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Center for the Study of the Novel

The Center for the Study of the Novel promotes conversation on the novel and related narrative genres as these forms have been practiced across history and cultures. CSN is committed to the importance of studying literature as a primary form of human expression, even as it examines what interdisciplinary perspectives may tell us about literature and the novel in particular. CSN further is committed to studying the history and practice of literary criticism and theory illuminating the novel and its relations to society and culture. 

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Past Events

March
7
Date
Fri March 7th 2025, 9:30am - 6:00pm
Location:
Terrace Room (rm. 426), Margaret Jacks Hall, Bldg 460
450 Jane Stanford Way, Bldg 460, Stanford, CA 94305

Please join the Center for the Study of the Novel for their annual conference!

January
28
Date
Tue January 28th 2025, 5:00pm - 6:30pm
Location:
Stanford University
McCaw Hall
Arrillaga Alumni Center
326 Galvez St, Stanford, CA 94305
April
25
Date
Thu April 25th 2024, 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Location:
Terrace Room (rm. 426), Margaret Jacks Hall, Bldg 460
450 Jane Stanford Way, Bldg 460, Stanford, CA 94305

Please join us for our final event with the Working Group on Narrative, coming up on April 25th.

April
5
Date
Fri April 5th 2024, 9:00am - 5:30pm
Location:
Building 460, Margaret Jacks Hall
450 Jane Stanford Way, Building 460, Stanford, CA 94305
Terrace Room (Rm. 426)

We are excited to announce our CSN 2024 Conference, Stories and the Seas, which will be happening all day on Friday, April 5th.

February
20
Date
Tue February 20th 2024, 5:00pm
Location:
Building 460, Margaret Jacks Hall, 426 (Terrace Room)

We are excited to welcome Caroline Levine to campus this February for our annual Ian Watt lecture!

February
6
Date
Tue February 6th 2024, 5:00pm
Location:
Margaret Jacks Hall, Terrace Room (Room 426)
October
24
Date
Tue October 24th 2023 - Thu October 26th 2023, All day
Location:
Terrace Room on the 4th Floor of Building 460

Tuesday, October 24th

Noon-2pm

Futures of Short Story Criticism

October
23
Date
Mon October 23rd 2023, 4:30pm
Location:
Terrace Room in Margaret Jacks Hall

Speaker: Kevin McLaughlin (Brown University)

October
12
Date
Thu October 12th 2023, 5:00pm
Location:
Terrace Room of Margaret Jacks Hall

Author: Jennifer Fleissner

May
19
Date
Fri May 19th 2023, 12:00am - Sat May 20th 2023, 12:00am
Location:
Terrace Room, Margaret Jacks Hall (460-426)