Upcoming Events
SMU English Events (September–December 2026)
WEEK OF OCTOBER 5
Alumni Panel Lunch & Learn
Date: Wednesday, October 7
Time: 12 PM
Location: Hughes-Trigg Room 121
Alumni Poetry Book Club: Chen Chen
Date: Wednesday, October 7
Time: 5:30 PM
Location: Texana Room (Fondren Library)
ERAH Graduate Student Conference
Date: Saturday–Sunday, October 10–11
Time: 9 AM
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
Register: https://cglink.me/2vb/r396854
Moviepotmos! On-Campus Premiere
Date: Thursday, October 15
Time: 5:30 PM
Location: Frances Anne Moody Hall Auditorium
Register: https://cglink.me/2vb/r396854
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
Sigma Tao Delta: Vampire Media Bash
Date: Thursday, October 29
Time: 5:00 PM
Location: Dallas Hall, Thomson Study Area (Lower level)
Register: https://smu.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5gAmRZELluhMjfE
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
Stalin Boys: A Special Screening at SMU
Date: Wednesday, November 2
Time: Doors open at 6:00 PM | Showtime at 6:30 PM
Location: Moody Auditorium, Frances Anne Moody Hall
Book Workshop
Date: Friday, November 6
Time: TBD
Location: TBD
Featured Postdoctoral Fellow: TBD
WEEK OF NOVEMBER 9
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