Tom Wolfe Weekend Seminar: Vigil Schedule of Events

September 4-5, 2026

Washington and Lee University Alumni Engagement Lifelong Learning Campus Programs Tom Wolfe Weekend Seminar: Vigil Tom Wolfe Weekend Seminar: Vigil Schedule of Events
Lifelong Learning

Friday, September 4, 2026

Time Event / Location
2:30-4:30 PM Program Registration
Elrod Commons
4:30-4:40 PM Program Introductions
University Chapel
4:40-5:35 PM Vigil
George Saunders
University Chapel
5:35-6:15 PM Book Signing with George Saunders
Washington Hall
5:45-7:00 PM Reception
Watson Galleries
7:00-8:30 PM Dinner
Great Hall, Science Addition

Saturday, September 5, 2026

Time Event / Location
8:30-9:00 AM Coffee and Refreshments
Huntley Lobby / Peppers Room
9:00-10:00 AM Storytelling Animal: George Saunders and the Ecological Effects of Human Narrative
Leah Green, Writer-in-Residence
Huntley 327
10:00-10:15 AM Break
10:15-11:15 AM Memory and Moral Reckoning in George Saunders’ “Vigil”
Melissa Kerin, Director of the Roger Mudd Center for Ethics and Professor of Art History
Huntley 327
11:15-11:30 AM Break
11:30 AM-12:20 PM Panel Q&A
George Saunders, Leah Green, and Melissa Kerin
Huntley 327
12:30-1:30 PM Lunch
Great Hall, Science Addition