OVCR Working Groups Calendar
Friday, September 25, 2026
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Readings in theme with “Up Against Erasure,” with: Andrea Giugni + Malina Infante + Nathan Metz, as well as Lisa Low.

Saturday, September 26, 2026
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Readings in theme with “Up Against Erasure,” with: Steven Bergmark + Mason McVeigh + Diana Towne, as well as Gabriela Garcia.

Tuesday, September 29, 2026
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Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Gather in the Garden will take place every Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.

Wednesday, September 30, 2026
Thursday, October 1, 2026
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Join us for an info session to learn more about the Humanities in Action program and receive insight into the application process.

Friday, October 2, 2026
Monday, October 5, 2026
Tuesday, October 6, 2026
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Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Gather in the Garden will take place every Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.

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Claire Schane is a Molecular and Integrative Biology, Ph.D. student and will present on "Breast cancer dormancy and the tumor microenvironment."

Wednesday, October 7, 2026
Thursday, October 8, 2026
Friday, October 9, 2026
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This is a panel discussion with artists and scholars on Everett’s "Erasure." Each panelist will provide a different window into what’s beyond Erasure or what reading Erasure inspires (broadly conceived).

Monday, October 12, 2026
Tuesday, October 13, 2026
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Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Gather in the Garden will take place every Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.

Wednesday, October 14, 2026
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Join us as we highlight the incredible work of each of Humanities Without Walls' Reciprocity and Redistribution Grand Research Challenge projects in four virtual showcases over the 2026-27 academic year. During each event, 2-3 teams will present their projects and share a bit about the centrality of reciprocal and redistributive methods to their work.

Thursday, October 15, 2026
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Join other members of the Beckman community for coffee and cookies in the Beckman Atrium. The Cookie Collab is scheduled for 3 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month.

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Professor Ángel Garcia (English/Creative Writing) will read from his latest collection, Indifferent Cities.

Friday, October 16, 2026
Tuesday, October 20, 2026
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Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Gather in the Garden will take place every Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.

Thursday, October 22, 2026
Friday, October 23, 2026
Tuesday, October 27, 2026
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Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Gather in the Garden will take place every Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.

Wednesday, October 28, 2026
Thursday, October 29, 2026
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Professor Gillen D'Arcy Wood (English and Earth Science & Environmental Change) will discuss his book, The Wake of HMS Challenger: How a Legendary Victorian Voyage Tells the Story of Our Oceans’ Decline.

Friday, October 30, 2026
Monday, November 2, 2026
Tuesday, November 3, 2026
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Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Gather in the Garden will take place every Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.

Wednesday, November 4, 2026
Thursday, November 5, 2026
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Representatives from the HuMetricsHSS Humane Metrics Initiative will present on the values-based frameworks they’ve developed to guide all kinds of scholarly processes.

Friday, November 6, 2026
Monday, November 9, 2026
Tuesday, November 10, 2026
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Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Gather in the Garden will take place every Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.

Wednesday, November 11, 2026
Thursday, November 12, 2026
Friday, November 13, 2026
Tuesday, November 17, 2026
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Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Gather in the Garden will take place every Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.

Wednesday, November 18, 2026
Thursday, November 19, 2026
Tuesday, December 1, 2026
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Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Gather in the Garden will take place every Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.

Wednesday, December 2, 2026
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Join us as we highlight the incredible work of each of Humanities Without Walls' Reciprocity and Redistribution Grand Research Challenge projects in four virtual showcases over the 2026-27 academic year. During each event, 2-3 teams will present their projects and share a bit about the centrality of reciprocal and redistributive methods to their work.

Thursday, December 3, 2026
Monday, December 7, 2026
Tuesday, December 8, 2026
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Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Gather in the Garden will take place every Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.

Wednesday, December 9, 2026
Thursday, December 10, 2026
Tuesday, December 15, 2026
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Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Gather in the Garden will take place every Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.

Monday, January 25, 2027
Monday, February 1, 2027
Tuesday, February 2, 2027
Wednesday, February 3, 2027
Thursday, February 4, 2027
Friday, February 5, 2027
Monday, February 8, 2027
Tuesday, February 9, 2027
Wednesday, February 10, 2027
Thursday, February 11, 2027
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Justice in the Balance: Democracy, Rule of Law, and the European Court of Human Rights

Monday, February 15, 2027
Tuesday, February 16, 2027
Friday, February 19, 2027
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Following an introduction to the book proposal and publishing process, this presentation and panel will also cover recent experiences by faculty and editors in this important component of humanistic scholarship. Co-organized by the Humanities Research Institute and OVCRI’s Office of Research Advising and Project Development.

Tuesday, February 23, 2027
Thursday, February 25, 2027
Tuesday, March 2, 2027
Wednesday, March 3, 2027
Thursday, March 4, 2027
Friday, March 5, 2027
Monday, March 8, 2027
Tuesday, March 9, 2027
Wednesday, March 10, 2027
Tuesday, March 23, 2027
Thursday, March 25, 2027
Friday, March 26, 2027
Tuesday, March 30, 2027
Thursday, April 1, 2027
Friday, April 2, 2027
Wednesday, April 7, 2027
Thursday, April 8, 2027
Monday, April 12, 2027
Tuesday, April 13, 2027
Wednesday, April 14, 2027
Thursday, April 15, 2027
Tuesday, April 20, 2027
Tuesday, April 27, 2027
Thursday, May 6, 2027
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Gather with us in community to celebrate this year's HRI research prize recipients and to mark the close of another academic year!




























