Deadline: February 28th, 2026
Event Date: Friday, April 10, 2026, 10:30–4:00
Location: 360 Room, Main Library (Digital Scholarship Lab, West Wing, 2nd Floor)

WRAP (Writing, Rhetoric, and Praxis) and the Digital Scholarship Lab invite graduate students to submit proposals for the Spring Research Talks. The event spotlights research grounded in humanities and social sciences as well as projects that engage broadly with digital scholarship, interdisciplinary humanities, or creative/critical inquiry.

All presentations will take place in the MSU Library’s 360 room, which allows presenters to display their project slides around the space. Presenters may submit a proposal in one of the following categories:

• 10 minutes for individual presentations
• 20 minutes for group presentations

Proposals are welcome from all MSU graduate students. While a portion of presentation slots will be reserved for WRAP-affiliated students as our cosponsors, we welcome projects from across the College of Arts & Letters and beyond, including work grounded in literary and cultural studies, linguistics and language studies, philosophy, visual and performing arts, digital humanities, film and media studies, design and experience architecture, creative and practice-based research, and interdisciplinary or community-engaged scholarship. Projects may draw on qualitative, quantitative, computational, archival, historical, creative, rhetorical, or artistic methods. Whether your work focuses on theoretical models, empirical research, creative practice, pedagogical innovation, or multimodal experimentation, we encourage you to share it. The Spring Research Talks aim to reflect the full range of intellectual inquiry and creative expression taking place across our graduate community. 

Proposal Requirements:

• Title of presentation
• Type of presentation
  • Individual (10 minutes)
  • Group (20 minutes)
• Name(s) of presenter(s)
• Presenter’s department and/or program
• Academic program and year (e.g., 1st-year MA, 3rd-year PhD)
• A brief abstract of approximately 100 words describing the research you plan to share. 

Presentations will be scheduled throughout the day and grouped thematically when possible. This event is designed to support ideas at all stages, from exploratory concepts to near-final projects, so students at any point in their program are encouraged to apply.

Submit proposals using our Google Form.

Proposals are due by 11:59 p.m. on February 28. All proposals will be evaluated via rubric by a team consisting of members of WRAP and the Digital Scholarship Lab. Proposal decisions will be communicated to presenters by March 13. 

If you have any questions about the Spring Research Talks, please contact Imari Tetu (tetuimar@msu.edu). 
 

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