- Global Futures Symposium
- Wednesday, April 22
- 1pm to 5pm
Newcomb Hall Ballroom and South Meeting Room
We’re excited to share that the Global Futures Symposium is on Wednesday, April 22nd, from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. in Newcomb Hall Ballroom and South Meeting Room! This event will feature over 200 student research projects, food, refreshments, awards, and more!
An Election Diary: Film on Indian Elections and Discussion
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- Friday, April 24
- Noon to 2pm
Gibson 211
MESALC and the South Asia Center present a short film, "An Election Diary" on the buildup to and media outreach for elections in India. Supported by the Department of Politics, Taraknath Das Funds and CGII, the filmmaker Avijit Mukul Kishore will join us in a discussion. Food will be provided.
American Studies Book Launch
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- Friday, April 24
- 2pm to 3pm
Wilson 142
Join American Studies in celebrating the recent manuscript publications of three of faculty members: Lisa Cacho, Kasey Jernigan, and David Singerman. Each professor will give a flash talk on the genesis of their work. Five copies of each author’s manuscript will be given away to students who attend – first come, first serve. Ask your professor to sign your copy! Lite bites, coffee, and tea will be provided.
Where Memory Lives
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- Friday, April 24
- Panel Discussion, 3-4pm; Refreshments, 4-5pm; Exhibition Opening, 5pm
Campbell Hall 160; Campbell Hall Lobby; Sculpture Garden
Please join the Department of Art and the rest of our community in congratulating our graduating students and 5th Year Aunspaugh Fellows on the work they have done and the exhibitions we now get to enjoy on all three floors of Ruffin Hall and in Ruffin Gallery. Thesis shows in Studio Art are the culmination of four academic years of undergraduate liberal arts at UVA. We, as faculty & staff, are incredibly proud of the hard work all of our students put into their creative practices and exhibitions.
Students are involved with the production and installation of these exhibitions and gain valuable experience in the handling and hanging of important works of all types, as well as the work of hosting their own receptions. We all come together as a department during these Friday student exhibition receptions to recognize the student’s successful completion of the major.
- Race, Relationships and the Life of the LDS Church Now
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- Saturday, April 25
- 3pm to 5:30pm
UVA Darden DC Metro Facility (30th Floor) Rosslyn, VA
On Saturday, April 25, 2026, Latter-day Saint scholars Alice Faulkner Burch, Vinna Chowriamah, Matthew L. Harris, and W. Paul Reeve will join UVA Bushman Chair of Mormon Studies Laurie Maffly-Kipp for the continuation of Dialogue Journal’s “All Are Alike Unto God” series. This series examines the insights and aftermath of the 1978 Revelation to Latter-day Saint President Spencer W. Kimball which expanded the priesthood beyond just white men to “all worthy, male members of the Church.”
- The Future of Iran After War: Prospects, Perils, and Possibilities
- Monday, April 27
- 11am to 12:30pm
The Rotunda, Dome Room
What comes next for Iran in the wake of devastating and rapidly evolving conflict? Join the Office of Global Affairs, in partnership with the Persian Students Association and the Persian Cultural Society, for a timely panel discussion bringing together scholars and experts to examine the possible paths forward.
- "Public Writing, Public Scholarship with Alia Habib and David Perry"
- Monday, April 27
- 4:30pm
- Bryan Hall Faculty LoungePlease join the Kohler Seminar on Public-Facing Scholarship for a special event on public writing and public scholarship. The event will feature Alia Habib, one of the nation's leading literary agents, and David Perry, a prolific scholar and columnist, as they discuss the process of translating academic research into more public-facing forms of writing. Their paired presentations and Q-and-A will touch on writing nonfiction book proposals, pitching essays and op-eds, and beginning and building writing careers, among other topics.A limited number of copies of their new books, Habib's Take It From Me: An Agent's Guide to Building a Nonfiction Career from Scratch and Perry's The Public Scholar: A Practical Handbook, will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. If you will definitely attend the event and would like to receive a copy of one or both books, please write to Olivia Paschal atbwh4pw@virginia.edu by April 15.
Charlottesville 2017: Antisemitism at the Crossroads of American Hatred
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- Wednesday, April 29
- 5:30 to 7:30pm
Nau 101
UVA Jewish Studies will host former Jay Berkowitz Professor of Jewish History and UVA Jewish Studies Director James Loeffler to deliver the 2026 Paul and Dorothy Grob Memorial Lecture on Wednesday, April 29th at 5:30 PM in Nau Hall room 101. His lecture is entitled “Charlottesville 2017: Antisemitism at the Crossroads of American Hatred." Reception to follow.
- ‘Love, All’: Tending the Tradition: A Retirement Conference and Celebration in Honor of Deborah E. McDowell
- Friday, May 22 & Saturday, May 23
- 9am to 5pm
Minor Hall 125
An event honoring the career of Deborah E. McDowell, "Love All": Tending the Tradition celebrates McDowell's intellectual production, trailblazing leadership, and groundbreaking contributions to the field of African American literary studies and Black feminism as a scholar, editor, mentor, colleague, and friend. This conference gathers the generations of scholars to share papers focused on the vast impact of Deborah McDowell's work and legacy.
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