HSS Humanities Center Events: Fostering Scholarship-Centered Community
The HSS Humanities Center holds events throughout the year to bring together scholars at all career stages from across HSS.
September 2025
| DATE | TIME/LOCATION | EVENT NAME | EVENT DETAILS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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. |
October 2025
| DATE | TIME/LOCATION | EVENT NAME | EVENT DETAILS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/6/25 | 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m., Zoom | Book Publication Workshop Series |
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| 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, "Against 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. |
| 10/28/25 | 12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m., Place to be announced | 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. |
November 2025
| DATE | TIME/LOCATION | EVENT NAME | EVENT DETAILS |
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| 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! |
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