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Wednesday 4 November
- 6:30 PM-8:30 PM in the UK
Inaugural lecture - Professor Ilze Wolff: Architecture as a liberation spatial practice
University of Liverpool
We are delighted to invite you to the inaugural lecture of Professor Ilze Wolff: Architecture as a liberation spatial practice
- 6:30 PM-8:00 PM in the UKIn person and online
The conservative tradition in sociological thought
London School of Economics and Political Science · LSE campus, venue TBC to ticketholders
An hour-long public talk by Professor Shamus Khan about the conservative tradition in sociology, followed by a 30-minute Q&A inviting questions from the audience.
- 2:00 PM-3:30 PM in Washington, DCIn person and online
The Crisis in Sudan: Updates and Analysis
Center for Contemporary Arab Studies · 3700 O St. NW, CCAS Boardroom, ICC 241, Washington, D.C.
Join Georgetown’s Center for Contemporary Arab Studies and the African Studies Program for a panel on the situation in Sudan with expert speakers who will address both the context and history as well…
- 7:00 PM-8:30 PM in the UKIn person
The Fair Necessities: Why we need a fairer Britain and how to make it happen
University of York · Priory Street Centre
Join experts and peers to discuss how to define, value, and create a fairer Britain in an interactive event inspired by Will Snell’s book, The Fair Necessities.
- 7:30 PM-9:30 PM in the UKIn person
Shades of Autocracy
University of Glasgow · Charles Wilson Building
Michael Sheridan is a well-known foreign correspondent who worked as the Sunday Times Far East Correspondent from 1996 to 2016. He has covered the rise of China, handover of Hong Kong and news across…
- 4:45 PM-6:15 PM in New YorkIn person
Xavier Pickett, "Rethreading Black Radicalism and Black Religion" ICM New Conversation
Cornell University · Goldwin Smith Hall, G22, 232 East Ave, Central Campus
ICM New Conversations Series
- 5:30 PM-7:00 PM in ProvidenceIn person and online
Stephen Kinzer — Boiling Point: How America Brought War to Ukraine
Watson School of International and Public Affairs · Watson School of International and Public Affairs, 111 Thayer Street
In his groundbreaking new book, Stephen Kinzer tells this long-hidden story. Beginning in the refugee camps of postwar Europe, where CIA officers recruited their first Ukrainian agents, it follows…
- 4:30 PM in ChicagoIn person
The Great Offshore: Launching Limn 15
Committee on Environment, Geography and Urbanization (CEGU) · Social Science Research, Tea Room
Featuring:
- 6:00 PM-8:00 PM in Chapel HillIn person
A Conversation with Holden Thorp: Documenting Facts During Turmoil
Hussman School of Journalism and Media · Chapman Hall, 0211, 205 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC
Join UNC Hussman's Center for Innovation and Sustainability in Local Media for a Media 2030 conversation with Holden Thorp, editor-in-chief of the “Science” family of journals.
- 5:30 PM-6:30 PM in ChicagoIn person
How to Win a Trade War
Becker Friedman Institute · Chicago Council Conference Center, 130 E Randolph Street
For decades, the assumption behind American trade policy was that open markets made everyone better off. That consensus has collapsed, giving way to a contentious debate over tariffs, industrial…
- 6:00 PM-8:00 PM in HoustonIn person
Houston Impact Series
Rice Business · McNair Hall
Exemplary Stories of Leadership within Community
- 4:00 PM-5:15 PM in CaliforniaIn person and online
The Rise and Fall of Tunisian Democracy: Populism, Polarization, and the Perils of Power-Sharing
Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law · Encina Hall, 616 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305
After the Arab Spring, Tunisia emerged as the one success story to transition to democracy, winning a Nobel Peace Prize in 2015 for its focus on inclusion and power-sharing. How, then, did its…
- 6:30 PM-8:30 PM in CalgaryIn person
Dark Global Skies – and a Nordic Silver Lining: News Landscapes in the 2020s, Public Lecture by Prof. Kim Christian Schrøder
University of Calgary · HNSC 122
UCalgary's Department of Communication, Media and Film welcomes Professor Kim Christian Schrøder from Roskilde University, Denmark, to deliver his public lecture "Dark Global Skies – and a Nordic…
- 7:00 PM in MinneapolisIn person
Savoring Sepharad: A Tour of Sephardic Food and Identity from Medieval Spain to the Modern Diaspora
Center for Jewish Studies · Temple Israel, 2323 Fremont Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55405
The Sephardic Diaspora lays claim to a varied repertoire of delicious dishes. But what are the origins of this culinary heritage? And how have the foods that define Sephardic identity changed…
- 7:00 PM-9:00 PM in Los AngelesIn person
EMSI LA2026 "Platica: Erasing and Restoring Memory at El Pueblo de Los Ángeles"
Early Modern Studies Institute (EMSI) · LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes, 501 N Main St. Los Angeles, CA 90012
An interactive conversation on muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros’ América Tropical(1932) as an introduction to Latinx cultural identities, citizenship, and censorship, drawing connections between the…
Thursday 5 November
- Thu, 05 November 2026, time on the event pageIn person
Re-Sieving the News: How Audiences Sift, Sort and Trust (Or Not)
University of Calgary · TI 140/148 and Hunter Collision Hub (HNSC 4th Floor)
UCalgary's Department of Communication, Media and Film is proud to host the two-day international research symposium "Re-Sieving the News: How Audiences Sift, Sort and Trust (Or Not)," from Nov.
- Thu, 05 November 2026 to Fri, 06 November 2026, time on the event pageIn person
UCL200 Digital Queer Tapestry exhibition and evening reception
University College London · The North Cloisters, UCL Wilkins Building, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
Please join us for the UCL200 Queer Tapestry exhibition and an evening reception to celebrate its digital extension.
- 5:45 PM-8:00 PM in CanberraIn person
Alice Tay Lecture 2026 – Preventing Generated Futures: Indigenous Resistance to Artificial Intelligence
Australian National University · University House
In contemporary discourse, the term “artificial intelligence” (AI), is frequently employed as a catch-all descriptor, encompassing a heterogeneous array of technologies that differ markedly in form…
- 9:00 AM-1:30 PM in the UKIn person
Leading Through Motherhood: How Becoming a Mother Can Develop Leadership Skills
University of Surrey · ROOM: 66MS03, at the Rik Medlik Building, Surrey Business School - University of Surrey
Does becoming a mother put your career on hold – or could it actually develop some of the skills that make great leaders? Conversations about motherhood and work often focus on…
- 11:00 AM-12:00 PM in the UKIn person
Drawing Inequality - Exhibition Opening Night
Ulster University · Ulster University, Belfast campus, Illustration Gallery Space- BA-00-016 (Directly opposite the Art Shop in the Foyer).
Drawing Inequality is a thought-provoking exhibition that brings the realities of health inequality in Northern Ireland to life through illustration, visual storytelling and creative…