The English Department’s Long 20th Century Colloquium serves students at every stage of graduate work on post-1900 literature and culture. The Colloquium—formerly divided into the 19th Century/Modernism Colloquium and the Twentieth Century and Contemporary Colloquium—serves primarily as a venue for academic and professional development for graduate students. We meet as a seminar for a mixture of student workshops, presentations by guest speakers, and professionalization events.
To be added our mailing list, to ask a question, or to make a suggestion, please contact Colloquium co-coordinators Elizabeth Ambrose or Sunbinn Lee. No matter your area of specialization, your department, or your university, we'd love to have you join us!
If you would like to attend an event and are not on our mailing list, please email Elizabeth (elizabethambrose@fas.harvard.edu) or Sunbinn (sunbinnlee@g.harvard.edu) to let them know.
Our faculty sponsors are Beth Blum and Vidyan Ravinthiran.
February 12th
Welcome Drinks
Department lounge | 5-6:30 pm ET
We'll begin our semester with welcome drinks, snacks, and a mystery group activity!
March 23rd
Grad Workshop
Barker 133 |
Please welcome Lily Nilipour, Celine Shanosky, and Yoojung Chun, who will be workshopping their current work. Paper titles TBA.
April 6th
Trans Lit Special Issue of College Literature
Barker 114 | 6:00pm ET
Please join us in welcoming guest editors Alex Brostoff (Georgetown University) and rl Goldberg (Hampshire College), and contributor Stephanie Burt. This will be a conversation about the Fall 2025 special issue of College Literature, "Trans Literatures." Find more information on the issue here.
Biweekly Poetry Group
Poetry Room at Child Library, Widener Library | Wednesdays 6:00 pm ET
The poetry reading group meets every other Tuesday evening in Child Library for the following dates:
Jan 28, Feb 11, Feb 25, Mar 11, Mar 25, Apr 8, Apr 22, May 6