre Libraries! Join graduate students, faculty, and the public in lively and informative discussions of literature favorites.
27 Oct
October 27, 2025    
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Archived Athletes: The Intersex and Trans Histories of the 1996 Olympics Dr. Sarah Cooper, Department of English Monday, Oct. 27 12-1 p.m. Lory Student Center, [...]
27 Oct
October 27, 2025    
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
The department-wide English Studies Possibilities Fair brings together students, faculty, and staff to build community, share information about available opportunities, celebrate the English department—and have fun! There will be free pizza, button-making, and more.
Distinguished Lecture Series on Race, Gender, and Ethnic Studies: A Public Talk by Anna Tsing
October 30, 2025    
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Anna L. Tsing, professor of anthropology at University of California-Santa Cruz, will give a public talk on The Adventures of Form. This talk is funded by a Mellon Foundation grant and part of a multi-year Distinguished Lecture Series on Race, Gender, and Ethnic Studies.
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