News and Events

Mar12
Thursday, March 12, 2020 - 10:15am
COVID-19 Announcement
As of today, Pitt has announced that all classes will be conducted online for the remainder of the...
COVID-19 Announcement
As of today, Pitt has announced that all classes will be conducted online for the remainder of the...
Nov01

Frick Fine Arts Auditorium

| Friday, November 1, 2019 - 10:30am
Genre-Bending: An Evening of Storytelling with NPR's Lulu Miller

Join NPR’s Lulu Miller, as part of the Pittsburgh Contemporary Writers Series for a special reading event—including fiction, audio, and a sneak...

Nov07

Cathedral of Learning 501

| Thursday, November 7, 2019 - 3:00pm
Box of Audio Chocolates
 
Radiomaker and writer Lulu Miller will be playing a few of her favorite audio pieces, accompanied by actual chocolate, yes, actual chocolate, to...
Nov10
Sunday, November 10, 2019 - 4:00pm
Nonsense!

 

Join us Sundays this fall for playful, informal poetry workshops perfect for beginners, or for writers with some experience looking to try something...

Nov04

Frick Fine Arts Building

| Monday, November 4, 2019 - 7:30pm
Longform Presents a Live Podcast: Leslie Jamison

Longform co-founder Max Linsky will speak with...

Oct27
Sunday, October 27, 2019 - 4:00pm
Picture to Page

 

Join us Sundays this fall for playful, informal poetry workshops perfect for beginners, or for writers with some...

Oct16

501 Cathedral of Learning 

| Wednesday, October 16, 2019 - 7:00pm
FSF Presents: "What Can I Do with an English Degree?" A Career Panel

 

Join Us for Discussion, Q & A, and Free Refreshments!

Wednesday, October 16th 7:00-8:30 pm Cathedral...

Oct13
Sunday, October 13, 2019 - 4:00pm
Play, Bucket, & Wish

 

Join us Sundays this fall for playful, informal poetry workshops perfect for beginners, or for writers with some...

Oct10

1701 Rialto Street, Pittsburgh, PA 152112 

| Thursday, October 10, 2019 - 12:15pm
Steps We Take Troy Hill: Audio Walk & Installation

During three evenings in October, visitors will encounter an installation of sound-activated light fixtures leading up the Rialto Street steps,...

Oct10

Thronburgh Room, Hillman Library 

| Thursday, October 10, 2019 - 4:30pm
Jules Gil-Peterson: Histories of the Transgender Child

The pervasive myth still exists that today's transgender children are a brand new generation- pioneers in a field of new obstacles and hurdles. Histories of the...

Oct07

512 Cathedral of Learning

| Monday, October 7, 2019 - 6:00pm
Conversation with Michelle Gil-Montero

 

Award-winning poet Michelle Gil-Montero will discuss her work as a...

Mar09
Saturday, March 9, 2019 - 1:30pm
James Noel Poetry Workshop

Presented by The Department of French and Italian 

Mar06

Humanities Center, Cathedral of Learning 602

| Wednesday, March 6, 2019 - 12:30pm
Colloquium: The Literary Construction of Cosmopolitan Identities

This essay begins with a critique of several arguments against the possibility of cosmopolitan thought and practice, and therefore, of a “cosmopolitan identity...

Mar05

Humanities Center, Cathedral of Learning 601

| Tuesday, March 5, 2019 - 4:00pm
"Toward a Global South Aesthetics with Special Reference to Peter Carey's Fiction" Lecture

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