This event will be held in-person only. Register to attend Pardis Dabashi is Assistant Professor of English at Bryn Mawr College, where she is also Affiliated Faculty in the Comparative Literature Program, the Middle Eastern, Central Asian, and North African Studies Program, and the Film Studies Program. Her scholarship examines the intersection of form, politics, and affect in narrative film and literary modernism in the Euro-American and Iranian contexts, as well as the history and epistemology of critical argument as it relates to religious debate, particularly in the history of Islam. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in such venues as PMLA, Modernism/modernity, Textual Practice, MFS: Modern Fiction Studies, Feminist Media Histories, and The Qur'an: Literary Dimensions (Edinburgh UP). She is co-editor of The New William Faulkner Studies (Cambridge UP, 2022), and co-editor of the Visualities forum on Modernism/modernity Print+. Her first book, Losing the Plot: Film and Feeling in the Modern Novel (University of Chicago Press, 2023), studies plot and ambivalence in the Euro-American modernist novel and the classical Hollywood cinema. It received the 2024 Modernist Studies Association First Book Prize. She is currently working on two books, one that brings debates in classical Islamic philosophy and theology to bear on the concept of critical dispute in contemporary literary criticism and theory, the other an aesthetic historiography of pre-Revolutionary emotion in Persian modernism and Iranian New Cinema of the 1960s and 70s. Liam Kruger is Assistant Professor in the Department of English at Notre Dame, where he teaches on Global Anglophone literatures of the twentieth and twenty-first century, with a particular emphasis on the novel in Africa. Professor Kruger's current research concerns representations of urban space in postcolonial literature, taking Dublin, Lagos, Johannesburg, and Hong Kong as its key sites and case studies. He is also co-organizer of Virtual Publics in the Memosphere, a public humanities project at Dartmouth College. His writing has appeared in Research in African Literatures, Modern Fiction Studies, and Cultural Critique, among other venues. Literatures of Annihilation, Exile, and Resistance, launched by Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi, is a research collective and lecture series co-sponsored by the College of Arts and Letters and the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame, and housed at the Initiative on Race and Resilience. The series focuses on contemporary literature, film, and visual art that has been shaped by revolutionary and resistance movements, decolonization, migration, class and economic warfare, communal and state-sanctioned violence, and human rights violations. We aim to theorize new modes of contemporary literary and artistic resistance across national borders and to amplify the voices of scholars, artists, and writers of color whose lived experience is instrumental in forging new alliances across formal, linguistic and national boundaries. This event is sponsored by Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, Creative Writing Program, Department of English, Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies, The Graduate School, Department of American Studies, Institute for Social Concerns, Teaching Beyond the Classroom Grants, The Brookline Booksmith Transnational Literature Series and the Franco Family Institute for Liberal Arts and the Public Good/Henkels Grant.   Originally published at litofexile.nd.edu.

A workshop aimed to help people learn what goes into a good resume and what resources the library has that could help you in the job searching process. There will be extra time for hands-on work. -- https://sjcpl.libnet.info/event/13509518

South Bend’s Federico Rodriguez brings artworks that reimagines everyday objects, cultural symbols, and familiar images to reveal new perspectives. Federico was born and raised in South Bend to a family that held to Mexican American cultural traditions and explored them through music and dance. He was surrounded by creatives and extroverts from his earliest years. Today, as a conceptual and community-based artist, Federico’s work shifts how something ordinary can be understood, weaving together history, culture, and imagination in ways that encourage reflection, connection, and conversation. On Thursday, September 18, join Federico as he shares his artwork, his community, and his culture.Details at crhc.iusb.edu.

Join an evening of sketching, community, and inspiration centered around themes found in the exhibition Homecoming: Walter Osborne’s Portraits of Dublin, 1880–1900. This month’s session will focus on field drawing in the Charles B. Hayes Family Sculpture Park (weather location in the galleries) and will be led by local artist Kelly Harrington. Come ready to share a sketch (sketches should be no larger than 9” x 12”) of your own, created in response to this prompt: Choose one natural object—either living or inanimate—from your own yard or a location nearby to draw from life. This could be anything that catches your eye: a leaf, a feather, a rock, a branch, a patch of moss, or even an insect or small plant. Use any drawing medium you’re comfortable with. Your drawing can be quick and expressive or more detailed and precise—but work only while observing the object in real time. Limit your drawing session to no more than one hour to keep the focus on direct observation. On the same page as your drawing, be sure to include the following:The location (where you found or observed the object)The time of dayThe name of the object, if you know itAny notes or reflections on what you discovered while drawingBefore you finish, take a clear photograph of your subject to bring with you to our next session. During the program, we’ll share sketches, discuss artistic choices and techniques, find inspiration in each other’s and Osborne’s work, and take on a new sketching challenge inspired by this month’s theme. Local Lines is open to artists aged 15 and up. This program is part of The Big Draw, the world's largest drawing celebration, which takes place across the globe every year in October. It is for anyone who loves to draw, as well as those who think they can't. The festival promotes drawing as a universal language that has the power to change lives and unite people of any age, background, race, or religion from around the globe. Parking is available in the Visitor Lot immediately north of the Sculpture Park for a fee during the week (before 4:30 p.m.). Free two-hour parking is available in the Eddy Street Commons Parking Garage or along Angela Blvd. After 4:30 p.m. and on weekends, parking is free and available in any non-gated campus lot. If traveling via South Bend Transpo, take the No.7 bus and use the Eddy St. Commons stop. Originally published at raclinmurphymuseum.nd.edu.

Free live music in the NEW Seitz Park. Enjoy live music in the heart of downtown on Sundays from 3 - 5 PM and on Thursdays from 6 - 8 PM. From soul and classic rock to Latin rhythms and more, each concert brings something new. Bring a blanket, some friends, and enjoy the summer vibes by the river. Schedule:17-Jul: Los Hermanos Bueno20-Jul: Pablos Revenge24-Jul: After Ours27-Jul: The Happy Campers31-Jul: JDM Band3-Aug: Justin Staublin Band7-Aug: Loose Associates10-Aug: Marriani14-Aug: Kennedy's Kitchen17-Aug: Out of Favors Boy21-Aug: PT and the Cruisers24-Aug: Shelly Cowling Quintet28-Aug: On the Lash31-Aug: Bluesman Ray Davis & The All Star Blue Band4-Sep: Alligator Blackbird7-Sep: Corey Ronnell11-Sep: The Erly14-Sep: City Sun https://www.visitsouthbend.com/event/seitz-park-concert-series/8003/

An improvisation club for learning, sharing and performing improv. Club activities include fun, participatory games for all improv experience levels. Beginners are welcome! -- https://sjcpl.libnet.info/event/14144912