Spring 2018
Academic calendar information for all campuses is available online.
Jan. 16–May 13, “What Big Eyes You Have! Looking at the Wolf in Fairy Tales”exhibition, Eberly Family Special Collections Library Exhibition Room, 104 Paterno Library.
Feb. 18-Aug. 13, “Depth of Field” exhibit, Diversity Studies Room, 203 Pattee Library, seeks to highlight the intersections of war in the Middle East with the history of war photography.
Wednesday, Mar. 21: Software in the Humanities and Social Sciences Workshop – Pandoc, convert documents from one file type to another and back again, all from the command line, with Grant Wythoff. Bring a bag lunch; noon-1 p.m., 403 Paterno Library and via Zoom at https://psu.zoom.us/j/914950827.
Wednesday, Mar. 21: Poetry Without Borders – A multicultural night of poetry hosted by the Dept. of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literature; 6-7 p.m., Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library. Reception following in Mann Assembly Room, 103 Paterno Library.
Thursday, Mar. 22: Mann Lecture: The Art of Being a Wolf – Debra Mitts-Smith, children’s and young adult literature expert and author of “Picturing the Wolf in Children’s Literature,” will offer the 2018 Charles W. Mann Jr. Lecture in the Book Arts; 4:30 p.m., Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, and online via Mediasite Live.
Thursday, Mar. 29: A Night of Chocolate: An Interdisciplinary Panel Discussion of Chocolate from Gene to Bean to Bar – Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, 6-8 p.m.
Monday, Apr. 2: Edible Book Festival – Compete in or help judge a book-themed cake decorating contest. Sign up at http://tinyurl.com/psulibsediblebook, noon- 1p.m., Mann Assembly Room, 103 Paterno Library.
Monday 2 April: Editing Aphra Behn in the Digital Age (E-ABIDA) – Show-and-tell session with some of our special collections related to Aphra Behn, with Elaine Hobby and Claire Bowditch of Loughborough University, England. 5-6 p.m., Mann Assembly Room, 103 Paterno Library.
Tuesday, Apr. 3: Grant Writing Workshop, Mann Assembly Room, 103 Paterno Library, 1-2:30 p.m.
Tuesday, April 3: Editing and Collating 17th Century Books in the Modern Digital Age – with Elaine Hobby and Claire Bowditch of Loughborough University. 2-3 p.m., Foster Auditorium and live streamed via MediaSite.
Tuesday, Apr. 3: Jillian Cantor to read as part of the Mary E Rolling Reading Series, Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, 7:30-9 p.m.
Wednesday, Apr. 4: Software in the Humanities and Social Sciences Workshop – IIIF, with Karen Estlund. Bring a bag lunch; noon-1 p.m. 403 Paterno Library and via Zoom at https://psu.zoom.us/j/914950827.
Thursday, Apr. 5: Lecture by Professor Leo Bersani, “Force in Progress”, 5-7 p.m., Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library.
Friday, Apr. 6: Art+Feminism Wiki-edit-a-thon – An editing free-for-all to improve content on feminism, gender, and the arts on Wikipedia, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Mann Assembly Room, 103 Paterno Library. Remote participation is also encouraged; This year’s meetup page is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/University_Park/ArtAndFeminism_2018/The_Pennsylvania_State_University.
Wednesday, Apr. 11: Software in the Humanities and Social Sciences Workshop – OpenRefine, a free and open-source resource for cleaning, regularizing, and organizing complex data, with Jose Guerrero. Bring a bag lunch; noon-1 p.m. 403 Paterno Library and via Zoom at https://psu.zoom.us/j/914950827.
Sunday, Apr. 22: International Write-In. Two sessions, 3:30-7:30 p.m. and 8 p.m.-midnight. Mann Assembly Room, 103 Paterno Library. Interested writers can sign up today at: http://tinyurl.com/psuwritein
Monday, Apr. 23: Working with International Students Workshop: Resources and Inclusive Strategies, 1-4 p.m., 221 Chambers Building, Krause Learning Space.
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