Upcoming Events
SMU English Events (September–December 2026)
WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 14
African American Satire and Academic Futures: Reception & Panel
Date: Thursday, September 17
Time: 5:30 PM
Location: Elizabeth Prothro Great Hall
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African American Satire and Academic Futures: Graduate Student Q & A
Date: Friday, September 18
Time: 5:00 PM
Location: Elizabeth Prothro Great Hall
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Creative Writing Lunch Hour #1
Date: Friday, September 18
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: Thomson Study Area, Dallas Hall
Sterling R.E. Havens Symposium
Date: Saturday, September 19
Time: 10:00 AM–4:00 PM
Location: Mack Ballroom
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WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 21
Mustang Mentors x English Kickoff
Date: Wednesday, September 23
Time: 12:00 PM
Location: Hughes-Trigg, Room 130
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First Rodeo: A Poetry Reading Series
Date: Wednesday, September 23
Time: 7:30 PM
Location: The Wild Detectives, 314 W. Eighth St., Dallas, TX 75208
WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 28
Narrative Now Story Series: Giancarlo Esposito
Date: Wednesday, September 30
Time: 6:30 PM
Location: Oren Auditorium, Hughes-Trigg
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WEEK OF OCTOBER 5
Alumni Panel Lunch & Learn
Date: Wednesday, October 7
Time: TBD
Location: TBD
Alumni Poetry Book Club: Chen Chen
Date: Wednesday, October 7
Time: TBD
Location: TBD
ERAH Graduate Student Conference
Date: Saturday–Sunday, October 10–11
Time: TBD
Location: Moody Hall
WEEK OF OCTOBER 12
Willard Spiegelman Lecture and Book Signing
Date: Tuesday, October 13
Time: 5:30 PM
Location: Frances Anne Moody Hall Auditorium
Moviepotmos! Off-Campus Premiere
Date: Wednesday, October 14
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Texas Theatre, 231 Jefferson Blvd., Dallas, TX 75208
Moviepotmos! On-Campus Premiere
Date: Thursday, October 15
Time: 5:30 PM
Location: Frances Anne Moody Hall Auditorium
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D-Claim: Dallas Jazz & Poetry
Date: Thursday, October 15
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: The Wild Detectives, 314 W. Eighth St., Dallas, TX 75208
Featured Poet: TBD
WEEK OF OCTOBER 19
Book Workshop
Date: Friday, October 23
Time: TBD
Location: TBD
Featured Postdoctoral Fellow: TBD
WEEK OF OCTOBER 26
Blind Date with a Book: Halloween Edition
Date: Monday–Friday, October 26–30
Time: 11:00 AM–12:00 PM
Location: Fondren Library
Status: Tentative
SMU Project Poetica Artist in Residence: Chen Chen
Date: Monday–Saturday, October 26–31
Time: TBD
Location: TBD
Medievalists and Early Modernists of North Texas and Oklahoma
Date: Saturday, October 31
Time: 8:00 AM–4:00 PM
Location: Dallas Hall
WEEK OF NOVEMBER 2
Book Workshop
Date: Friday, November 6
Time: TBD
Location: TBD
Featured Postdoctoral Fellow: TBD
WEEK OF NOVEMBER 9
Stalin Boys: A Special Screening at SMU
Date: Wednesday, November 11
Time: 5:30 PM
Location: TBD
Poets Beyond the Academy: A Reading and Panel
Date: Thursday, November 12
Time: 6:30 PM
Location: TBD
WEEK OF NOVEMBER 16
Narrative Now Story Series: George Saunders
Date: Tuesday, November 17
Time: TBD
Location: Mack Ballroom, Umphrey Lee
D-Claim: Dallas Jazz & Poetry
Date: Thursday, November 19
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: The Wild Detectives, 314 W. Eighth St., Dallas, TX 75208
Featured Poet: TBD
WEEK OF DECEMBER 7
Phone Detox Hour
Date: Wednesday, December 9
Time: TBD
Location: Thomson Study Area, Dallas Hall
WEEK OF DECEMBER 14
D-Claim: Dallas Jazz & Poetry
Date: Thursday, December 17
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: The Wild Detectives, 314 W. Eighth St., Dallas, TX 75208