The Events

Upcoming Events

APR 14, Common Works Essentials, Encountering Poetry in Songs of Innocence and Experience and Dickinson’s Selected Dickinson

Moderated by Professors Jeff Dolven and Josh Kotin

APR 18, Common Works Essentials, Imitation Workshop

Conducted by Professor Jeff Dolven

APR 25, Common Works Essentials, Embarking with Moby Dick

Moderated by Professors Josh Kotin and Sarah Rivett

See Princeton Department of English Outreach for more events

Past Events

MAR 22, 2022, Common Works Essentials, Conversation Workshop

Conducted by Professor Tamsen Wolff

MAR 14, 2022, Common Works Essentials, Commentary Workshop

Conducted by Professor Jeff Nunokawa

FEB 17, 2022, Common Works Essentials, Encountering Climate Change in The Great Derangement

Moderated by Professors Paul Nadal and Rob Nixon

FEB 10, 2022: Common Works Essentials, Encountering Drama in Death and the King’s Horseman and King Lear

Moderated by Professors Simon Gikandi and Tamsen Wolff

NOV 8, 2o21: Common Works Essentials, Sula and The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

Moderated by Professors Anne Cheng and Kinohi Nishikawa

NOV 2, 2021: Common Works Essentials, Paradise Lost by John Milton

Moderated by Professors Jeff Dolven and Russ Leo

MAR 18, 2021: Book Discussion, King Lear by William Shakespeare

Moderated by Graduate Students Moeko Fujii and Lisa Kraege

APR 1, 2021: Film Discussion, Ran directed by Akira Kurosawa

Moderated by Graduate Students Moeko Fujii and Lisa Kraege

JAN 20, 2021: Book Discussion, Emma by Jane Austen

Moderated by Graduate Students Yan Che and Jeewon Yoo

JAN 13, 2021: Film Discussion, Emma directed by Autumn de Wilde

Moderated by Graduate Students Yan Che and Jeewon Yoo

OCT 22, 2020: A Reading and Q&A with Author Justin Torres from We the Animals

Moderated by Professor Christina León

OCT 15, 2020: Book Discussion, We the Animals by Justin Torres

Moderated by Graduates Students Alex Diaz-Hui and Lindsey Griffiths

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