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 End of Semester Gathering (TBA) |
Spring Semester 2026
January
| Jan. 30-31 | 21st Annual Marco Manuscript Workshop: “DESTRUCTION & PRESERVATION” (The West Wing, Haslam Business Building) |
| TBA | Marco Graduate Colloquium |
February
| Feb. 17 | Medieval Facsimile Workshop with Giovanni Scorcioni (Facsimile Finder) Hodges Library Special Collections (10:00am-3:00pm) |
| Feb. 18 | Marco Graduate Colloquium Research Sources Workshop with H. Meadows and C. Kuper |
March
| March 24 | Jack Martin (William & Mary): “Becoming a Language Ally: How Universities Can Support Tribal Efforts to Create New Speakers“ Special Lecture in Partnership with McClung Museum as part of the Homelands Exhibition (5:30pm, McClung Museum Auditorium) |
| TBA | Marco Graduate Colloquium |
April
| Apr. 7 | Marco-Sponsored Lecture with Ben Saltzman (UChicago) Title/Location/Time TBA |
| Apr. 10-11 | 21st Annual Marco Symposium: “The Roland Tradition: From History to Legend, From King Charles to Stephen King” (The West Wing, Haslam Business Building) |
| Apr. 16 |
LAReS Special Lecture: “Augustine the African,” Catherine Conybeare (Bryn Mawr) |
| April 22 |
Lindsay Young Distinguished Visiting Senior Scholar Lecture: Cécile Voyer (Poitiers), Title TBA |
| TBA | Marco Graduate Colloquium |
| TBA | Marco Annual Graduate Fellows Evening (The Mill Room, Cherokee Mills) |
Fall Semester 2026
October
| Oct. 23-24 | Southeastern Renaissance Conference |