Events
Beyond the End of the World: Manifesta 13 Artist Talk
Virtual EventWar ecologies call forth not just mutuality but collapse, survival within violence. Conflict involves corporate extraction and militarised assaults on environments and environmentalists, while multispecies life and coexistence fall under […]
Donka Farkas: Canonical and non-canonical speech acts
Virtual EventThe Department of Linguistics is pleased to present Donka Farkas speaking on Canonical and non-canonical speech acts. Zoom Information will be emailed on Thursday, November 19, 2020. Abstract The general […]
Ta-Nehisi Coates: Special post-election conversation
Virtual EventWe’re thrilled to welcome Ta-Nehisi Coates, one of our country's best thinkers and writers, for a virtual conversation about the state of our country post-election, truth telling, and the idea […]
Victorian Kitchens & Cocktails
Virtual EventDust off your copies of What Shall We Have for Dinner? by Lady Clutterbuck and Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management and join us for three interactive sessions exploring Victorian kitchens and cocktails. Dickens […]
Visualizing Abolition: Film Screening “Lessons of the Hour”
Virtual EventIn collaboration with McEvoy Foundation for the Arts, we are pleased to present a limited online screening of Isaac Julien Lessons of the Hour as a part of the Visualizing […]
Visualizing Abolition: Abolition Then and Now w/ Isaac Julien and Robin D.G. Kelley
Virtual EventAbolition Then & Now with historian and cultural theorist Robin D. G. Kelley and artist and filmmaker Isaac Julien, co-presented with McEvoy Foundation for the Arts, is the next event […]
In Vitro: Film Screening and Conversation
Virtual EventIN VITRO | Larissa Sansour & Søren Lind, 2019 (TRAILER) from Spike Island - Productions on Vimeo. Join the Center for Cultural Studies Colloquium for a special screening of the […]
Living Writers: Student Reading
Virtual EventLIVING WRITERS FALL 2020: SEEING RED—RAGE, WRITING, ART features contemporary poets, cultural critics, performance and visual artists interrogating rage, its call and possibilities, rendered across an array of works (text, […]
Adrian Staub – Word frequency and predictability effects in reading: Some outstanding puzzles
Virtual EventThe Department of Linguistics is pleased to present Adrian Staub of the University of Massachusetts speaking on word frequency and predictability effects in reading: some outstanding puzzles Abstract: A word’s […]
Ezra Klein and Will Davies: Living in a Frayed Democracy
Virtual EventThe Peggy Downes Baskin Ethics Lecture - Ezra Klein and Will Davies: Living in Frayed Democracy We’re all impacted by this deeply polarized moment. How do we navigate life while […]