This page may be updated throughout the year to reflect our latest programming schedule. If you have a Marco-related event that you would like listed here, please contact us at marco@utk.edu. All times listed as Eastern Time.

Marco Event Calendar, 2025-26
Fall Semester 2025
September
| Aug. 28 |
Marco Advisory Board Annual Meeting – 4:30pm, The Mill Room, Cherokee Mills |
| Sept. 9 |
Department of Religious Studies Annual Siddiqi Lecture: “Andalusi Peregrinations and Scholarly Circulations in the Islamic World,” Mohamad Ballan – CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO |
| Sept. 17 |
22nd Annual Riggsby Lecture on Medieval Mediterranean History & Culture: “Icons of Sound: Chant & Recitation in Hagia Sophia,” Bissera V. Pentcheva (Stanford) – 5:00pm, Lindsay Young Auditorium, Hodges Library |
| Sept. 18 |
“Aeneas in the Underworld” Performance and Lecture – 7:30pm, Powell Recital Hall, Natalie L. Haslam Music Center |
October
| Oct. 15 |
Marco Graduate Colloquium |
| Oct. 20 |
Marco Institute / Denbo Center for Humanities & the Arts Distinguished Lecture: “Rhetoric and Symbolic Power in the Early Atlantic World,” Andrew laird (Brown) – 3:30pm, Denbo Center, Cherokee MillsNovember |
November
| TBA |
Marco Graduate Colloquium |
December
| Dec. 11 |
Marco Holiday Party (TBA) |

Spring Semester 2026
January/February
| Jan. 30-31 |
21st Annual Marco Manuscript Workshop (The West Wing, Haslam Business Building) |
| TBA |
Marco Graduate Colloquium |
February
| Feb. 17 |
Giovanni Scorcioni / Facsimile Finder Presentation/exhibition and talk. (Times/Locations TBA) |
March
| TBA |
Marco Graduate Colloquium |
April
| Apr. 10-11 |
21st Annual Marco Symposium (The West Wing, Haslam Business Building)
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| TBA |
Marco Graduate Colloquium |
| TBA |
Marco Annual Graduate Fellows Evening (The Mill Room, Cherokee Mills) |