Post45 Grad Symposium

We invite the Duke community to join us for the 11th Annual Post45 Graduate Symposium on Friday, February 20, and Saturday, February 21, 2026. The event is open to all. It begins with a Networking and Coffee Hour, followed by a keynote address from Professor Aarthi Vadde of Duke English on Friday evening. Saturday will feature a roundtable discussion entitled "Sociality & the University."

Friday, February 20, 2026

• 2pm-3:30pm, Allen 314 - Networking and Coffee Hour

Please join us in Allen 314 for an informal networking hour with Post45 Graduate Symposium attendees, the Post45 Steering & Host Committees, and Duke faculty members & students. Light refreshments will be served.

• 5:30pm-7pm, Allen 314 - Keynote Address - Aarthi Vadde (English)

Please join the Post45 Graduate Symposium attendees and members of the Duke community at Aarthi Vadde's keynote address, titled "We the Platform: Twenty-First-Century Literature on the Social Web." There will be time for questions after the keynote, and light refreshments will be served.

Saturday, February 21, 2026

• 4:30pm-5:30pm, Ahmadieh Family Lecture Hall, (Smith Warehouse C105) - Roundtable: "Sociality & The University"
  
  Speakers: Åsta, Taylor Black, Christina León, Jarvis McInnis, Chiara Patrizi
  Moderators: Julia Gordon & Cassandra Luca

Please join Post45 Graduate Symposium attendees and members of the Duke Community for our discussion roundtable on "Sociality & The University," in which we examine social life in, around, and constructed by the university in our current moment. We will leave time for questions, and light refreshments will be served.